Toysmas

I bought Ryan a smoker for Christmas. It was a secret. I am pretty sure he had no idea... until he saw the Cabelas charge in the credit card statement. He never looks at the statement, I usually take care of the finances, but by chance, he did and saw it. Of course, it didn't say what was bought, just the price, but after a lot of thinking and a little bit of investigating, he started into---- Toysmas.

Toysmas: When you open your Christmas presents that are toys early so that you can play with them.

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This Christmas tradition started at the Bailey's when we spent the week before Christmas with them and the week after with my family. Ryan and his father decided we ought to have "Toysmas" so that they could play with their toys together while we were there. Pretty much they just opened all of their gifts early.

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So, once he had figured out what I had gotten him, he just kept asking me when Toysmas was going to be this year. He figured out a way to insert it into almost every conversation we had for a few days before I finally gave in and told him he could open it whenever he wanted.

-30 minutes later I was reading the instructions to him while he put it together.

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I have to say, it was a genius idea to get this man a smoker. I have eaten the best roast chicken I've ever had, amazing pork shoulder, and just tonight he smoked 2 entire racks of pork ribs, had the boys over and ate meat. I love that my husband likes to cook but I love even more that my husband is such a great cook.

Merry Toysmas to me!

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The first hair cut

Getting your hair cut is a big deal. Especially if you're a Bailey. My husbands hair is incredible, and there is so much of it! It has a mind of its own and it always does the same thing, no exceptions. I too have very thick hair so it was no surprise to us when our children were born with a lot of hair. I think it's great! But it makes for pretty wild hairdos and by the time they turn 4 months it's time to get the first hair cut, and that's pushing it. They probably need the cut way before then but it's hard for me to cut off cute baby hair. Well, I waited six months to get Russell's first official chop. Until now I've just trimmed the wild extra long ones but I think it was time.

Before

After

It's always such a shock at first! It makes him look so much older all of the sudden. But I love it too! I find him irresistibly adorable and I keep rubbing his fuzzy head, it's so soft!

I also had Sam's cut. It was probably his 50Th hair cut or so, no joke, I have lost count already and he's only almost 3 years old. I didn't have a before photo but here's a cheesy weird grin for ya...

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Wait a minute...

The other day I went up to Samuel's room to get him up from his nap. After looking at him for a minute I realized, something was different. He looked exactly the same as he did when he went down for his nap but now all of his clothes were inside out! Every single item of clothing he had on, including socks, he had taken off and then proceeded to put it back on. I think he may have thought I couldn't tell because when I asked him if he had taken his clothes off he very innocently said "Nooooo." I asked him why his clothes were inside out, and he just looked at me like I was crazy or very confused.

It made me laugh, so I took a picture. Silly kid.

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