Today Robert cut my heart out with a razor. Believe me, we all knew that something had to happen. I mean...look at this kid. He was in desperate need of a trim. The only way to even comb this bush was to soak it down completely. But...I was hesitant. Robert promised it would just be cut back a little. Nothing drastic. Just a clean up. The curls would definitely stay. I took a deep breath and let them at it.
About 5 minutes later I got a desperate call from the bathroom. Robert's expensive razor, apparently, was a pile of trash. IT (not Rob, of course) was butchering our boy's hair. IT was just moving hair around and randomly chopping chunks short while leaving others intact. The only way to fix it was to cut it all off...all the way.

I sat there and watched, mortified. There was no way of stopping the razor. Off went my baby boy's beautiful curls. And now look what I have...A grown up looking toddler. Handsome? Yes. But where is my sweet baby?

It wasn't even possible to tease out a quarter of a curl...and that was with product. So sad!

"Oh Daddy! Say it isn't so!"

Here are some random pictures we've taken this month.

This one was silly - yet, somehow very cute.








Here are a couple of my babies sleep. Check out Alaina's foot - it is balanced on her duck. She even poses in her sleep.

Here was our one and only attempt to straighten Lainy's hair. It is definitely better with her baby curls. I guess I'll just never cut her hair. Ever.
We went to a fun play area for Amisha's (our neighbor and the girl Ethan is totally in love with) Birthday Party. I think Robert had as much fun as the kids.

We spent Thanksgiving with the Scribner cousin's at Uncle Steve & Aunt Mary's house...except we only saw Steve and Mary on Skype. They were just back from a French lesson in their home in Switzerland. While they are hanging out there for the next couple of months/years on a work assignment, Emily and Damion and their kids are hosting large parties. We got there around noon and the party was already going strong. Lara & Chuck & two youngest, Chad & Danielle and kids & Ben (his lady and kiddies were home sick) were already there. The kids are all around the same ages and so we just let them run wild together. I'm afraid the toy room had seen better days after our kids got to it, but everyone sure seemed to be having a good time. Dinner was fantastic (thanks to Emily, Danielle & Lara) and it was, in Austin's exact words, "that was very, very, very, very, very, much, much, much, much, much FUN!" Here are a few pics.