Daddy's Little Helper

Our house is a haven of dust as the back wall of the porch is up so now the dust is contained to the house. I've given up on dusting and cleaning until the project is complete. Little Man has absolutely loved watching the room transform and has even begun mimicking Trav as he works. Just the other day I caught him walking around leveling things... the door.... the wall.... the couch... even the highchair. Too cute!

A New Look

It has been six months since my last hair cut but it looks like Little Man is going to be on the 4 week track. When he woke up this morning his 'fro was so puffy that if I had painted his face white he could have passed for a clown. With a fresh haircut and a new (sort of) wardrobe, compliments of the JBF Consignment Sale, Little Man is ready for spring!

Over the past month, we have been working on enclosing our back porch and tomorrow they are going to take advantage of the nice weather and raise the back wall. It is slow going when you pay out of pocket but I'll post some before and after pictures as soon as we are done. Should be fun!

By Popular Demand

By request of my lil' sis and her friend...

Highlights

It has been a busy few weeks...not because we've done anything out of the ordinary but because Little Man is changing more and more every day and we can hardly keep up! One of my good friends recently had a new baby and being around them just makes it so much more obvious that Little Man is no longer a baby...he is a little boy! Where does the time go?

Here are some of the highlights from the past couple of weeks:

Little Man is feeding himself with a spoon....he really can scoop the food by himself too but it was past his bedtime and mommy wasn't very patient. My favorite part is that he says, "thank you" every time I hand him a new spoonful....wonder how long that will last?

Now that Little Man will get on and off the bed without us telling him to go feet first, he has started sleeping in his big boy bed all the time. So far he hasn't even tried to get up at night but there were a couple of naps that ended with him sneaking out of his room.

As if.....

As if working out isn't hard enough.....

1st Haircut

Little Man just got his first haircut! Ms. Anita specializes in cutting curly hair has been cutting my hair for more than a decade so when she offered to give his first haircut, I jumped at the opportunity. Little Man sat perfectly still through the trip until time to take a picture with Ms. Anita and threw quite the fit (it was almost naptime). Ms. Anita did a wonderful job of preserving all of those precious curls while trying to trim it so he no longer looks like Bozo the Clown.

Donuts with Dad

This morning Little Man's Mother's Day Out program had their annual Donuts with Dad celebration. It was so neat to see all of the daddies, grandpas and even uncles that attended and my girlfriend and I got a kick out of the number of confused/overwhelmed looks on some of the dad's faces as they tended to their kiddos and their breakfast without the help of mom. I'm not saying dads are incompetant, it was just obvious that some were more comfortable than others. I was so glad that Trav's job affords him so much time at home to take care of Little Man. What fun!!!!