First haircut

Over the long Thanksgiving weekend, Dave and I both agreed that it was about time for Kyle's first haircut...





...it seemed to be getting a little shaggy over his ears, and he was growing quite the little tail at the back!




So we took Kyle to a place that specializes in kid's cuts - just to see how he did for the first time with scissors snipping around his head. He sat in a little car and had fun steering and playing the toys until it came time to trim over his ears, and then his hands were everywhere, trying to get at the stylist!







In the end,
he managed to get a decent trim, and we now know that he can handle a haircut without any tears.



Kyle's last canine tooth has just broken through, so he is up to 16 teeth now. After this, it seems like we will have a few months to enjoy a little less drool until his 2-year molars make an appearance. However, as all of his teeth were early, it may not be long before those, too, decide to break through!

The latest antics that have had us laughing this week are the "body slam" hugs that we get. It started off as Kyle running up to the couch and bouncing off again, full of giggles. So while I was busy, Dave turned this into hugs from Kyle. When I came back into the room, Kyle decided that it wasn't Daddy's turn for body slam hugs anymore, but mine, so we had a lot of backing up and running into me. He would usually make eye contact with me before running at me, but once he did a "fake-out" and looked at Dave but then ran right past him into me. After a few of the close range hugs, Kyle decided to go all of the way into the kitchen to get up a LOT of speed, so he would come tearing around the corner and then run right into me. Once he came around the corner and was heading for Dave, so he paused, waved his hands as if to say "Never mind! Do-over!" and then turned around to head back into the kitchen. Sure enough, the next time he came barreling out of the kitchen it was straight into me! It was one of those moments that we wish we could have captured on video tape...