Niko's 1st haircut

Today we took Niko to Snip-its for his first haircut. We took a couple of pictures while we were waiting so we could remember what his long baby curls looked like before it was all gone. After, we strapped him in the chair, and put on his cape--he looked so small sitting in the chair with just his little head peeking out!

The woman that cut his hair was very quick and Niko was kept occupied with some bubbles and lights. It made me sad to see all his baby hair cut off, but I'll be happy not to spend every morning spraying his hair with detangler only to take his hat off and have it be a mess again! When it was all done, he looked like a little boy and not a baby anymore. They gave us a little plastic bag with a lock of hair, but I couldn't resist taking a couple of more curls off the cape. John thought I was crazy, but if I could have, I would have swept up all his curls to take them with me! Oh well, I guess saying goodbye to that hair is part of his growing up that I'll have to get used to!

He's been baptized!

This past Saturday was Niko's baptism. Being baptized Greek Orthodox meant being dipped in the water 3 times and then being covered in olive oil. The water was heated and Niko loves the water, so he was pretty happy when he was taking a dip. He was not so happy when he was being held up naked so he could be coated with the oil.

As soon as that was done, he was wrapped in a towel and brought to the chapel where he was changed into his white suit. I also had a bottle ready when he was wrapped in the towel to help calm him down a little. Of course, he held onto it for dear life while he was being dressed, making that a little challenging.

Once dressed, he was brought back out to the alter where he was given communion and then promptly fell asleep. The baptism was followed by dinner and lots of Greek dancing, so it was a pretty long day for everyone.

Now that he's been baptized, we can cut his hair which we'll be going to do tomorrow. New pictures to be posted soon of Niko's first haircut!

Don't eat me!

Here's Niko wearing his cupcake hat that Aunt Debbie bought for him. When he wore it outside, we got lots of compliments on how "sweet" he looked.