Sometimes the only solution is to CHOP!

When life gives you thin hair, you make the best of it. 

I've come to the realization that my hair will never be the same as it was before children. I've finally excepted my fate. Even after all the hair loss, and regrowth it is what it is.

After a few hair cuts and keeping my hair shoulder length, I realized even with it that length I was still putting my hair up every single day. I never had my hair down. If you have thin hair you know that having your hair pulled back into a bun or pony tail is basically the worst thing you can do. Every time I took down my hair my elastic would pull out tons of my hair. YIKES! I couldn't afford any more hair being lost to keep it up. 

So one day a few weeks ago, I texted my talented and amazing friend 

I'm that client and sent her a photo I had found on Pinterest of a super short cut that I wanted, but I'm also that client that doesn't expect it to look identical. 

She worked her magic and figured out what would work best for my hair and still keeping the image I sent in mind. 

I feels so good to have my hair short again. It is a perfect cut for my thin hair, I don't know why I keep growing it out. I'll be keeping it short for a long long time. It actually feels thicker and fuller, because its not being weighed down.

Sometimes when you have thin hair the only solution is to chop it!

fixed

well this past week i took amelia to my sisters and got her hair fixed. oh and it is so stinking adorable!!

she was so good sitting still, letting kim work her magic. well it probably helped that that i kept shoveling smarties her way to keep her still and happy. you gotta do whatcha ya gotta do!


a little picture reminder of what it was.

and now what it is!!!

my sister is amazing at working her magic hair skills. she ended up cutting an aline cut with lots of little layers to hide some of the really short pieces.  it turned out amazing and amelia was very excited with her new look.

she is growing up and this cut make her look so much older. well she doesn't acted like she's older but looks wise...yes. much, much older.

my baby isn't much of a baby anymore.

full of surpises

sorry i've been MIA as of late. i don't know what to tell ya. oops. :)

so i'd thought i'd share some pictures today that i captured on my phone....well cause i don't have any other camera.

so lets begin.

i have this 2 and a half year old you see, and she is just a little ball of sass and love.

 exhibit A

this little love of mine decided the other day to give her barbie a nice hair cut.

exhibit B

i wasn't upset about that because i did that all the time to my barbies and i was freakishly surprised it actually took so this long for this to happen.

well exhibit A decided she wanted to look like exhibit B

so this brings us to....

exhibit C

(exhibit A picture is what the front looks like. short and choppy too.)

yep looks like she chopped whatever she could grab in the back and the top and snipped away. it is just out of control.

an absolute mess!

i am so sad cause looks like the only solution is to get the girl a super short hair cut, like pixie short. :(

i know she is going to be furious because she loves getting her hair done and getting braid and ponytails in it. but she'll just have to deal with it i guess.

i'll have to get some bows and headbands to make up for the other stuff. poor girl.

why must children do things like this.

she does keep things interesting and keeps me on my toes.

my little amelia.

transformation

So we are having our labor day weekend just a hop skip away in the nearby town of scottsdale.  Staying at a cute little place.  One really great thing about staying somewhere is you can turn the air down as cold as you want and not have the pay a dime for it.  oh its so nice to walk in the apartment at have it be below 70.  Makes the 110 weather outside a little more bearable. :)

How is everyone doing on the no soda?  I haven't caved. I won't cause i know if i do i'll have to say i did then i will kick myself because if it. I'm not wanting any sort of pain right now. 

Speaking of pain....100 Workouts?? anyone actually trying it? or at least tried it once? if you haven't do it!! :) 

oh and i'd like to mention that my inner emo has left me.  I knew it was going to be short lived, it was fun while it lasted.

my final hair transformation is complete. a little look that is called ombre. yeah its pretty awesome, and a lot of fun!

Did i mention how much i love getting my hair done??!?! Because its one of my favorite things. :)

i hope everyone has a wonderful safe labor day!!! Make its the best one yet!!

my inner emo.

if you know me personally you know that i change my hair often.

when i do its not unnoticeable. its pretty much in your face and freakin sweet!!


well i got my hair done last night.  well i actually got my hair done TWICE last night. 

My sister (my hard core hair stylist) colored my hair, and it just wasn't dark enough. i was going to wait to have it redone in a few days but she said it would bother her so we did it again. a quick trip to get the right color shade and then the proses began again.

it was definitely darker this time around. haha.

i love change! and i think i channeled my inner emo and had a flash back to high school. haha. I FREAKIN LOVE IT!

EMO MOMMA COMIN ATCHA!

enjoy!

BEFORE

my awesome blond which i love, love, loved.

& now

AFTER

(its darker in person)

i told you.....everyone together now.

EEEEEEEEEEMO!

:]



hair fail

so i consider myself an okay hair trimmer. i trim my kids hair. i have never attempted to actually cut some length off. a minimal amount is my kind of cut.

well i was trimming evelyns hair it grows really weird and uneven. so i told her to hold still.
fail #1. Don't tell your child to hold still they will do the exact opposite.
fail #2. continue to cut even though she moved. GAH!

that's right i ended up cutting about a 4-5inch chunk of hair off the back of my daughter beautiful long hair. i had no choice but to cut the rest. it was sad. PLUS i have no idea what i'm doing. so its a bit uneven but i did the best i could.

her hair was getting so long!!

welp here is the after.....

she does look a lot more grown up. i didn't want that yet!! but she did tell me the other day to stop calling her my baby and that she was a big girl. ::sigh::

oh and big girls get to dress themselves. 

"fancy" sunday shirt with fruit shorts. cute! :)

i love my girlies.