The Haircut Story

This is the story of Micah's first haircut.
Once upon a time, 15-month-old Micah's hair was getting a little crazy:
....so his mom decided it was time for a haircut. She put him in his high chair with a laptop playing his favorite Baby Einstein DVD in front of him. Here's what the front looked like Before:

and the back Before:

His mom also gave him something to lick and keep his hands busy, as this was a tip suggested to her. However, she didn't have a sucker, so she foolishly used a chocolate-covered peppermint stick that she had in her Christmas candy stash. This turned out to be little of a distraction, because as it turned out, the chocolate melted all over Micah's hands, and then falling hair stuck to it, causing said hair to end up in Micah's mouth....causing him to rub his face to get the unpleasant hair out. Thus, it only made a huge mess:

As it turns out, Micah hates getting his haircut about as much as his daddy does. Every time his mom would comb some hair up and hold it between her fingers, poised to cut, he would whine and pull his head away, resulting in a long, frustrating ordeal. You can tell by his face how much fun he's having:

It's really a good thing that the plan all along was to give Micah a proper mullet, because half a haircut is really all he could handle at once. Here it is in all it's glory--business in the front and party in the back:

And now the Brown family has a white trash baby:

And a good-looking one, at that!

Christmas!

Well, I'm a little late with this post, but there's a good reason. My computer broke (well, the power cord broke) right before Christmas, so I wasn't able to get online for a while. But, my super awesome husband bought me a new laptop for Christmas, so now that I've got it up and running, I can get back to posting. I still need to get my files off my old computer (including the Christmas letter that I started but never finished or sent), but hopefully this will tide you over until I can get everything organized.

We spent a week in South Dakota with the Browns for Christmas. We got there on Monday and literally didn't leave the house again until Sunday, thanks to a blizzard. Micah had a mysterious fever the first three days we were there, but luckily he got over it and was able to have a good time. He was so much fun to watch play with the cats. At the beginning of the week he would barely pet them, but he got more agressive the longer we were there.

Here's a link to check out some more pictures from December. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=138409&id=506485788&l=1c2224b466

November pictures

So here's pictures from November, including decorating our Christmas tree. Hope you like them!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=129021&id=506485788&l=fa871e1fc2

Ultrasound Pics

Here are some pregnancy pictures for those of you who wanted to see them. The first one is actually from when I was pregnant with Micah at 20 weeks: and this one is from yesterday, 19 weeks along with the second baby....my tummy definitely sticks out farther!

And here's our new baby, courtesy of a 3D ultrasound pic. He wasn't as active as Micah, and we didn't get a whole lot of pictures, but here he is:

I think in the second one he looks surprised--mouth and eyes open. :)

Two Points!

Here's Micah playing "two points," one of his favorite games. It involves any sort of ball and any sort of large container--a box, laundry basket, etc. Basically, he throws the ball in the box, and we yell, "Two points!" and cheer. I'm told that when I was small I played a version of this game with my dad. You also get to see his high-five and clapping skills in this one. Enjoy!

Oh, and by the way, I forgot to post the link to October's pictures on Facebook, so here it is:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=121501&id=506485788&l=fabf7ffbcd

Oh, and another by the way: We had our ultrasound today and found out that Micah is going to have a little brother! I'm working on scanning the ultrasound pics, so I'll post those later on.

No, No, Puppies!

Check out the cutie! Micah just started trying to put hats on, and Josh captured this picture with his phone. He thought he was so cool to wear Daddy's hat!

Josh and I attend a Bible study group every other Thursday, and Micah stays with our friends Jim and Chris at their house. They have two or three little Dauschounds (two are theirs, one is a foster dog) that like to bark and run around your heels when you first get in the door. Mrs. Chris would hold Micah and tell him to say "No, no, puppies!" Now, whenever he sees or hears a dog, whether it's looking out the window, on t.v., or a picture in a book, Micah wags his finger and says, "No, no!"

Halloween 2009

A little late again, but here are some pics from Halloween. Our church does a Fall Festival (carnival), so we spent the evening there. Micah has recently quit looking at me when I try to take his picture, so here's the best shot of his costume. He was a surgeon, thanks to the scrubs Grandma Brown gave him for his birthday. He's being held by his buddy Alex (one of our teenagers from church, who also happened to dress as a doctor) and Lauren (another teen who dressed as Alex's nurse).This is the maze made of cardboard boxes that a few teenagers and I put together. Micah loved it, and other preschoolers found it challenging, but the older kiddos got through it pretty quickly... The church had one room dedicated just to letting preschoolers run around and play. It had a farm theme, so I took a picture of Micah sitting on the "horse" (a saddle on a bale of hay--is that the right "bale"? or is it "bail"?)

Micah's favorite part of the night, however, was the little bounce house just for preschoolers. It was more of a stand-up-try-to-walk-and-then-fall-down house than a bounce house, but the little guys couldn't get enough. He liked the entrance tunnel, too, so he kept going in and out. I should get one of those things--I'd never have to entertain him again!