This Natural Thang

As of July 17, 2015... I am 100% natural!!!! 

Exciting or nah??? Well, for me it's pretty darn exciting, no more 5 hair textures going on, trying to figure out how to blend them all together. I went to get a press last week and the beautician was like, "Nah, it's time to let them ends go!!" I was kind of hesitant but I figured she knew best.

                                                               100% NATURAL!!!!!


I fell into the "NATURAL THANG" by mistake. I know most people are like, "everybody is going natural", "What's the point of this natural thing", etc. When I got married and moved to Simpson County I couldn't for the life of me find a beautician that could keep up/do what I was use to from my coast stylist(s) or the stylist was so far away that it was almost not worth it to get my hair done =( , which sucked.  So, I decided I would "go natural, return to natural" whatever you want to call it.After doing a little bit of research I decided to transition. I transitioned for almost a year and a half, mainly because "BIG CHOPPING" was not happening. I've always thought I've had a big head and "BIG CHOPPING" would just show all of my big head I wasn't down with that.

I transitioned using box braids, Senegalese twist, sew-ins, flat irons/silk presses, roller sets, etc. You name it, I did it to my hair. Granted my bad hair days, were REALLY BAD HAIR DAYS. If you are thinking about transitioning your hair be prepared for the wait.

My many transitioning hair styles

 Box Braids...(Perfect Style to cruise with my Hubby=)

The process of taking down box braids ( Shout out to my youngest sister, Tellisha)

Old Roller Set( Visiting my best friends, Dejanae & Monet)

Perm Rod Set ( My fav, as you can tell by my pose)

Texture Shot

Texture Shot

Sew- In ...if it wasn't so hot I would still have this in.

                                                                           


It's amazing how transitions in life bring about so many things. Most of the time, you don't realize you are "transitioning" until after the transitioning process has begun or ended. For example, in my case, being pregnant... HAHAHA. There are other transitions that may not make sense to us while we are going through ( getting fired from a job, not passing a state mandated test, not passing comps, not getting a certain job). Every thing (transition/ struggle/successes) in life has a purpose: maybe it is to prepare you to tell your story to others and encourage them, maybe it is to teach you a lesson that you have not quite learned yet, maybe it is an opportunity for you to put yourself in someone's shoes. Whatever the case maybe be patient, for something awesome in your life is about to take place.
I know I deviated from talking about this "Natural Thang" for a minute but, be mindful of what "transition" you are in and take note.

Live... Laugh...Love,

Le'Shawn

Team Blue or Team Pink

It's one thing to start a blog and it's another to keep up with it...REGULARLY!!!!

Sorry, I haven't been doing much of the keeping up part. Promise I will do better. So since my last post we have had a Baby Reveal at our house, taken a summer vacation to Texas, and I've gotten a new job (no worries I'm still a school counselor). As you can see a lot is going on.

How far along am I?

I am 30 weeks exactly today...YAY!!!!! I actually took a picture with the maternity stickers that Emorie got me.

It's kind of a bad picture because I had to be my own photographer because Terence is out enjoying playing music with other musicians.

What's funny about this 30 week sticker?  I have become addicted to corn. Not any type of corn, fried corn (as the country people call it)...it must come off the cob. I have to have corn at a minimum of once a week and that usually happens on Sundays at Aunt Willie Mae's house after church. =)


The daddy:

Rubs my tummy the hardest to try to get baby Norwood to move. When I say, the kid needs no help, I ain't  lying!!!!!! It's sweet to see him developing a relationship with the baby even while he's in my tummy.

How I'm feeling?:

I'm pretty much over the nauseous stage...except for every now and then. THANK GOD. I went in for our 28 week checkup and we are still on  track for a healthy Baby Norwood =)  A couple of weeks ago at the doctors office I was told I was anemic and was suppose to be taking iron supplements...BOO!!!! They made me so sick, I had to stop taking them. So, at our next appointment we will be checking on that again.

What's going on with the bump?:

We are down to 2 week appointments instead of 4 week appointments. That shocked Terence, when the doctor told us that. HA-HA!!! From the outside looking down on my stomach it looks sooo like an alien is moving around in there, scares the crap out of me. I can't see if it's a foot or knee or elbow yet but I can definitely see the movements.

Anything else?:

I've heard a lot of people complaining about being pregnant but besides getting headbutted in my ribs, it's really an amazing process. To have an whole human being created inside of you, LIKE WHOA... WOW. Honestly being pregnant isn't all that bad, besides being preggo in the summer, I love it!!! Especially all the preggo perks, I now have a membership to Massage Envy =) Thanks to my hubby.

1. We kind of have a name picked out for Baby Norwood (If I don't change my mind before
     September) EEEEKKKKK
2. My sister refers to my baby bump as John Doe a.k. JD because we don't have a name. HA-HA-HA


Baby Reveal
Of course I got the idea to have a Baby Reveal from Pinterest. LOVE PINTEREST!!!!! We played 2 or 3 games, Team Boy against girl of course. Mostly everyone was on my team, TEAM PINK!! 

Team Blue vs. Team Pink

This is how we knew what team everyone was on. 

As you can see I was ALL Team Pink and so was my niece!!!!

View the video to see what team the Norwood's are officially on.

Live...Laugh...Love,

Le'Shawn & Baby Norwood