my first haircut

so, mommy has been telling daddy for a couple weeks now that i really need a haircut, and daddy asked her to wait until after thanksgiving. she missed all my curls, which seemed to disappear as my hair continued to grow. she was very happy to hear that Snip-Its was open on sundays, and off we went!

because i barely stop moving these days, daddy was very scared that i was not going to sit still in the haircut chair, and he was even more scared that there would be very sharp scissors by my eyes and ever-moving head. but i actually stayed very still and cooperated with no problem.

what's weird is that when we got home, mom took some more pictures and said something about my hair...so i pointed to it for her. mommy and daddy acted all surprised that i knew what "hair" was, even though they never taught me to show them my hair. i mean, they ask me to show them my feet and my belly all the time, so i just figured i'd show them my hair too. i know a lot more than they think i do!

here are the hair-raising results...can't see the curls yet, but maybe they'll be back after my bath tonight!

before:

during:

after:

now if only mommy could convince daddy that i don't need my pacifier anymore...hopefully a blog post coming soon!

a welcomed change...

both grandmas have now told mommy that my blog has weird symbols all over it, so while mom is waiting to get through on a website to for a great black friday deal, she made a temporary change to the background.

plus, maybe i am over owls now that i am over one year old! it's time for me to start thinking about my next theme...without mommy's help this time!

october fun...

october was a busy month. mostly because i keep my mom and dad busy chasing after me. i have learned to get into everything. what mom and dad thought was a lot before was nothing...and i am pretty sure i have more in store for them ;)

we did a lot of fun stuff in october, but right after my 12 month doctor appointment, when mom told the doctor i wasn't doing a lot of the things she expected me to be doing, i started doing them! i'm tricky...i did them all within a week! so now, i am an expert at 'so big', clapping (especially when prompted with 'if you're happy and you know it'), waving (in my own laid back, chillaxin' way), doing high five, and even pointing to my belly when asked. mom wasn't really worried that i wasn't doing these things, because she knows how focused i've been on both my fine and gross motor skills, but she is definitely entertained that i can do them. all while NOT forgetting how to "dancey, dancey", still one of my favorite things to do (she says i learned my love for dancing from her).

i also graduated from swimming class and started taking kindermusik, which is all sorts of fun. and just last week, nina and i started to go to storytime too, a pasttime that we hope our moms will keep up.

life is good! here are some pics from our fun:

at the pumpkin patch. can you tell i was hot? it was 80 degrees that day...

at the Great Pumpkin Party...in the South Chagrin Reservation...little did mom know that she was going to get a trip to Aurora Premium Outlets out of it!

pre-trick or treating at Nina's house for Chiliween...

my outfit change, dad's idea, to Run DMC...

some trick or treat action...next year i'll even get to eat some!