I Did It!!!

I got my hair cut...and.....

I LOVE IT! i am so glad i decided to do it. its such a nice change. and so much easier to do! yay for that :)

I've had a pretty uneventful few days...nothing much going on. Dani is just being her cute self. Dennis is being his awesome self. and the dogs are being their annoying selves.

thats all i got for now.

should i stay or should i go??

or rather should my hair stay or go?? i really want to do something different with my hair. its just long and boring and takes forever to do. i want to cut it short...like, chin length bob kinda thing. but im nervous...its been A LONG time since i've had short hair. i love short hair, and if i didnt have naturally curly hair it would have been short years ago! i do straighten it, so the curls really wouldnt be a problem. but i do like wearing it curly once in awhile...and dennis loves my curls....and my long hair...lol
i wish i was braver when it came to things like this...i used to be!! its only hair and it will grow back. but i'm still nervous.

i think i'll do it. its time to get some of my old self back...the one that didnt care what other people thought and wasnt afraid to try new things with her hair..or dress a little differently from everyone else!!

i feel like i've gotten so old and just follow along with what i think everyone else wants to see on me.

i just have to keep telling myself...its only hair..its only hair...lol

8 months old today!!

so dani is 8 months old today! wow! i cant believe how fast time flies by.
She is just the most amazing little girl...we are sooooo lucky to have her in our lives. she is an incredibly happy baby..she is always smiling! lately she has been talking up a storm, and just today she is finally saying mum mum over and over again! i've been waiting FOREVER to hear it!

today we had swimming again...she just loves the water. she was smiling and splashing the whole time. after lessons are over, i'll have to be sure to get out and go swimming with her lots. too bad we didnt have our own pool!!

i love my little girl more than anything
xoxoxo baby girl!

Rockin' Good Time

After a busy day of running around doing errands, we went to my stepsisters place to play some RockBand!! My mom and stepdad were also there. they have a great projector, and a nice big wall for it...so the characters in the game are bigger than me!!! it was great. i did some guitar. i did some drums. and unfortunately for my family, i sang. i CANNOT sing at all..but its so much fun! we made a band, The Brainless Monkeys. yup.

today Dani and I are just hanging around the house..its so super windy and cold outside. brrrr. Dani almost did an army crawl...normally she just moves backwards and rolls around everywhere. today, she used her arms to pull herself forward! YAY!

mmmmmm

i'm laying in bed with my laptop and munching on some popcorn...life is good. :)

ahhh...seee...

i aleady let a couple days go by without posting. we had a busy busy weekend!

Dani started her swim lesson, which she loved! i'm so proud of her, she handled the cold water like a champ..wish i could say the same for myself...lol. i like my swimming water to be in the high 80's...haha. after swimming we went out for lunch with my friend and little guy...dani passed out in the stroller, which was perfect!

after lunch we had a quick visit with my workplace and the headed over to my mom and stepdads place. visited there for a couple hours, and then headed over to my dads house to celebrate my aunts birthday! we had KFC for dinner (yum) and cake and ice cream for dessert (double yum!)

while we were there, dani learned how to play blackjack...

then on sunday we had Dennis sister and brother in law over with the girls and a fun day of playing games and eating good food!!

today, we had a nice relaxing day at home!!

bababayayayaydada

My new favorite thing it listening to Dani when she is gabbing with herself in her crib after a nap! A couple times she has woken in the middle of the night and says a few things and goes back to sleep...haha. or maybe she is like her mother and talks in her sleep!
she likes to talk with her toys too..its just the best sound ever!!!

she says so many different things, but mama has only been said once or twice. besides mama or dada, i wonder what her first word will be? i'm so excited to find out....even though that means she is growing :(
its so bittersweet..i love all the milestones she hits and the different things she is starting to do (get an attitude being one of them!) but it means she is growing up and not such a baby anymore. sigh.