Starting off the New Year right.....

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! And no, I did not forget that I still need to post Christmas part II....I just don't want to deal with the other camera right now....

Anyways, as the new year began we decided it was time to start things out right and have officially started a "Family Tradition." We posted pics from last month of Karyl in her apron from Home Depot, but this time we brought the camera. We have make a plan to go every month to the Kid's Project at Home Depot. This month it was book-ends with helmets in honor of the SuperBowl. Karyl had a blast making them with Daddy, and I think Daddy enjoyed it a little too =) Here are a few pics from that Saturday morning...

Then, that afternoon we made good on another task we had been putting off until the new year...Karyl's first haircut!! We finally decided that it had been left to nature long enough and it was time to tame those adorable locks. So, we called our friend Katie who is a hairdresser in Orange County and she agreed to take on the challenge (and of course, if Karyl was getting her hair cut, it was only fair that I should too, right??). So, we headed to her salon in Laguna Hills (if you need a great hairdresser in Orange County I'm glad to give you the info!!) and crossed our fingers for the best.

Once there, we tried to get her to sit in the chair but she wasn't having it. So, we agreed that Mommy would go first. I have never had my hair done in the "salon" setting before, the last few years it has been nothing but Fantastic Sams. It was wonderful!! Not only did she do an amazing job, but it was so relaxing...and she even blow-dried it straight (picture below) and it looked awesome!!

After my turn, we were able to get Karyl to sit on my lap and Katie went to it. Karyl was surprisingly calm, and when we asked her if it hurt, she said "no, it doesn't hurt" and she even thought it was kind of fun!! Of course, Katie did bribe her into the chair with the promise of a flower in her hair at the end. All in all, it was not nearly as traumatic as we had planned for and she got such a cute haircut!! We love how her hair looks now and she seemed to enjoy the experience!

This was Karyl BEFORE the haircut...look at that hair all in her face!! Daddy had her looking at a magazine of different hairstyles trying to get her in the "salon" mood

Here she is again being so calm...she kept telling me "Mommy, I'm staying still" it was so much fun to watch her!! Although, I'm not sure how I ended up making the face that I'm making, so we'll just overlook that....

Here's a pic of Karyl and I with Katie...she did a great job, didn't she?!?!

Here is an after picture...doesn't it look great in the back...no more dangly uneven ends!!

And here's the side view...Katie kept her promise and gave her a flower in her hair...we hated to take it out that night because she looked so cute!

And just for randomness....for those of you who have not seen pics of the inside of the new house yet, here is a picture of our dining room and part of the kitchen. Greg did an awesome job getting the boxes out and arranging the table so it looked good and we had plenty of room! We'll try and get more pics up, but we're still trying to get everything organized!