Penny's First Haircut

Today I was feeling quite adventurous!  Which is in most cases is when I have really bad ideas.  Like today, when I decided I would 'trim' Penny's hair.  The day started out really crappy.  I woke up to Penny moaning from her bedroom.  I went and got her and she moaned all morning long.  It was so frustrating.  I kept asking her what she needed and to tell me what she wanted and all she wanted to do was moan.  So, I put her in the tub and that is when the terrible idea came into my mind.  After she was done bathing I sat her down and started to cut.  I tried to get it even but one side of her head was dramatically shorter than the other side.  Instead of continuing to cut, I decided I would just take her to a hair place and get it done.  It was this place called Cookie Cutters, and they did a great job.  Side note: being new to somewhere can really suck sometimes.  I don't know where anything is.  It is like having your house just how you like it and then someone coming in and rearranging everything.  It can be very frustrating.  Well, on the way to the hair place I rear ended someone.  I was so focused on the GPS and it telling me to turn into a strip mall where I could not see Cookie Cutters.  I had been stopped a the light before so it wasn't anything significant, but I looked up and all could see was the guy in the car hold up his hands and get mad.  I thought, "oh great, a jackass!"  ('scuse the language)...  I got out and he was on his phone.  I looked at my car and his car and there was nothing on either, a little bit of paint transfer on my car but hardly noticeable.  He got off the phone and was like my 'master mechanic' son is going to come over and look at the undercarriage.  I was just ready to say goodbye because I literally could not see anything, not to mention I couldn't have hit him at more than 10mphs since we were just starting to go from the light.  So, we waited about 20 minutes for his son to get there, he was trying to get me to just give him my information and I was like no I will just wait:)  I was not going to give him anything!!  His son comes, takes 20 seconds and is like, there is nothing wrong here.  I felt like yelling, YA I KNOW!! Anyways, we went and got Penny's haircut.  She was pretty excited when we walked in.  She got to sit in an airplane chair and watch Elmo at the same time!  She loved it and cried when we left.  Here is her new do!  I actually want to get my haircut like hers:)

Isn't it just so cute!  I mean talk about body!  She has great hair.  She also refused to get her picture taken without her binkie so just ignore the blatant mouth piece.  We get going home and I am at a light to turn Left and my light turns green and someone tries to hit me!  He got so pissed and sped around me, I am thinking YOUR LIGHT WAS RED!  Needless to say, I needed to get off the road.  There was a lot of crazies out today, including myself.  I went home and was so drained I decided I didn't want to do anything else today.  Talk about a stressful day!  It all started when I had the idea of cutting Penny's hair, never ever again will I be doing that! 

Family Picnic

The weather here lately has been wonderful!  I am a huge sucker for fall and can not wait till the leaves change and the air is nice and crisp, without being too cold.  We have been having a taste of fall the last couple of days and so we decided to take full advantage.  Chuck doesn't have any days off besides Sunday so we decided to go on a picnic and enjoy the general splendor.  He googled a fun park/picnic grounds and we were off.  It was so nice and beautiful!  I think Chuck felt very rejuvenated after the day was over:), which was the whole purpose! 

 For some reason anytime we get a sandwich Penny always tries the jalapenos.  I let her try it, and her face always says it all.  Then she inevitably always spits it out, like the picture below:) 

Penny says, " MMM!  Yum Yum" She was essentially eating all the mayo off the bread, haha!

We decided to go on a little nature walk.  It was kinda hot but I am not the right person to gauge temperature these days.  I keep telling Chuck, I would be fine to live somewhere in the Northwest coast, and that I enjoy the rain.  He always says that is just being pregnant talking, but I would really like to live there.  I am just so HOT!  It was a very pretty walk, the only gross thing was when we got back in to the car there was a tick on Penny's foot!  I felt like there were creepy crawlies all over me.. ugh!  Luckily it hadn't burrowed in or bitten her yet but it was going to, I tell you.  Penny runs warm so I am sure he really liked her:)

 Don't we have some cute butts!  I think so:)  Though mine is looking a lot curvier these days...

  Whenever Penny wants someone to pick her up she asks for a hug.  You can't help but pick her up, even if she is being a booger!

 She kept seeing Chuck look at the map so, this is Penny being like dad, and trying to navigate us.  She was talking her usual gibberish as she was walking and looking.  Occasionally she would look up and tells us something and shrug. 

 I like this picture, but man I would like it more without a binky!  Work in progress:)

 Combing dads hair with a giant leaf.

This is my pretty much 23 week belly, in all its glory.  I have many people give me second glances when I tell them I am due in Dec.  I think I am bigger this time around, but I do know that the baby is bigger.  I am not too worried.  I don't really want to gain 50lbs like I did with Penny so I am trying really hard to be good.  I am not succeeding very well.  It is hard to be pregnant with a girl because I feel like all I want to eat is JUNK!  Anyways, I have been feeling pretty good.  She is so active and she has kicked my bladder a little too hard sometimes:) but I love feeling the movement, it is my favorite part of being pregnant! 

Well, all in all it was a pretty good weekend.  We got some much needed R&R without even having to go on a vacation, even though a vacation would be nice too:)

Baby Girl!

Most of you already know but, I had my ultrasound yesterday and found out that we were having another girl!  We are so excited for 2 little princesses running around.  I think Penny will have so much fun to have a little friend:)  Here were the pictures from the ultrasound.  They gave me a strip of pictures instead of a cd, like my OB in Milwaukee.  So, they aren't the best of quality but I thought I would share anyways.  I did try to scan them but the scanner didn't work, so I had to take pictures of my pictures.

I think that she looks like Penny.  At least as far as I can see.  She was very cooperative during the whole time.  She did keep putting her arms over her face:)  I also could see on the screen when her hand would go across my stomach and I could feel little tiny tickles inside, it was so COOL!  Anyways, we love her already:)