This whole week I’ve been preparing Autumn for her first haircut. I’ve been talking it up by telling her how fun it would be and how pretty she’d look after it’s all done. I then told her we could go to Target and pick out some new barrettes after we were all done.
Guess what? It worked.
Not a single tear was shed this morning. I first had a shampoo and cut to show her what would happen when it was her turn. She was interested for a few minutes until she learned the salon contained all sorts things she could play with. When it was her turn, she refused to sit for a shampoo and I was a little afraid things would go downhill from there. But they didn’t and I have the photographic evidence to prove it.
The woman cutting Autumn’s hair is my stylist Nancy. She’s been doing my hair for years and was the one who did my up ‘do when I married Nathan over eleven years ago. It was only natural that I ask her to be the one to cut the girl’s hair for the first time. Little by little she snipped away all the hair Autumn was born with three years ago. She saved a little bit for me to take home, and when it was all over I was looking at a rather grown up little girl.
If you’re reading this in the feed, you’ll have to click through to see the pictures.
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Awww.. She did great!
That sure beats my #1′s first hair cut!!
She looks adorable. Glad it went well. One never knows how these little people will act in these situations so it’s always a relief when it goes well!
How cute does she look?!
What a cutie! Unfortunately I’ve been giving my son haircuts since he was about 5 months old… so no “first time” for me. His hair grows really fast like mine.
Where’s the picture of your new do?
Just out meeting NaBloPoMo participants and wanted to say hi! Good luck on the rest of the month!
Cheers! Giyen
PS. Pictobrowser is so cool. Gonna have to use that!
Krista-One of the benefits of being the photographer is that you rarely get caught in front of the camera.
I am, however, making a trip in to the Secretary of State’s office to renew my driver’s license this week. Maybe I’ll share that photo. Or maybe not
Oh my goodness she’s so beautiful!!! And those perfect little teeth!!
Glad the day went smoothly – and that you were able to capture these moments- she’ll really appreciate being able to look back at them someday!
Lindsay-it’s funny you should mention the teeth. We were talking about them just last night. I’m very glad to have stopped her use of the pacifier when she was a year old. I hope they continue to stay straight.
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