Spring Break

When it was Spring Break for all the kids we went to St. George with Jaron's family.  It was so nice to get out of the crappy weather and into the sun! The weather was a little windy some of the time but anything beat snow in April. Jaron played lots of golf with his brothers and Dad. The girls got pedicures, went shopping, and played BINGO. Lexi LOVES her aunts and they love her! They played with her so much and made her walk so much she slept so good at night.  It was a lot of fun and I was sad to leave! I love St. George more and more everytime we go there.

What's up with the Laird's?

I've been really lacking on sharing this last little bit on whats been going on. Not to much is new at the Laird house. Jaron's working like crazy as usual. I've been busy doing all my side projects. And of course my adorable daughter keeps growing up on me. Well that is all that I feel is going on, but here are a few other things.
   I've had a lot of people ask me if I got surgery on my heart or what the deal is. So here is the update since I wrote about it last. In the last few months I had to take 9 test and take 2 blood thinners to jump through all of the insurance hoops to get it done. With all the tests I found out I'm healthy, which is good because I am only 25. Because the test showed that the insurance co. didn't want to pay if I had the surgery. My neurologist was recommending which helped. And for my luck I have had some problems that I like to call headaches and the Dr.'s call episodes. One in Feb. with numbness, dizzy, disorientation and  which is why I went on the second blood thinner. I have a lot of bruises now so we joke that Jaron beats me. And then a few weeks ago I had another where my left side wasn't really working. I was feeding Lexi and holding her food in my left hand. I couldn't keep holding it for some reason and dropped it and it made a fun mess. After my head went back to normal it started killing me. So I figured it was just a migraine. My Dr. said that was another episode and because I was on medicine that I would for sure be able to have the surgery now with my insurance approval. So yeah after a weird 4 months I am so happy to hear this! I will be scheduling it in the next day or two.  I probably am going to wait until Jaron has some time off so he can be home to help out with Lexi. I've had a lot of prayers from loved ones through this time, so Thank you so much!
   On to more important things!
   Lexi was starting to say quite a few words like Kitty, Bear, Ball, Dog, Bunny, Hat, Mama, Dada, Nana, Hi, Baba, I want..., yum, and Duck.  Well after 2 weeks of saying all those things everything has turned into a Dog. Any bird of course is a duck. Luckily I am still Mama and Jaron is still Dada. On my other blog you can read how she called a baby a dog and offended their mothers. It was funny. She does say I want a baba. But it runs all together so it sounds more like I wanyayayaybaba. The best is when I was woken up last week with a high pitch scream like something was wrong. So I hurry in there. When I walk into her room she is standing up with a bottle in her hand and automatically stops screaming and tells me she wants a baba. I'm like are you kidding me. She totally has me wrapped around her finger.
   She has 4 teeth right now. It is the Sponge Bob look.  Her favorite things are shoes taking them off and trying to put the on. She also loves books. I'm not just saying this cause I want to make my kid look smart. It really is the truth. She loves to read them even if they are upside down. And we are also in a huge Sesame Street phase. She could watch it all day if I let her. She will sign "more" when she really wants something. I try to bribe her to get to do it... sometimes it works. She usually just yells "MOMO" She is also extremely proud of herself for learning how to roll her arms. She thinks it's super cool.

She is learning to ride her first 4 wheeler.

Playing peekaboo while eating and the food stuck to her head. Super funny if you were there.

St. Patricks Day

One of our favorite things to do while Jaron is gone

Reading while she drinks her baba

Have you seen this?

Have you read this months issue of The Barrel of Blogs yet?  If you haven't heard we moved homes.  The Barrel of Blogs now has a improved and did I mention a Pretty site at http://www.thebarrelofblogs.blogspot.com/ You can follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Blog Frog and Subscribe for all of our updates.
   April's edition features all new articles and tips from fashion, spring cleaning, how to make leg warmers, and photography. If you need a good laugh you can find some good articles. I personally am loving the article about Bumbles and Light. Her pictures are amazing!! I would die to be that talented! She also has great stories too. And of course I always love all the recipes! Try all the recipes out at your next get together! Hurry now and go read it!




First trip to the Zoo

   Last week Jaron took Alexis and I to the Hogle Zoo for her first time.  It was a lot of fun to watch her see all the animals for the first time. She thinks every bird is a duck including roosters, turkeys, peacocks, basically anything with feathers and a beak. It's funny and pretty cute. She didn't know what to think of the elephants. From the second she saw them you could see in her eyes like wow what is that. And she couldn't take her eyes off of them. She clapped at the monkeys. I think the giraffe kind of freaked her out. It was eating and it's tongue was huge and lick around a pole. She didn't like that. We spoiled her with ice cream. When it was gone she gave Jaron the meanest look she has ever given to anyone. It was super funny. She means business when it comes to ice cream. What can I say, she is my child! lol We hit the train last. She loved it and screamed like a little girl (good screams) the whole time. I think she is getting ready for Disneyland rides. A lot of the animals were still inside and not to active.  So we will have to go again when it is warmer and they are playing more outside... I'm sure Jaron will be totally thrilled with that idea. (he loves the zoo... Not! He took us to bribe me to let him go to the sand dunes. Lets just say it worked)

AVON Calling

   AVON CALLING! Ok if you haven't seen Edward Scissor hands you wouldn't get that. I am now selling AVON! YEAH super exciting, right?! My mom sold AVON when I was little so I grew up using it. Then when she stopped selling it I tried a million things out there. A few years ago I went back to AVON because I just liked some of there stuff. It helped that my step mom sold it too. Gotta keep it going in the family right?   

    So if you do not have a AVON lady or your AVON lady just sucks, I can be your new AVON lady! I know you are screaming for joy!! I can send you books if you are wanting them just let me know your address. But the easiest way to order is go to www.youravon.com/michellelaird. The order will get shipped directly to you that way and you don't even have to talk to me... if you don't want to. Go to the website, On your right hand side click Shop My E-Brochure,  then you can pick if you want to shop the regular book, the Mark book or the outlet book. It's like looking at the Target add online. Yeah for going GREEN! You can also just shop the book online and email me your order at mylifeasarealhousewife@gmail.com  If you don't want to order but know someone that would like to order please pass the word on to everyone that I am a awesome AVON Lady! Also if you are interested in selling AVON I can tell you how, but you would probably rather order from me, right?!

Thanks for all your support of my stay at home working mommy thing going on.

Alexis's First Birthday

   Alexis is now 1!! It is crazy! Where did the time go? I sure wish the time being pregnant went as fast as this past year! We had her party the day after her birthday because Jaron was gone her birthday. So on her actual big day I took her to the mall to ride the marry-go-round which she use to love... Well she decided to cry and scream the entire time on it. It was kind of funny but I did feel a little guilty because I made her stay on it the horse the whole time. We also shared some ice cream which she loved. She was kind of cranky the whole day. I felt bad.  I also gave her one of her cupcakes for her party with a candle and she got to her me actually attempt to sing Happy Birthday.

   The day after, the 13th, her Daddy came home and she was so happy to see him! We also had her party later that day. I had been planning the party for months, but didn't actually start making  everything for it until a few weeks before. I am a bit of a procrastinator. So I worked a ton a few days before, and pulled a few late nighters to finish everything. (because I can never work on it when she is up.) But it was worth it! The party turned out great!

  
Lexi was so cute! She loves to be center of attention, like her daddy. We had the party at my in laws so there was more room. My mother in law made a very yummy dinner!

Then we did presents. She got spoiled from everyone!! From clothes, books, a toy piano, a 4-wheeler and lots of fun toys! I wasn't joking about the spoiled part.

After presents we went onto the pinata. It was a pull string one. I wasn't sure if Lexi would even do it but luckily with her friend, Ella's help and a little daddy help it rained candy on the two one year little girls. They didn't know what to think.

Of course we saved the best for last. Cake! She again tried to grab the flame from the candle and didn't know what to think of the singing again. I had been looking at so many extravagant zebra cakes. I would love to be a great cake designer but that is something I haven't accomplished yet. So with the help of my step mom I did get that zebra cake. I just used the cheap rolled out fondant. It was SO easy to do. I would never suggest eating it though. It smelled horrible. So we just took the fondant off for Lexi to eat it. It has frosting under it and I thought it would somewhat stay on after pealing the fondant off. But it didn't So I she was a little jipt but it was more healthier. She destroyed the cake I'm sure only 1/4 of what she tried to eat actually made it to her mouth. The rest was on the floor or all over her. She fed it to her Daddy and got it in my hair. Wow can you believe it? I have a one year old!