The Vollmer Family: Big Boy

I don't really know what officially makes a "baby" move to being a "toddler", but I think Ben made the transformation right before my eyes. Okay, so there have been a few gradual changes like imitating our speech and motions that have been happening over the last couple of months. He now says a few words like "uh-oh" and "buh-buy" and "football"... which sounds a little bit more like "boo-bah". When you ask him to show you his muscles he flexes and grunts... heehee. But this last weekend there were 2 events that makes me think we have a toddler on our hands.

1. Big Boy car seat. It's a small thing, I know, but there is something about packing away that pumpkin seat knowing that I won't be using it for Ben anymore, just makes me a little sad. It's a big deal to me!! I can only imagine what it will be like when he turns 1 in a couple of weeks and we turn it around to face forward!!

Such a big boy in his very first non-pumpkin car seat!

2. Big Boy haircut. OH, the first haircut. Now this is a story. Ben's hair was getting really long and shaggy, growing over his ears and into his eyes... it was time to get it trimmed up. Well, mistake #1 was taking Ben to Cookie Cutters. Maybe someone out there has had a good experience with this place or something like it, but our experience was a disaster. To make a long story short, let me summarize. Very rude service (in a place meant for kids, really?!), and a hack job for a haircut. I mean, if you blindfolded me and spun me around several times in the middle of the room and then sent me with a comb in one hand and a scissors in the other, I could have trimmed up Ben's hair better than this lady. Regardless of his poorly cut hair, Ben is still adorable. This boy can rock any haircut you give him, when he smiles he'll melt your heart and you will completely forget that his sideburns are uneven:) Check out the before and afters!