Eli's phone conversation

Last night my baby boy actually talked to me on the phone!!!  He got on the phone and said "Hi" ~ twice!  I don't think I had ever heard him say "hi" before.  When he plays with the phone (which he does A LOT!) he always says "hello" but last night he said "hi" to his Mommy.  I was so excited ;-)  Of course, the little turkey waved at the phone when it was time to say "bye bye" guess we'll have to work on that one!

Eli's first haircut

G has been telling me for weeks that I had to get Eli's hair cut but I just couldn't do it. 

I love that he looks like my little baby boy but today I finally agreed. 

We just had to find THE place to do it. 

Neither of us wanted to take him to a chain so we decided we wanted

a barber who had been in the business a long time. 

G knew just the spot . . . Long John's. 

That's where he and his brother and dad went when he was little and that is where my dad still goes ;-) 

Still, we had to scope it out so G went in while we waited in the car

to see if John was willing to cut a little guy's hair. 

Turns out we couldn't have picked a better place!!! 

We made the appointment and at 4 p.m. today, Eli got his hair cut.

For the most part, he was a real trooper ;-)

Here are the before shots . . .

 I thought his curls were adorable but it was beginning to look like a mullet!

 During . . .

Poor guy wasn't sure what to think and had a few moments of tears.

 Intrigued by the electric razor . . .

Here's the AFTER shot ~ such a handsome little man. . .

 No more curls but still enough hair that he's still my baby! ;-)

A great experience and if you have a little guy, we totally recommend John.  He was AWESOME!

He even put Eli's curls in an envelope, wrote the date on it and signed it.

Too fun!