Ch-ch-changes

I knew the day would come when I would no longer feel like I had a "baby" anymore...I just wasn't prepared for it to happen quite so soon. I admit that sometimes I am still even in denial about my four year old not being a baby. The latest conviction that he is 4 (going on 14) was after he made a trip to the Kane house and hung out with his much older cousins (high school age). Jackson went with one of the guys to get their haircut and he got a haircut too. He has now informed me that he doesn't want to go to the cute/fun/geared for toddlers haircut place that he has been going to since his very first haircut (see picture - sniffle sniffle) but instead he said "Momma, I want to get my hair cut at Sport Clips". He might as well have said he was going to get a crew cut and join the army!

Then as if not to be out done by his big brother, my 81/2 month old (I could say nine since it will be in three days but clearly I'm not ready people) has decided that he is too old for that baby food stuff and wants whatever we are eating. It has been a while since I have done the table-food-for-a-baby-thing so I began with the cereals and have been starting to explore the fruits. He is ALL ABOUT IT...even gets this excited/anxious little whimper whenever he sees a cereal box. We've done Rice Krispies (thanks for the suggestion Rachelle), Cheerios, Kix (I'm hoping that since they are "kid tested - mother approved" that means approved for babies as well), Wagon Wheels, and Mum Mums. And his votes are yes, more, now, and keep it coming! The fruits were equally as welcomed and we have tried bananas, grapes, and peaches...mainly because that is what we had on hand. Last night he even ate over a quarter of a peach all by himself! I have never considered myself a "baby person" but I must admit that I can't believe that we are already where we are...my the times they are a changing!