Hair cut

Last Saturday, the 13th, Brian and I decided to take Maddie to get her hair cut. I have been cutting her bangs up till now, but, her bangs were to long and all of her hair needed to be evened out, and all though, like many other little girls, I did have much practice on my dolls and barbies growing up, however, this was a task I was not willing to take a chance on.

So, Brian had a brilliant idea to take her to this little shop downtown Plano. I said ok, there are cute little stores all around that area I'm sure a quaint, little 50 year old, family owned, hair cutting place would be fine. We get there and to my HORROR it was a barber shop! Seriously? a barber shop? Im taking my baby GIRL to get her first hair cut at a barber shop? We go in, and LUCKILY, they didn't take cards. SO...we had to leave. We googled kid friendly hair cut places and found one. It was the cutest thing I have seen, and the cut came out really cute!

Before the cut

After the cut

By this time, she had enough of sitting in the seat shaped as a car, so an after cut photo was hard to capture. They also had Barney playing on a TV right in front of her, but that had worn off as well. But the outcome turned out cute anyways!

Rainy Day

Ok, can I first say that I had NO idea people were commenting on my posts? I was looking around on here and came across where it says comments and woe and behold, there are comments on my posts! Im SO sorry for not responding, I just thought I was alone in this blog world. I didn't know people were reading, I just thought I would type every once and a while, so I would be able to read them later. Sort of a journal for Maddie if you will. BUT YAY! I'm so glad Im not typing in vain! haha.

Maddie had her 2 year old well check-up this week. I was a little scared for this one. In the past we have done pretty well with the check-ups. Even though this also means its time for those horrible shots and ammunitions. When they are so young, they don't even know its coming, they just lay there and then all of a sudden they get pricked, they scream, and its all over. However, the reason why I was dreading this particular check-up was because she is older now, she would know that people are trying to hold her down, not why, but just the fact that she's being held captive on a table would make her mad. Then she would feel the sting and look up at me, not in the "what's going on and why does it hurt" look like she used to, but in-turn "these people are hurting me and your letting them" kind of look. UHG It would be horrible.

So we got to the Dr.'s office. (15 min. LATE!) the lady at the check-in actually said she was hoping it was me that was checking in. I said "oh yea, Im so sorry Im late!" she didn't say a word back!!! OOOPS!!!

So we get called into our room, she gets measured and weighed. She is now 25 lb's and 33 1/2 inch. Tall. In percentage, she is in the 25% for weight and 36% for length. Which means out of 100 kids 64 of them are taller than her and 75 are heavier. Thats fine with me. Im only 5'3 and my dad's mom is not even 5' tall. Its genetic. She wont have a chance. Then comes in the Dr. to talk to me about Maddie and how she's doing. Then she proceeded to tell me NO SHOTS!!!! YAY!!! Maddie is all up to date! What a relief!

Here are some photos of what we have done these past few days.

For Christmas Maddie got some rain boots and matching rain coat. Its so cute, she got to wear them for a little while the other day when it rained so hard out of no where!

That is her an my mom. FYI

I'M TWO!!

Maddie is TWO years old!

I cannot believe it! She has grown so much!

Frankly, I cannot believe I have a 2 year old! She is still going to preschool twice a week at our church and she loves it! She knows all her friends and her teachers. Now she is doing a really good job at putting two word sentences together. I'm SO proud!

Yesterday she did the funniest thing. She plays upstairs in our loft. Sometimes I let her eat crackers up there too. She has a little kitchen set and also a homemade table and chairs made by my grand-pa for Christmas. So, I let her snack up there sometimes. Well...she also does NOT like the vacuum, so, vacuuming up there after she snacks is hard. I usually have to wait for the weekend when Brian can play with her so I can vacuum. But who wants to vacuum on Saturday? Anyways....since the lack of vacuuming, there have been little ants scavenging around upstairs.

Yesterday my brother Corey was playing with her they were both on all fours facing each other playing puppy or something, then Corey saw an ant on the floor. Maddie got excited and started saying ant ant. Corey then proceeded to pretend to pick up the ant and eat it. The look on her face after that was priceless. Immediately after he pretended to pop the ant in his mouth, Maddie's chin fell to the floor. Her eyes got SO BIG she didn't say a word for a long time and just stared at him like "WHAT DID YOU JUST DO?" she then, still with her mouth gaping wide open not saying a word, turned her head and looked at my mom and Rachel ( Corey's gf who was also in the room playing with her) as if to ask them the question "WHAT DID HE JUST DO? THAT WAS THE GROSSEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN! WHY WOULD ANYONE EAT A BUG?"

It was absolutely hilarious. She wanted nothing to do with him after that. Like he was contaminated or something! haha.

Pictures of the birthday party soon to come!

Snow Day!

Oh its been a while but here is a new post with photos. I hate posting without adding photos along with it. It just makes things much more interesting! 

Well about a week ago we had the best snow day EVER. I think it hit a record. It was simply fabulous and beautiful! We all stayed home friday. I would have been home anyways, but Brian stayed home too. We had lots of fun hanging out and playing in the snow. After our walk around the neighborhood with Maddie, Brian decided to build a snow man. Or Mow-man like Maddie likes to say. I didn't really want him to do it because I love the look of nice fresh clean snow, but then, we probably would never have snow like that again, so I helped. 

It was a fun day. Now, a few days later, our last little bit of snow man is still hanging on for dear life poor little guy. 

Christmas 2009

Well Christmas has come and gone. It is kinda sad that its all over. It seems like it doesn't last very long. I kinda secretly like what the Jewish tradition does. They get presents for 8 whole days! What's cooler then that? Well ours was fabulous this year with snow included!

This was Maddie's 2nd Christmas and she was able to enjoy it a little more this year. Shewas able to go outside and stand in the snow for a little bit. She LOVED seeing all the Snow Men wich she called "mo man" and she also loved seeing Santa's and saying "ho ho ho" while pointing to them. She also loved the new toys she got from Santa. She was so excited to play with what Santa brought her, we had to put them away so she could open the rest of the presents under the tree. 

Brian and I were also very blessed. We spent Christmas eve at the Edward's house then we stayed home for Christmas Day. We opened TONS of presents and ate more then enough food. 

I got a lot of Dillad's gift cards (that I asked for) because every year around this time of year (last year it was on new years day) that Dillard's has an AMAZING shoe sale. Everything is 50% off, then an additional 40% off of that! My mom and I are going this year and I know we will have a fabulous time! 

This year Corey, Ashlee and her friends Rachel and Heather went on Vacation to Brazil. They left this afternoon and will be back in a couple of weeks. Brian and I couldn't help but feel a little upset that we were not going with them. 

Happy New Year!

Second Week Of December

This second week of December was very adventurous for us. Our 4th anniversary was on the 17th. This year, the 17th fell on a thursday, so we decided to go out on friday. We decided to go to a Brazilian style steak house that is relatively close to our house. Its called Master Grill. Its kinda pricey, we had only been there a couple of times, so we decided to go there since it was a special occasion. So on thursday, it was a pretty quiet day. I went to school, and when I came home I did the usual boring house things that I usually do. After Brian came home, we decided that he would give Maddie a bath, while I went out to Blockbuster and then to Taco Bell (since I don't plan diner on the days I have to work)  to get a movie and dinner. Well, I had just gone to Blockbuster and was stopped at a stop light in the turning lane, about to get diner, when ALL OF A SUDDEN, I feel this enormous push against me and the biggest BANG sound you can imagine. I IMMEDIATELY knew I had been hit. Since I had been in a accident in Abliene that had totaled my car, I was pretty familiar with the feeling and sound of cars hitting each other. The first thing I sad after the force of it all pushed me almost making my head hit the steering wheel, was YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!! mostly because I was driving my knew car. Not knew, but knew to me, and its in a really good shape! 

I got out and looked at the 16ish year old girl and her younger brother that were getting out of the car behind me.  She was freaking out holding her phone saying she was going to call her dad and she didn't know what to do because that had never happened to her before. I rolled my eyes, keeping unusual composure and dialed 911. I was annoyed beyond belief.  Thank goodness, that all that was damaged on my car was the bumper. But she did a number on her car! She was driving an Acura rsx, so it was really low to the ground. It messed up her entire front end. We were also blocking traffic and the 911 operator kept asking me a million questions. All I wanted was for a police man to come over to us, and for me to call Brian. Which i couldn't because I think it would de rude for me to hang up on a 911 person. 

After I called Brian about what happened, he immediately came to meet me. While I was waiting for the police and Brian to get there (which seemed like FOREVER) the girls dad came up and asked me If i had insurance. I said yes and that i called the police and we need to wait until he got there. This man got mad at me!! Can you believe it!? He said he could have handled it and why did I call the police? I said, "well thats all that I know what to do and he's on his way." The guy mumbled something and went back to his daughter. I was thinking to myself. Your dumb daughter just HIT MY car, and you are complaining that I called the police? Idiot! 

I later found out that the girls dad also questioned the police why he was giving the girl a ticket for following to closely or something like that. I mean, why should she get a ticket right? She just cause a huge car accident! Some people! 

The police and Brian finally came. He told us to drive our cars into a parking lot, to not block traffic. He asked me if I was feeling ok and i told him my neck hurt and my lower head. That was a mistake because he proceeded to call the ambulance! I was like OMG!!!! The emt's came out with their sirens and everything to ask me a few questions. They told me I should go to the hospital to get checked out. I said "K" not only because they told me to, but also because Brian was insisting. 

After that Brian drove me to the hospital and they told me I had a neck strain. (or something like that) due to whip lash. After a couple of hours there, we picked up our Taco Bell (by then I was starving) and went home. Uhg!! some night! 

The next night was much better!! Brian came home from work and I was all ready to go out. A little sore from the night before, but thats ok. when we got to his car he pulled out his gift to me. He told me to stand there and to not turn around. Out of no were, he came up to me holding up a super cute camel colored leather bag from COACH!! AAAHH! I was so excited and impressed! He hates going in that store because its always so crowded! He did so good! I was not expecting it at all! I gave him some stuff from Banana Republic and he liked it too. We had a fabulous diner and a great anniversary! 

Brian's b-day is NOT overshadowed by Christmas!

WOW! Things have been crazy around here. We had our annual christmas party at church, Brian's birthday AND a family photo shoot ALL in the SAME weekend! It was crazy but fun. Brian turned 26 this past friday and the family went to Brio, a FABULOUS italian restaurant, then we came back home for cake coffee and presents. It was a little low key this year, no huge party, but thats what he wanted, so thats what he got! I joke around that his birthday is overshadowed by Christmas since its SO close together, but in reality, I try to not make it that way. Poor guy! 

The family photo shoot I did turned out great! They are the sweetest family and we had a great time even though it was mid 40's and windy! Nevertheless, they have got some great photos in return. 

I am surprised that I have been pretty busy these past few months with photography. I don't always post them on here but if you would like an idea of what I do, you should go to my website www.taraedwardsphotography.com and check it out!