haircut, domesticity, and whitey tighties!

The curls finally went.  It's funny, now that they are gone, my little baby looks a lot more like a little boy.  While I miss how super cute they were, it was high time Sam was recognized as Samuel and not Samantha!  I think the lack of humidity kept the curls from tightening up lately, and he was looking feminine and had a mullet.  Here he is about 2 weeks ago:

And here he is now looking handsome!

About 3 weeks ago I started potty training Sam.  I've started early with the hopes that I can stop buying diapers for Sam when the next little LaRock decides to join us, (no this is not an announcement.)  I was really good about working with him for about a week, but then I started slacking.  I'd catch the #2's in the potty, but I missed a lot of #1's.  Today we started back in earnest; every 20 minutes we hit the potty.  This morning was a total failure--felt like I was cleaning up after a puppy, and had a blowout on my bedroom floor; however, this afternoon was much more successful!  We managed to keep his whitey tighties dry all afternoon!  I had to wash all 6 pairs by naptime, lol.  Here is is showing them off:-)

He's really been a fun toddler so far.  I've really been enjoying this season of his life.  He was a pretty demanding infant, and I find his growing independence mostly refreshing!  He has some bad habits though.  For instance: when I'm working on dinner or washing dishes, he'll come up between me and the sink and give me a shove.  He still hates it when I give someone or something else any attention.  He bites me when I try to work on the computer when he's awake.  He's started collapsing when he doesn't get his way, bleh.  But, he's also a little sweetheart who loves to give everyone "bah" (kisses), says "thank you" often, and giggles lots when he plays with daddy and mommy.  Right now he'll wake up in the morning, fuss and little and say, "mama, mama".  I love this!  All in all, we're loving this little cutie lots and lots.

Oh, please note the lovely white grout in this photo.  Last weekend, Peter scrubbed our grout and sealed it.  What a blessing!  It was getting really gross and needed this badly.  It was a hard job, but my man did it and didn't complain.  I love him so much!

In other news, I finally bought some fabric (Peter eyed it, and I love how it looks) and pinned this curtain together for our downstairs bathroom.  I haven't hemmed it yet, but you can see how much this improves this little room already!

The water heater is in this bathroom, and it's always been a little tacky

Here is a shot with the curtain pulled back.

And here is the finished look.  Much better!

There you have some updates on us!