Andrew's New Do

One of my favorite things about Andrew's appearance in his first year has been his beautiful, blonde curls.  He is the first of my children to have any curls in his hair and I have loved watching them form and twirling them between my fingers while I nursed him.  Because of this, I let his hair get much longer than I let the other boys hair get before giving him his first haircut.  I held onto those tender curls like they were pure gold.  But, lately I've noticed that the curls are getting too heavy to hold unless they're wet and his hair looks a bit unkempt all the time.

Instead of cute, his hair now makes him look sloppy most of the time. 

And so, I decided to just keep him in a hat.

Although he likes hats, it didn't solve the problem of him looking disheveled.

It was time for the dreaded "H" word.  I prepared a seat in front of the mirror to keep Drew entertained.

Strapped my precious angel in to keep him safe.

Got one last picture of those amazing curls.

Or two last pictures.

Then came the first cut.  I think I almost cried.  Okay, I did just a little bit.

When I was done, the curls were gone, and my baby was a toddler.  ::sigh:: 

He looks cute still, but I confess that I really miss the curls.

But, as my mother pointed out, hair grows, and soon, he'll have curls again!