Pearl

After shopping for 3 days and not finding anything to buy for myself I decided to open an oyster and put my pearl on some sort of pendant. This was a little kiosk at our hotel. We walked by numerous times a day and every time they tried to lure us in. The girls had told me how expensive the pendants were and that they start showing you the most expensive first. Well I can tell you that I was not about to pay $200 for something that would show off my $15 pearl. My pearl is quite Large and a pretty peach color. It looked pink when it was first pulled out but I would say it is peach colored now. The lighting is obviously different though. Well I ended uo buying a $40 pendant that is very plain. I like it. I bought a chain to put it on and planned on taking a picture but well I am to lazy to get up and get my camera now. It was a cool experience and I may do it again some day when I have more money. You can order kits for a decent price on Amazon.com. I was so excited to go to the Juicy Couture shop and was hoping to buy a charm for my necklace or a cute keychain. I wasnt to overly impressed with what they had in the store but will be buying some cute Juicy stuff from Neiman Marcus when I have more $$$.

Vegas

I went to Vegas almost 2 weeks ago with my friend Liz & her sister, Stephanie. It was a fun trip but I missed Jayden the whole time. I feel very grateful to have been able to go there and to still be able to go to Disneyland in October. I had to work lots of extra shifts to pay for it and now that I have gotten back and have had my computer cord stop working(If I tape in just the right position it will charge) and got my phone a tiny bit wet this morning and now I regret wasting my money. Oh well what do you do? Work more shifts I guess! Planet Hollywood and The Rainforest Cafe both have a great Cheeseburger! As for Treasure Island it wasnt the best hotel I had ever stayed at but the show they have there is pretty fun. The Sirens. Hot guys were great. It made me wish I was a skinny dancer so I could be up on the ship in a skimpy outfit...LOL!

Vegas Baby!

Well theres not anything truely exciting going on in our lives except the addition of our new bird. I am going to Las Vegas in 9 days with my BFF! I am so excited and cant wait to get away! This is my first vacation where I will be away from Jayden for more than 1 night. 3 nights and 4 days of relaxation. We are staying at Treasure Island and plan on going to a show while were there. Its going to be a blast! As for our new bird, well hes kind of been a stinker. He doesnt want us to touch him and get s nervous when we go buy his cage. I think he is trusting us more but its hard to tell. Jayden let him out today and he flew on to the floor and I put my finger down and stepped up. But then he flew off and its a good thing that my wax hadnt fully melted in my scentsy or he would have been covered. But once again he stepped right up onto my finger. I guess we are making progress. Jayden is already becoming more brave. He actually let me take a shower in peace yesterday and he is willing to stay in the living room and not follow me everywhere I go. If you dont already know Jayden is VERY paranoid/scared. He wont sleep in his own room and he usually wont even walk 5 feet away from me. This has gotten very frustrating as I need my own space. I got Sam because I wanted Jayden to have a pet/friend that wouldnt make fun of him or call him names and would make him feel safe. I hope to move in the next few months to a bigger place. The one of the new rules of our new apartment will be for Jayden to sleep in his own room. I have been buying cute things for his room. We are going to do an Americana themed room. Jayden LOVES flags. I also plan on having those metal antiques looking cars, trucks and airplanes in there. I think it will be cute. We also plan on letting Sam stay in his room to keep him "safe" at night. Jayden is so excited about it and I hope that with all these things combined we can help Jayden become more independent.

This is the Quilt I plan on making(I need a project) or buying for his bed. The fabric may vary but I plan on staying with these colors. I hope it doesnt look to feminine. I really like it though.

Well I guess thats all for now as I am going shoe shopping tomorow with my mom and need to get to bed! Got to have cute/comfy shoes for Vegas!

Introducing...........SAM!

We finally got our bird today. Jayden is so excited! He has been sitting next to Sam's cage for an hour showing him the pictures he drew of Jellyfish(his current obsession). The bird is very nervous and scared right now so we letting him get used to his cage and us before I take him out to hold. Because he is still a baby he looks a little ragged but as he grows his feathers will come in nice and thick and he should thin out a bit. We got a large cage because at some point we would like to get him a friend. We call it a "him" but the only way to know if it is a male or female is to have DNA testing done. In a few months we will take him to an avian specialist and have all that figured out. But for now we shall call it a "him"!

Aleena's Bridal Shower

This last Saturday we had Aleenas bridal shower. I had been SO stressed over it. I worried that no one would come, we would run out of food, and that it would be boring. Thank goodness I had everyones help. I am so appreciative of Amanda for being so willing so help me out. I didnt want to overwhelm her. I know how hard it is to have little ones and I just kept thinking I could do everything on my own. She did a good job with her game to. She asked Jarom some questions and recorded it. Questions like, "How many pairs of jeans does Aleena own" and "When was your first date and what did you do". I would first ask her the question and then we would play Jaroms answers and if she got it wrong she had to eat a piece of bubbalicious. She only ended up with 3 1/2 pieces, but that is still a lot of gum! For my game I had everyone split up into 5 groups and gave them a 4-roll pack of toilet paper and 1 roll of paper towels. They had 15 minutes to pick a model and make her wedding dress. Everyone worked together so well and the dresses turned out AWESOME! I was so impressed by how creative everyone was. Aleena then got to pick the winners(who had the best dress). Everyone ended up being a winner though! Tiffany was a big help to. She filled a container with candy and everyone had to guess how many pieces were in it. We ended up with 2 containers because the night before me and my mom decided to do a 2nd filled with M&Ms. We ended up eating chicken salad on crescents and lil smokies wrapped in bacon(thanks to my mom), a vegetable tray(thanks to Amanda), Crab dip and crackers(thanks to Tiff), pretzel salad and peanut butter fingers(thanks to Sheila), and Chocolate covered strawberries and eclairs(Thanks to me...LOL) I think that was it, but I am not sure! Everything was delicious and Thank You to everyone for coming and showing your support to Aleena.

Rough day!

Today Jayden got his cavities fixed. We had to be there at 7 this morning which is WAY to early. The good thing is, is that he was the 1st case so we got in and got out really quick. We were out of there by 9:00 am. The Dentist said things went well and they didnt have any problems. Some of his teeth were starting to become infected so its a good thing we got it taken care if now! He now has 4 new silver crowns. When they brought him out of the room he had a bloody nose, which kept on bleeding on and off for half of the day. On the way home he kept saying, "get this medicine out of me so my teeth will stop hurting". He complained of them hurting on and off all day to. The poor kid! He has rashes where they placed the stickers that monitored his heart beat. I hoped to get some cute pictures to make up a scrapbook page but as soon as he came into recovery I held him in the recliner. They let him keep his clothes on and they just covered him up with a drape. I stayed home from work to keep an eye on him as he hasnt felt well and if something were to happen I could never forgive myself. I know I am paranoid but thats what happens when you hear the horror stories at the hospital and you know all of the possible complications from things. Hopefully this is the first and last time that we have to deal with this from now on we will be brushing and flossing morning and night!

Oh boy, what am I doing?!

I just thought I would share something funny with you all. As most of you know I work graveyards 6pm to 6 am, 3 night a week. Well this has messed up my sleeping pattern quite a bit and I used to stay up until 2 or 3am even on the night I didnt work. Even if I got home from working and only slept for 3 hours, that night I would still think I needed to stay up all night and couldnt wind down. Well this caused me to be tired all day long and I would sleep all day once I got Jayden off to school. I finally went to the Doctor and got a prescription for some ambien(sleeping pill). So I take it about 3 nights a week, when I know that I am going have a had time getting to sleep. So the problem is is that I still try to fight it. So lately I have been randomly thinking I need to "put my mascara on to see how long my eyelashes are" and to practice putting on my fake eyelashes. This has happened 3 times since I started taking Ambien. The first night I wasnt sure if I had really dont that when I woke up the next morning. I would vageuly remember putting on too much mascara and making them look like crap. It would usually only be one eye. The thing with taking ambien is it makes you, not so coordinated and lets face it its hard enough to put on mascara when your 100% with it. One night last week I tried to put fake eyelashes on, half asleep, and ended up glueing my eye shut. So from now on I am going straight to bed. No more playing makeup artist! I seriously wish I would have taken pictures. But I wasnt even fully aware of what I was doing or had done until the next day when I noticed the leftover mascara on my eye.