Kyle's First Haircut

Today was the first time I've cut all three of my boys' hair! And it was Kyle's first haircut. I almost felt bad doing it, since he's only 6 months old, but he really needed it. He was starting to have a mullet and a mohawk...since the 80's are long gone, they had to go too! :)

Before:

After:

Bouncing fun and naptime

I'm sensing a pattern.....do you see it?

Kyle LOVES this bouncer, and it's so cute to watch him in it. But every time he falls asleep for a few minutes! He really wears himself out, I guess.

Brothers

Cameron is good at getting Kyle to laugh!

Here's a video I made of some of our Europe pictures. Turn the sound up and enjoy! Someday I'll get around to journaling everything from the trip. :)

6 months and they're all grown up!

My little boys just keep growing; I don't know why that keeps happening! Today Cameron "graduated" from the literacy center reading program ('preschool' to us). He started it just one or two days before Kyle was born. Now Kyle's 6 months old (today!) and the other night we gave Kyle rice cereal for the first time. He's not really a fan of it yet, but the picture is sure misleading!

First rice cereal (Mar. 5, 2010) We also tried squash a couple days later but he was too grumpy to give it a chance.

Graduation (Mar. 10, 2010)

No one but me cares, but.....

I changed the background layout ALL BY MYSELF!! I never could figure out how to do it before. Yay for me!

Hello again! Here's a mini-update in pictures, not counting our Europe trip. I'll have to get to that later.

The "snowman" is really a "snow T-Rex." Are you surprised?

Little man

Little man #2

We took Cameron ice skating towards the end of January. He had a good time!

One more thing

I told my mom I would write this down, and it's just so cute I have to share it. Killin' two birds with one stone!

We've been having some issues getting Cameron to stay in his bed at night. He gets up a lot, wants to be checked on constantly, and after all that ends up in our room during the night. He says he's scared ("it's too dark when I close my eyes!") and so we're just trying to figure out what to do. Anyway, one night I was getting really frustrated. I said, "What is your problem? Just stop getting out of bed, this is ridiculous. Why do you keep doing this?" or something along those lines. With his arms out, also frustrated, Cameron quietly said--very sincere and serious--"Look at me. I'm four."

Just a quick post....

Just to share a little good news...So that everyone knows, Aaron and I are going to AUSTRIA! It's always been my dream to go there. But the only way we could ever go is if it's in the winter and if we have somewhere to stay for free. Which we do!! We'll be staying with my 2nd cousin and her family. We are going over when Kar leaves for her nanny gig, in 3 weeks. (Feb. 1st.) I was really nervous to leave Cameron and Kyle behind, and leave them clear on the other side of the ocean. But I think we feel peaceful about things going well enough to return safely. My mom, on the other hand, will have the hard part watching the boys! But, in our defense, it was her idea. She didn't want Kar going by herself. :) We both have passports, but Aaron's was expired so we had to get that renewed. We did the expedited service just to make sure it got here on time, and we got it in a week! We will also be stopping in London on our way back for a couple days!


I also just had to write down a few things Cameron has said lately. He makes us laugh!

• One night, out of the blue, Cameron asked, "Are diamonds waterproof?"

• Last night Cameron said, "When I'm with grandma for nine days, I'm going to be like a marshmallow." I said, "Huh? What do you mean? That doesn't even make sense." He said, "Because a marshmallow is like a circle and if you count around it, you count to nine."

Still doesn't make sense.

December in a nutshell........

Here are some highlights from the last few weeks:

Building gingerbread houses for FHE. Cameron kept sneaking the candy though!

At the Flink family Christmas party, December 12th.

With Grandpa Flink (I think he's 88!).

Me and a really cute little boy!

Kyle wearing the little hat and booties that great-auntie Lori made for him. So cute! I took a lot of pictures that day; he was in a good mood.

Our family acting out the nativity story on Christmas Eve .

The brothers sitting on the stairs in their Christmas jammies. On our way down to see what Santa brought. Tradition!



Seeing the two-headed dragon that Santa brought!

Cameron wearing the dinosaur claw slippers he got for Christmas.

With the blanket Great Grandma Tuttle made (dinosaur pattern, of course!).

Kyle and Elmo!