It's Gone

After Sophie's birthday party on Saturday, she settled down for a nap. While she napped, I went to get all of my hair chopped of. I had Isaak take pictures of my hair before and after (so ignore the squishy faces I made, he gives no 1.2.3 warning).

The last picture with my long hair. I guess I miss having it long, I love long hair. I just had no time to actually do anything with it.

Isaak took the picture the instant we got in the car. With it being dark outside it's hard to actually see how short it is. I'll have to take a picture with it actually done. I straightened it for church on Sunday and was rather pleased. Plus it still fits into a super tiny ponytail! WIN!

TWO!

That's right, my baby girl is two today. I can hardly believe it myself. We are going to be doing her party on Saturday, so I'll be sure to load oodles of pictures then. Here is a rundown of her last year.

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Nothing helps you to become a better person like a child. As a mommy you learn to become completely selfless. You sacrifice everything from your sleep, to your body, to your pretty earrings for the kid to play with. Thank you, Sophie. I wouldn't change any of it for the world.

I love this poem.

Before I was a Mom
I made and ate hot meals.
I had unstained clothing.
I had quiet conversations on the phone.

Before I was a Mom,
I slept as late as I wanted
And never worried about how late I got into bed.
I brushed my hair and my teeth everyday.

Before I was Mom
I cleaned my house each day.
I never tripped over toys or forgot words of lullabies.

Before I was a Mom
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom
I had never been puked on
Pooped on
Spit on
Chewed on
Peed on
Or pinched by tiny fingers

Before I was a Mom
I had complete control of:
My thoughts
My body
And my mind.
I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom
I never held down a screaming child
So that doctors could do tests
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put it down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces
When I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small
Could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom
I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond between a Mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small
Could make me feel so important.

Before I was a Mom
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay
I had never known the warmth
The joy
The love
The heartache
The wonder
Or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mom.

To Chop, Or Not To Chop

I often get bored with my appearance, and long for significant changes. I.E. my hair has been nearly every color of the rainbow, I've gotten my belly button pierced three times, and so on.

I've gotten to the point where my hair is just dull to me now. I could color it, but black is super hard to color over, unless you strip the color out, and that just sucks for your hair.

So the next most logical option is to chop it off. I've had my hair super short before, about 5 years back. While at first I looked like a little Asian boy, eventually it grew out a little and it was awesome.

That is after I let the short haircut grow out for about a year. It's a little longer than what I'm thinking.

Something a little longer than this. And closer to the below pictures.
Who knows, maybe I'll grow out of the idea, and pierce something again. :P

We shall see.

More Christmas Pictures

I stole the pictures from my dad's camera. Thank goodness he took pictures while we opened gifts, I was busy trying to keep track of Sophie.

Here are the rest.

Christmas 2009 Album

I'm working on getting the video up on Youtube. It's just that it's 40 minutes long, and I need to cut it up into a few sections so it will actually upload.

Ho Ho Ho

Our Christmas morning started out like most mornings. Notice how Sophie is turned completely sideways, and Denny is on my pillow. I sleep between the two of them... yea, no room.
Sophie had been wanting that toy for weeks. I pointed it out to Isaak, and he got it for her. Thanks to all of the lovely employees at Taxworks, my husband spent nearly the entire day feeling like complete crap. Maybe it's just me, but I thought it was just common courtesy to stay home from work when you're sick, as to not infect other people.
With Denny laying on the couch dying, Sophie not wanting to open any gifts, and my mom asking every few minutes why she couldn't hear us through the computer - our morning was a bit of a madhouse. I set up the camera to record most of it, so I'll get it posted here later tonight or tomorrow.
After Denny took a good long nap, he had a bit more energy. Grandma Tina and the gang came over with an army of gifts. Denny got his much wanted external hard drive.
I got what Tina referred to as "baby making clothes." :)
And Sophie got a bunch of gifts, including a freakin awesome play kitchen. It makes noise when you put the pots on the stove and everything! I do believe that I will be playing with this as well.

Here is the link to the rest of the Christmas pictures - Christmas 2009 Album.

As well as two little snips from our Christmas.

Video One

Video Two