Teddy's First Haircut!!!!!!!!!!

So this past weekened Teddy now a 1 1/2 year old, and one month finally got his FIRST HAIRCUT!!!! One of the many milestones that usually happens in toddlerhood. However......I do believe this milestone usually consists of a mommy and/or daddy or even a LICENSED hair cutter person doing the job...........not his

4 YEAR OLD SISTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, my daughter decided it would be a good idea to take her craft scissors {safety first right}, and cut her baby brother's little blonde curls that caused him to have a baby mullet......see Teddy has barely no hair on top, but has {HAD} pretty good hair growth going on in the back of head that was curly and pretty long therefore:

short on top long in the back=mullet status.

I just felt so bad cutting it since he barely had any hair to begin with, but Taylor had other plans in the works. When me and hubs seen his hair was cut........he immediately blamed me!!! Because, I have said many times the mullet needs to go, and of course the hubs thought it was cool and funny to show off to his friends. Anywho, my daughter being the daddy's girl's she is told Thomas that I cut it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anddddd he believed her.....I know the nerve of that man!!!! So, for about 30 minutes he kept telling me that he knew I did it until he was looking around in Tay's room and stumble upon...............

some curly blonde hair behind her toy box.

We had a talk with her, and she had no princess bike riding for the weekend.....she took that pretty hard. I just can't believe my 4 year old cut his hair, hid it and then lied about it.....she may have been misbehaving, but I was more amazed with her ability to plan all of that!!!!

Have any of you had hair cutting adventures with your kids???

unplanned bathroom birth.

After my Versatile Blogger post I had a few requests to expand on....

#4 aka Teddy's very UNPLANNED bathroom birth.

With both Tay and Teddy I wrote their birth stories shortly after they were born......so its be pretty accurate I am just not too sure on times since I wasn't really paying attention to that. here ya go my unplanned, un-assisted, homebirth.....

Little background first:

With Tay I had some complications after her birth that could've been prevented, but the nurses on duty did not believe me when I kept telling them something was wrong I was in an immense amount of pain way more than childbirth.........turns out I was right I had a hematoma in my left labia that was left untreated which resulted in it exploding {sorry for the TMI}, emergency surgery on my vagina just hours after birth, 50+ stitches, an a blood transfusion......I was tramatized, angry, sad, not confident at all in my body to birth a child. So, when we decided to start trying for a second I had already done alot research about childbirth, and had come to terms with the events that happened after Tay's birth. I researched online, I read many books, and watched the Business of Being Born. My confidence was re-newed, and I decided to go with a hospital-based midwife this time around........

Teddy's birth story

It was January 3rd 9 days before my due date. I woke up to contractions at around 6 am.....they were very light, faint, so I went on with my morning. There was cleaning that needed to be done, so thats what I did, and talked on the phone with my mom. Contractions were not patterned at all I would have one then not another for a half hr., then the next would be 10 minutes.....very random so I figured it was going to be a while. Boy was I completely WRONG!!!

After four hours of very unpatterned contractions.....all of sudden at around 10 am they became about 3 minutes apart and INTENSE. We had absolutely NO warning, there was nothing about my contractions that hinted the transistioning stage of labor was just around the corner. So, Thomas immediately calls the sis in law (Charlotte), and tells her to come over to get Tay. The car had been loaded with hospital bag and car seat for a few hours, so we were ready to go.
But, then I went into the bathroom I had a urge to just sit, squat something to relieve the pain.....so I sat on the toilet....what a relief that was. Then as I stood up I heard a POP water came gushing out, and Tay said running down the hall........

"Daddy mommy peed her pants!!!"

At this point I guess my birthing instincts kicked in, and I wasn't even thinking of the fact that this baby was going to be born now in the house.....no doctor no midwife no nurse.....just me, my very excited 2 yr old, and my hubs who was running up and down hall for no appearant reason. So, I told Thomas to look down there and he said I think its a head!!! He then didn't stay to help me, but run out of the bathroom to who knows where {he was freaking out....a bit in shock couldn't imagine why}. Oh, did I mention Tay has been in the doorway of the bathroom this whole time just watching me, being completely calm, and asking me if I am ok. So, instincts take over again....I squat on the ground of the bathroom, and literally I didn't even have to push. There was 3 parts first the top of his head, then his head, and then his full body......I caught him {what an AMAZING feeling}, and Tay says " Ohhhh hi baby brother"......not even scared just had a huge smile on her face.....I know who is this child right??!!!!

By this time Thomas is talking to the 911 operator told her he is born, and she instructed him to get a towel to wrapped out him....we do....he is breathing, beautiful, eyes wide open just taking in his new world. Then about 5 to 10 minutes after Teddy was born Char walks in to pick up Tay so we can go to the hospital to have our son.....oops already had him.....she just stands in the doorway speechless taking in her nephew. Thomas.....he's still freaking out....doing who knows what. Then several minutes after Char arrived so did the fire department and ambulance.....my peaceful, amazing, incredible birth experience....is interrupted with a bunch of guys in my bathroom doorway starring at me.

EMBARRASSINGGGGGGGGGGG.

More so, because I went to high school with one of the EMT's......yeah I know. Good thing I had my shirt on and the way the towel was I was pretty covered. But, they were all so great....they cut the cord, and put us up on the bed thingy. They even stayed at the hospital till we got settled because the nurses on duty were being quite rude to us, the EMT's were amazing I will always remember their kindness.

So there you have it. Throughout my entire pregnancy I prayed, did some positive thinking, had matras, all about having a natural birth, with no complications, where I could be free to labor how I wanted......well God answered my prayers just not in the way I thought he would. He has a humor I have learned.

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the List

Since I just started this blog, and some may not know our story......

I figured I would fill you in with our

journey

It definately has not been easy{that is an understatement}

If I were to type our story which started when I was 14 it would

take hundreds of pages and you would definately stop reading
by paragraph two. Instead, I will save you the boredom and your time.

I shall do a little summary for ya, and a little fast forwarding.

Even better I will make one of my favorite things.....a

LIST:

1. The end of my freshman year of college

We find out we are pregnant with Tay {unexpected blessing}

One month later Thomas's dad was in a diabetic coma

5 months into pregnancy he passed away=(

2. New beginnings came in April 2006 with the birth of our daughter Taylor.

3. Me and Thomas Henry both continued our

college careers....commuting

him 2 hrs me 1hr.

4. We both graduated college in June 2008 {YAY} and

announced we were preggers with baby #2 {expected blessing}

5. Thomas applied for teaching jobs that summer, but with the

recession on the horizon no such luck.....he resorted to another

year as a substitute teacher and I statyed home.

6. Janurary 2009 we welcomed our son Theodore into

the world.

7. With the money being tight and recession well in bloom I

decided to apply for jobs

{plus we desperately wanted to move}

8. Got the job! But it was 2 hrs away

easy solution: Thomas would get a job there

and we would move.

9. Thomas didn't get a teaching job, so no moving

for us I continued commuting to my far away job.

10. In the summer Thomas tells me he wants to apply to be

a Naval officer......and not just that but a Pilot.

July 4th, 2009 he proposes to me!

11. September 27th, 2009 we get married!!! {finally}

12. November 2009 he gets the acceptance letter!!

13. Feburary 2010 Thomas gets the call he is leaving late March

for Officer Candidate School{hooray}....all the while I am still commuting

mommy guilt has deeply set in.

then....

14. two weeks later my dad finds out he has terminal lung cancer

who lives in Virginia....we are in Cali.

15. Two weeks after Thomas leaves me, our dog, and the kids pack

all {most} of our clothes, and fly to Virginia to spend time,

try to relief stress, help out my mom

and dad with everything.

16. June 2010 Thomas graduates....so proud of him!!!

and next week we will be moving to Florida

to begin a new road in our journey.

So, there is us hopefully I was able to keep you during that long list!!! It has definately been a challenging, extremely difficult, but a wonderful journey. Somehow we celebrated being together for 8 years this year {almost married for one}, graduated college, and have two beautiful children. The powers that be {for me that's God} were definately watching out for us. When times began to get unbearable hopeless even.....somehow we got through them, and I managed to stay positive knowing we would eventually get a break. We finally did. But, not without some really hard work and dedication. My mom always says the best things in life are usually the ones you have to work for the most for.....words to live by in my book I have experienced it first hand.

Staying positive its a challenging thing......how do you do it???

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babyhood to toddlerhood.

Teddy is definately making{MADE} this transition....and FAST might I add. I guess it goes by fast for everyone, but geez the babyhood stage the second time around felt like it barely even happened. Maybe it had to do with the fact that 3 months after Teddy was born I started working at a wonderful non-profit that was a 2 hour commute....one way. Life was crazy the first year of his life.....with my far away job and Thomas Henry{I do not call my hubs this in real life but in blogging world I shall I've always wanted to and he would not respond to this if I tried his first name is Thomas and middle is Henry he goes by just Thomas} applying, getting accepting, and waiting for the Naval officer program. Hectic to say the least. Yes babyhood:

• late night feedings





• pureed peas
  




• swaddeling





• spit-up

is long gone and has been for a while. I have just recently came to this realization, since I've been back home and had some time to actually take a breath. But now I definately want time to slow down....ALOT please. Teddy has fully entered Toddlerhood:

• walking
  




• talking {baby talk mostly}
  




• eating big people food
  

• the word NO

• on the verge of potty training.....
  
  

it amazes me that a baby

can grow into a walking, talking little human
in just 18 months

So any tips on how to slow everything down?? Please share your words of wisdom ;)