Hair hacked

They shouldn't call it getting a "hair cut". It should be called getting your "hair hacked off". Why is it that hair dressers cannot get it right when you tell them how much?! We took Keenan for his very first hair cut today. I've cut before myself but he was in need of a professional trim. The hair growing over his ears was out of control. We took him in to a kids place with a good reputation and requested to have his hair majorly cut around his ears and the top trimmed so it stops puffing out (he's straight on top and curly in back and the top just seems puffy and wierd all the time). We told her to only take a TINY TRIM off the back because we did NOT want his curls cut, we wanted to keep them. You can just guess right there what happened. Keenan was an absolute angel but Eric and I are traumatized with the new cut. I hope the back grows fast!!

Last week after his bath - look at those curls!



Getting it wet down and brushed out to get ready for the cut:


Daddy what is this lady doing to me?


See those curls peeking out? This is what it was suppose to look like before she got hack happy


End result:


Look how straight the back is now :( :(

Thanksgiving!

Well yesterday was Thanksgiving and for the first time ever I cooked a turkey dinner! It was a big day for us. We usually go to my parents house for Thanksgiving but this year we decided to stay home. It ended up being a great day. The turkey was fantastic, the sweet potatoes (which I usually hate) were soooo yummy, and the gravy came out great! The stuffing wasn't that great in my opinion but I always hate stuffing. Eric and Keenan liked the stuffing so I guess it was good. I busted my butt and made everything fresh, fresh, fresh. No canned or frozen stuff allowed. It was really low key and a nice family dinner for the four of us. Despite the nice day Keenan was a pain. He decided to be awake between 1am and 3am the night before and was therefore a miserable little thing all day. He took a 3 hour nap and was still a beast. He spent most of the day like this:

Indescribable fun

Learning to walk is fun. Having a ball pit to play in is fun. Pretending you know how to run when you don't is really funny. But running and diving into the ball pit - now that's indescribable fun!!

Surprise!

So I had the worst time trying to get video clips of this. My husband is useless when it comes to asking for help so I was attempting to video with my camera so I could share online. You may not be able to tell that well from these clips because they are far from great but it's official - KEENAN'S WALKING! He's been doing 2 or 3 steps from me to Eric with prompting or if I stand him up and then back up he'll walk to me but never more then 2 or 3 steps.

A few days after his birthday he started increasing the steps and he'd actually steady himself every few steps and keep going. On thursday he actually took off walking from the couch without prompting! I had my back to him and was several feet away from the couch. I had seem him playing there but was cleaning up toys. Next thing I knew he was tapping me on the back! He's still not super steady but he's pulling up on things and taking off on his own! He's attempting to run which you could see in these videos and that lands in a total crash after several steps. I can't believe the distances he can go now compared to just a few days ago! He has FINALLY beat his sister at a milestones. She rolled first, crawled first, said her first word before him, and pulled up first. But she didn't walk until 14 1/2 months. Go Keenan!

Yes, Cayden is half dressed - clothes on top, pj's on bottom, LOL and yes my playroom is destroyed! Just think the kids have only been up for an hour and managed to make that mess!

1 year old stats

I totally forgot to post Keenan's 1 year old stats. He had his checkup last week on his actual birthday. They were out of both shots he was scheduled to get so not getting them was like an extra birthday present! LOL He'll get them when he goes in for his 15 month checkup. My beefcake is:

24 lbs 4 oz
31 1/4 inches

Not much is new in the feeding department. Keenan's been completely on table food for about a month. He's still not able to have dairy so it's soy milk for him. He's also been off the bottle for 2.5 months! When we switched him to the soy milk at 9.5 mths we just took him off the bottle to make the change complete.

Oh and I have a little suprise to show you so stay tuned. I should have it ready by tomorrow.

Trick or Treat!

We had such a fun day yesterday! Cayden had a Halloween parade and party at her school and it was so cute. I was laughing at her "uniqueness" because not only in her class but out of the entire school 80% of the little girls were Disney Princesses and my daughter was an animal of course. We let her pick her own costume and that's what she choose! We later went to my friend Melanie's house down in the Newtown/Yardley area to trick or treat. Keenan just came along for the ride but let me tell you Brynn and Cayden made out like bandits with their candy!

School parade


Feeling eyeballs, hearts, and brains


Simon says


Simon says walk like a Zebra


Getting ready for trick or treating




Trick or treat


This getting candy business is fun!


Mommy, what are they doing up there?