inkedupmomma
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OK yall, I'm putting on my big girl panties and banging out an update! I'm sorry to have kept you all so long, but between all sorts of madness I just haven't been able to. Plus, I'm still really tired! I thought it would pass in the 2nd trimester but alas it has not! I refuse to believe age has anything to do with it... But BOY, oh boy, having a baby at 19 is way different than having one at 32! I'm officially 20 weeks or 5 months, however you like to call it! I can finally feel him, and I will say this, he moved much later than my other 2! I felt him around 18/19 weeks. Kayla I felt at 16 weeks, and Jack wanted his presence known at an early 13 weeks! He moves less frequently than I recall the other two, but then again, I'm still only 20 weeks so his moves aren't that of a big baby. But when he moves, he moves! I LOVE this stage of pregnancy! Feeling your baby move is the coolest thing ever, he's moving right now 
Enough about that, you wanna hear details about the wedding that even made this baby possible! So let's go!
OK, I started off good there.. however, details are foggy. At least the exacts are, so estimates are being made
I know it started off as normal day. Being the mean mom that I am, I sent both kids to school that day! It was only half a day, and honestly, we had a lot of running around to do, and it wouldn't have been fun for them to be here anyway. They didn't moan and groan too much, and I suspect Kayla was excited to have some extra attention that day. Jack was STILL ill, but no fever or vomit since the day earlier. Again, it was just a half day, and it was the end of the marking period... Do we have great timing or what! ( I'll say this now, both kids report cards were out of this world, and despite Jack being sick as all heck, he ACED the reading stuff that the teacher had to test him on to wrap up the marking period..as in what he learned that whole period! ACED!!)
Once we set them off, it was time for me to get ready to leave! I was supposed to be the salon by 9 a.m. It was sort of weird waking up next to Bob, kissing him, and saying Ok cool, see you around 3 for our first look LOL! It was also very rushed, as he had to drop our dog Riley off at the Kennel, and then head to the court house to pick up our marriage license that had never been mailed to us! Doh!
I gave him a kiss as he ran out the door, then proceeded to collect everything I needed for my day and showered. I was a HOT MESS! Nervous wreck. Crazy lady. I got to the salon around 9:20 to find no one was there. I was already upset that I was going solo, so it felt depressing to not have anyone there. I'm not sure how weddings are supposed to go, but my day was not starting off the way I had hoped. To top it off, the people at the salon didn't seem to know what the bleep was going on..despite me confirming and being there just a couple days prior. I was sent to a mans chair, and he asked what i wanted... I was like uhm.... I'm the bride, are you doing my hair now, because another girl did my trial (refer to my PTR for the saga behind that!). He looked at me confused and said, oh no, I don't think I am doing your hair.
The girl who had done my hair last time comes out from the back, and scolds me, oh there you are! Then says crap, you want your hair washed? We didn't discuss that at the trial, and you're late. It's going to be different ow. Well excuse eth crap out of me! I didn't know that you wanted my hair cleaned the night before and dry today, not to mention I have Puerto rican hair and look like medusa when I wake up. Maybe you should have TOLD ME at the trial??? Already we were off to a bad start. I felt lonely, and now I was being yelled at on my big day. I also do not handle stress well, and can be the biggest Biotch until the moment I should and have too. Fail.
Finally she washed my hair unhappily and got me in the chair. I came prepared wearing my contacts at least! Little by little people started showing up, and some food was set out, but it was nothing like I had imagined. If you want something done right, do it yourself. Yes, I sound like a bratty bridezilla right now, and ungrateful, but I was feeling pretty down at that point, and everyone that walked in seemed stressed, not excited. I can say though, my mom and cousin seemed excited. My mom seemed nervous as heck too! lol! My maid and matron of honor were also excited, but failed to get me any food or ask if I was OK or anything. My hair dresser noticed this and got pissed. I wasn't fond of the girls hair skills, but she spoke up for me and said hey maids eating, wanna get your bride some food too? It's her day you know. I appreciated that. Honestly, if I had, had a better start to my day, I probably would have busted their chops myself. Who knows, maybe they thought I ate, I guess the point was, they didn't ask if I needed anything. They could however feel my anxiety ,and knew I HATED what was going on with my hair. This is the part where I got REALLY angry with my sister for not coming up the night before, and still not being at the salon for me that day. She has a big mouth, and attitude to match, and would have said, no, redo it, no not there, no not like that.... you get it.
Everyone else was getting all done up and no one seemed entirely jazzed. Finally the girl finished my hair and I HATED IT! I didn't have any words, so I just said thank you, and excused myself to the bathroom to cry my eyes out. I gave her pictures of the most simple up do's and for some reason my hair couldn't do that. I was crushed. I felt ugly. This was NOT how I wanted Bob or my guests to see me. Also, it was not how it looked at the trial, which I also did not like, but liked better than what was done today.I got out of the bathroom and everyone could tell I was upset.. my MOH said she would say something, but what could I do at that point? There was no time to start all over.
I made my rounds to check on everyone, and no one was happy with their hair. Neither was I to be honest. Most people looked matronly, except for my mother in law, who's hair looked in my opinion childish and ridiculous. My poor sister in law paid $85 plus tip for a style I've seen her do on herself. The only person ecstatic was my cousin crystal who is young, and has massive amount of hair. She got something super Kim Kardashian (what she told me, I wouldn't know lol) and loved it! I felt SO bad that people paid as much as they did, and got the hair styles they ended up with.
Sometime after my hair had just finished up, the wonderful Roots showed u p. With all of their glowing radiance and positivity. They sure can make a bride feel beautiful, and you should hire them based on that alone!
See how happy mom in law is with her hair...
Sis in law is also in that pic, but blurred, so you can't se how simplistic her hair was.. and this was after she went in another mirror and fixed it herself! Ugh.
It was about time for me to get my make done at this point, and thats why the Roots were there, to capture this incredibly uncomfortable, and un-Jenn moment on film lol!
Note the hair I hate too!
Kayla was looking pretty cute too though!
More hair I hate!
Matron of honor who I referred to as MOHzilla the entire wedding planning She was trying to get me to laugh, and was managing the make up... finally someone had my back!
She ALWAYS gets her hair done for weddings, so she was PISSED that they did not do te hair do she showed them correctly.
Then there was the whole make up thing.. I look happy, don't I?? Oh, cause I wasn't. I hated the make up, and how heavy it felt. I hated the hair. I hated it all. and NO this was not me being a bridezilla. I'm actually quite easy to please when it comes to making me pretty and these people were clueless.
Meanwhile, back at home, Bob and the boys were all getting ready in a MUCH more relaxed, comfortable environment. The roots were there to prove it!
Get ready to have your heart melted!
The plan was to have all the guys greet Jack when he got off of the school bus for an EPIC shot, but stupid me got the bus time wrong! Oh well! Add it to the list of things that went wrong but made for memories list!
Bob however in typical wonderful father fashion, helped sickly Jack get ready for the big day!
(side note- when the most WONDERFUL photographers are going to your house to take pics, clean up everything! Make that place look like a palace... NOPE, crap everywhere! Ugh. Adds to the charm?)
Just some groomsmen hanging out
More best dad shots!
Be still my heart!
*Continued in next post!
Enough about that, you wanna hear details about the wedding that even made this baby possible! So let's go!OK, I started off good there.. however, details are foggy. At least the exacts are, so estimates are being made
I know it started off as normal day. Being the mean mom that I am, I sent both kids to school that day! It was only half a day, and honestly, we had a lot of running around to do, and it wouldn't have been fun for them to be here anyway. They didn't moan and groan too much, and I suspect Kayla was excited to have some extra attention that day. Jack was STILL ill, but no fever or vomit since the day earlier. Again, it was just a half day, and it was the end of the marking period... Do we have great timing or what! ( I'll say this now, both kids report cards were out of this world, and despite Jack being sick as all heck, he ACED the reading stuff that the teacher had to test him on to wrap up the marking period..as in what he learned that whole period! ACED!!)
Once we set them off, it was time for me to get ready to leave! I was supposed to be the salon by 9 a.m. It was sort of weird waking up next to Bob, kissing him, and saying Ok cool, see you around 3 for our first look LOL! It was also very rushed, as he had to drop our dog Riley off at the Kennel, and then head to the court house to pick up our marriage license that had never been mailed to us! Doh!
I gave him a kiss as he ran out the door, then proceeded to collect everything I needed for my day and showered. I was a HOT MESS! Nervous wreck. Crazy lady. I got to the salon around 9:20 to find no one was there. I was already upset that I was going solo, so it felt depressing to not have anyone there. I'm not sure how weddings are supposed to go, but my day was not starting off the way I had hoped. To top it off, the people at the salon didn't seem to know what the bleep was going on..despite me confirming and being there just a couple days prior. I was sent to a mans chair, and he asked what i wanted... I was like uhm.... I'm the bride, are you doing my hair now, because another girl did my trial (refer to my PTR for the saga behind that!). He looked at me confused and said, oh no, I don't think I am doing your hair.
The girl who had done my hair last time comes out from the back, and scolds me, oh there you are! Then says crap, you want your hair washed? We didn't discuss that at the trial, and you're late. It's going to be different ow. Well excuse eth crap out of me! I didn't know that you wanted my hair cleaned the night before and dry today, not to mention I have Puerto rican hair and look like medusa when I wake up. Maybe you should have TOLD ME at the trial??? Already we were off to a bad start. I felt lonely, and now I was being yelled at on my big day. I also do not handle stress well, and can be the biggest Biotch until the moment I should and have too. Fail.
Finally she washed my hair unhappily and got me in the chair. I came prepared wearing my contacts at least! Little by little people started showing up, and some food was set out, but it was nothing like I had imagined. If you want something done right, do it yourself. Yes, I sound like a bratty bridezilla right now, and ungrateful, but I was feeling pretty down at that point, and everyone that walked in seemed stressed, not excited. I can say though, my mom and cousin seemed excited. My mom seemed nervous as heck too! lol! My maid and matron of honor were also excited, but failed to get me any food or ask if I was OK or anything. My hair dresser noticed this and got pissed. I wasn't fond of the girls hair skills, but she spoke up for me and said hey maids eating, wanna get your bride some food too? It's her day you know. I appreciated that. Honestly, if I had, had a better start to my day, I probably would have busted their chops myself. Who knows, maybe they thought I ate, I guess the point was, they didn't ask if I needed anything. They could however feel my anxiety ,and knew I HATED what was going on with my hair. This is the part where I got REALLY angry with my sister for not coming up the night before, and still not being at the salon for me that day. She has a big mouth, and attitude to match, and would have said, no, redo it, no not there, no not like that.... you get it.
Everyone else was getting all done up and no one seemed entirely jazzed. Finally the girl finished my hair and I HATED IT! I didn't have any words, so I just said thank you, and excused myself to the bathroom to cry my eyes out. I gave her pictures of the most simple up do's and for some reason my hair couldn't do that. I was crushed. I felt ugly. This was NOT how I wanted Bob or my guests to see me. Also, it was not how it looked at the trial, which I also did not like, but liked better than what was done today.I got out of the bathroom and everyone could tell I was upset.. my MOH said she would say something, but what could I do at that point? There was no time to start all over.
I made my rounds to check on everyone, and no one was happy with their hair. Neither was I to be honest. Most people looked matronly, except for my mother in law, who's hair looked in my opinion childish and ridiculous. My poor sister in law paid $85 plus tip for a style I've seen her do on herself. The only person ecstatic was my cousin crystal who is young, and has massive amount of hair. She got something super Kim Kardashian (what she told me, I wouldn't know lol) and loved it! I felt SO bad that people paid as much as they did, and got the hair styles they ended up with.
Sometime after my hair had just finished up, the wonderful Roots showed u p. With all of their glowing radiance and positivity. They sure can make a bride feel beautiful, and you should hire them based on that alone!
See how happy mom in law is with her hair...
Sis in law is also in that pic, but blurred, so you can't se how simplistic her hair was.. and this was after she went in another mirror and fixed it herself! Ugh.
It was about time for me to get my make done at this point, and thats why the Roots were there, to capture this incredibly uncomfortable, and un-Jenn moment on film lol!
Note the hair I hate too!
Kayla was looking pretty cute too though!
More hair I hate!
Matron of honor who I referred to as MOHzilla the entire wedding planning
She was trying to get me to laugh, and was managing the make up... finally someone had my back!
She ALWAYS gets her hair done for weddings, so she was PISSED that they did not do te hair do she showed them correctly.
Then there was the whole make up thing.. I look happy, don't I?? Oh, cause I wasn't. I hated the make up, and how heavy it felt. I hated the hair. I hated it all. and NO this was not me being a bridezilla. I'm actually quite easy to please when it comes to making me pretty and these people were clueless.
Meanwhile, back at home, Bob and the boys were all getting ready in a MUCH more relaxed, comfortable environment. The roots were there to prove it!
Get ready to have your heart melted!
The plan was to have all the guys greet Jack when he got off of the school bus for an EPIC shot, but stupid me got the bus time wrong! Oh well! Add it to the list of things that went wrong but made for memories list!
Bob however in typical wonderful father fashion, helped sickly Jack get ready for the big day!
(side note- when the most WONDERFUL photographers are going to your house to take pics, clean up everything! Make that place look like a palace... NOPE, crap everywhere! Ugh. Adds to the charm?)
Just some groomsmen hanging out
More best dad shots!
Be still my heart!
*Continued in next post!
