Haircuts and More

Gibson got his first "official" haircut last week and Layla also got a haircut that day and it reminded me how I never posted about Layla's firt haircut. "Auntie" Mandi cut her hair the end of September. Layla has very snargly hair so I had hoped that getting it cut would make it a bit healthier and therefore not so tangly, but no such luck! It still requires No More Tangles every morning and her about crying as I try to comb through it.

She was a bit aprehensive at first so we thought maybe she'd do better on my lap...

But then she said she wanted to sit on the chair by herself...

She liked it, yet looked a little nervous--she kept sticking her hand by her mouth which isn't normal...

Here is the "after", of course I forgot to take a "before"! Oops! She only got maybe an inch or so off though.

All done!

She's such a girly girl so far and loves getting her nails done, so "Auntie" Mandi was even nice enough to paint her nails for her:)...

For Gibson's first "official" (I say "official" b/c I cut his bangs maybe a month or so again but they were a bit crooked and needed some help:D) haircut last week we thought it'd work easiest to just put him in a booster seat on the floor, and as soon as we turned our backs this is what he was doing. He doesn't let anything stop him from getting what he wants:)...

Back sitting properly in his chair and ready for his hair cut!

This is the "after" picture, and again, I forgot to take a "before". Bad mommy! :) He just needed his "bangs" evened out, his ears and neckline trimmed and the back blended just a tiny bit. He didn't have much to cut off, but it was time that it be sproused up. It's just sad for me seeing those soft baby locks fall off:(.

Layla got a trim also...

And just a pic showing how much Gibs loves climbing over things. He really does not let anything stop him from getting where he wants to go. I block him off from getting to certain things and he almost always finds a way to push his way through! He's also been taking a step here and there lately! He's not quite strong enough to do it, but he definitely wants to! If you get him to stand on his own for a second he'll take a step out...and then fall down. Or sometimes if he's holding on to something he'll let go for a second and step away...and then fall down. I know that they can go more places once they start walking and it might be more of a pain wanting to get down and walk places like the mall or a grocery store, but in some ways it'll be more conveniant once he walks for instances like when Layla has to go to the bathroom while getting groceries, and currently I'd have to get Layla on the potty while holding him. Thankfully Layla has yet to have to go at the grocery store (or at least not when Gibs has been with us). Speaking of potty training, it's still going really well! It's been almost 3 months and she still hasn't had too many accidents overall, but has had 4 accidents in the past week or so which is frustrating b/c she went so long with no accidents! She had a few just b/f Christma too but otherwise hadn't had any since we first started. Her first #1 mistake was last week and the #2 is getting better, she just has never liked going, but since her mistakes last weekend she seems to not dislike it anymore. And her mistakes last week were all when she was playing at friends' houses and I was upstairs and she was downstairs, so I think she just gets too caught up playing and then waits too long to tell me and then it's too late. So since then I've talked to her about going on her own and not waiting for me to hear her yelling that she has to go and that seems to have improved. Hopefully all this rambling is making sense, I'm watching Mamma Mia as I write:).

We got a delivery from the Disney Store the other day (one of our favorite places to order things online:D) and they kids enjoyed the big box the stuff came in...

Enjoying his mac and cheese...(probably should have had a plastic bib on, but somehow mine keep disappearing!)

Gavin came over to play today while his mommy worked and Layla and Gavin pretty much played downstairs the whole day. Poor Gibs stood at the top of the stairs banging on the gate and throwing toys down wishing he could go with:(. Gibs and I went to go see what they were up to and how big of a mess they were making and sure enough, they had taken MANY toys out of the toy room and into the family room. They said they were feeding all the monkeys. They had monkeys and many other animals sitting all over as they were busily preparing all the food:).