After our trip to Branson, it became clear to me that it was time to finally give in and cut Jonah's hair. His curls started really coming in this fall and I have pushed off his first haircut since then. Jacob had his first haircut when he was 14 months old, but Jo's curls were just so gosh darn cute! The one thing about them, though, is that they are NOT low maintenance. I had to wet his entire head, comb and then the fluff each morning. But then they didn't stay looking well groomed all day long. The time had come, but I was still having a hard time letting go!
Nathan took him to the same place Jacob gets his hair cut. I felt like a bad mom for not being there, but in all honesty, I just couldn't watch someone cut off all those adorable curls. I thought about just having them trim the curls so his hair was a bit longer, but without mommy looking on and monitoring, that's just not what I got.
When Nathan and Jonah arrived back home, I instantly started crying and regretting my decision. Yes, his hair will be much easier to fix before school each morning and yes, it will look much more "put together". But, those curls were part of his little personality! He still looks absolutely adorable, but definitely has become a "little boy". Who knows, maybe the curls will return as his haircut grows out a little. I can dream, right?
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| Jonah was feeling a little apprehensive about letting go of his curls (or is that just mommy projecting???). |
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| He loved playing with all the toys while sitting in the racecar! |
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| The curly aftermath. |
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| My baby with a little boy haircut! |
