Dexter's 1st Haircut

Yesterday we had the big, entire Bowles family picture (that's when we took our new family pic that now is our blog header), so we cute Ollie's hair yesterday. It was looking kind of crazy with some curly patches and some not so curly patches. I wanted to keep letting it grow, but it turned out looking really cute. We left Dex's long, because his hair is kind of his trade mark. However, tonight when we got home from Marie's house, it was all tangled from him rubbing his head in his carseat and Brian decided that it was time to cut his, too. It was so long. The longest we had was a 1 inch attachment for the clippers and that took off so much hair. As soon as Brian finished I really, really wished that we had just clipped the long parts around his ears, off his neck and out of his eyes with a pair of scissors instead of using the buzzer. It seems so short now and he has lost so much of his Dexy essence! His massive hair was his thing and now it's gone. I must admit that I am incredibly sad! It will be nice however to get it out of his eyes and make it easier to wash. I guess that he also looks more like and boy now. And he looks quite a bit like Robby now, too. He actually handled the buzzer very well considering the fact that he's only 4 months old. I will miss my little boy's adorable mop, but now my boys are both clean cut and missionary appropriate. In my sadness Brian pointed out to me that it's never to early to get them ready for missions and I guess that includes the haircut!

Gettin' in on the Party Fun

Today was Kael Peterson's 1st birthday. We went down to Lehi to celebrate with him and his family (my sister Marie). I, like the spaz that I sometimes am, forgot to take any pictures of the birthday boy. He was so cute as he dug into the green frosting on his very own one-year old cake. But I guess that I'll have to leave it to Marie to post those pictures on her blog. I did get pics of my boys getting in on the fun. Dexter dug the left over wrapping paper. He crinkled it, sucked on it, and tried to rip it. Oliver helped himself to one of Kael's brand new, birthday toys as soon as K went off to take a rest. He then, of course, had to go into the computer room and climb up on the computer chair all by himself to take care of his business. I guess he couldn't even let it rest on the Sabbath. We had a fun time and were so glad to get to celebrate Kael's b-day with him!

Upset the Fruit Basket!

All I have to say is at least he got into the bowl of fruit on the table where it was easy to clean up!

All Laughs

Dexy has been laughing for a little while now, but it's hard to catch on video. It's also kind of rare because although he's really happy and smiley all the time, he's not very free with the laughter. You have to earn it. And tonight all the pieces came together. He's our cute Dexy playing and laughing with his Daddy!

Today's Randomness

Brooklyn comes to play on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 AM. And it seems like on those days, everyone gets up extra early to greet her. We got an early start today and Brooklyn wasn't too happy about it at first, but she actually had a pretty good day. Dexy has developed the crazy, little, red spots that are just starting to fade on Ollie. I think it's just the reaction to some virus although Dex didn't get a high fever like Ollie had a couple of days ago. They don't seem to bug him, they just look sad to his Mommy. But despite all of my decent complaining, today I'm not going to whine. All in all everyone had a good day and we all ended up happy. Especially Brian, from the looks of the last picture! He,he!

1st Roll-Over Vica Versa

Dex has now learned how to roll the other way, from his back to his tummy. Not sure why because he doesn't way love being on his tummy, but he does like to roll. He is now 4 months old and is acting more and more like a big boy everyday - rolling this way and that, discovering his toes, grabbing things, and testing out all the cool new sounds that he can make.

Ollie - Danger Boy Extraordinare!

Oliver loves, loves, loves to climb! He will climb into, on top of, or out of anything he can find even if it puts his safety at risk. Laundry basket - not so bad, up on the table - not so good, out of a playpen - oh, boy!!!