Today was the big day. Miles' FIRST haircut! (Well... the first real one) We went to a place called Snip Its who specializes in kiddo haircuts (recommended by Becky of course). Just as I thought - bright colors and crazy designed hair cutting stations to make this experience as fun for the kids as possible. The hair stylist was prepared with her tablet - Baby Shark all qued. Perfect distraction.
... He's completely in a trance watching Baby Shark in all these photos (I'd prefer that over a poke in the eye with some scissors - let's just be honest). So excuse the blank facial expressions...
For those who didn't realize quite how long his hair actually was
8 Baby shark videos later...
So handsome! And the curls are MORE pronounced now that it's shorter! Looks like the curls might be here to stay :D
Ps. Thanks Denise for the cutie bear sweatshirt. So adorable!
Stephen and I (and seemingly everyone we run into) love Miles' curls. I've been trimming the front of his hair for months now because we've been sad at the thought of cutting it. We fear once we cut, the curls will disappear. However, his hair is growing pretty quickly and now, along with the curls, we have a mullet....
So. We've decided he's ready for his first haircut. It's either that, or a baby bun/mullet all in one.
Lets just say, Miles was NOT too thrilled with the baby bun idea. Stay tuned soon for his new do!
I wanted to grab photos of our little family of 3 before we were of family of 4 - and before my belly got huge. (I wanted these pics to be focused on the fam and not my belly!) :P
So! Becky was amazing and freed up her Saturday for us to go gallivanting around the Wildflower Center. One piece of valuable information I learned: Bring a stroller! I had never been and apparently there's a lot of walking at the Wildflower Center. Lugging a toddler around really is a work out!
The last official family photo shoot we did was when Miles was 3 months, so it's time to freshen up the pictures in the hallway. It's hard to get a toddler to do what you want, as I'm sure you can imagine. So, my goals were simple.
1. Grab a photo of him with his big brother sign: Check
2. Manage a half-way decent photo of the 3 of us where we are all looking at the camera. Ideally with everyone smiling: I think we accomplished that!
Everything else is just icing on the cake! Enjoy!
There were these awesome disc swings hanging from the trees. Stephen's first words "You think those are strong enough to hold me?!?!" haha!
Baby blues are still holding strong!
This series of shots was hilarious. There were sticks everywhere and he wasn't quite sure what to do with them at first
Stephen and I are excited to officially announce we are adding another little booger (A BOY!) to the fam! We have affectionately given him the belly name: Peanut. With all these girls running around - friends, nieces, etc - we are happy that Miles will have another boy to buddy up with. It definitely helps round out the group :)
I'm a little sad Miles won't be our only baby, and I'm worried about how he'll react when the new baby comes, but all families go through this right? So I'm confident we'll make it through. A couple pics to share (we haven't gotten many up until now, unfortunately).
8 Weeks - Feet at top, head at bottom
12 Weeks - He's sucking his thumb :)
I've already started to feel him kick which is fun since it's so early on. I can say, he's a pretty active one already! We have our 20 week ultrasound scheduled where they look through and make sure everything is functioning properly, but so far, everything looks great.
I'd say Miles is completely oblivious at this point. I'm not quite showing yet and we haven't started doing any new baby decorating, so nothing's really changed in his eyes. Come April, it will. It's okay though! We've got you bud. And all the snuggles!
The clouds parted, the angels sang and all the other things that have to happen happened in order to grab this amazing, adorable pic of a toddler who won't stand still and doesn't understand "Ok smile!". I mean come on! In love!
-- Photo credits go to Becky. Thanks SO much! We love how they turned out! --
It's time for an overall update! Take a look into a crazy little world :)
The girls are occupied and Miles is just hamming up the camera. ha!
Hi friend! So sweet
The cheerio trough
I'm loving this. Miles is chowing down while Lizzie and Charlie are fighting over the empty snack cup
Miles: "Ladies, I'm staying out of this one..."
Happy Birthday Lizzie & Charlie!!
Miles taking a walk to join to party - had to stop to say hi to the cat, of course.
Prepping for Flagstaff!
CHEESE!!
Mid belly laughs. So cute :)
Stephen was out of town for a full week. He had bad cell service so chats in the morning weren't as doable this time around. So Miles and I tried to get a few cutie morning pictures to share with Dad!
This one is my current favorite of him
Miles has been loving playing outside! In between the weird weather we've been having, our flagstone patio is one of his favorite spots
Look closely - our praying mantis friend (on the screen) was with us for over a week! Miles would go look for him every morning when I opened the blinds. Unfortunately, no sign of him anymore.
Breathing treatment for our sickly little boy. He looks so pitiful. Feeling much better now, thank goodness!
