Along for the ride

We are at the craft store for the 43rd time this week. Birthday party prep is so much work! *But totally worth it. My girl has been a TROOPER. Here she is in the ribbon isle...happy as a clam!

 

Mmm....cardboard.

Sea Life

We went to the Sea Life Aquarium last week with Uncle Kyle, Aunt Kiki and cousins Liam and Avery. Very fun! Deal Chicken recently had the annual pass on sale for 50% off so we all had to snatch up the deal. The kiddos had fun, and it was nice to walk around in the cool air conditioning.

Taking photos in the sharks mouth. Not as easy as you'd think!

 Someone was mesmerized by all the teeth.

 

Spaghetti face

The quintessential childhood photo. My girl makes 'sketti look good!

Word to yo motha.

Good morning.

Breakfast time bliss.

It's a miracle!

Now, I know most of you will be shocked to know that I color my hair. I always request the "natural blonde" look when I get my hair did so I
completely understand how you might think this 'do is au naturel.

Anywho, after highlighting it year after year, my hair is pretty rank. It takes me 10-15 minutes of full upperbody cardio to brush out the 10 bajillion knots. I've tried different shampoos and conditioners, but none seem to make much of a difference. I had been hearing a lot of talk about a certain leave in conditioner, but never pulled the trigger. It's kind of really expensive and I have definitely downgraded my beauty products since being a stay at home mommy. (see: Suave, Up&Up, etc.) Well even though the bottles say "Compare to...[insert more expensive brand here]" in this case, my leave in just wasn't comparing. Feel me?

So I bit the bullet and bought this little miracle in a bottle.

 

No, really...it's a miracle! It cut my 10 minute battle with the brush down to 2 minutes or less after using it ONE time. One time! Hair Gods...you've really done it this time. It's a 10!

Look how much she has changed!

Sweet Sophia 9 months

Testing out the new iPad camera

More blueberries, please!

Enough, enough! 

Resolutions

Clearly I'm bad at sticking to my new year resolutions. I don't think I've made it to Heidi Klum status just yet and I definitely haven't been blowing up this blog with clever thoughts and stories. While I would looove to strutt my stuff down a runway while Seal JT or Adam Levine serenades me, I think I will focus on the latter. So, here I am, ready to blog my heart out for y'all.

So with that, I think it's kind of hilarious to reread my previous posts... All three of them :p I was pretty darn excited about Soph rolling over. I mean, insanely excited. Now that we are days away from her 1st birthday, I think about all the amazing things she has done since then. Crawling, talking, dancing... Crazy! Amazing stuff, for sure.

In other news, my hubby Omar graduated from nursing school, passed his state boards and landed a great job as an ER nurse at a local (see: 45 min drive) hospital. Couldn't be more thrilled for him! He worked so hard and now he is what he dreamt to be. Not to get all mushy, but it swells my heart to see my guy so happy. And a man in scrubs... Awhh Laawwd.

Anywho, this is just the beginning of quality funny easy reading material. To new beginnings! (Again.)