Sydney's haircut

So... Sydney's hair is LONG.  It's so curly that you don't realize how long it really is until it's wet.  A few more inches, and this girl could sit on her hair in the shower!  As pretty as it is long, I thought it might be good to go ahead and get it cut. 

I took her to a haircut place last weekend, and put it in the hands of the hairdresser.  I was originally thinking cutting off about 6 inches, or to the shoulders.  The hairdresser was worried that it may spring up too much, and suggested 4 inches with some layers.  I told her to roll with it.  It's not so drastic of a change, but it's much easier to brush after the shower, and it's awfully shiny all of a sudden.  And, her curls are still there!  (Part of me was afraid they would go away!)

Here's the story of her haircut, in pictures:

11 Months!

Parker is 11 months old!!  What?!

His accomplishments this month include:

• Climbing up the stairs.
• Three more top teeth have popped through.. and two more are coming in both on top and bottom.  I'm going to miss his gummy smile!
• Being moved up to the next class at daycare.
• Walking a lot around furniture, while holding on.
• Clapping.
• I'm packing up all the 12 month clothes!
• Did I mention before that it was hard to change his diaper/put his clothes on?  It's virtually impossible now!
• He loves to open/close drawers and doors.
• He LOVES the dishwasher.  If we have it open, he speed-crawls over to it and plays with it.
• He also loves the refrigerator.  More speed-crawling occurs when he hears it open.
• I heard him say "mama" once, and he does say "dada".  He said "uh!" once, in terms of "uh oh!".

Parker heading to BBQ on the grill.

Getting some loving from his biggest sis!

Can you tell they're related?

Trying to get a shot of his teeth!

Check out my little chunkster!

Rockin' the double chin.

Strollin' with middle sis.

Whoops and Okra

Random title, huh?  I was tiredly updating my blog's look last night and I somehow reposted that Parker is 7 months old.  Don't worry, he is not regressing in age.  I just can't delete it, otherwise it'll be gone!

Oh, and remember how I said we weren't having luck with our okra plant?  I lied.  We all of a sudden have a ton of okra growing.  Woohoo!

7 months!

Parker is 7 months old!!

As always, he has had a very exciting month, full of growth, milestones, and adventures.  His accomplishments include:

• Getting even better at sitting up!  He sits up for a while now.  He's still not totally trustworthy to be on his own, so we like to sit him on soft places, like the middle of the bed. 
• Eating puffs.
• His little bottom teeth are so about to pop through!!  Poor little guy, you can tell he's in pain.
• He is very in-tune to things around him.  If the TV is on, he will sit up in his chair, arch his back, and turn his head to look at it. 
• Celebrating his first Easter!
• He gets the biggest kick out of his sisters.  And vice versa.  They will do something and he will crack up, and then they'll keep doing it over and over again to hear him laugh.
• First trip to Tennessee!
• He can hold his bottle, but he's usually pretty lazy and prefers not to.  Boys.
• He's wearing 9 month clothes, but I've washed his 12 month summer clothes to go ahead and start putting on him.  They're a little big... but not by a lot!
• He isn't crawling, but he somehow moves.  This boy will start out laying in one position, facing one direction, and then a few minutes later, he will be in a competely different place.
• Swinging for the first time.

Recent Pics

Here are some pics from the last week!

Sydney's play day at Savannah's house.

Raegan's b-day party!

Parker loved the water!

Future softball star?

 

Please excuse her underwear showing.  We are playing softball, redneck-style.

Taylor pushing McNair.

Dinner out!  (this is so rare lately for us!)

Here comes trouble.