Business in front, Party in the back

Somehow, our little Paxton has managed to grow and maintain an awesome mullet, pretty much since he was about a month old. Below is "The Hair" in its early development stages. I kept thinking it would fall out, like the rest of his hair did, but no. Those hairs had stayin' power!

Here's "The Hair" Sunday morning, just before I CUT IT!!!! (Im still having sad, remorseful feelings about parting with his baby hair).

I have been back and forth for 2 months now about cutting his nasty, adorable mullet off.  It didn't help that every time my brother (who has a 2 year old mulletless boy of his own) saw him he would call him one of the many great mullet nicknames; achey-breaky-hair, hockey hair, ape drape, Kentucky waterfall, Canadian passport, mudflap, Camero cut, Tennessee top hat, neck warmer.... the list goes on and on... who knew he was so up on his mullcabulary!!!! The final straw was last week when Jon and I took Pax to the mall. He was playing in the toddler play area and two Hispanic ladies were waving at him and smiling. Then, in Spanish, and BLATANTLY loud, one of the women says to the other "Is that a boy or a girl?" and the other replied "its a girl, just look at that hair". Well, little did they know, my husband (who speaks fluent Spanish) overheard them. Ugh, any mother will sympathize with me on this one. We all know its an honest mistake. We all know its often hard to tell a boy baby from a girl baby. But DANG IT, it TICKS US OFF still when people get it wrong. Of course he's a BOY cant you SEE?????

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And here it is now. I really miss his hair. He looks so much older now. Oh well, it'll grow back, right?
Anyway, am I really supposed to keep his hair that I cut off? And what the heck do I do with it? Mommas and Pappas, what did you do?

Pax and his Daddy

I love how much Paxton is like his daddy. Jon has a very passive temperament. He'd much rather be happy and "let things go" rather than get worked up over silly things that dont really matter. He's loving and affectionate. Yesterday, I realized just how much my two boys are alike. Yes, Pax cries. But usually only when he's ready to go to sleep. He goes throughout his day with an adorable little smile and is genuinely happy all the time. I dont think I could keep track of the number of times in a day that Paxton will walk over to me and give me a little kiss, then go back to playing. If I look at him for too long without smiling, he makes the most hilarious face at me because he knows I always laugh at it. He still loves to snuggle in my arms for hours and he is just as sweet as ever. He's a patient little boy, calm and just such a joy to have. Both of my boys are :)

Workout Ideas, Anyone???

Ive decided to try a workout video. The problem is, I havent worked out in ages so I cant jump into a super intense one quite yet. Im thinking maybe a dance workout, kickboxing or maybe just an ordinary aerobic. Has anyone had success with a particular technique?
Oh, and I read from my Fitness magazine that getting more calcium, vitamin C and B vitamins in every day will help a lot if you are trying to lose some weight. Just a tidbit of info in case anyone cares :)
Oh, and Im open to any advice anyone may have out there. BRING IT ON!!!!

Squeamish, beware!

Pax has had a runny nose for about a week now. His favorite thing to do is waddle over and wipe his nose all over me. Yesterday, he did just that but moved his head up and down instead of his usual side-to-side. Well, this is what the end result was...

Sick. But HILARIOUS!

Let's review, shall we?

So we're coming to the end of February now and I thought I would take a look and see where the Halls are at with our goals for 2011. I laughed a little because already, its not looking so hot. We have a pretty good excuse for not keeping most of them, that being MOVING!!! But review is good, it reminds us where we are at and what we need to be doing better and also what we're doing good with (positive acknowledgement is so important).
We are definitely moving forward with paying off our debt, although I wish we could do more and more quickly. But until Jon gets settled in a job again, we will do the small amount that we can and thats good enough for today.
Ive been in a few more pictures than normal so I will give myself props for that. I havent done too well with my other goals though. Maybe once we settle in.
Jon, too, has been ailed by moving in his goals for 2011. He has a couple of books he'd like to start reading and his guitar is here with us at my parents instead of storage so hopefully he'll find some time to pick it up now and then.
Pax learned how to walk. He's cruising around everywhere now! He sleeps through the night every now and then. He keeps getting sick so that throws off his sleeping a lot. He gained almost 3 pounds and lost most of that again because he got sick about a week ago. But now he is eating again and will hopefully thicken up for us :)
Well, not too shabby. Not amazing either though. I think I'll revisit sometime over the summer and hopefully things will look better for us. Wish me luck!

Back to Black

I went back to black. Black with some funky dark red highlights and stuff. I missed it, I really did. I just never felt like I ever had a good hair day when my hair was blonde. I guess in a few weeks it will be more brown than black, but either way, I'm lovin it! Thanks for my new hair, Uncle Sam!

A..G..A..I..N!!!!!!!

We moved. AGAIN. Ugh. I gotta say, I think Ive had my taste of the whole moving experience. I think Im officially ready to "settle down".
Long story short: Jon was fed up with Pinnacle and they were making weird changes so we decided that Jon should look for another job. Since Pinnacle was the ONLY reason we moved all our stuff from AZ, we decided "heck, lets just move it all back!" So now we are in the beautiful sunshine with family and friends, Jon is looking for a job and we are happy as we have ever been :) Although, I must say, we are missing our family in Utah terribly. We were able to become much closer with Jon's brother Jeff and his family (miss you all!) as well as grandparents and other family members. Thank goodness for family reunions!
Anyway, we are crashing at my parents house until Jon settles in with a job and we find a house to rent that we are in love with. And I mean IN LOVE because I AM NOT MOVING EVER AGAIN!
Arizona, I love you and your warmth and your sunshine. I have missed your amazing mexican food, gorgeous sunsets and your cool breezy mornings. Utah, I will miss the fry sauce... and thats about it :)