First Haircuts

It seems like we are running out of times we can say "their first _____." The token first smile, first steps, first teeth, and first holidays seem like eons ago and now we are just in the thick of living life with two very busy toddlers.

Maybe that is why I held off on Aaron's first haircut until just today, at 21 1/2 months old.  As I see my little babies becoming little boys right before my eyes, I find myself clinging to hold on to anything that will remind me of their tiny little bodies, of a time that has so quickly come and gone.

While Owen's first haircut was just as momentous of an occasion, and I was that mom in the Kids' Hair salon with my camera snapping a bazillion photos and probably getting in the way, I was so much more ready for it. It was the end of Summer, he was15 months old, and his hair was getting long. And while I held out until the last second and debated over it for weeks, it just seemed like the right time. (Seriously...do other moms linger over these events as much as I do?!)

But Aaron. He really has not had much hair until recently. It is fine and thin and wispy. But then there are curls. Right at the back of his neck. Sometimes just one. Sometimes more. The curls melt me and are probably the single reason that I held on this long.

The only problem was that these days the curls, more often than not, resembled a frizzy rat tail. The "bed head" was out of hand, and was present at times when he hadn't just gotten out of bed. And I say this this in the most endearing way, but every now and then those curls took on the look of an over-watered Chia Pet. It wasn't until I saw him with his crazy locks from across the room at ECFE class this past Tuesday night, that I finally came to terms with his need for a haircut.

He was so quiet and shy, but he sat in that big red chair like such a brave little boy. And again I got to be the sentimental mom snapping pictures of this momentous occasion. The stylist knew, without me saying a word, that I wanted to save those sweet little curls from his haircut. So she tucked them into a cute little souvenir baggie to remember this haircut. His first haircut. 

Aaron and his sweet, sweet curls.

Before His First Haircut

Little boy in a big red chair.

So brave.

Not so sure what just happened!

Aaron's first haircut. After.