My little 3 Year Old!!!

My precious little baby turned 3 years old today! Where in the world did the time go!? It's so hard to believe that 3 year's ago today I was holding a newborn Ayden in my arm's. It's even harder to believe that in about 3 1/2 months time I'll be holding another newborn in my arms.

For his birthday we took Ayden to the Phoenix Zoo. We were able to get free passes, which made the trip a lot funner and more easy going. We didn't feel like we had to hang around all day to get our money's worth and we even sprung for train tickets. They have a train that goes around most of the zoo and I HIGHLY recommend doing that! It was super hot outside and it was nice not to have to walk around the whole place, plus the driver was really fun and sang songs as we were going around. We even found a petting zoo! They had a train stop by this part of the zoo that we'd never been to that had a petting zoo. Ayden had fun poking and touching the goat's and even got kicked over by one for touching his tail :) hehe, has was a little suprised that they fight back! We then took him to Toy's R Us to pick out one of his birthday presents. Although he would have gladly taken the about $200 worth toy's he picked out, he settled for a water toy for the pool, a monster truck and a Disney Car's pez dispenser. He's got quite few more toy's that he will get tomorrow in a scavenger hunt, because isn't it more fun to spread the birthday presents out over a few day's!?

Sleeping Cutie and Potty Training

Can somebody please explain to me how going in to see you child asleep can erase any terrible day? No matter how many tantrum's, door slam's, accident's and trouble this kid get's into at the end of the day he is as sweet as an angel to me. This is one of my favorite time's of the day, going in to watch him sleep. I think it reminds me of when he was a newborn so sweet and innocent, incapable of getting into all the trouble he get's into.

The last 2 week's have been pretty stressful. We began potty training, which I don't recommend doing while pregnant as my patience isn't quite the same. He did pretty terrible the first couple of day's and I was very close to giving up. After about 2-3 day's of accident's he finally seemed to get it. He is doing great now! Very few accident's and usually only when he is VERY upset. I still put him in a pull up for nap and bed time's and when we go out anywhere. I am DEFINITELY not ready to deal with an accident at a store just yet. It's so funny, I never thought I would be SO proud to see someone use the bathroom!

We also are in the process of enrolling Ayden in preschool! So crazy! He will be going to get some speech therapy but will be in an integrated regular preschool class. I think this will be SO good for him to be around other children his age and I think he will just LOVE it. If everything goes well, he should be starting in August!

Well, that's my quick little update. I can't believe how long it's been since I have updated my blog, I swear it feels like I do it more than I do! Hopefully this month will be better :)

Ayden's Best Friends

Yes, it is a little bit sad that Ayden's 2 best friends are toy's and not humans, but he is in love with them! :) He takes them EVERYWHERE and treats them like they are real people. He talks to them, alway's adjusts their heads so they are looking straight, sends them down the slide at the playground, makes me tuck them into bed with him and kiss them goodnight. It's so cute to hear him say buzz and woody in his soft little voice (some of the very few words he say's!). I think I might have to buy backup's, cause these guy's are gonna get worn out FAST with how much he play's with them! It is incredibly adorable to watch, and people at stores just LOVE to comment about him and his little friends. It is SO fun to watch him enter this new stage of pretending and using his imagination! However, I think it is a good thing he will have a human sibling around soon to keep him company!

Speaking of sibling, we had our BIG ultrasound appointment and are pleased (trust me, I am BEYOND pleased!) to announce that Ayden will have a little SISTER! I am SO incredibly excited and this poor little girl is going to be drowning in pink!

Cousin Love

Ayden and I went to Tucson this weekend to spend some time with my family. Saturday my Dad, Devin and I took Ayden and Sydney to the Tucson zoo. I think the kid's had a ton of fun! And Ayden sure loves Sydney! They would walk together and Ayden would grab Sydney's hand! It was SO cute! I'm not sure if Renee and I should be concerned about the amount of affection Ayden has for Sydney just yet! Maybe it's time I sit down with him and explain the importance of family boundaries! :) Anyway's those two are so cute together, they are pretty inseparable while they are together (as long as Ayden doesn't touch Sydney's snow white doll! hehe). It's so nice to see Ayden have such a great friend in his cousin and can't wait to see how close they are in the future! Here are some pictures of these two cuties from the zoo.

New recipe!

I know it's been FOREVER but I finally posted a recipe on the friends recipe swap blog! And it looks YUMMY, doesn't it!? Anyway's go HERE and check it out! And if anyone forgot or lost the login information just e-mail me and I'll let ya know, we gotta get more recipe's on there! :)

It's about time!

Well, I guess it's about time I update my blog! Between being pregnant and sheer laziness my blog has suffered. So to keep from writing a super long post I'll give everyone the cliff notes of what's been going on with everybody!

Brian: Is still working hard in school and working on the weekends. He works the night shift from 10:15 p.m.-6:30 a.m., and how he does it I'll never know! He is amazing!

Marie: I am finally in my second trimester (YAY!) and I feel great/better! I have a doctor's appointment on Friday and hopefully we will be able to schedule the big ultrasound very soon! :) I have been DYING to sew all the baby things I have in my mind! I also just had my 25th birthday on April 8th! It was pretty amazing and Brian spoiled me rotten :) Which was a little bit sad considering all I got him for his birthday was an Egg Genie! But thanks everybody for all the Happy Birthday wishes!

Ayden: Is growing so fast! I swear that kid get's taller every day! He is as hyper, crazy, and sweet as ever :) He had his first dentist appointment yesterday and to my surprise has NO cavities! Yay! He is pretty into all things Toy Story and say's Buzz in a sweet little voice all the time. He can spot a Buzz product in a store from a mile away! Luckily he doesn't really care if we get it or not he just like's to look at it, we'll see how long that last's!

Here are some pictures from the last little while

I was cleaning yesterday afternoon and randomly Ayden brought in his pillow and blanket and fell right asleep on the couch! This NEVER happens and I thought it was too cute!

Pictures from going to the park to feed the ducks today:

His hat was a little too big so he'd pull the bill up, a bit of a nerdy look!

He LOVED feeding the ducks, but was just so bad at it! He'd run up to them scaring them away and then throw the bread at them, then he'd walk away with his chest puffed out and a big smile on his face!

We went to Brendan and Katie's for an Easter egg hunt and Ayden found this Batman mask and baseball glove that he wanted to wear around! So funny!

Easter egg hunting

Hair

Hello everyone!

Let me start out by saying how awkward it is for me to talk about money. Not sure why, it's just one of those awkward conversations to have especially with friends and family. When I decided to go to beauty school one of my main reason's for going was because it was something I could do from home and make some money. But since graduating I have only really done friends and family AND since money is such an awkward subject for me, charging for doing hair has been pretty wishy washy. As much as I LOVE doing hair I still have school debts that I am paying off, license renewals, equipment and supplies that I pay for, and MUCH more. So, from now on I will be charging for doing hair. I really hope this doesn't offend anyone or stop anyone from coming to me, because I LOVE doing hair! Here are my prices which I have compared with other salons and I think are pretty fair.

Hair cut- $10

Child's Cut- $8

(From now on I won't be doing any children under 4 years old. I know it sounds awful, but cutting children's hair is HARD! Let's just say that Ayden has only had about 4 haircut's in his entire life and 2 of them were clippering his entire head! So PLEASE don't ask me!)

Single Color Process-$30

Single Color With Haircut-$35

Highlights-$40

Highlights With Haircut-$45

So there it is! I think this will be a good thing and the first thing I am saving up for is a portable shampoo bowl! Yay for that! Thanks!