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Payton’s turn for braces, as of 8am today! There are 6 on top and 6 on bottom, all in the front. He did great getting them on, and has handled it really well since being home. I’m betting he wakes up with a sore mouth tomorrow – I’m keeping him on pain meds as needed :)

What are those? Do you have boo boos in there, Payton?!?!

I’ll kiss it and make it all better.

…decided she wanted to wear big girl pants today? Yep. For months now, Lainey has been using the potty everyday. I take her at certain times of the day and she almost always goes. This week, we switched to pull ups and emphasized keeping them dry, and I ramped up the number of times I take her to the potty. She knew where her new “unders” were kept in her room, and today she insisted on wearing them. (Funny…I had several kinds with flowers and puppies on them, but she chose the plain white). So far so good, she’s high and dry! The key will be when she consistently TELLS me she has to go – she’s only done this once or twice. Wish us luck…

Remember me with this short hairdo?  My nannies at the Bengbu SWI gave me this haircut as a going away present.  My parents kinda wish they would have asked first.  Well, my hair has grown and Mama and Dada thought it was time for a trim.  So, they took me to see Rona, my mama’s hair stylist. 

They let me sit on mama’s lap and gave me a huge bib…not sure why, there was no food in sight.  The nice lady did give me a fancy, purple comb to hold. 

She started spraying my hair with this wet stuff that kinda smelled like shampoo. 

See how long my hair is?!

I wasn’t too sure about this part, but I didn’t get upset.  I sat pretty still…Rona told mama that she was good at working with moving targets, whatever that means. 

 Hmmm… I wonder what’s for lunch?

She’s still working…will she want this comb back?

Will she ever quit?

I’ve seen mama use this thing…

The bib is gone, I’m outta here…oh, wait.  Dada wants an “after” picture.  Okay…

My new “bob”, as the lady called it, looks pretty cute on me. 

Mama said she likes the back, too.  This hair cutting thing worked out well, don’t you think?  And, I even got to keep the comb.  :)