Week (or two) in review

* Ambrose had his first road trip, the second half of the trip was fantastic, the first half....not so much. My mom and I and Ambrose rode together, and then my dad and sister rode together (partly due to the fact that my dad and sister had to return home a day earlier than my mom and I but mostly due to the fact that Ambrose comes with a ton of stuff, you should have SEEN the back of the car, you would have thought that it was a mini Babie's R Us warehouse..... and trust me each and every single item was used on the trip). At one of our stops I made the comment to my sister that the trip was going TERRIBLE, and my mom chimes in with " IT's not that bad, he's only crying (translate...screaming like I'm ripping his toenails out one by one) about 50% of the time". When in the heck does that mean that the trip is going well. Needless to say, when we arrived at our destination I promptly made plane ticket reservations to New Mexico. No way am I putting myself through that again, even if he did get his act together on the second half. No way am I chancing that he'll happen to have a good traveling day on the exact date we need him to.

* My brother got married this past weekend. It was beautiful and wonderful and all the things that weddings are supposed to be. Pretty much my entire extended family was there and it was so great to see all of them again.There were about a gabillion loving hands to hold Ambrose, which was fantastic.

*meeting my cousins kids for the first time. Gracyn is 2 and Michael is 8 months.

* I got my hair cut, and it feels great! With Ambrose's arrival I think I've actually done my hair a total of maybe 5 times (meaning shower one day, "do" hair the next). I needed something fairly maintenance free yet still cute. I think I found it,hopefully it doesn't fall into the "mom haircut" category.

not sure why the pic is so small and blurry, sorry, I'm still figuring out this whole blog thing. I'll find another pic, but you kind of get the gist right?

* Ambrose is getting so stinking cute! I'm totally biased, but even strangers will tell me how cute he is. I'll post more on him later :)

* John will be here in a week, and I am SO excited. I do have to say that Skype is the GREATEST thing ever! It has allowed John to be present for things like bath time, play time and everything in between. It's so wonderful that it's free, but these past 6 weeks have made me realize that even if it costs me an arm and a leg, I'll pay it. Seeing Ambrose smile at John through the computer is priceless!

hmmm a little help here people, why in the world. Can't wait for my dad to get home, he'll fix it!

On another note, if Oprah would stop promoting Skype every show maybe less people would use it and it would work a little better. I mean how in the heck are 12 million people supposed to be talking with loved ones and have every thing go smoothly. Enough with the "Where in the SKype are you" Oprah.

*I have decided to get braces. It's been something that has been on my "self improvement" list, and I figure that now is the time. I do have quite a few worries/fears, mostly shallow what will people think , but other ones too, like how bad will it hurt truly, will I get the results I'm looking for, will I wish I hadn't done it at all, will I miss eating all of the foods I love so much... I could go on and on. However, when I was in for the consult the Dr. did make me aware that a "side affect" could be weight loss (due to pain, slower eating, and not eating the same foods) and was that OK with me. Um....yea! I'm still carrying around some baby weight so bring on the braces (probably one of the more painful weight loss programs)! I'll let you know how the whole thing goes. I'm scheduled to get them put on July 8, just 3 days before I leave for New Mexico.