haircut- again.

cole got a haircut again! the back was the first thing to get long, so this summer i had done a trim on it... it was kind of choppy, but not too bad. it was cute, since the top was longer yet and he gets this little curly mohawk 'do after his bath; but, the top was just getting too long. not that there's a lot of it there, but it was starting to look a little stringy. so- out came the razor this morning! of course, he had his breakfast first... i mean, would it really be fair to torture him with a haircut while he's still hungry? i didn't think so either...

he looks more like a little boy now. i was really worried that it would get too short and look like a buzz, which would make him look bald, since he's got light, fine hair. fortunately, i guessed right and picked an attachment that wasn't TOO short...

now he looks like a brand-new boy, haha! after all that sitting (breakfast, haircut... that's a lot for outside of meeting!), cole was pretty anxious to get at his toys. last night, kelvin emptied his tote of clothes into the closet- one of those things that just gets put off amid the chaos- so this morning, there was a nice big empty box for cole to play with! he promptly made quick work of my "toy pick-up" job and emptied his toy basket into the tote. at least they weren't all over the floor... not till later. and that's where the fun ended. cole wakes up happy and goofy 99.9% of the time, but once he's fed and the day is underway, that can sometimes change. like today, for instance. he still doesn't have the hang of dealing with hardwood floors, and the grippy things on the bottom of his socks only do so much (not enough, apparently). so, after the second tumble (he's managed to escape physical injury; his pride is another story, though), things went downhill. now he's cranky and whiny. i think it's partly the weather- still gray, damp and cold... so much for the "mostly sunny" and mid-70's forecast. i would like to be a weather-person, i think... you still get paid, even if you're way off! except in arizona, there you'd be right most of the time, unless you predicted something other than sun and heat. anyhoo, since cole's been sleeping between 10 and 11 hours each night, i don't push the morning nap now, but given that he's now on the floor with his face smashed into his grabby (that's what we call his green blanket), i think he may end up taking a snooze. i think he's still recovering from the weekend- last night, i ran out to mcdonald's to get a large drink (for $1, and i fill it up with ice and just enough diet coke to make it worth the trip... gotta have that ice!) and by the time i got back, he had fallen asleep on our bed. that was before he got his bath or bedtime snack! we sat him up to see if he'd wake up enough to have his bath and snack, but he just sat there with his eyes closed, so we knew it was straight to bed for mr cole! and amazingly, he slept all night... i was sure he'd wake up and want a snack before too long, but the kid was OUT... he opened his eyes a crack only twice while i changed his diaper and put on his pj's! i guess when it's time for bed, there's no doubting it with this kid! unfortunately, his little sister had other ideas about bedtime... she's in her "nocturnal stage, i think! oh, and she's not delicate about it either... haha!