First Haircut!

The time had come for Sloan's baby locks to be trimmed...and I was stalling.  Auntie Jodi was going to cut his hair, and while I knew it was time, there was little part of my heart that was a sad.  Another phase come and gone...a wee bit sappy you say?  Even my Mom made a case for him not needing a haircut.  But look at it in this picutre, it's right out of control, he was spending more time styling it than Reg for heaven's sake!

I phoned Jodi and we had a very hard time getting together to get his hair cut, and then she made the craziest suggestion, since we were out and about already, she thought I could just pop over and she would cut his hair...without my camera!!  And without hers working!  Not a chance!  As a result Sloan's hair got to grow for 2 more weeks before we finally found time for a haircut. 

 Jodi and the kids arrived, and we began to prep Sloan - he was apparently ready for his first haircut, grinning away at everyone, cape on and ready to go.

It was a little less exciting as Jodi began to spritz water into his hair...

But not so bad, once the spritzing was over...luckily Drew was there to tell him what to expect, what would happen next, and to try and be a big boy about it.

But then out of no where...the ugly face arrived.

To be followed by real tears and real crying.  Luckily we had a veteran Mom on hand, because while I was content to leave him lopsided, and end the agony.  Jodi persevered.  No one told me hair cuts were this stressful!  There are no pictures of this, as I was busy trying to figure out a way to rescue him from his Auntie instead of taking pictures.

Then she pulled out the clippers...now these were interesting.  The crying stopped, and Sloan took a good look at them. 

The crisis seemed to be over, he was holding them and thoroughly checking them out...which of course involves tasting them while they were turned on...not a great parenting moment.  Needless to say Jodi was given about 30 seconds to finish the haircut after that, but no harm done...in fact, the end result - even cuter!

Love,  Julie