Bye Bye, Mullet!

See, I told you I'd have more interesting things to post about this weekend! ( ; Today we decided the mullet just had to go. I realized I was choosing Quinn's clothing to minimize the mullet, and that meant things had gone too far. So, we went to Andy's hairdresser at Big League Barbers, and Quinn did wonderfully! He watched t.v. and looked at all the sports stuff. We only cut the back and sides, and honestly, it looks like it did when he was 10 months old. I was so dreading "the big boy" look, but it really just looks more little baby again. Still, it was a big milestone, and as my sticker calendar shows, there just aren't too many baby milestones left, so this was important.

And here's the dancing video. These aren't his finest moves because it was right before nap time, but I thought I'd just take it while I thought of it. My dream is for Quinn to be on my favorite summer reality contest, "So You Think You Can Dance" someday. Just kidding (kind of). (:

Why not?

What do you do on an unseasonably cool, rainy afternoon? Have Daddy push you around in a diaper box, of course!

It's been awhile since I posted, so I apologize to those who faithfully check this blog! We are doing well; we just aren't doing anything too blogworthy. We did have a very nice visit to Papa Bruce's house on Sunday. Quinn is obsessed with basketball and all things ND, so he had an especially wonderful time going there!
Quinn has learned all kinds of new things in the last week or so, one of which is he knows two letters on sight--Y and B. Why those letters, you ask? Well, because those are on the lids of Yobaby yogurt, of course, which is Quinn's favorite treat. (: He has started linking words together to make short "sentences", which is fun because it shows us even more the thoughts he's having. And guess what my little hip-hop baby's favorite, favorite song to dance to is? I shouldn't admit that his precious little ears have heard this song, but he heard it one time, ONE TIME, and now always asks for "low low". That's right--his favorite dance song is "Low" by Flo Rida. Please don't think badly of us as parents for letting him listen to it! ( : I'll try to post some video of the moves he's got to that song.
That's our update. Hopefully after a nice, warm Memorial Day weekend I'll have some more exciting pictures to post. (:

Please be praying for this family. Tyson and Leslie are Taylor grads and they have a little boy, and my heart just breaks for all they are going through. Their testimony to God's faithfulness is beyond words. Please pray for them.

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Mother's Day weekend

Mother's Day itself was a rainy day, so after church, we spent most of the day just bumming around the house. It was a low-key day, but I still was able to reflect on how much richer my life is now that I'm a mom. Andy taught Quinn to say, "Happy Mama Day!" which was a great gift. Quinn continues to blow me away with his personality and his knowledge. I know I'll have to always stay on my toes to help him learn and experience as much as he can, and that's a very fun challenge! Being a mom is the best . . . I highly recommend it! ( :

Cuddling on the couch after his first nap (he still takes 2 a day)

Saturday was a nicer day. This picture represents much of our time outside--waving to everyone (and everything) that goes by: buses, trucks, cars, birds, the neighbors, etc. Quinn is an extremely outgoing, social kid, and if you know Andy, you know exactly where he gets it from. It's not that I'm unfriendly, but the two of them seek out people to greet.

And here Q is "sniffing" the flowers, although it's really sniffing in reverse (blowing out instead of sniffing in). Oh well. It makes for a cute face. ( :

Sweet boys

an after-bath pic . . . i love my guys!

Q wants to be just like . . .

His daddy! Quinn pulled this shirt of Andy's and one of A's socks out of the clean laundry pile and brought it to me, saying, "Daddy on, peez!" We just cracked up at how cute he looked. He wore it around until I made him take it off because he was tripping over it. If Quinn wants to be just like Andy, that's fine with me! :)

It was so fun to see Quinn's Aunt Amy yesterday! Even with gas at almost $4 a gallon, she drove down to spend the day with her nephew. I told her she would be mightily entertained by him, and she definitely was! Thanks, Amy, for visiting!

Quinn LOVES books (Thank heavens, says his English teacher mom!) and sat down to read with Amy as soon as she arrived. (He's wearing a hat because he likes to wear them around the house sometimes.)

Being silly with Mommy's sunglasses.

I dare you to look at this picture and not laugh out loud! The Oh! face is still around, and as his face gets chubbier and more expressive, it cracks us up more and more.

And I have to comment on this picture. My friend Bethany, who has a son, and I have talked quite a bit lately on the whole nature vs. nurture gender stereotype debate. We laugh at how even though our kids have had equal exposure to "boy" and "girl" type toys, they naturally gravitate to "boy" toys, like trucks, balls, etc. Quinn is so attracted to machinery, such as trucks, planes, buses, etc, and can't get enough of playing with basketballs, footballs, bouncy balls, etc. He does have a baby doll, a boy, but he really isn't very interested in it yet, even though my niece, who is 6 weeks younger, carries her identical girl version of the doll all over the place. So, I bought him this navy blue baby stroller at a garage sale, mostly because he likes to push things around but also because I thought someday when there's another baby in the house, it will help him to adjust. So, I tried to put his baby doll in it--he immediately tossed it out on its head. What has he enjoyed pushing around? No joke--he loves to push around his footballs, and yesterday, I was cleaning up and found TWO REMOTES in the stroller!!! Does it get any more stereotypically male than that? This picture shows him pushing around a balloon, which is like a ball in his mind. Okay, sorry that was so long, but I had to share that because it just cracks me up! :)