i don't know what i'm doing...

originally i wanted to use a background from shabbyblogs.com but i couldn't get it to look right.  i thought i would give it a whirl again, but i'm still not sure it looks right...!  what do y'all think??  anyone have experience w/ this?

this is where you actually have to comment...give me feedback...throw me a bone!

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no, really...

post-baby hair loss...

...and waiting for the hair to come back!!!

i took this pic about three weeks ago b/c i wanted to start documenting my hair growth....uhhhh, yeah, i know it's weird, but these little hairs around my face are driving me crazy, and i want to see if my hair is really growing!  for those of you who don't know, it is normal to experience an insane amount of hair loss after having a baby.  yea for me!...i lost a ton of hair w/ both of my girls.  it starts around 3 or 4 months after your little one is born.  hair was coming out of my head like i had cancer.  after i had my first baby, i started noticing it when i would wash or brush my hair.   you know that movie "the craft"?  it's about four high school girls that practice witch craft and the really mean one puts a spell on the nice, pretty girl and she loses all her hair...i totally remember the scene, you can tell she has a fake bald cap on top of her head and she runs her fingers thru her hair and it just keeps coming out...yeah, it's just like that!  okay, maybe a little dramatic, but it's scary when you have never heard of this happening!  HOR-MOANS!!!  anyway, after noticing it while showering and brushing my hair, i noticed it all over the floor (as did my husband).  i mean crazy amount of hair all over the place...okay, i think you get the picture.  so, i was mentally prepared after my second baby, but i was a little hopeful that it wouldn't happen again.  it did and my sweet sophia is almost 13 months old and here is where i am...

you're prob looking at these snapshots and are wondering, "is there a difference?"  YES!  YES, THERE IS!  i honestly wasn't sure if my hair was going to grow anymore and if i was just going to be sporting lovely little hairs all around my face (that love to curl up in the humidity!), but i can see progress :)

and yes, she is totally worth it ;)

so, for those of you experiencing this lovely "side-effect" post prego-ness...it will come back!

i messed up...again...

yup.  i made the pineapple upside-down cake again and messed up on the recipe.  thankfully it was still super yummy, and i can still tell you how to make it :)

what you need:

yellow cake mix (do not buy butter recipe)

bertolli extra light tasting olive oil

eggs

20 oz can of sliced pineapples

brown sugar

what you might want:

glass of wine

cute apron (this one was on loan from my m-i-law...b, somehow it made the trip back home w/ me!)

spray the bottom of your pan (i used a glass baking dish) w/ cooking spray and sprinkle brown sugar all over (the more the better).  line the pan w/ pineapple slices (keep juice in can) and sprinkle more brown sugar over the pineapples.

mix the cake mix per instructions on the box, but instead of using vegetable oil use olive oil mentioned above :)  AND (this is where i messed up) instead of using water, use leftover pineapple juice in the can.  then pour over the golden yumminess...

pop it in the oven and bake per cake box instructions.  once it's finished baking, let it cool for at least 20-30 minutes.  befoooooooore....

flipping it...(my f-i-law was there to help me!)

a pineapple stuck and i'm trying to knock it off, hee-hee

oops...

no one will ever know ;)

yum!

so super scrumptious and soooo EASY!

now some people use cherries in the middle which i'm sure looks pretty, but i'm just not a cherry fan!  also, you can use two round pans for a better presentation.

thanks to my m-i-law, barbara (b), for letting me use her kitchen and buying the bertolli olive oil ;) and thanks to my photographer, marrrry, for helping me document the baking fun!  oh, and thanks to betty (not crocker, my mamacita) for introducing this pineapple goodness to me :)