Hair Makeover!!!

I decided it was time for a new look. I am 30 now and I have been feeling very frumpy. Most likely due to the baby weight..which just seems to hang around. However, getting your hair cut and colored does wonders for changing how you view yourself. I needed an image boost and this was just the thing to do it. I had been thinking about what I wanted to do for along time now...but it wasn't until the morning of the appointed that I finally decided and even then, I let the stylist use her own judgment. As for the highlighting, I never really decided...I had help from the stylist when it came to making the final decision. And I love it!!! I have received many compliments (even from my boss, a male;) and most of them saying that it's a very fun and summery hair cut. Several people have made the comment that now that it is the style it is now....my old hair style didn't really do much for me. So all the more reason for me to be excited about the new do. Unfortunately it was very difficult to capture on film the hair that I see when I look in the mirror. So if you want to see how great it really looks you will just wait until I see you next;) hehehe

And just to build anticipation for the next post (when I have some spare time): Josiah's 1st Camping Trip...here is a picture of my hair when I just wash it and let it air dry...very fun and flippy:) Gotta love a hair style that you can just wash and go:)

Isn't he just the most adorable thing ever?

July 4th

We had a great 4th of July. We started out the morning by sleeping in a little:) Always a nice thing!! Then we packed up and headed to the parade. It was the first time I had been to our hometown 4th of July parade and it turned out to be a really great parade. We then walked around to all the small town festivities. Then we were off to a friends for a BBQ. We then finished the day off enjoying fireworks on the balcony of our friends apartment. I think Josiah enjoyed everything, right down to the fireworks. The next day was a little rough recovering from lack of sleep, but it was definately worth having a great Babies 1st 4th of July.

Getting all decked out his Babies 1st 4th of July clothing.

We even decked out the stroller in red, white and blue:)

Josiah loved the parade and so did we. It was our first home town parade and it was actually a very good parade. I was bummed there wasn't a marching band because it would have been fun to see Josiah react to the band...but he loved the bagpipe band.

He didn't get much sleep today, but he did catch a quick cat nap on our walk over to the island where we enjoyed an icecream and a blue grass band.

While we were at the parade, our good friends (Cosmo Christine and Marc) invited us over for a BBQ. We didn't have any plans for the afternoon and a 4th spent with friends is the best. The guys played a very serious game of crocket and the women sat around sipping on spiked lemonade:)

Probably one of the most adorable pictures I have taken yet of Josiah.

We ended the day at Cosmo Heather's apartment. She has a great view of the local fireworks from her balcony. The fireworks were a great way to end a great day. And it was a huge bonusto just get in and out and not have to deal with the crowds ...especially with a tired little buddy.

All in all a great 1st 4th!!!

7 Months Old

UPDATES ON THE BABY FRONT

Weight: 20lbs (weighed him on our scale at home)
Height: 27 1/2 inches (measured him by standing him against the wall and marking it)
Head size: My favorite white hat no longer fits him:(

1. Says dada or more often he says dla dla
2. Started to say mum, but hasn't said it in a long time. I know that the time will come when I will wish he couldn't call me and demand that I come to his beckaning:)
3. Has favorite toys: mostly big boy trucks and cars. He will sit for a long time just rolling the wheels with his pointer finger and studying it. He seems very serious about his cars!!
4. Loves the Jumparoo or just plain jumping everywhere he can convince someone to let him work their arms out.
5. By 6 1/4 months he was on the move. He learned how to army crawl, using his right big toe and left forearm to push and pull him everywhere he needs to go.
6. Went from pooping maybe once a day to pooping 3-5 times a day. We have officially introduced most foods. I started making my own baby food. Way to easy to be paying so much money for a jar. I hope I can keep it up.
7. By the end of the 6th month he had learned to put cheerios into his mouth. He chews really well and they are a great distraction:)
8. He got his first bloody lip half way through the month...bumped his lip on a pop bottle and his little sharp teeth cut his bottom lip:(
9. He spent the entire weekend with Grandma and Grandpa.
10. When I arrived to pick him up, he reached out for me for the first time:) Big moment!!

11. By the end of the month he is sitting up extremely well on his own. He can even look up and not fall backwards:)

My Birthday

My day got progressively better!!! I decided that it was up to me whether or not I was going to have a good day and I made it a great day. I put Josiah down for a nap, made myself a cup of coffee and grabbed my trashy magazine and headed for the deck. Dan, Josiah and I had been sick for so long that we had almost let summer pass us by. So this was a wonderful treat for me to just relax out on the porch enjoying a beautiful summer morning. It was so great to not have to work on my birthday!! I had a productive day, doing laundry and cleaning a bit here an there, but I didn't over due it...it was the beginning of my birthday week;) Once Dan got home we packed Josiah up and headed out to the babysitter to drop Josiah off for the evening. My good pal Heather has a teenage daughter, Julia, who has become a wonderful babysitter for us. Josiah loves her and she hasn't had anyproblems watching him. And she has been available every time I have needed someone (huge bonus). After we got Josiah all settled in, we headed out to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. Mindy and her husband Mike were going to meet us there for dinner...unfortunately Mike had to work and couldn't make it, but Mindy still joined us. I was sooooooooooo glad that she came and celebrated my birthday with me. I was feeling really down that nothing was going to happen, no surprise party, no weekend get away...and for my big 30 birthday. So the fact that she came out with me really meant alot. PLUS she made me a birthday pie. It was made using rhubarb from my very own yard:) And it was soooo good!! It was rhubarb cheesecake with whip cream on top. I had never had it before, but man was it good. Minday had brought forks so that we could eat it in the parking lot of hte movie theatre in between dinner and the movie:) To fun. The tail gate on my vehicle wasn't flat enough, but as you can see, Josiah's portable high chair made a perfect table. The reason there is only cool whip on part of the pie is because 3 of us couldn't eat the whole pie after eating a big meal at Texas Roadhouse. Which reminds me of a funny storry about dinner...I am the kind of person that likes attention (which those of you who know me, know this to be true). So I kind of like having the silly birthday song sung to me at restaraunts and I am only slightly ashamed to admit it. Well on our way to the restaraunt I mentioned this to Dan. However there was a miscommunication with the waitress and it didn't happen and I was slightly bummed and Dan knew it. So when I got back from the bathroom, he stood up in the restaraunt and was swinging his beer mug back and forth singing to me....way better than silly wait staff singing to me!!

After we ate our pie we were off to see Superman Returns. Good flick, but I am still a huge fan of Smallville and it was hard to get used to the new characters in the movie. I am however very excited about the opening of Pirattes of the Caribbean...I had hoped it would open just in time for my birthday. But Superman was a very good!

On Saturday, Dan and I once again dropped Josiah off with a babysitter. This time a woman from church had offered and we took her up on it:) And we went golfing! We actually played a scramble...which was so much more fun for the two of us that golfing our own ball. We both had some really great hits which makes it even more fun. I think playing a scramble made it so that Dan would want to go out more often...if only we had the money, time and free babysitters to do so:)