Ch- Ch- Ch-Changes

Hey there!

So this was a big weekend for our little family. First of all, I need to announce that I got a stylin' new do by my talented and oh-so-stylish mommy friend, Alisha. I had been slacking on cutting my straggly 12 inch locks, perhaps because I was under the illusion that I could somehow, someway, get them back to the shiny, lustrous state they were in while I was pregnant with Baby Roo. As a friend of mine put it, "There ain't no hair like prego hair".

Alas, whatever hormones were responsible for my prego hair had stopped their visits to the hair shafts on my scalp long, long, ago. It'd been months and I was walking around with the "messy bun" look pretty much everyday. Plus, Baby Roo was taking just a little too much pleasure in wrapping her little hands in my hair and pulling as hard as she could. It was time for a change.

A friend of mine that I know through my MOMS club is a stylist at a new, very relaxing salon out here in Rancho Mirage called "The Bunglaow". It was shady, tranquil, and best of all, they offered me a glass of wine to sip while I was being made-over. Wine! This is an automatic upgrade to a 5 star salon in my book.

Anyway, here's a pic of the magic that Alisha worked on my hair:

Here's another picture because I think I look slightly smug in the one above.

I know. I look too happy in this one, but happy is better than smug. Besides, I am happy. I love my new 'do. Thank you, Alisha!

Some other changes that are going on in our household.... I am writing this from a new locale- uh, 10 feet away from the old one. We didn't move houses, but we moved half our house around.

When Mr. C and I moved in this place 4 1/2 years ago, it was just us and my stepson 9. This is a 4 bedroom home with a bonus room. We never, in a million gazillion years, thought that we would ever outgrow it. We officially did just that, however, with the arrival of Baby Roo. She's been shacked up in our room and sleeping in a Pak n' Play for the past 11 months because we've been putting off the big room shuffle that's needed to occur. Sooooooooooooo, here's what we did this weekend:

(Big deep inhale of breath) We moved 9 out of his room and moved him into J's room. We moved the office/playroom into 9's old room, and moved Princess G out of her room and into the old office/playroom with J. They now share. Finally, we moved Baby Roo into Princess G's room which now makes it possible for me and Mr. C to have our whole, entire room back to ourselves. (Exhale)

This involved a lot of painting, sorting, dismantling, remantling, and reorganzing. But it's all been worth it because as I write this now (from the old desk in the new office) J and Princess G are both sleeping in their new room 8 feet away, 9 is enjoying his new bed and his new bedroom, and Baby Roo is resting peacefully for the first time ever in a real life baby crib. Mr. C and I will be able to toss, turn, snore, shower, and flush toilets whenever we want without worrying about waking the baby.

Change is good. So is my life.

Have a nice day, everyone.