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I decided to cut my hair...the morning came of my appointment and my heart was beating super fast, I had the butterflies and I almost called and cancelled 20 times- but I did it and here are the results....

before...

...after!

Tyson is 6 months old!!

Im a week or so late on this one- but he has had his HALF BIRTHDAY!!! It has gone by so fast. I told myself I would lose all my baby weight quickly and work out a lot as soon as I was able to...but here we are 6 months later and have I lost the baby weight?.. NO! But it's a new year and I will in the next 6 months- I PROMISE!

Tyson is the most lovable little guy! He loves to hug and snuggle, his smile just melts my heart-and he thinks Im funny which really makes me feel good! haha. He is trying really really hard to crawl- but just can quite get it. He does what my mom calls the stink bug crawl where he puts his but up in the air and pushed himself forward. He can sit up by himself now and loves to roll all over his blanket. He loves it when Daddy gets home from work. He gets super hyper the closer it gets to his bed time. He likes to read stories and recently enjoys playing peekaboo. We went to the Dr. this week- he is 27inches long- 70th percentile and 16lbs which is only 30th percentile but the Dr. said that is perfectly fine right now since he is burning more calories now that he is moving around a lot. He is not a good sleeper anymore- and sometimes wakes up 5 times a night. UGH.

Christmas fun in Dayton

Kurt, Tyson and I stayed home for Christmas and had a blast!! Tyson wasn't sure what to think about presents though! He ripped a few pieces but got bored quickly...but loves whats inside:) Here is a little peak of how it all went. Daddy's little elf getting in the holiday spirit!

Christmas morning- sporting their Christmas jammies

Opening presents- this one is from Grandma and Granpa Starks

And a pinch to grow an inch...

Yesterday was my 24th birthday! Kurt, Tyson and I celebrated it mostly on Saturday by going shopping in Reno. The weather was extremely nice there-I cant remember ever having a birthday where there wasn't snow on the ground! So that was a nice birthday suprise. Kurt, as always gave me awesome presents! Yesterday my friend Heather took me out to a yummy lunch, I got a lot of birthday wishes from family; I got to talked to my brothers, sisters, parents, and got an awesome happy birthday video from nieces and nephews! We ended it with a slice of scrumptious cheesecake. The only bad part about my birthday was that Tyson wasn't feeling very good and was grumpy all day long:(Kurt got me a new robe, new pj pants some movies and hot coco to have a warm and snuggly movie night!

Deck the Halls

I had a lot of fun decorating for Christmas this year! Even though as soon as you step out of the house it seems more like October than December. But Kurt put on Christmas music and we went to town anyways! We put up the tree and added some new ornaments which I think make the tree look 100x's better, and hung the stockings over the fireplace! I love love love love love when the house is decorated for Christmas! It seems so homey and warm and cozy. Now if we had our fire going it would be amazing! Im excited to see how Tyson reacts to Christmas too! Of course Football started right after decorating!! The stockings were hung by the chimney with care....We'll be getting a bigger tree next year!!!

Tyson watching Daddy get lights ready

Tyson is 5 months old!

Tyson has turned the ripe ol' age of 5 months!!! He is quite the little guy. He has learned to roll over both ways but prefers to roll from his back to front, all though he doesnt care to be on his stomach and is stubborn about going from his stomach to his back- so why we does it- I have no idea! He is getting more and more silly as the days go by. Recently he has started smacking his gums, which I think has something to do with him teething- but he thinks its pretty funny.
We have been working on his napping...which is extemely hard. He hasnt liked to lay in his bed for naps for a long long time. He likes to be held- but I decided it was time that he sleep in his own bed. Sooooo the last couple of days have been pretty stressfull on all of us. But I am happy to say that last nigth he was put to bed awake and fell asleep with NO crying and only woke up once through the night!! Now we'll see if we can make it that easy during the day....

Giving Thanks

This last week we went to St. Louis to have Thanksgiving at Kurts parents house. We flew out Thursday morning and got there at 6pm so everyone was so kind and waited to have Thanksgiving on Friday! We were welcomed Thursday night with lots of Aunts, Uncles and cousins(Tyson's) anxiously waiting to meet Tyson! He seems to love all the new adventures and was super happy all week. He did way better then I expected on the airplane, he was either sleeping or happily playing while other kids around us were screaming the entire trip. We had a great Thanksgiving day- with great food and good fun. Then on Saturday Grandpa Santa came and gave out presents! It was a lot of fun to see how some kids liked Santa and others, even though they knew it was Grandpa, were still scared! We stayed until the following Wednesday while everyone else had to leave on Sunday. We played a couple games of Hand and Foot- and I am happy to say that Marita and I kicked Kurt and Newels butt!! (The second game!) We ate at YUMMY 5 guys and of course Pei Wei. MMMMMMMMMM! Then we went bowling, went to the park where the guys played football and the girls and kids walked around, watched the ducks in the pond and played on the playground.

Snuggle time with Grandma

Fun times with Grandpa