Sweet (and hot!) Summertime!

 

trying to stay cool in the pool!

We've been a busy, busy family this past week! It started last weekend when the three of us headed up to Indianapolis on Saturday. David and Arynn were moving into their new house so Eric offered to help David move during the day. Jeffrey and Kristen needed a babysitter Saturday night so they could attend a retirement party for a co-worker so Eric came back in time to help me with the three boys. We had our hands full, but thankfully they were angels and everyone did great! It certainly helps that Ethan and Jayden have about a hour difference in their nighttime routines so while I was getting Ethan to bed Eric was with playing with Jayden - then we started his bedtime routine and put him down - and sweet baby Kaleb pretty much slept the whole time! =)

Ethan and I headed back up to Indianapolis on Tuesday for another slumber party - the main reason being I had a hair appointment scheduled in south Indy on Wednesday. I decided to make an overnight trip of it and also schedule a play date with two of my sorority sisters who I hadn't seen in a long time! Aunt Kristen outdid herself and bought all three boys matching pajama's!!! They did an awesome job sitting still long enough for us to snap some pictures (or 100 - only to get one or two good ones)! We keep saying this will be the first of MANY matching outfits for the boys (and we can't wait to add baby boy cousin #4 in September)!

Cousins and Best Friends (they just don't know it yet!)

 As mentioned, I had a hair appointment on Wednesday with a friend from Bloomington who actually did my hair for my wedding. Ethan's hair was soooo long and I couldn't wait for her to take some off - I literally thought she might snip some off the top and around the ears. But, she did awesome cutting the hair of an unsure, wiggly 10 1/2 month old! She put a booster seat in the chair, put the gown around his neck, and I almost died at the CUTENESS!! All you could see was his little head poking out!


Priceless.

He wasn't too sure about the scissors and the stranger cutting his hair at first, but he managed to get through the whole thing with no crying =) Just when you think he can't get much cuter, you cut his hair and realize OHHH my, now THAT is cute! He looks so much older and so, so handsome. Bless his heart, he missed his afternoon nap and we knew we were cutting it close before a meltdown so I was trying to get an "after" shot without a fight. The only way I could get him to sit back in the chair was to give him his paci...

We've got an envelope full of hair that we will put with the envelope of hair that we cut here at home. So while this was technically his second haircut, we will count this as his first "official" one!

After a couple busy days, we are so happy to be home so we can get back to the 'normal' routine. Ethan always needs a day or two to recoup and will take extra long naps to make up for the naps he missed! We have said on more than one occasion these are the times we're so grateful we moved back to Indiana (a year ago last week!) so we can make these special memories with our family!