ethan's first haircut

My day was full of chocolates and other goodies, but the best part about today was Ethan's very first haircut!

His hair was getting a little scraggly. By "a little," I mean his hair was falling into his eyes and forming little dreadlocks on the back of his head. I put it off for as long as I could, despite my husband's insisting, at least until I couldn't comb the knot out of the scraggly piece of his hair hanging over his ear. Then it was time.

I'm admittedly fearful of those children's salons. We can blame my little sister's horrible first haircut experience for that one. I can still see the way the stylist put all of her perfect golden ringlets into a ponytail...and cut it straight off. I still get the chills thinking about it. Those ringlets were never seen again, fourteen years later.

I was getting my hair done earlier this month and asked my fabulous hair stylist if he would be willing to perform Ethan's first haircut. And because he is awesome, he said yes. So this afternoon, myself, my mother, my father and my husband (on his lunch break) accompanied Ethan to the salon. First haircuts are a big deal, okay?





Ethan did great! He sat on my husband's lap and was initially excited about this new endeavor. Towards the end, he started to get a little impatient and whiny, but he still sat quietly and tried to figure out what was going on.

I'm trying to figure out what went on, too, because when we left the salon, my tiny little baby became a handsome little boy!





And as my handsome little boy sleeps soundly (see what I did there? Fingers crossed!) tonight, there's a new little trinket box sitting atop his dresser.

Awwww!