Firsts – Page 30

First Haircut

March 19, 2014

Spencey’s hair was getting pretty long in the back and hanging down into his eyes so I finally gave in and decided it was time for his first haircut! He’s about the same age Maxwell was when he first got his curls trimmed so it seemed right. I took him up to Misty at Salon on Hagood and he did great! I really didn’t think he would sit still in the chair but he did – totally different than Maxwell. It took Maxwell several times before he would sit in the chair by himself. Not Spencey! He just sat there like it was no big deal! 🙂

first haircut

And with a little help from a graham cracker…

first haircut

he ended up with a nice little trim! Just enough to clean it up and get it out of his eyes but not enough to make him look older! 🙂

first haircut

Firsts are fun!

ps – Other haircut links if you want to look at baby Maxwell – his first cut at Salon on Hagood, his second cut at Salon on Hagood, and his first cut with Misty . Maxwell has grown up! 🙁 Thank goodness for baby Spencey! 🙂

Lately on IG

February 5, 2014

Instagram faves of late.

Whole Foods helpers…

whole foods

Oreo? What Oreo?

oreo

Just chillin’…

chair chill in

ps – that kid chillin’ in the chair is walking all over this house! He is on. the. move and not slowing down!

Dr Update and More

January 21, 2014

Well, Spencey got two things yesterday – an antibiotic and new shoes! Both are very welcome! We took Spencer for his 15 month checkup yesterday and, aside from the congestion and double (!) ear infection, he looks great. Since Robert and I both had the day off work, we all 4 went together for a little family fun! Trying to entertain your kids while waiting in a doctor’s office is pretty miserable so when I say fun I mean not fun at all. But, we were together!

dr visit

Maxwell also brought his doctor kit and was giving Dad a check-up while waiting for Dr. Walley to come in! 🙂

Spencer is 25 lbs, 11 oz (90th %) and 32 inches tall (95th-98th %)! I knew he was tall! Comparison – Maxwell was 23 lbs, 31 inches tall at 15 months and 25 lbs, 33 inches tall at 18 months. So, at 15 months, Spencer is basically the size Maxwell was at 18 months.

The only thing we need to start working on is Spencer’s vocabulary. He sort of says Dada right now and that’s his only word. He definitely needs to have more words by his 18 month appointment so we need to get that paci out of his mouth and get him talking!

After the doctor visit we grabbed lunch and then thought Spencey needed to go get his first pair of new shoes! He’s been wearing his brother’s hand-me-downs for months (poor second child). We headed over to Sikes and got him outfitted in some grey New Balances!

new shoes

They make his feet look so big. They’re a 5.5 wide so he’s got plenty of growing room which is good.

new shoes

Exciting stuff! Here’s Maxwell’s first trip to Sikes – he ended up with some grey New Balance as well. Can’t go wrong with a classic.

Hope you all had a good day off!

weekend

January 20, 2014

Well, our weekend was half good and half…snotty. Spencer is sick. Poor, poor baby is so sick. I’ve never seen so much snot come out of one baby’s head. His face is raw, his throat has to hurt and he’s even had some fever. Luckily we already had an appointment with the doctor scheduled for today for his 15 month checkup. I won’t be surprised if we don’t walk out with an antibiotic for an ear infection. So, Spencey looked like this the whole weekend…

snot

Oh, wait…you didn’t come here to get grossed out? Sorry, moving on.

In non-sick weekend news, Maxwell continued to do great sleeping in his BIG boy bed and even earned a new fireman ax for doing so!

fireman ax

We officially completed the transition to the BIG boy bed by taking down his crib!

crib

That gave us room to move his train table into his room and he’s loving it…and keeping his door closed at all times to keep baby brother out! 🙂

crib

On Sunday, I stayed home with sick Spencer but Robert and Maxwell drove up to Huntsville to see all the cousins, including Andrew who was in town from VA!

andrew

So fun!

Finally, despite being a sick mess, Spencer really started to WALK this weekend!! He’s been going up and down the hall, across the room, all over the house! yay buddy! He’s gaining more and more confidence very day and I bet he’s going to be running soon!

boys

See you tomorrow!

Big boy bed!

January 14, 2014

BIG news around here! My BIG boy has finally moved into his BIG boy bed! Yes, my almost 3.5 year old was still sleeping in his crib and we both loved it. I think he felt safe and secure and, frankly, I loved that he couldn’t get out of bed whenever he wanted! 🙂 But, when Maxwell finally said on Sunday that he wanted to sleep in his BIG boy bed, I said “let’s do it!” So, we laid some ground rules about staying in his bed (or at least his room!) until his clock turned green, snuggled him in and went for it!

big boy bed

Overall, he did great. It was a bit bumpy at first – Maxwell kept wanting to get another truck, grab more books, really do anything but go to sleep and then I heard him yelling “hayulp!” in his little southern accent and went in to find this…

big boy bed