Hair-Crazy!

today i have been surfing blogs and reading all about hair. that's right hair. i was on someones blog and that led to another, which led to another, and finally, another. so i saved the hair blog in my list of favs and then came across yet another blog about hair and hair bows. i saved it. i am dying to try their suggestions out, but alas, addison's hair is not even 1/4' long. sad day. sounds like my sisters will be having a slumber party at my house this weekend.
i have never been someone who likes to do hair, other than my own. (although since i first became pregnant, you probably thought i didn't even like that did you? i admit that's why i looked like a rag doll and finally cut my hair. NOTE: never cut your hair when pregnant if you want it to grow back before too long. even though long, lush hair is one of the many benefits of prenatals, the baby like to hog all the nutrients it provides. thus making sure your hair does not grow. END NOTE)
like i was saying, i have only really liked to do my own hair. beauty is time and sometimes pain, and i was always willing. i have begun to realize that I HAD A BABY GIRL therefore her hair - or lack of it - must be done everyday if she is to not look like an orphan. but what to do to her hair, or even mine? problem: i ran out of ideas and even forgot how to do the things i used to do to my hair. yikes! solution: thanks to the new blogging pastime, i found this woman who shares her ideas and even her "how to's".
but having a baby seems to suck your time away. so sorry if i have had offending hair i will do better. it takes about a month for new habits to develop, so hopefully i will be back to my pre-pregnancy self this summer. we will see....

ps. i would like to assure all those who have cut their hair will pregnant: have that baby and it grows right out! miracle!

pps. i will keep ya'll posted about how the hair party works out

My Body Is Mine Again!

i was looking at some old pics and can i just say that i am so glad to not be pregnant for a while?! i'm able to do normal things again like lie on my tummy. i was even swing dancing last night! (no jumps yet, but i did do a few lifts with kyle.) i did love it though and i will probably miss it before too long. but, yeah, my old body is back, well almost. i have some "war wounds" but that is just part of life, is it not? don't think i like them or anything, i have become best friends lately with mederma scar cream. it says it takes eight weeks to take affect, hopefully the label doesn't lie.
it time to start thinking about a running and eating routine. but don't think i'm stupid, i said i'll think about it right now. exercise right now? heck no! i still got three weeks of "rest and recovery" before i actually do anything.

Some More Blubberings

every night i have vivid dreams and i know that i have had an increasing amount of dreams since i got married, but i think they have become even more real since i became pregnant. in the last month, i have had the most bizarre dreams that wake me up and i find myself asking "was that real, or did i dream that too. some of my dreams are about having baby addison, or going through the delivery, and others are just crazy and about people i haven't seen or talked to in a long time - some of them in years. last night was no different. i was tossing and turning and finally woke up to go to the bathroom. (for those of you that don't know, i am extremely lazy when it comes to my sleep and will do anything to prolong getting up. even if it is subconsciously.)

when i laid back down, i thought i was having contractions and asked my self if i should stay up for them to see if i could feel anything. i decided that i would rather sleep. (see what i mean about laziness?) i wasn't woken up at any other time during the night by a contraction, so i know that i only asked myself that question because i am so ready to have contractions and go to the hospital in labor. ugh! i hate waiting. i love being pregnant and have had no problems, but i am so darn curious of what my baby will look like and how she will act that i can't wait to meet her.

since i wake up regularly at night to go to the bathroom or to turn over to my other side, i am always asking myself if it is because i am going into labor. not yet. my contractions still aren't very strong or regular enough to deliver this baby. which makes me wonder if my body can even do it. i thought that i would feel some real but sporadic contractions by this time in my pregnancy, but no. so disappointing. man i wish she would come already. maybe she thinks that i don't quite have everything together and is waiting until i am more organized to come. well, if that is the case i will be pregnant for the rest of my life, because i know of nothing else i can to to prepare for her.

oh and for all those who are wondering about the mederma scar cream, i really think i am seeing improvement in the size and color of my stretch marks. (don't throw up please) they seem to be fading slowly but surely. the directions said to continue using it for eight weeks on new scars. eight weeks will be up march 17th, but i will probably continue to use it for a while after that with some skin tightening lotion. any suggestions?

hopefully i can "bounce back after baby". that, by the way, is the name of the third blog i started for myself. it is a joggers blog for pros and newbies alike. they have a calendar for each person and have you set up short term and long term goals and your reasoning behind them. i am not going to tell you my time frame in fear of not reaching my goal, but i will tell you the things i plan to do in my life in terms of running. run a half marathon, full marathon, and run a triathlon, and maybe to one or more of them more than once. i don't have any eating goals to go along with them because if you know me at all, i love to eat and i know i wouldn't be able to stick to something that punishes me like a diet. i'll eat healthier, but not go on a diet. my plan is to pretty much be a dang hot mama!