Lex got his first haircut tonight. His
little tail in the back was getting out of control. Not in
length so much as in rattiness. It was constantly tangled and
sticking out at odd angles — so we chopped it. Lex sat on
Alan’s lap and read a book (The Great Cookie Thief — his
favorite) while I gave him just a little snoop. I tried first
with the clippers, but he wanted no part of that, so I used
scissors instead and he was fine. He shooed at me a few times
because my efforts were interfering with his storytime, but
otherwise he was great. I tried to leave as much of the curlies
as possible without the mess. We’ll see how I did in the
morning. :)

On another note, I’m growing
a gymnast inside me. This little one is constantly on the go.
Lex has started sleeping later (6:00 or 6:30am), but still
frequently makes noise around 5:30am. This usually wakes me up
and then I can’t fall back to sleep because the little one
inside is bouncing all around. Silly babies!

Holiday preparations are underway. I got tired of
unpacking, so I moved on to decorating instead. This weekend we
are going to attempt a Christmas tree. Will be our first (not
counting the fake, table-top one Alan’s parents gave us a few
years ago). I’m sure it will be quite the experience. And, of
course, I’m so excited! :) In the meantime I’ve been slowly but
surely putting out the decorations we have and teaching poor
Lex that they almost all are for looking, not touching. He has
been perfect so far, but I think the tree will overwhelm him
with temptation.