A Week In My Life

Can’t believe the week is almost over! Abby had her first haircut last night! She is 2 1/2 so I guess the time was about right! She has loads of curls and being biracial, her hair is very dry so it was time to take care of the ends! In all I think she lost about 2 inches from the bottom but boy did it make a difference! She thought she was big cheese sitting in the salon chair and I almost cried! Here is how our night went:

To make her hair easier to cut, we straightened it at home – well, as much as possible.  Mommy is so not a stylist.

The finished product at home! Thank goodness for Ice Age that held her attention long enough for me to straighten her hair somewhat. Of course we had it pretty straight at home but by the time we got to the salon (1 mile away) it had started to curl back up!

Abby sitting in the chair for the first time getting ready for her cut! She didn’t care for the cape!

 

Getting ready for the first snip!

 

Losing her first curls! Of course I kept them 🙂

Some smiles for the camera! I think her favorite part was looking at herself in the mirror. She’s a vain one. She could spend an hour looking at herself, making silly faces, and dancing in the mirror.

 

Last few snips! She definitely got antsy by this time so we had to pull out cell phones to keep her still for a couple more minutes! I don’t know how she would have done with a stranger cutting her hair but since it was her “aunt” she did really well!

For being such a big girl, we celebrated with a trip for ice cream! She was so excited to pick out her own flavor! She went with “pink.” She tends to chose by color versus flavor 🙂

 

Playing with Daddy! These two definitely have my heart! I don’t know where I’d be without them!

Its time for another day in my life where I am linking up with Adventuroo!  This post will be the morning edition so come take a peak into the madness!

 

First things first on a Wednesday morning – time to hop on the scales! Its weigh-in day over at the Sisterhood where I am participating in a Shrinkvivor challenge! Unfortunately, this was a great weigh-in. I was up 1.4 lbs from last week thanks to having to spend much of the week in bed.

 

Next comes the fun of making myself presentable for work! It takes a lot of products to work the magic! Since my hair is really short now, on days when I spike it, I use spiking glue, pomade, and hair spray all by Got 2 B. Their dry shampoo is also awesome! I think dry shampoo is one of the best inventions ever. My make up routine consists of Neutrogena mineral powder (though I’ll have to change to something different for the cooler weather since my skin dries out so bad), Maybelline mascara, and the Lauren Luke My Smokey Classics palette!

Charlie, my faithful sidekick, is always waiting patiently outside the bathroom door. Chloe usually stays in bed since you can see her legs she must have thought it was breakfast time. Charlie, however, follows me wherever I go, whenever I go! She’s such a good girl!

By the time I was finished getting ready, Chloe had gotten back in my bed with Abby. This is how I found them. Yes, she is wearing her Crocs as she was determined to sleep in them. The kid has a thing for Crocs or her ladybug shoes as she calls them. Abby was not a fun child to wake up this morning hence why there are no more picture of her. It took everything I had to get her bear of a self in clothes for school!

Finally breakfast time! After dropping Abby off at school and getting dropped of myself (our other car was in the shop getting tires for my trip to Bloggy Bootcamp next week!), it was time to eat my breakfast at my desk while checking email! Today’s breakfast was Rudi’s Gluten-Free Cinnamon Raisin Bread w/ Strawberry Jam and a Coke (pretty much the norm since starting the Megace treatment – its a meal I can keep down!)

So there you have it – my typical morning! Tonight we have Abby’s first haircut! I can’t believe she’s actually big enough to need one! But the curls need to be tamed so we’re going to make a big night out of it! Can’t wait to share the pics tomorrow!