First Haircut

My buddy Jackson and I thought we needed a trim to make our fine baby locks look extra special for the ladies at playgroup.  So we got our parents to take us down to the local Snip-Its for our first ever professional haircuts.

At first glance everything looked good.  There were comfy chairs,

 a nice warm cape to shield our little bodies from bits of itchy trimmed hair, and even a TV for us to watch while the hairdresser worked on us.

But things went south quickly.  That lady had sharp scissors!!!

And a spray bottle!  I got it away from her at one point.

But then she gave me some animal crackers and started rubbing my head, and it felt really, really good.

And then she showed me a whole new Jonah in the mirror.  Damn, do I look fine or what??? Emily, how ya like me now???  (I know how she likes me -- I saw her the next day and she couldn't stop staring at me...)

Jackson doesn't look too bad, either!

And...Mommy let me feed myself some yogurt!Boy, is that fun!

Belated Birthday Post

As you know from my previous post, I turned one year old on Sunday.  

Lots of friends and family came to my house for a party.  We had cake and cookies...

and presents...

and balloons!  I LOVE balloons!!!

Tom and Dianne gave me a brand new metal sippy cup for my milk.  That's right, MILK!  From a cow!  No more powdered formula for me, I'm a big boy!

Wake up, Sam and Brady, it's time to party!!!

I missed Babu, Papa and my Michigan Cousins at my party, but the CT Cousins were all there, as cute as ever.

I'm ONE!

You'll have to excuse me for not posting more right now.  I need to go sleep off the sugar/fun overload from my party today.  Happy Birthday to me!

Happy Day!

Today was a wonderful day!  For starters, my man Obama was finally sworn in as President of the United States.  Mommy let me and all of my friends watch it on TV.  We saw so many excited people on the Mall in DC, and they were all clapping, so we all clapped, too.  Yay, Obama!

The next good thing about today was that Mommy made red, white and blue cupcakes for playgroup to celebrate the inauguration.  AND to celebrate my birthday, which is coming up on Sunday.  Can you believe I am going to be one year old???

Lots of my friends came to celebrate with us.  ND Emily was really cute in her ladybug shirt.  She liked the blue cupcake.

Jackson didn't even pause to bring the cupcake up to his mouth, he just dove right in.

Emily looks like she's trying to keep her cupcake a secret.  Maybe she doesn't want Bogey to get it.

I could really get used to all of these cupcakes!  And the singing.  Did I mention that everybody sang to me?  That was sweet!

Even our young friend Aiden enjoyed the cupcakes -- his first taste of frosting AND cake, how about that for a good day???

For my birthday, Emily let me give her a little snuggle.  I missed her, she was sick last week and I had to avoid her, and it was so sad!  I'm not saying I didn't think about sneaking out my window to visit her once or twice, but it was really cold and this whole walking thing is so new for me, I don't even have shoes to wear.  So I just stayed in my crib and waited for her to get better.

Last but in no way least, I received an awesome birthday present from my friends Sarah, Michael and Danny in Chicago.  It's a huge bag, so big that Mommy can fit inside it with me!

Okay I found out later that the bag itself wasn't the present, there was a really cool truck inside.  But come on, this bag kicks butt -- every kid should have one!

Happy Birthday, Jackson!!!

A lot more went on in the past week than me eating chocolate, but man it was so good I just couldn't wait to show you this picture.  I'll tell you about the rest of my week first.

Sammy, Brady and Marissa gave me an AWESOME chair for Christmas.

I LOVE climbing on it!  But I'm not so good at climbing down OFF the chair...

Jackson and I practiced for Superbowl Sunday.

I've also been W-A-L-K-I-N-G!!!!

See how I can give my friend a ride?

Speaking of my friend Jackson, he turned ONE today!  Happy birthday, Jackson!!!

That's where the chocolate came in.  Jackson, Emily and I went to get some ice cream at October Farms to celebrate the big day.

We had such a good time!  Oh, and I got a new hat.

Holidays!

We've had a crazy week or two.  First was Christmas, when I got a really really cool present -- a Discovery Playhouse!  It was waiting for me near the Christmas Tree when I woke up on Christmas morning.  How cool!

I also got a new book.  Daddy read it to me.  I love books!

We spent most of Christmas Day at Sammy, Brady & Marissa's house.  I dressed up in one of Sammy's Christmas presents.

We cousins had a lot of fun playing, but we weren't very cooperative when it came to sitting still for a group picture.
We were really excited for the day after Christmas -- we were going to visit my Michigan cousins!  But disaster struck in the form of a miserable virus, and I was sick for the whole road trip, and for a few days after, too.  Don't worry, I shared my misery with lots of my relatives in the Midwest, as they caught the lovely bug as well.  Sigh.  I'm better now, and it was really fun to see all of my family.  My Godmother, Anne, is really fun.

We got to hang out with crazy cousin Jimmy and Uncle Joey.  

Mommy didn't get any good pictures of me with Alek and Annika, but we played together a lot.

We also visited Mommy's good friend Bevin.  My favorite and least favorite part of Bevin's house is her puppy, William H.  I loved him...I was terrified of him...I couldn't stop touching him...I couldn't stop crying when he licked me.

Later today I'm going to have a cupcake to celebrate Jackson's first birthday!  Once I wake up from my nap...