Especially when it's your FIRST haircut?
Today ... on a whim, I took Natalie - 2 years, 1 month, 2 weeks, and 5 days old - to get her FIRST haircut.
My darling NHV had very little hair for a long time. Then the mullet began growing and there was just no stopping it. Nothing I could do but wait for the sides to catch up to the back. Wait for her bangs to grow in. Stick a bow or barrett in the front, fluff up the back, and just go with it. The worse part is that my beautiful daughter inherited the disgrace that is my hair-type: it's baby fine and wispy and stick-straight and slow-growing ... a truly miserable combination.
I was so proud of her. Sitting in that chair with the "nanket" wrapped around her, NHV intently played with that noisy computer toy. I stood back and watched through blurred vision as my little girl took a big step toward becoming a big girl ... or at least looking like one. I was a little skeptical about having a man do her first haircut, but Paulo did a great job ... and Natalie didn't seem to mind one way or another.
And here she is ... after the cut looking so stinkin' cute ... like a little big girl!
I know this is a bit of a stretch (a weak attempt, really) for MamaKat's Writer's Workshop topic: The first day of ... but I was just dying to show-off these photos :)
