Some randomness :)

These are just some random pictures we took of Jacen in the last couple of days... which are just the few brief moments we've had of him not crying. He's been really cranky lately, and I can't figure out why.He hardly ever falls asleep anywhere but in his crib, but the other day he decided he wanted to nap on the couch, which his butt up in the air. Quite cute.

Then two days ago he decided he wanted to wake up at 3:30am and didn't go back to sleep until 7am, so I took advantage of the time and made him breakfast at 6:15am (he usually doesn't wake up until 9am and eats breakfast at 10am). And he decided he also wanted to feed himself, and we ended up with a little bit of a mess.

And today we pulled out my lab goggles I used for a chemistry class up at the U a few years ago, and they are so hideous, I had to put them on Jacen and take a picture of it (I had to hold it on his face and quickly take the picture because he kept pulling them down). So he's my little future scientist!

Major changes... BIG ONES!

I'm officially an alumni from Salt Lake Community College, class of 2009! Well, it's not exciting, except for the fact that I graduated with Honors and had no idea... LOL I don't seem to realize things until they're actually just about to happen. For example, I didn't know I was graduating with my Associate's until February. Then I didn't know I was graduating with Honors until a couple of weeks ago. I don't know what my deal is, but I'm just darn glad I'm D-O-N-E with stupid general classes. Those are such a pain. Oh, and I forgot... some of you are probably wondering what I changed my major to. Turns out the U of U didn't like my plan of education, so I had to pick out something different instead. And I picked... *drums please!* Anthropology with Health Emphasis. I know, I know. So odd... I completely understand. But the classes seem really cool and I'm excited for it. And the thing I'm most excited about is that it's a brand new major at the U that was designed by the Dean of the Medical School up there, so I get brownie points for taking it once I apply to Med School and they see it on my application :D So there! And Elijah also changed his major so he can teach high school (either geography or history) and to coach high school football. Therefore, he's transferring to SLCC in the Fall from the VERY expensive Florida Inst. of Tech. and we won't have to pay $50G's like it was originally going to be... thank the heavens!

Then some other big news from the Little Man.... He learned to walk! He took his first real steps on the 15th but we waited to get it on tape for a few days because we wanted to make sure he wouldn't forget how to do it overnight LOL So we're very excited because it means we can quit carrying the 28 pounder around our house, and I'm sure our downstairs neighbors will appreciate less noise :)

My new haircut :)

So this is it! I decided not to go as short as the ones you looked at, because I want to grow it out a bit more. But she took out a TON of hair.

I cannot believe it!

We are finally going on vacation at the end of the month!!! I must be dreaming or something because we haven't travelled in AGES. I swear the last time we travelled was when we were still going through an Ice Age... well, really, it was 3 1/2 years ago- I only remember it because we travelled with our good friends Clint and Lisa to southern CA for our 1st anniversary and stayed with Elijah's parents. They always provide room and board for us whenever we get away, and this time, we're going to stay with them in Washington DC!!! I'm so thrilled! And the best thing: we'll be there for the 4th of July! There is no better place in the country to be at than there!
There was absolutely NO WAY I was going to fork out $300-400 per plane ticket to travel, and it just happened the other day Travelocity had tickets for $148/ticket so I snatched them immediately. I was so impressed- I didn't know we could even pick our seats! And knowing me, who has always wanted to be a flight attendant- obviously had to pick window seats for every plane ride. But one day I just may become a flight attendant as a side job, just for the heck of it. I'll be a doctor AND a flight attendant. I love to fly, and hope to do it frequently!
I'm really writing because I am so nervous of flying with Jacen. See, I'm a cheapskate when it comes to money and it was cheaper to take Jacen on our lap, so I didn't buy a seat for him. Which means he'll be grumpy. And our flight between Dallas and DC will be really long and will only arrive at 1am, and I'm not really sure what to do about him sleeping. Or entertainment for him. So I ask: has anyone ever travelled with a 1 yr old? And what did you do for entertainment? I'm taking any tips, including names of drugs to give him to make him sleep- ok, ok, I'm just kidding, I don't know whether or not I'd go that far, but if anyone knows of anything let me know!!!

His first haircut.... MWAAHHHH!!!!

As you can see, this is Jacen as a 24 hr old baby. He didn't have much hair at birth, which was fine. He had more on the sides and back of his head than on top (that would be because he rubbed his head on top of my bladder constantly). Then he got the infamous bald spot on the back of his head that took 6 months for hair to start growing back.

Then this is him last week. It only grew just a couple inches, not much, but it was getting long and I decided it was time for a haircut. And I didn't want to go spend a lot of money so I got us a haircut kit (which I'm hoping to use it with Elijah once I perfect the art of cutting hair eheh). And this is a picture of the little I got to put in his keepsake book- or whatever they call those things.

And this is him with his new cut. I can finally spike it up with gel and it stays! He cried through the majority of the whole thing. He was just scared of the buzzing, although I tried touching it to his arm, and mine, letting him know it was ok. But nothing would make him stop crying unless we were letting him play with our cell phones, which are by far his favorite toys of all time.

The haircut didn't turn out bad for someone who had never done it before. The problem with his hair is that he doesn't grow hair evenly throughout his head, so it looks choppy. I need more practice with contouring the edges, but the main areas were ok.

He looks so cute, huh? And he's always smiling this big when he gets food, thus the reason the picture was taken while he's eating :)

Oh, and I'm still waiting to get my haircut.... I'll post pictures when I do.