First Hair Cut

Sheesh! I'm getting very behind on this blog.  I partly blame Daddy P because he likes to edit photos before I post them.  I'm going to give you a sneak peak at the unedited hair cut photos anyway.  Warning:  this post is a photobomb of cuteness.

After having Elliott's Easter pictures taken, it became evident that my little angel needed his hair cut.  Though I was trying to wait for his one year birthday to cut his hair, I was receiving enough nagging from some unnamed people, that I decided to go ahead and take the plunge.

We had heard from a friend that there was a place called Snip-Its about and hour south in Cicero, NY.  It was a fantastic place for a first haircut.  If you live near a location, I highly recommend it.

As expected, the cut had it's ups and downs.  He didn't mind the big clipper, but the scissors and the little clipper elicited some tears.  Here are some of the one million photos that we took of the experience:

11 Months

This month has had it's ups and downs.

We'll start with the downs.

You developed a nasty cold towards the end of last month that lasted for weeks.  During that time, you were extra-cuddled and snuggled, and for the first time, you actually liked it.

And then it backfired.

You started to require rocking to go to bed.  And then you realized, 'if I wake up crying in the night,  I bet Mom will cuddle me then too!'  And like a sucker, I fell for it.  Somehow or another, we've started a routine where you cry in the middle of the night, I lose track of time and space and find myself deliriously waking from your floor at 4:00 in the morning.  My hip hurts, kid.  Enough of this already.

On the upside, you could not be more adorable if you tried.

And you have turned into such a ham.  When we are out and about, you flirt with everyone!  Old ladies seem to be an especially easy target for you.  You bat your eyes, lower your chin, and grin from ear to ear, flashing those eight teeth!

You are learning new things by the minute.  In one day alone, you learned how to wave and point.  Amazing.  The waving now futher helps to lure the old ladies to the cart while we are grocery shopping.

You also recently figured out how to put things into things.  For a while there, I thought you were taking after Mommy because you were getting so good at taking everything out all over the house and not putting anything back.  Now, I find dog toys in your Poppity Dino, bath toys in your bath cup, blocks in your cookie jar toy, balls in the dog bowls, and once, you even placed your self into your bath tub!

You're much more interactive at Stroller Strides now, after sleeping through the first six months of class.  You giggle when Mommy runs around and does burpies, and the other day, you had a ball playing "music" with the other babies!  You even crawled up into the action with the older babies to see what they were up to.

Still not walking, but you are a master cruiser.  You were cruising along with me, holding on to the vacuum as I was vacuuming the other, but I was worried that you'd fall so I went to move your hands.  Rather than sitting down, like I figured you'd do, you just stood.  We looked at each other with shock until you casually lowered yourself to the ground.  You did it one more time too.

Ninety-eight percent of the time, you are just all smiles.  I can't believe you are going to be one next month!  How the time flies!  Thanks for being you, little monkey.

  

Easter Weekend

This past weekend, my family (sans Aunt Al) came up for Easter.  We had oodles of fun and Aunt Andi captured some great pictures (because the rest of of never take any).

On Friday, after stopping at the outlets, I met them at one of my favorite North Country (really Finger Lakes) spots, Three Brothers Winery in Hector, NY.  We had lots of fun tasting ALL the yummy wines and Poppy one of us got a little tipsy.

On Saturday, we took a scenic driving tour of the North Country since Uncle Adam has never been here.  Our first stop was at Westcott State Park where we hopped out to check out the beach of Lake Ontario.

Next, we headed to Sackets Harbor for lunch at Goodfellos.  Aunt Andi had a ball holding Elliott at lunch.  It should also be noted that the sweater he is wearing is one of Jeff's from babyhood.  Everyone was quite impressed that Grandma Becky kept it so pristine for all of these years.  Uncle Adam even had to check the label because he thought I was fibbing. 

After our delicious lunch, we jetted up to Cape Vincent to see the Tibbetts Point Lighthouse.  It was a pretty day, but SUPER cold and WINDY.  Elliott loved looking out into the water!

Next, we headed to Clayton where we enjoyed some of my favorite wine (and some mulled wine) at Coyote Moon and then took another picture in front of the little lighthouse like we did when Elliott was just a few days old!

For our final stop of the day, we headed to Alexandria Bay where we saw lovely views of the Boldt  Castle and where Elliott had the time of his life playing in the playground.  

On Easter, we found that the Easter Bunny and Grandma Becky and Grandpa Ken and Emmie and Aunt Al had all brought Easter Baskets for Little Man.  He had lots of fun digging through and finding surprises.

Next, we all dyed eggs.

 Then, after a quick swim at the hotel pool, we enjoyed an Easter feast.

The little Ham did too!

Thanks, family, for a fun weekend!  Hope you all had a great Easter too!