No more comb over for Carson!

Stinker got his first real haircut on Saturday! We don't have pics from the actual cutting because he was crying and fussy so one of us had to hold him while the other fed him his favorite food - goldfish! Once it was over, he was running around the shop like he owned it. Rearranging all the bottles of hair products, playing with the patrons, and ripping apart all the magazines as we waited for Dan to get his haircut too.


Here's the before picture and as you can see it was long enough for pigtails!


And the after....look at my little man!

Success.

I am happy to report that Carson "gets" the sippy cup!!!! Granted right now he is only drinking water from it at home but what a relief. He no longer yells at me and throws it on the ground. He actually likes to carry it around and drink from it as he walks. It must have been the fact that they give it to him at school all day long. Go little big boy!!!!

Here is a picture for proof!!

Now wish me luck that he will start drinking milk from it soon. I haven't even attempted it yet since I want him to get the hang of the water first.

Good times!

Question of the day.

Well maybe questions (plural) of the day.

Why does Carson still make me hold his bottle for him? If I don't, he won't drink. He is way too busy to have time to drink his milk.

And speaking of bottles, why does he not "get" the concept of a sippy cup? Seriously he will play with them, remove them all from the kitchen drawer, carry them around in his bucket, but once I put any form of liquid in them he squeals and screams and throws them.

Why me?

Our pediatrician wants him off bottles now but I don't see an end in sight. Kindergarten here we come with our bottles in tow!

So if any of you mamas out there want to help me, please do!

To all you beautiful and amazing mamas!

So I am a day late wishing all my mommy friends and family a happy mom's day but I have a good excuse. Since I am a mom myself now, I was out enjoying the day with my family and relaxing at home while Dan took care of the little man!

My mother-in-law sent this email to me and I loved it so much I wanted to share it with all of you beautiful moms. You may have already seen this floating around the internet but it's too good to not post here!

Before I was a Mom -
I never thought about immunizations.
I had never been puked on. Pooped on. Chewed on. Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.
I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests. Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put him down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.
I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom.