Wednesday, October 21, 2009

First Haircut

We took Harry in for his first haircut on the 15th. He seems to have inherited my hair (Meg) and so he's got quite a bit already for his age. I wasn't quite ready to let his angel wings go, but Nate convinced me that the baby mullet wasn't a good look for him and that it was time. We took him to Snip-its, a place that specializes in kids. I don't know if we'll go there every time, but it was nice to have someone with experience for his first haircut. Here is just a shot of Harry and Nate on the couch. Harry is wearing his adorable Oshkosh overalls and actually sitting still for a second.


Here's an idea of how long his hair was getting.


This kind of shows how long it was in the back.



Here's another before shot of the baby mullet.


Here's a picture of how long it was getting in front and around the ears.


Here's a before shot of how long it was on top. We were at Snip-its waiting for someone to be available. Harry was very curious about what those other kids were doing.


He had fun running around the store while we waited.


One more before shot of the baby mullet.


A rare shot of me and Harry with an unfortunate yellow background.


Not to sure of what's going on here.


Getting ready for the scissors...


First cut!


Here's a bigger shot of the place. Nice little chairs and even a cartoon which our non-TV watching child could care less about. We had a very nice stylist, Angela, who was very patient.


Harry will sit still for almost anything if you bribe him with graham crackers.


Playing with an Elmo cell phone and graham crackers. This whole thing doesn't seem too bad!


I was sure he was going to scream the whole time, but he's even smiling!



And now he's done with her trying to trim around the ears.


So here's the clippers. Notice the little curls on the counter that we kept.


We didn't get that many great after shots. Here's one of the front.


Here's the back, all neatly trimmed and baby mullet long gone.


The kids get a little prize afterwards. Harry got a sticker, which he thought was pretty neat. But the container it came in is almost more fun.


Yesterday afternoon, Harry fell asleep in his high chair. There's a first time for everything, so I had to get a picture. Also, this shows off the haircut pretty well.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

"Ahh-Ho"

Today's Cornellism is the new phrase "Ahh-Ho"
"Ahh-Ho" is Hare-Bear's way of saying "Uh-oh". It's pretty much his favorite phrase. He's now taken to saying it before he drops things on the floor- very cute.

Here he is enjoying his new Ikea mini Poang chair.


Harry watches intently as I try and teach him to sit still and relax... not really his strong suit.

Here's Harry with his "Pa-pa"!

Nothing like a mini Poang chair to relax with in your cardboard box play house...

"Hi Dad! I tipped my chair over!"


Harry doesn't mind hoodies and hats. Meg and I are taking advantage of it while it lasts.



Look out Harry, Bunny's sneaking up on you!...

Harry examines the Harvest at Robinette's.

Big win for the Spartans that day!


"I love you Pumpkin..."

Harry wasn't so sure about the horses... I can't really blame him, they were huge!

Here's the Bear devouring his first ever doughnut. I swear he's never eaten anything faster. You can see he's giving his sign for "I want some more" before he's even finished with what I've given him. "Keep it comin' Dada, keep it comin'."

Harry uses his step stool to help with the laundry. He loves the laundry chute!


"Hey look! It's Little Red Riding Bear!"

Growing up too fast...

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Procrastination (September)

Sorry Everyone! I know we have not posted since July. We've been failures in posting but sure haven't let up on the picture taking. By my count, we've taken almost 600 pictures since our last post. Harry just keeps getting cuter (Biased Opinion...)
Since it's been so long, we thought we'd bring you up to speed over three separate posts: "Procrastination July", "August", and "September".

Procrastination- September

Harry LOVES his fan. He plays with it everyday, despite the fact that his parents are worried about his little fingers. We just don't get it. All it does is turn on and off, and spin around a bit.

This is great. Harry sees that Meg and I turn the fan on by rotating the dial with our feet. When he couldn't figure it out with his hands, he stood up and tried another method!


Here's Meg's Velveteen Rabbit from the 80's. Harry has now taken to it. So cute!


Doesn't he look like he's just seconds from pouring all the Puffs out onto the floor?

Stuffing his face.


Here's some pics taken at the big community pool in Grosse Point when we visited Rob, Sarah, and Evie a few weeks back. Thanks for the great weekend guys!
Harry couldn't get enough of the water.


"Dad's amazing! He blows bubbles!"
Love that curly hair! He doesn't get it from his daddy.


Harry with his Amma in our favorite Rooster Pajamas- a hand-me-down from cousin Evie.


Sarah and Rob now have a trampoline. Lots and lots of fun for the kids.



Meg's considering an entire post devoted to the phrase "Why buy toys". Here's the ketchup bottle Harry played with for a solid hour last week.
Then another hour on cookie sheets and muffin pans...


Here's a box I converted for Harry to play in. Again, why buy toys?