WHAT NO MORE BRAIDING & BANDING!!!!!

Yes, my loctician has confirmed it...I no longer have to braid and band. I admit this seemed to come faster than I thought. I am approaching nine months in to my locking journey this months and progress is slow but sure! I was real excited for her to tell me this. i know I still have some time to go before my locs mature, but this is great because trying to braid this itty bitty hair was getting hard-j/k. I haven't been doing anything different with my hair lately because I been so exhausted with work and this pregnancy. But that will change soon. I am inching closer and closer to a year. I thought I would further along as far as length is concerned, but I realize my hair shrinks like crazy so I am not much worried about it. it will come in time...See you guys in Month 9! I will start to do more cool things with my babies as soon as I get some energy.

Update!

I have just passed month 8 into my locking journey. Needless to say it has been a transition. I have stopped worrying so much over the legnth of my hair and have begun to start thinking more of their overall health. I go for a reti on May 25th. And I will spark up the conversation of DIYing with my consultant again. It's not that I want to stop going to her she is magnificent...But I will need the convinience in the next few months seeing that i am due to become the mother of child #2! I am so excited. I am praying for a girl this time around. Anywho, I feel great! The months are flying by, and although I am not where I expected to be at *8months, it beats the hell out of buying weave every other week. We will see what the future holds. See you all next month!

Permed Ends Had to Go!!!!

For those of you who didn't know I did the most silly thing this time last year. I had a sew in weave at the time and decided that I was only going to leave a small portion of my hair out. Well, because it was raining at the time my hair kept frizzing up, i decided that i would just go on ahead and perm it. Yes, just the top part. My consultant thinks this is pretty hilarious. I decided I couldn't take it anymore, the rest of my hair was curly-qs', but when you looked at the top of my head I looked like alphalpha! Pretty much, It was time for them to go. Toomuch contrast...

Freestyling

Hello Everyone,
I have just surpassed my seventh month into my locking journey (as of March 25th). I am due for a reti so bad it's not even funny. I am itching to be a DIY'er so bad, but my consultant told me I should wait until my locs have settled in. Which is cool, anything to keep me on the right track. I dug into my fotki and pulled a picture from the first day I had my locs (its the one @ the bottom *tear*). TALK ABOUT A TRANSFORMATION!!! These first few months have been a true journey,I cannot wait to see what they will look like when I go for a reti on April 6th. A lot of my locs are fuzzy, and some of the balls have come off of the ends, but they are growing. I am doing a lot less curling and playing in my hair, which may seem like a small milestone to some, but I have been wanting to do this for some time now. Lately, I have been using Carols' Daughter and Organic root stimulator temple balm for my edges. I am drinking more water too, and I definitely see the difference drinking water makes for your hair and nails. I am getting closer and closer every day to the one year mark! lol. Happy easter everyone!

SAD DAY.....

Today is a sad day for me. I am a little fustrated with my babies. I am finally six months in and I am very proud of myself for finally being able to let go of what I like to call "The REMY Weave Addiction." But my babies seem to be stagnant. I am trying my hardest not to compare myself to other women that have gone through this stage already, and I am working on my patience, but my hair seems to grow so slow! I haven't had any significant new growth since Month 3. Don't get me wrong, I love my babies, but I don't know what could be causing this standstill. Has anyone else experienced this? I am starting to think maybe it's because of stress, but I haven't lost any locks so...I don't know you guys...Just needed to vent a little....

I just keep growing and growing....

Lol. Hello everyone. To say that I have been stressed is an understatement. Tax season sure does take its' toll on you. Between juggling this and school I am scared I may just fall out! lol. But I am still trucking along. I have finally reached my fifth month and my babies will reach 6 months on the 25th. I am so excited! Although I don't see much change happening to my babies as far as length is concerned , I have a few that are locking in the back and near the middle, but my edges and the top are taking a while. The top is to be expected seeing that I did perm that one small section around this time last year ( my consultant finds this hilarious and I don't blame her lol.) I am not rushing it though. My hair has stopped slipping (although I still braid and band), but it just seems my hair is growing soooo slowly. But oh well, rest assured my patience is growing stronger and I am really enjoying the stage that I am at. While I don't really change up my hairstyle much, I do accessorize a lot more now. I will wait and see what happens. See you all in Month 6!

Month 4 Update!!!!!!

SO, Happy New Years to Everyone!!! I hope everyone had a good time over the holidays! I know I did. Not much has changed for me the past few months. Sorry for the amateur pics, but I had to put something up to show you all where I am at in my journey. I confirmed with my loctician that I am in the beginning stages of the locking process and I couldn't be more elated than what I am now about that. She assured me that my hair is fine in perm rods, and that since they are locking they may seem shorter than what they actually are, but they are growing nonetheless. I may be M.I.A. for a few weeks due to tax season. I swear if I hear , "It is $1500 per kid right?" I may explode! A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing people. But anyway I have digressed. I am gaining a little more patience everyday and haven't been obsessing so much about my own hair. I will be 5 months old on the 25th! The months are just flying by! As you can see I haven't changed my hairstyle much. I am looking forward to my hair locking and it finally falling so I don't look so much like a peacock. lol. Anyway. That is it for today! Talk to you all soon!