Friday, June 10, 2011

Our Hair History

 Since Paisley was born, I have been asked numerous times about all of her dark hair.  Everyone sees that Seth, Me, Jillian, and Jules are all really blonde...and they can not figure out where here dark hair comes from.  (It is not the mail man...I promise!)  I have explained the hair situation so many times now, and I thought I would just walk you guys through the history of my babies hair and show proof of all the stages we have been through. 



 JILLIAN:

 Here is Jillian at just a few days old.  As you can see, she was also born with lots of dark hair!  It was quite shocking at first since we were not expecting a dark headed baby to come from me.  But I loved all that hair! It made her look so girly and cute...and made her bows look extra sweet!


 Then at almost 4 months old, it ALL fell out.  ALL of it!  And it happened almost over night.  It was very strange seeing my dark headed baby go bald.  



But, not long after that, it started to grow in pretty quickly.  This time it was blonde. 


It continued to grow and grow, and  I got to do lots of fun hairstyles.



  And now, she wears it very long...which is her choice.  I have asked her to cut it, but she does not want to.  She wants it very long.  So for now, that is how we will keep it! 



JULES:


 When Jules was born, I was expecting another brunette.  However, as you can see...she was just the opposite.  Jules was born with tons of bleach blonde hair.  My doctor and nurses were all shocked and said they had never seen a newborn with that much lite blonde hair before!



 Eventually though, it started to fall out too.  Thank goodness, though, she never lost it all.  It just thinned WAY out.


 It thinned out on both side, and she really just had a comb-over in the middle.  I would just pull the comb-over to one side and make it look like a hair-do as best that I could.


 Soon after, her hair started to grow back pretty quickly too.  Here was her first pony-tail/sprout on top of her head.


 Then the bangs started to come in...


 And finally, she had lots of hair come in...but it was all different lengths!  It had no style...and we had to fix that!


 So, I got her hair cut into a bob.  She has thick hair, and it works great in this style!  I love love love this child in her bob!


 And that is the style that Jules is still wearing today...and she wears it well.



PAISLEY:


 When Paisley was about to be born, we could not figure out which way she would go...brunette like Jillian or blonde like Jules.  I was really convinced she would come out looking like Jules...big blue eyes and lite blonde hair.  Obviously, I was wrong again.  She came out looking just like Jillian as a baby...dark hair and dark blue eyes.


 LOTS of dark hair!!!! 


 Good thing she looks JUST like her daddy!


 Sweet brunette!  I sure hoped she would keep that hair.  Then all my girls would have their own style and color!


 But, as you can see, P's hair has started to thin out and lighten.  I see her little hairs fall out all the time, but thankfully she didn't go bald over night!  



 It looks like she won't go bald either...it is just thinning and slowly lightening up.  I can see LOTS of blonde underneath too.  It was only a matter of time in our family, I suppose!


 So now the question remains...will she look like Jillian or Jules?


My guess is Jillian.  I think they are going to look A LOT alike!  
 So now you know our hair story!  It has been quite an eventful journey!  HA HA HA!

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

8 Years

 Today is Mine and Seth's 8th wedding anniversary. It is so hard to believe that we have been married that long, when I can remember our wedding day like it was yesterday!  We were both 22 years old on our wedding day, and now that seems like we were BABIES!  But, we knew from the start that we were just meant to be together!  We have actually been together now for 10 years...a WHOLE decade!  We got together at 20...so our entire 20's were spent together and I love that!  I'm not the type to get all mushy in public...so I certainly won't do it on my blog.  All I have to say though is that I am proud of what we have done in 8 years and all of the fun we have had...and I can't wait to see what the next 42 have in store for us.  (We have always just agreed to make it to 50!  HA!)  Here are pictures of us as a family around each of our anniversaries. We have certainly changed a lot over the last 10 years...most obviously by adding a kid almost every other year.  We have been blessed with a really great marriage and healthy kids so far...and I can look at these pictures and know that I have been so blessed! 

So happy anniversary to us! 



 June 2001...when we first started dating



 June 7, 2003


 June 2004
1st anniversary


 June 2005
2nd anniversary


 June 2006...2 weeks away from having Jillian
3rd anniversary


 June 2007
4th anniversary


 June 2008
5th anniversary

 June 2009
6th anniversary



 June 2010
7th anniversary



2011...8th anniversary

Monday, June 6, 2011

Let the Summer Begin

Last weekend for Memorial Day we spent the whole weekend swimming at my parents house.  My kids love to swim and be in the water and we usually swim about 5 days out of 7 all summer long.  I have had all three of my babies in the water pretty much right after they are born.  They seem to all love it right from the start...which is a good thing living in Texas!  Gotta love the swimming pool to survive the 100+ degree heat here!  
Anyways, our weekend consisted of lots of food, family, and fun.  We swam all three days and just relaxed by the pool.  It was a great way to kick off our summer and we look forward to making many more memories this year!  There is nothing sweeter than a bunch of sun-kissed little girls running around outside!  

 Jillian and Jules...always start out their summers getting used to the water in the hot tub (which isn't hot)


 Baby P thinking about getting in


 Mimi and P


 Something about Jules in goggles and piggy tails just gets me all giddy.  She is so stinkin cute!


 I could just eat her up


 Jilly is my more sophisticated girl



 P did a lot of napping by the pool...


 same picture...different day...different suit


 Mimi has always been able to rock my babies to sleep outside


 day 2


 sisters


 Jules is totally loving her birthday bike.  She could just pedal around the pool forever


 off she goes




 Pretty Jilly


 Dad, Seth and Mason played football in these chairs for hours...trying hard to balance.  They had a great time!


 biking around

 You can't celebrate summertime poolside without a little watermelon!


 Here is Aunt K...texting!


 Helping Mimi water her plants


 Papaw and Paisley

 Papaw loves his girls


 Here are the girls making smores...the city way on the grill!


 roasting marshmallows





 yummy!


 Jules before she got to the chocolate part of the smore...


 Jilly enjoying hers


 Jules after she got into the chocolate.  YUCK!  When will this child NOT be the messiest eater???


 Aunt K's boyfriend Mason with P after a much needed bath
(for P...not Mason)



 Papaw, P, and Mimi (with the ghost of Kourtney looming the background)


 Me and P


 sleeping again


 On Monday, the Dale girls joined us for some swimming


 Seth playing a little ball


 P falling asleep on her momma.  Her head is wet from the pool, not sweat.








 playing games



 Ansley teaching swimming school!