Hayden Turns 1

My baby is 1!!! I can't believe how fast he grew. One year went by WAY too fast, but I love watching him grow. He is such a smart, handsome little guy. I knew he would GROW up fast than Hudson, because of the way he was doing things before the average milestones that kids noramlly follow. He sat early, crawled early, talked early, fed himself cheerios early and walked early. CRAZY, I say, but it's a good thing. This just means that Hudson had a playmate sooner than later. Anyways, He turned 1 on March 28 and we celebrated his birthday on April 1st ( which happened to be his due date). This was a great day, and we had a lot of people come celebrate with us. It is sooooo awesome to see all the love this boy gets. He is very blessed. We did an owl themed party (well more like I did) and I think it turned out pretty well. We were also blessed with a great sunny day, which allowed us to open up the doors and create a space for people to hang out outside as well. Here are just a few pics from the best day of April so far:)

Daddy and the birthday boy

Cute little owls made out of lanterns

Great cake made by my friend Thea from box of dreams custom cakes and cupcakes

Cutest birthday boy, shirt made by his momma :)

Tree of owl candy bags, which were featured in a previous blog post

My Grandma went crazy with the owl theme!!

Cutest owl cupcakes made by yours truly

Hope you enjoyed the pics! There are a lot more but it would take all day to upload them! and who really has time for that. It is a gorgeous day outside, go outside and play! thats where i'm headed. xoxo

It's been a long time!

Wow, its been a long time since I last posted something about my wonderful life :) I don't know about you, but I have sure been feeling the affects of our miserable weather. I have just been lazing around the house feeling down and not knowing why!!! But alas, today this beautiful weather has got me out of the funk! Hayden and I went outside and drained all the rain water from the sandbox and dug out the worms. It was magical! Some how the 30mins of warm sunshine shining on my back changed something! All the vitamin D flowing through my body

made me happy! Happy, whats that! last week I probably couldn't have told you, but today!! Today is a new day, and it's a good day! So anyways, It's been 3.5 months since my surgery, and everything is almost back to normal. Well, I eat mostly everything except for a nice juicy cheese burger! I stretch my jaw all day long, in hopes that I will soon be able to eat the most yummyburger from 5 guys! oh man, thats the goal, those burgers are delicious, so fresh and yummy! so other than Days full of jaw-cercise We have been keeping busy going to preschool,

playing pirates, planning Hayden's first birthday, finding a nanny

and i've been working on a few sewing projects! Thought I should start using my christmas present! I thought now would be a good time to look at some before and after pictures, I have to admit, my phone has erased a lot of my photos so the selection is minimal, but you can kinda see the progress.

Before! Hard to see though cause i'm not really smiling

8 weeks after, I wore glasses a lot cause I thought my some what swollen face looked better with them on. Kinda balanced everything out.

This is what I look like this week! Not bad I say! cheek bones more pronounced and my eyes look like they open wider! hahaha, promise they didn't do anything to my eyes!

Hope you go out and enjoy this beautiful day!!! Some vitamin D will do you good! It sure did for me :)

xoxo

The start of week 8

Week 8 is off to a good start, well I can't complain thats for sure. I can now fit 2 fingers into my mouth, and I have a great long list of items to eat now. Still mainly soft things, like pasta, chicken and bread. Not too many veggies, even when cooked they are too tough to chew or bite, so I do sometimes eat SOUP to get the veggies in. The thought of soup is boring to me, but if I didn't do that I would probably turn into a carbohydrate. Well that or a yam. Hahaha they get nice and soft when baked in the oven and are SOOOOO tasty with some spices and olive oil,probably my favourite thing to eat right now. The swelling in my face remains in my cheeks and through out the day it descends from the cheek to my lower jaw. Its is minimal, but you can still see it. My smile is not too lop sided any more, and my teeth touch in the back now!!! So Ifinally have a pretty normal bite! It's wonderful. There is still numbness to my upper lip and bottom part of my cheeks, but can't complain, there is no more pain! So to celebrate this new found acceptance of myself I took a picture and posted it for the world to see. I do have my glasses on int he picture, as I think my face looks better with them on. I know it sounds crazy, just go with it. hahaha my brain may perceive things differently than others :)Also to celebrate, Annie and I got our ears pierced. You may be thinking, what!!! you don't have them pierced. It is true, I went almost 29 years with no holes in my ears, and now I have 2 in each each! hahaha What got into me you say, well I thought "if I survived jaw surgery I can do anything"! and it's true. The whole piercing part didn't hurt at all. I'm not gonna lie, the whole way to the mall and sitting in the chair I was so sick to my stomach, and when the 2 ladies where standing there ready to shoot the gun, I didn't know if I was gonna faint or throw up. None of the 2 happened, instead I replied "that was it, hahaha that didn't hurt at all, I will forsure get the second onenow"! so thats how it happened. Now something magical happens when I look in the mirror, no matter what I'm wearing I see a pretty lady! I know, your thinking, ah weirdo, but it's true, earrings change you, they change your overall look. Even if you are all grubbed out in sweats and a hoodie they make you feel like your put together and ready for anything, or any random stranger that may knock on your door. On that note, enjoy your weekend and put some earrings in those empty wholes of yours and be ready for anything. xoxo