Update.

Mina. 

Mina is growing like a weed. 

She is 25.5 pounds

She is just shy of 36" tall. 

Her favorite words/phrases are:

Whaaaaaat??

WooooWeeee!

Hi! 

Poop

Fix it

Stuck

Gabba Gabba

and

Books.

Mina can count to ten. 

She can say and identify circles. 

She can say and identify blue, pink, and purple. 

She can throw a frisbee pretty darn well.

She can dress herself pretty well, feed herself pretty well, and brush her test. 

Her favorite foods are:

Spaghetti Os

Grapes, Peaches, Watermelon, and Apples

Applesauce

Avocado

Rice

Beans

Spaghetti (not the fake processed can kind)

and Chicken.

She loves to play outside with dad at the park, take baths, read books, watch Yo Gabba Gabba, beatbox, dance, play with the dog, and be goofy. 

Evan. 

Evan is our little guy. 

Evan is 8lbs 6oz. 

He is 21 inches.

This little guy pretty much sleeps all day. Rarely makes a peep. Sleeps pretty much through the whole night. He likes to cuddle. He likes to lay on his back and kick his legs. He enjoys his swing and being outside. 

Mina sometimes tries to help with her baby brother. She takes his binkie and uses it for her own happiness, she steals his blankets for her baby doll. She burps him, feeds him a bottle, and tries to change his diaper. 

After Evan was born NaNa and Trav came to visit. It was a good time. 

This is our new puppy Bo. Mina loves him dearly. He is a border collie Australian Shepherd. She still asks for Rupert from time to time and it breaks my heart. We just go to his little gravesite and say hello. 

Mina is a water baby to the hilt. She loves water and will play in it all day if we let her. 

9/11....A day to celebrate or remember?

September 11th. This day was a truly tragic day in the history of our country.

2,753

That is the number of how many people died because some terrorists decided they needed to hijack two planes into a building. This is one of the more traumatic days for our country that I have been alive for that I remember well.

So I decided to get my haircut (bare with me, this segue is a good one) 

The hairstylist says, "Would you like to hear our specials?"

Me, "Well of course! I love specials!"

Hairstylist then tells me of their 9/11 special. 9 Foils for 11 Dollars. 

Oh man did it take a lot out of me to not say anything. 

Since when do we celebrate a bunch of people dying? Since when do we celebrate an attack by a bunch of jihadists on our beloved country. 

Some people do not know this but I served in the military for 5 years. I never did anything extremely fancy or noble. But I did serve. While serving our military I gained a huge feeling of Patriotism. I learned to love my country with everything in me. Had I been deployed I would have gone. 

I have 2 friends I knew rather well in the military that have since been KIA. I also have a friend who lost a parent in 9/11. I hate the thought of getting my hair done cheaper because these people died. 

The sad part? The hair salon was not the only place running 9/11 specials.

I was curious who else were doing these tasteless sales. 

Yes my friends this is no joke. These are human beings who need an education on tact and class. 

September 11th is nothing to joke about. It is a day we should remember in reverent observance. It wasn't just a fluke. A group of men chose to hijack airplanes in our country and kill thousands of Americans and injure thousands more. 

Americans lost their husbands, wives, children, friends. 

Firefighters ran up flights of stares while everyone else ran down. 

Americans jumped out of buildings praying the whole way down they would survive. 

Americans got stuck under piles of rubble, some for days slowly dying of exhaustion and toxic fumes.

Our country, our beloved America was ruthlessly attacked. Why the hell should we make a day of fun from it and have sales to celebrate all these horrific events. 

No, hair stylist lady...i do not want foils cheaper because 2,753 people had to die for no reason.