Little Kid, Big Kid

There's something magical about the 18 month stage. We suddenly have a little boy on our hands and he's growing up fast. It's both exciting and annoying to have Gideon gain independence: I love that he'll go and get everyone's shoes and put them in front of our feet when he knows we're leaving. I get pretty annoyed when he pushes a chair up to the computer desk and climbs up its shelves to pull down decorations multiple times per day. Etc.

Gideon got his first official haircut last week:

What a cute kid. He loved the clippers massaging his head. Proof he's our 3rd child: I cut his hair with no one watching, no fanfare; he was lucky I remembered to take his picture. I didn't save a lock of hair for his baby book--well ok, so later I did when I found a piece a day later and I figured it was a sign because I was feeling guilty that I had thrown it all away. Do we really need to save their hair?? Anyway.

Here was my inspiration for wanting to cut his hair:

I do believe we have a curly boy. It was looking pretty crazy on our little family vacation last week and I was ready to do something about it.

Moving on...
So, for some reason we've decided that it works well to move our kids out of the crib on the early side. Gideon has been sleeping on his mattress on the floor for over a month now and is doing great! I was reluctant to have Tom take the crib down immediately, but it is gone now and we've got a big kid sleeping in his 'bed' now. I am always surprised to peek in during his naps to see that even if he was playing when I left the room, he did get on his bed to curl up and sleep.

We love this little growing boy!