Haircuts

When I used to work in salons, parents would bring their young children in for hair cuts all the time. We always HATED doing children's haircuts because they are difficult. The kids just cry the whole time, and they won't hold still. The only times I have ever cut myself, have been while cutting a child's hair. I used to think that children just hated getting their hair cut because some weird person that they didn't know was touching them! I know now, that even the child of a hairdresser, doesn't like to get their hair cut!

Little boys need hair cuts often. Their hair grows out so fast, and I am not a fan of the shaggy hair cuts. I like my little boy to look clean and crisp along the hair line. I've already cut Luke's hair 3 times in his short 11 months of life so far. Today he did not want to cooperate.

The end result is always worth it. I think he is so handsome when his hair is cut and spikey.
I take him places with the spikey hair, and people always comment. It makes my day when people say his hair is cute. I just want to say, thanks, I did it :)

Isn't he just adorable?

EVIDENCE

This is what I found on my stairs this morning.
What am I looking at? You may be asking yourself.....
it's a chocolate chip.

How did it get there?


This is evidence.
Evidence, that someone, (I won't mention who)
was eating on the way to bed last night.



How do you think I know this?
I happened to vacuum my stairs yesterday.
So I KNOW that they were clean when I went to bed.

Anyone who knows me,
knows that I TREASURE
going to bed early!



SO, if the stairs were clean when I went to bed.......

That leaves one possibility for the culprit.

Someone, I won't mention who, has a serious weakness for 2 things:
1. LATE NIGHT SNACKING
2. FROZEN CHOCOLATE CHIPS

I will let you deduce what you want to......

Future biggest BYU fan ever!

I think the picture above depicts everything Gilbert has ever aspired to.
Watching football with his son.
The moment we found out we were having a boy, Gilbert wanted nothing more than to raise him to be the next greatest running back or quarter back for BYU.
Of course, this was for selfish reasons, so Gilbert could get the best seats to all the home games!

Luke didn't know what was going on during the game, but he sure joined in when we cheered.
Luke has learned how to clap, and will clap at almost anything.

As you can see, Luke was totally watching the game!
:)

Snedigar Family Reunion

We spent our Labor Day weekend at a cabin in Pine, AZ for a Snedigar Family reunion.
This is everyone who attended. YES, there were 69 of us total, with 8 babies under the age of 1.
Needless to say, it was a chaotic, never a dull moment, weekend.
We were glad to get home to have some "quiet time"

There was lots of down time filled with lots of card games, chatting, and napping.
We had to have several closets (places where it was mostly quiet)
with portable cribs in them to accommodate all the napping babies.

Of course there was time for lots of cousin bonding.
Aren't these the cutest cousins you have ever seen?

The menu was filled with the most delicious meals you have ever tasted.
Our meal was, of course, the best.
My dad made his famous bean burritos, which is one of my top meals EVER!

More cousin bonding, Luke was definitely jealous that Bella was walking.
Luke will not walk with us while holding on with only one hand.
He'll stand freely, but has yet to be brave enough to take his first steps solo.
He's only 10 months old, so I am not in a hurry to have him walking.

More practice of walking, for some reason Gilbert is excited to have Luke walk.
Gilbert thinks it's just putting Luke that much closer to becoming
the best BYU football player ever.

In the cabin we were staying in, (my granma's cabin could not house everyone)
Luke figured out that he could open the cupboards,
and then crawl in to them. He thought this was really funny.

It was a great weekend (gilbert was a great sport)
I can't wait for the next one!

2 "Toofies"

Luke was a late teether for sure. This picture shows off his, what we call,
"two toofies"

Luke is full of energy, and is always going going going.
Typical boy thing right?
Lately here's a couple of things he has been into:

He loves to play with my dish towels and then drive them along the floor. I guess he is just helping me clean up.

He LOVES to go straight for the toilet paper and unwind the whole thing as fast as possible. He knows he isn't supposed to do that, because he always looks at me first to check if I am watching him or not. If I'm not, he goes for it, if I am, he will just stand there and wait for me to turn away. Then he starts unwinding.

He loves to open all cupboards and bang pots and pans together, I think he likes the noise.

He has learned how to clap, and claps at himself for everything he does. He will crawl 2 feet and then sit and clap at himself over and over. I guess he thinks he has accomplished something :)

He always looks like he is thinking. When we go to the store, people will say "hi" to him, and he usually just looks at them, like he is analyzing them. Everyone comments on how well behaved he is, but I think he is just trying to take everything in.

Luke is extremely curious. I think he gets that from his dad. Luke wants to open everything and look at everything. He picks objects up and flips them around several times to see what this object is all about. My favorite thing he does is, when he is done "analyzing" an object he literally just chucks it behind him and on to the next thing. Its HILARIOUS to watch. He was so intently looking at this object and now, its over the shoulder and on to the next thing. He throws it with such force too, maybe that's why its so funny.

Luke also has conversations without ever opening his mouth. I don't know why he talks like that, but he talks through his throat and makes funny noises like he's having a conversation with us, but no words come out. We're hoping that one day all the words will come like magic.

All in all, he is one silly boy, with a definite agenda.
He knows what he wants and goes for it, and is quite stubborn if he doesn't get it.
He certainly lets us know either way!