The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

I recently had a 'spa afternoon' at a local salon. I had an eyebrow wax, massage, and ended with a haircut. The wax/massage were great, but EEK on the haircut. The stylist did the whole thing - wash/cut/dry in about 25 minutes total, and sent me away looking like this (taken as soon as I got home from the cut)

From worst haircut ever

I think when I walk out of a cut/style, my hair should look better than it'll ever look again! And while the stylist didn't butcher me, my hair didn't look particularly good either.

Once again, a well thought-out letter saves the day. I let the salon know of my experience, maturely and calmly (and in detail), and the owner re-did my hair this afternoon. She showed my original photos to the stylist who did my hair, and when asked what he thought of the cut he said 'BLECH!' without realizing he had done it. They were both extremely apologetic about my experience, and now I have a great cut and they have a happy client. Ahhhh I love good service! Here's me now. :-)

From worst haircut ever

No TV Before 2...

I guess this is why that recommendation is there!

From Maxine Month 14

I don't think I'm frying Max's brain by letting her watch Sesame Street, but I can see how it could get easy to stick your kid in front of something captivating so you can get a few things done.

The summer of contests!

Here's yet another amazing one I found!

Win a Bum Genius 3.0 Starter Kit from Nature's Child - Wholesome Goods for Mothers and Babies

Holy Babywearing!

Win the Essential Babywearing Stash from Along for the Ride (one Beco Butterfly, one Hotsling baby pouch, one BabyHawk Mei Tai, one Zolowear Ring Sling, and one Gypsy Mama Wrap)

50 Foot Trees

A couple of nights ago during one of the terrential downpours that is apparently quite common during the North Carolina summer, the wind started picking up and the trees started swaying.

Now, these aren't just 'trees'. These are Trees. They are very tall, very thin, well, there is a forest behind our house! So the fifty foot tall trees are swaying back and forth during the thunderstorm, and I'm watching them in awe wondering how they stay up. Then in a flash I see one fly over and crash down - right on top of the playset!! Upon further inspection it was a near miss to the playset, thank goodness, and it landed about 5' to the right, probably missing it by just inches.

Now the one a couple feet to the left of the fallen tree has a big chunk missing from the trunk, presumably where it started to break during the storm. Guess we're rolling the dice on that one!

She's getting so big!

I thought it was time for a Maxine update so here goes.

She's been crawling now for about 3 weeks. She learned to pull up about a week ago and she's been slowly and carefully cruising the furniture. Her favorite activity is walking with mom or dad, and she's getting enough courage to let go with one hand. She's gotten super fast at crawling too so there's no more leaving her for just a second while I do something. She's off before I know it!

She's got 6 teeth now, 4 on top and 2 on the bottom. Hopefully those teeth will take a break for awhile, 6 weeks ago she had NO teeth. wz`

She's EXTREMELY social and grunts hello at everyone who passes by. If they don't turn and talk to her, she grunts again, louder! Hey!! Lookit me!! She continues to get a ton of attention, primarily because of her big blue eyes that everyone asks about since mom and dad are both brown eyed.

She's sweet natured and rarely gets upset. If she's hungry she tells you, but otherwise she's a quiet kid who just watches the world.

She's learning to dance and loves to jump and rock on her legs. She loves to swing on the playset and could it for hours.

The hundred degree heat isn't phasing her, she doesn't make a peep!

Finally, here are some Max photos over the last month.

Ignore the bad grammar...

But enjoy the photos: http://icanhascheezburger.com/category/invisible/