Go Grey or Go Home!

I’m not new to having a few grey hairs here and there…..but over the past year it seems I’ve sprouted a TON more grey hairs.  I’m 31, and it’s not uncommon for women my age to have a few grey hairs, but I’m sure all of us 30 some year olds out there who have the few grey hairs wish we didn’t.  My hair is a really dark brown/black color naturally when I don’t highlight it.  So if you’re taller than me you can see the top of my head and see all the greys.  But I’m 6ft, so I don’t often run into that problem, but when I’m sitting down I see myself making sure no one walks behind me to where they are able to peak over my head.  I know it’s all in my head and I’m more worried about my greys than everyone else, it’s just me being paranoid someone is going to make a comment about how much grey I have!  Oh the whoas of being a woman.  Whomp whomp!

My mother is completely grey and she is in her early 50’s and she went completely grey in her late 30’s early 40’s  She embraced the grey for a while and didn’t color her hair and stayed grey, then she went back to coloring her hair a lightish brown color, close to her origional color.  I love her hair both ways, she is able to pull both colors off well.  She has what I call “pretty” grey hair.  I’ve seen different variations of greys, I've seen salt and pepper grey, some that looks like it has a yellow tint to it, and some that are very dark grey.  My mother has what I call "silver grey" hair, it just glistens in the sunlight and looks soooo pretty!  People have asked her if she got her hair colored to that color grey!  I think that is so funny!  I guess my only hope is that I have that kind of grey hair if and when I go all the way grey.  I will make it look fierce! 

Now that I’m 15 weeks pregnant I haven’t done anything to my hair other than get a trim, no root touch ups, no highlighting.  I know it’s “safe” to color my hair now because I’m in my second trimester, but honestly I’m still scared.  I don’t even take anything for a headache b/c I’m afraid to hurt the baby!  I know, I know I’m just a scared first time mom to be, and I’m ok with that!  lol   So I don’t know if I should just start to keep up with touching up my roots, or just highlight over the greys so the blonde and grey can mix together and won’t be so obvious?!  What’s a going grey girl to do…..I’m giving myself this week to make a final decision on what I plan on doing and I’ll keep ya’ll posted.  I might even show you how grey I am, or how not to grey I'll be after highlighting.......stay tuned!

Brightest Blessings,
Valerie

We're Pregnant.....Now What?!?

So approximately 10 weeks ago we found out we were pregnant….yup we gots a bun in the oven!  Sound the alarms; get the marching band in order, time to party!  What’s even more exciting is that this is our first child!  We have thus far only been parents to two furbabies, our two labs Bella & Chloe.  So this baby will be a whole new venture for us.  So as I mentioned in my first blog, to do the math for ya’, I’m 13 weeks pregnant, we are due in October.  After finding out, we did the appropriate thing and told both of our parents first, then the rest of the family and friends, yada yada.  We were engulfed with a million congratulations, we're so happy for you.....then with a bunch of “it’s about time” or "took ya'll long enough" and “now it’s your turn” kind of sayings…..which made me a little nervous to say the least. Yes we're "older" parents in lots of peoples eyes per sey, I'm 31 and Kenny is 32.  Since we were married everyone and their mother kept hounding us on when we were gonna have kids, so those little comments were old and busted by the time they actually came around.  haha!  Well I know I wasn’t always the best kind of kid growing up, and I’m sure my husband had his days too, so is it true what my Momma told me?  That my kid will give it to me tenfold on how I behaved as a child?  I’m pretty sure that is accurate because, as they say Momma knows best. 

So knowing that, I guess I might know a little bit of what to expect when they are growing up, but that’s neither here nor there.  Now for what to do with our little nugget after he/she is born….I ain’t got a clue…..watching someone else’s baby and living with a baby are two totally different worlds I imagine.  I’ve never cared for a newborn before, I’ve only held all my friend’s babies and then handed them back when they were crying or needed to be fed laughingly thinking “here ya’ go, he/she wants Mommy” and that was my queue to get the hell out of dodge. Now the shoe is on the other foot, or it will be in 6 months.  Most of caring for a baby is common sense I know, and I got some of that, and I know Kenny has a lot of know-how, so I think we’ll be ok.   We are excited, scared, and nervous and most of all anxious to find out if our little nugget is a boy or girl.  Doc said we can find out at 19 weeks, so we only have 7 more weeks left, which will fly by!   *Squeal*

Brightest Blessings,

Valerie

New Kid on the Blog

            The moment we've all been waiting for. And when I mean "all" I really mean me and maybe two other people who will actually read this blog.  Since deciding to start a blog, and seeing how many other people out there are doing it, it can’t be that hard…..right??

         I have a vision when it comes to what I want and think this blog will be. Let me share it in the form of dos and don'ts. I do want this to be a hip and a well-balanced blog with bits and pieces of my life in general.  I know how up-hip the word hip is and that my street cred just went out the window.  I don’t want this blog to be a one way road.  For instance, I’m 12 weeks pregnant with our first child.  While I’m super excited we’re pregnant and want to write about it, but hope to steer clear of posting every crazy thought that pops into my head about pregnancy and what I’m obsessing about that day.  However, I do know that what content I put in this blog is solely up to me and my responsibility to keep it popping (there goes more street cred…again). 

            So what this all boils down to is you’ll read about my next 6 months of pregnancy, my day to day life while I’m at home or what happened at work, and just maybe some DIY crafts.  So if you’re still reading this by now, I appreciate it!  Hopefully you’ll keep reading in the next few weeks/month and join me in my journey of what I can one day look back at and laugh and what I thought I knew about life in Haus of Hughes.

Brightest Blessings,
Valerie