My Little Angel

Bo's First Official Haircut

I call it the first "official" haircut, because it was actually done in a salon. The first technical haircut was done by Robert in our bathtub and only included a handful of snips to the front and back. Bo did amazingly well in the salon called "Little Lords and Ladies", which is actually a children's clothing boutique with a small haircutting parlor in the back. He got to sit in a monster truck and play with a little stuffed dog. He was really cute. Robert shot some video while we were there, so maybe I can post it later. So here are the before and after shots. He looks like such a big boy!


BEFORE


AFTER #1


AFTER #2

Fun time with Grandparents!

This past week, Robert's parents came to visit us...well, maybe more accurately, they came to love on Bo! I think Bo really enjoyed having somebody different to play with in the house. They arrived on Thursday around noon (flying of course). Our first destination was lunch at one of Robert's favorite places...Pappa's Burger. Even though I don't eat burgers most of the time, I do enjoy this restaurant...especially b/c they have really good things that aren't burgers! And they have really good milkshakes! So, anyways, back to the visit...

Friday, we went shopping for Bo, played in the castle at the mall and had lunch at California Pizza Kitchen...which I do love.

Saturday, it was girl's day out. Vineta and I went shopping at the Galleria...a huge mall here with about 375 stores. It's more of a tourist shopping experience than everyday shopping. But we went to some of my favorite stores...the LOFT, Gap, Pottery Barn Kids, etc. Then we met Bob, Robert and Bo for dinner at The Cheesecake Factory!! SO GOOD!

Sunday was church, after which Bo got a fever which ended up spiking a couple of days later to 103.2. But then it gradually just went away. No other symptoms or anything! Weird. So since Bo was sick, we stayed inside for the remainder of their visit (with the exception of a few trips to stores). Which normally would become miserable, but since the grandparents were here, it was great.

A couple of fun things for me...I didn't clean up a single dish (Thanks, Vineta!!!) while they were here, I actually got to take a few naps, and me and Robert were able to go to a Collective Soul concert! Robert is actually good friends with the brother of the guys of Collective Soul, so we got four free tickets and backstage passes! We invited Jonathan and Mary, a newlywed couple from our church who are volunteering with our middle schoolers. They are a lot of fun!


Bo and Grammy reading. Bo is obsessed with books right now. I'm serious. The majority of the time he's awake, he wants to read. Maybe, he'll be a genius.


Me, Robert, Jonathan and Mary with Collective Soul...how cool are we?!?!


Sweet grandparent picture...Grammy, Bo and Granddaddy

Bo's First School Art Project

Our Women's Bible Study at our church started recently. It is for all-aged women, so our small group is pretty diverse. We are doing a study called, The Ways of Wisdom, written by Kathleen Buswell Nielson. She is the wife of the President of Covenant College at Lookout Mountain, GA. I think it is going to be a good study, although very different from the studies I did in Mother's Heart back in Memphis. The study is definitely more-in depth as far as actually "studying" the Scriptures go. There is very little commentary, if any, and no application questions. So it definitely takes more thought to actually apply what the Scriptures are saying. I hadn't realized this until the 3rd week, because I was so used to the practical things being laid out in front of me. And I realized, after hearing all the deep thoughts that my small group shared, that I had just been filling in the blanks. So this week, I will definitely be more diligent and intentional in my bible study time. I think the running joke for the bible study is that we won't so much be wiser when we finish the study, but we will definitely know when and how we are being foolish!!

All that said, Bo brought home his first art project from the nursery! How fun! It is currently hanging on the fridge...I couldn't resist!

Babies and politics

Wanting to add some video to my blog, I thought these two would be a good first attempt. Both were sent to me by my dad. Here are his thoughts on the political video.

"Here’s a man who will stand for what he believes, no matter who’s watching or who’s listening. I suspect that he is a REAL MAN. The head of Men’s Fraternity in Little Rock is Rick Caldwell, who has taken a 90 day leave of absence from MF to be a senior advisor to Mike Huckabee, his college roommate. I spoke with Rick on the phone the week before we kicked off MF and learned this. I plan on watching Mike very closely in the year ahead."