Firsts!

This past week, on June 30th, Ben turned 1. In preparation for the big day he got his first real haircut. His pictures suggest generally good behavior in the barber's chair. However, not long after these pics were snapped he began screaming and throwing his head around. Needless to say, he didn't make the best partner to a scissor wielding lady. We left before the cut was complete. Fortunately, he is so damned cute that it doesn't really matter that his hair is a bit uneven.

On Saturday, in celebration of his birthday, Ben decided to forgo all napping. He stayed up from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m.. We begged him to take it easy and lay down for a bit. But he laughed at the idea and instead got to swinging, throwing, laughing and eating cake. He was so tired and delusional by the time the cake eating commenced that he missed his mouth completely many times. The cake that didn't make it into his mouth was instead used as hair product. He spread it around his new haircut and actually created quite a unique style.