Hairstyles of the Short and Wiggly

Kyra has officially graduated from having ONE hairstyle that works to two. She finally has enough hair and long enough hair that I can pull it up into pig-tails instead of just one spiky ponytail without feeling like I'm yanking it super tight or giving her and instant facelift. So now, she's gone from only having the option of Little-Cindy-Lou-Who hair to keep it out of her face to being able to wear Cindy Brady hair too. :) I've found a couple of really neat blogs about little girls hairstyles lately and I can't wait until she really has enough to play with. One of the women even has some "baby" styles up and I don't think it will be too long until I can do those with Kyra. I'm hoping that if I keep pinning her down to get her hair fixed every day she'll get used to it and be more tolerant of it as she gets older and we'll never have to chop off the length just for convenience sake. She's already better about it than she used to be when we first started pulling it up. These pictures were from the end of the day Sunday so she's a little dissheveled but you get the idea. :)












I had Phil take a couple pictures of how much I'm showing with Little Sister now after the business party at church on friday (should have done it before when I looked a bit more put together... but I forgot.) I don't know if it's just the whole second pregnancy thing of if she is trying to take up as much space as possible but I swear, my tummy looks the same now as it did in the maternity portraits that Amy took last year when we were 8 1/2 months pregnant with Kyra!! I'll post one of those too for comparison.

Little Sister is GROWING!!

Well, to begin with, that second front tooth popped through yesterday afternoon after I posted yesterdays blog, so it does certainly look like we're going to have two front teeth for Christmas here!
Phil's work Christmas party was last night and it was for grown-ups only so we left Kyra with Chip and Angi for the evening (they claim she behaved herself) and got to go out with just us! It was fun and dinner was yummy, although I think I should have eaten more ahead of time because by the time dinner was served I was really hungry! I forget sometimes how much of what I eat a tiny little growing person as little sister sucks up! We're 23 weeks along today and I'm already sick of baggy maternity clothes so I decided to dress up last night. Kyra and I went "junking" at Salvation Army and found an empire waisted stretch green velvet dress and a sweater that closed with just a hook and eye at the top. Although neither was maternity, I think it worked and am just really hoping that it conveyed more of a "pregnant" vibe than a "chubby and my dress is too small" vibe.
Kyra was exhausted when we got home and finally got her in bed (after 10!) and barely made a peep all night. She even slept in until nine this morning and would have slept later if I hadn't gotten her up! We can't let her throw her schedule off completely. :) She was in a good mood all morning and is napping now. It took her 45 minutes of chatting with her teddy bear to decide to go to sleep for nap, so she can't be TOO tired after last night!