My wedding dress in the making!!

 I went in for my first dress fitting after the first time alterations. They took it in from a size 12 to a size 6 and I’m very happy with the results. The bottom of it still needs to be done, as you can see it isn't laying just right. But it doesn't help that its extremely wrinkled and I didn't think to poof out the bottom before I had nathan take the picture, its still all twisted because I had just turned around.

 

 There was a Hideous flower on the side that has the "pick up" (my left your right) that I had her remove. I will be leaving the whole dress plain for the wedding.

 However for the reception Im having a bit of beading added to the bust area and i will also be having the lady take the sweetheart neckline a lot deeper with more of a "V" shape in the middle. I will also be making a huge Crystal broach with feathers to put in the place where the flower used to be I may add flowers on another part of the dress... we'll see!

This is the type of broach I will be using (95% sure)

and I will be surrounding it with white feathers like this. I will probably surround it with more feathers then the one in this pic and I also want to add some ostrich feathers to it to round it out more. it will be placed with the feathers facing up on the side where the "pick up" is below my hip. 

I wont be wearing a traditional veil but instead a "birdcage" Veil that will go in the front/side. It will cover my eyes and nose and stop right before my lips. I'm making it myself so I will be adding some Crystals and feathers. The pic below is similar to what I will be doing.

I wish I would have fixed the bottom of the dress it looks like crap in the pictures!!!! 

Nathan's Attempt At Blogging

I decided to give blogging a shot even though it is far from my comfort zone.  Now give me a puzzle or a math problem and I’ll be in heaven.  Proof of that is in this blog considering it took me over an hour just to write this one.  Don’t ask where the time went because I don’t even know. 

I was really excited to get into school and pursue my engineering degree but I overlooked the fact that I would be dealing with kids that have just graduated high school who don’t even know how to spell the word “Maturity.”  Even though I am only 7 years older than most, it astounds me to realize the cultural and timely differences between us. 

            A blatant example of this was in my intro to engineering class that I took my first semester.  During our first day of class, the teacher wanted to make a point that the structure of the class was very hands on and project oriented instead of a dull, note-taking lecture.  Here is the video she showed: 

            I hope most of you can recognize what movie this is from and realize that it is a classic.  Or at least I thought because when the teacher asked the class how many knew what movie that was from, less than half the class actually could give an answer….. Man I felt old!  I haven’t even hit my thirties and I’m already feeling the generational gap.  Next thing I know, someone will say “Who’s The Brady Bunch.”

           

            

"where do babies come from mommy"?

The twins have a children's encyclopedia that they are OBSESSED with! it has a section about reproduction and the kids came and asked about the pictures that included the man and women's reproductive organs, sperm, eggs, fetus and a picture that explains sexual intercourse.We have always been very open with the kids. seeing the birth process of Ridge and Olivia has allowed them to understand more then some kids twice their age. TheY know where babies come out of and the whole birthing and breast-feeding process but they had never asked how the baby gets in the tummy till now!  So as they asked questions i answered them (thats our rule. if their old enough to ask then their old enough to know) one question led to another, i let them lead the convo and used all technical terms and am happy with the out come! now they can explain the whole process of reproduction with all scientific terms lol. im actually really proud of how much info they retained because the next day they went to nathan with the book and  explained the whole process from intercourse to delivery (vaginal and csections). Nathan pointed to some of the pictures and asked "well whats that" one of the pictures was a women's egg surrounded by approaching sperm. when asked "whats that" their answer went something like this ....


Jayvin- thats the mommies egg. (pointing to the egg) and thats the daddies sperm (pointing to the sperm
Jazzy- and only the strongest and fastest sperm who make it to the egg can turn into a fetus that turns into a baby!!!!
Jaynin- (with excitement) AND JAZLYNN AND ME WOOOON!!!!!


 he was very impressed.


Nathan went through more pictures letting them lead and came upon the picture of the naked women with a baby in her belly, obviously towards the end of her term since the baby was head down. Nathan asked "whats this" Jazlynn and jayvins answer....


Jazzy- Thats the baby getting ready to come out of the mommies vagina....
Jayvin- well jazzy the babies can get cut out of the mommies tummy too remember. like me and you did.
Nathan- why did you have to come out of mommies belly and not mommas vagina?
Jazzy- because i was baby B and he was baby A and A come before B but he was Birtched (breech) so they couldn't get us out of her vagina!
Jayvin- (in a defensive voice) well I was only like that cause i wanted to give jazzy kisses (pointing at the picture) because see my head was up here and hers was down there and that way i could reach her!!


To bad it doesn't work like that kiddo but it was so cute i let him think it!


I love how open we are with our kids, after all the human body is nothing to be ashamed of. so far they only understand that sexual intercourse is the process to make a baby and that it is something that is not suitable for kids. I left the feelings and sexuality out of it and will leave that for when they are a bit older to grasp those loving intimate feelings. 


  oh and jayvin says " a boy is called a man or male and a girl is called a female or wiseman" lol how funny i corrected him i said "were called wise women"

Kids Say The Funniest Things!!!

jazzy- how do you spell C? nathan- S-E-A or S-E-E Jazzy- (confused) how do you spell B- nathan- B-E-E Jazzy- (really confused) well what about W Nathan- D-O-U-B-L-E Y-O-U Jazzy- ok...well what about F? nathan- E-F or maybe E-P-H Jazzy- UGH!!! I ONT GET IT!!!!!!

poor child! just when she thinks she has this whole english thing down nathan bursts her bubble!!!