Mara's World: The Haircut

I never imagined I'd have a baby girl with tons of hair. Elysia has this (blondish?) hair that is longer in the front than in the back, and kind of wispy on the sides. Without a hair clip, her hair completely covers her eyes and nose. Even with a clip in her hair, wisps would sneak out of the clip and go right in her eyes. Actually, she kind of looked like a miniature Beatles singer.

While the Beatles were fashion forward for their time, it's definitely not a look for my 10 month old!

I had originally planned on taking her for a haircut when she was around two years old, and I think we would have made it if two things hadn't happened. First of all, we got a puppy. What does the puppy have to do with Elysia's first haircut? Well...for some strange reason, Cody (the menace puppy) seems to have taken a liking to Elysia's hair clips. Not the ones that are left on tables, although I'm sure he'd grab those too, but the ones that are on her head. He follows her around, and yanks them out of her hair and chews on them! For some reason this doesn't bother the baby at all, but it sure bugs me! Secondly, my daughter hates having things on her head. This started with hats. Any time I put a hat on her head, she stubbornly grabs it with both hands and yanks it off. Then it went to sunglasses. I bought her these adorable purple glasses and she screams every time I put them on her. Most recently, you guessed it...she reaches her hand up and yanks out her own hair clips.

So this left me no choice. Haircut time!

My first issue was where to take a 10 month old for a haircut. The only place I could find that was relatively close to me was this place called 'Sparkys'. They have the WORST commercials, but I figured they would give her a pretty good cut. So I put a clip on my hairy kid, picked up my mom for moral support, and away we went to Sparkys.

This was Elysia just before the dreaded haircut. Bangs are slightly long.

Time to start cutting!

So far so good. Haircut seems to be going well, Grandma is taking lots of pictures. First locket of hair is safely packed away for her baby book. Then...

Oh the trauma!

Then something strange happened. Elysia all of a sudden spit out her hair clip! When did that get in her mouth, and how did I not know that it was there??? It was in her hair when we left for the mall. When I took her out of the car seat I found a clip there, so I assumed she had once again yanked it out. Little did I know it was a decoy clip so that Miss Muffit could have an afternoon snack without Mom knowing. Anyway, the munched on clip flew out of her mouth. Yep, my kid is cute. And well-mannered, too!
Look! She has eyes!

After the trauma of the haircut (not to mention the unappetizing hair clip snack), we decided we needed a well-deserved treat. So it was off to IHOP for some yummy pancakes.