First Haircut!

Bill made me do it. He had been insisting for months, but I was able to say "no way" until last week when 3 people mistook Braden for a girl. Then Bill finally won the fight- and we took him for his first haircut.

I was worried sick about how Braden would handle sitting still in a chair and having a stranger come at him with scissors. But, as usual, Braden was fine. He wiggled a little, but we kept him busy with snacks and I let him play with my camera, which I never do. So he barely noticed the lady chopping off his hair. I, on the other hand, cried.

I can admit, his hair looks totally cute. The cut definitely made him look older, but I'm okay with that, too. It's the fact that my little baby boy is big enough for a haircut that is bothering me! It has finally sunk in that Braden is a little boy now. A little boy who is big enough to hold my hand and walk through the store with me. A little boy who is big enough to go and get fitted for shoes at the shoe store. A little boy who is big enough to eat his meals with a fork and spoon. And a little boy big enough to go to the barbershop and get his hair cut!



There was no way that Momma would be the one to hold him down for this!



Snacks were the perfect distraction!


Such a good boy!


How handsome!

Braden's New Room

Now that we officially have a toddler, no longer a baby, we found it fitting to transform Braden's nursery into a fun, colorful toddler's room. He now has a modern safari themed room- check out his new pad!






By the way, we did the stenciling ourselves and the "King of the Jungle" sign and blue & green picture frames were handmade by yours truly!