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OPINIONS PLEASE!!!

The Victoria Beckham asymmetrical bob?? (Longer on one side than the other)

OR

The super short Sienna Miller shag?

Or should I just keep growing my hair out? I said I was gonna grow my hair out for the next 2 years but it is already driving me CRAZY! I can keep growing it if everyone thinks that would look best, but I might go slowly insane in the process. The picture on my header is the most recent so that's where my hair is now and I've had this hairstyle WAY too long and I feel like it's boring now. I'm bored! Plus, I wear it up just about every single day now because the longer my hair gets the longer it takes to blow-dry, straighten, and style. I love Victoria Beckham's hair even though I know a LOT of people have been copying her hair. And I love Sienna Miller's hair even though my sister-in-law already has her haircut (it just looks so cute on her!) and I would have to be really brave since my hair has never been that short. Just tell me what to do people!

My Christmas Wish

Dear Santa,

Normally Christmas comes around and I have no clue what I want or even need. I am a very lucky girl and get to have a lot of nice things all year round. But guess what?? This Christmas you are in luck. I know EXACTLY what I want. It just so happens I need it too. All I want for Christmas is a gift card to Forever 21. It is my very favorite store and you can get a lot for your money there. If you have been keeping up with my blog, you would remember a post I did not TOO long ago titled "Obsession." If you have NOT kept up with my blog...it basically stated that I very badly need to re-vamp my wardrobe. It is time. Santa, I am still wearing a lot of things that I wore in high school!!! Isn't that silly? I graduated 5 years ago! Therefore my wardrobe is somewhat outdated. If you would be so kind and grant me this one wish I promise to be a very good girl and bake you yummy cookies. Thank you.

Larkie

BEST SNACK EVER!!!

My mom had these at her house the other day and she let me have her last pack. They are Pringles STIX! When I took a bite of one of the stix I was NOT expecting it to have SO much flavor because they are skinny little stix. They have four different flavors but she had bought the honey butter flavor, which is AMAZING I'm not even kidding. Each pack has less than 100 calories and they are made from wheat so they aren't super bad for you. I had to run by the store to grab something today and I was kinda in the mood for goldfish but then I remembered loving this snack so I couldn't resist buying some. They had a 2 for 6 deal so OF COURSE I grabbed 2 boxes. I got the famous honey butter and the pizza. I haven't tried the pizza yet...I hope it's good. Some pizza flavored snacks are just too much. Anyways, next time you are at the store and wanna buy a yummy snack...you know what to do. I'm sure you'll make the right choice :)

OUCH!

I never wanted this day to come...luckily it took 9 months to come...but it came. Ryder got his first real boo-boo today! I was talking to my dad in his office and Ryder wanted to crawl around. My mom was playing her piano and he could hear it so he started crawling to the living room. I thought he was fine, she thought he was fine, HE thought he was fine. Nobody really saw what actually happened but we think he pulled himself to standing and then fell and hit his forehead on the table in her entryway. Somehow he got this T-shaped bruise and now he has a HUGE bump right in the middle of his forehead. He cried pretty hard and I felt soooo bad for not keeping a closer watch on him. Sometimes I just get lazy and I end up regretting it later. He did really well though. My mom gave him a lollipop to distract him while I held ice on his head. Then he took a nice long nap to re-cooperate! Poor lil' guy! I hope it goes away soon, it looks terrible.

9 Months Already!!

Ryder turned 9 months old today! I took him to the Dr. and he is perfectly healthy. We are so blessed that we have never had any serious problems with him. He has only had 2 small colds that he got over within a week. Other than that he's never had a rash, fever, flu, reaction to shots, etc. He is also not that bad when he is teething. He sleeps 10 hours at night and takes 2 good naps during the day. He is the best baby! Here are his stats this month.

Weight: 24.5 lbs (92 %)
Height: 30.75 in (97 %)
Teeth: 2 bottom front with one poking through on top and 2 others that are right under the gums ready to come through.

He is crawling EVERYWHERE and standing up on everything and now he walks along the edges of furniture. I think he'll be walking before his first birthday! Sometimes he will pull himself to standing and then let go and just be standing there. Then when he realizes he is standing alone he gets kinda scared and sits down. It's pretty funny. He is such a loving and friendly baby too. He will let anyone hold him, even complete strangers, and will just wrap his arms around their neck and hug them. He LOVES kids and meeting new people. When I take him to the mall I let him crawl around the play area and he will just watch all the kids running around. He's a people watcher like his mom and dad. He likes to crawl up to any kid and just try to babble and play with them. He is gonna make a lot of friends when he's older I think. He is spoiling us for sure. Sometimes I get kinda frustrated with him and later I realize he is SO good. I have no right to be annoyed. I'm sure I'll have a baby that is more difficult than him and I will regret EVER getting frustrated. I'm trying to be better about it. I just have no patience when I don't get enough sleep but that's not a good excuse. Anyways, this is getting too long. We love our baby Ryder.

Happy Birthday Jon-O!

Tomorrow (November 4th - voting day) is Jon's birthday and he is turning 24! Whoo hoo! Just wanted to post an early Happy Birthday to my best friend, husband, lover, father to our baby, couch potato buddy, fart contest opponent, wrestling partner, sharer of love for sushi, keeper of my secrets, nap guru, Dr. Pepper drinker, incorrect lyrics musician, lacrosse coaching maniac, river floater, Halloween makeup wearer, diaper changer, all-around favorite person in the world. Jon is fun, laid-back, and up for ANYTHING! I love being his wife and celebrating his birth. Happy Birthday Jon!!! We love you!!

Love, Lara and Baby Ryder

Joy and Kassidi had babies!!!

My friend Joy who I have known since I was about 4 years old just had her first baby boy Sunday afternoon!!! His name is Dallin Hatch Albrecht and he was 9 lbs just like my little Ryder bug! I totally feel for Joy because I know what she is gonna go through with carting her little lug around. All I can say is JOY - GET A SLING! If I did it all over again I would buy a sling. I had a Snugglie backpack thing but it was kind of a hassle to put him in and take him out of it. Ryder has never been an easy baby to carry and I'm sure Joy will have the same problem but she's stronger than me. Anyways, Congratulations Joy and Aaron!!! Also, my friend Kassidi who I met at work had her baby boy on Sunday morning. His name is Mason Lewis Jeppesen and he was only 7lbs 11oz. Kassidi, have fun with your first boy!! I know he is your second baby but you've probably never had to deal with a baby shmeckle before and lemme tell ya...it can be a hassle!! Anyone who has read past posts would know. HAHA! Conratulations Kassidi and Nathan!!!

Halloween Night

Here we are at August and Melissa's Halloween COSTUME Party!
Jon was the Joker from Batman - The Dark Knight. He won BEST BOY COSTUME and got $5.00 to Cold Stone. He is pretty excited about that. We went to a couple stores trying to find the right makeup for him and our last stop was Party City where they had an actual Joker face kit complete with scars that you glue to your face - GENIUS!! However, the scars did not stay on very easy and when he took them off the glue had never dried underneath. They need to come up with a new way to make them stick. Like...self-adhesive maybe??
Up until about 5 or so hours before the party I was SUPPOSED to be a nurse and I was just gonna wear my scrubs but I decided that was boring. I looked up cheap homemade costumes on the internet and saw MISS AMERICA!!! I remembered my mom still had my old prom dress and a crown is like a must-have at her house so I hit her up for the supplies. She also had JUST the right ribbon for my sash. So here I am. Miss America 2008. Sorry for the immodestness. I tried putting a t-shirt under it or a shrug over it and it just looked stupid. Let me just say I was NOT the only one missing garment pieces, but I was the most immodestly dressed. Only God can judge me.
Ryder was Dr. Q.T. Batootie. Thanks Sonia for giving me Peyton's old costume! HAHA! Everyone at the party thought he looked SO cute and he did. I was kinda sad though. In our rush to get out the door on time I forgot his Dr. bag, stethoscope, and syringe. Oh well. That's what happens when you rush me. Melissa is holding him in this picture. She was a dark fairy. If you look back at my picture there is a better view of her costume in the background.
This is Kara and Nikki (sisters - and Melissa's cousins). Kara was a pirate and won BEST GIRL COSTUME. Nikki was a witch. Kara's husband Jon was also a pirate but he wouldn't let me take a picture until he put his pirate pants on. I ended up forgetting and never got a shot.
Here are August and John Michael. August was a MAC and JM was a PC. They are cousins and also work together so they kinda had a "couples" costume goin on. HAHA jk.
This is Eldon and Stephanie. I LOVED their costumes because they had a couples theme which I am now wishing we did. They were Hercules and Meg. So cute!

Here are Nauni and Jason. They won the Krispy Kreme doughnut eating contest. That was such a hard contest. I ALMOST won but at the last second I started to gag and thought I was gonna puke. My tummy felt very sick afterward.

Here is the whole gang! It's kinda hard to see everyone. In the back there's Heidi and Jason Woody and also Tempestt Owens (Melissa's cousin) and her fiance Brandon McNiel.

We had fun! we had contests, played the murder mafia game, ate TONS of good stuff and just hung out and had a good time. Thanks Aug and Melissa!