guess what we did today?

take a look at this baby.  what does she need, desperately?

did you say "a haircut"?  we agree!  penny got her first haircut today!  lulu's is a park slope institution - they give kids haircuts while they watch videos and play with toys.  it's quite an operation, and they totally know what they're doing.  the very nice haircutting lady asked me what i wanted, and i had absolutely no idea.  our main priorities were getting all of that hair out of her eyes and making the back look like it didn't belong to a crazy person.
i wish i could say she was a perfect angel who had a lovely time, but alas, that was not the case.  though ernie was on the tv, the sound of scissors and the wet hair got to be too much for her sometimes.  she was very brave, though, and only cried a bit.  if only we had known from the beginning that in the bin of toys was a toy cell phone, we would have had smooth sailing the entire time!

penny now has what i believe is the super typical girl first haircut.  she still has her adorable baby face, but she is now one step closer to being a little girl.
SPEAKING of steps, she took six unassisted steps tonight!  she is so close to walking!  what a big day!