Sunday, March 04, 2012

"Well, that happened..."

...was Elizabeth's response to the incident when she heard about it.

You may recall that recently, Carter got a great haircut in the style of Uncle Park.

His hair looked like this.

Also recently, cousin Anna decided that her hair needed a little self trimming.  We didn't think anything about it, but then yesterday afternoon while playing with a friend who had come over, Carter came out of the bathroom and asked me to look at his his hair.  From a few steps away it looked like he had gelled it back, so I put my hand on his head to see just how much gel he had used.  I felt nothing but hair.  I then started actually to pay attention to what was happening and this is what I saw.


Oh crap.  So I kept my cool and headed to the bathroom and found this:


Thankfully, his friend had not been involved, Carter had just decided he wanted his hair short like another friend Max (not present), and knew how to use scissors.

I called for an appointment at his kid salon for that afternoon, but alas they were booked all day.  So after going to a basketball game that night and church the next morning, we headed to the salon to see what they could do.


As expected, it was buzz cut he wanted and a buzz cut he got.  He got pretty close to the scalp in places so there is still a few spots to see, but all in all, a #1 buzz evened it all out, and it'll grow back! This is the oldest looking haircut he's gotten yet.  I guess the Uncle Park loses out to the buzz.



Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Guest Treatment

This is how we (Carter) treat guests at our house. You do have to bring us dinner, but we'll tuck you in. So come on over!





Saturday, February 25, 2012

Brothers in Stripes


Friday, February 24, 2012

John at 6 Months

At six months, John is (within a very small margin of error) the exact same length and weight that Carter was at six months: 29.25 inches and 17.5 pounds.

Here are some recent video clips of John!


Thursday, February 23, 2012

More Mush!

John loves food. He's eating rice cereal, butternut squash, carrots, green beans and broccoli so far. And he loves it all. And wants more, more, more!

No! Don't take it away!!

This is good!

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Worn Out

Thomas and Carter went to Houston last weekend to celebrate little T's birthday. When they got home, Carter was, hands down, as tired as I have EVER seen him. Perhaps Thomas will post on their trip one day soon.

I don't have any pictures of Carter from the night they got home, but here are a couple of very funny ones from a couple of weeks ago. He had asked if he could go upstairs and lay down in our bed for a while. This is how we found him. It appears as though he had been watching John on the video monitor and then passed out. Note that this is pretty much what he looks like every night -- totally sprawled out, on top of the covers. It's funnier (and more sad) when he sleeps in his little twin bed because as much of him is off the bed as is on it. He's going to need a bigger bed very soon!



Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Haircut

Carter got a new haircut last week. He seemed to be hoping for a real mohawk (he kept telling the stylist that it needed to be shorter on the sides, a LOT shorter). But, he seems pretty happy with what he got. We call it the Uncle Park.

He also got some kid-friendly, grape-scented hair product. It's a bit odd that his head smells like grape jam, but he seems to like it.



Monday, February 20, 2012

Ten Years of Valentine's Day Tradition

As we prepared our traditional Valentine's meal of chicken fried steak, fried okra and steamed artichokes, it occurred to me that it is our tenth Valentine's Day together, and our tenth artery-clogging, delicious V-day feast. A look back at our photos revealed that we only started taking pictures a few years ago, and that every picture we have of our Valentine's Day dinner consists of Thomas, wearing a green shirt, looking up at the camera from in front of his full plate. So, this year, we decided to mix it up. You get me, wearing a green shirt, looking up at the camera from in front of my full plate. 


Saturday, February 11, 2012

First Mush

It was his first try with "solids", and he did great! He ate the whole bowl and really, really wanted more!




Thursday, February 02, 2012

Side-by-Side

At my mom's request...

Carters on the left, Johns on the right







Ages:
Carter 4 months, John 5 months
Carter 3 months, John 4 months
Carter 6 weeks, John 3 weeks
Carter 6 months, John 5 months
Carter 4 months, John 5 months
Carter 7 months, John 4 months