Events of today force me to interrupt the Hawaii series to report an important rite of passage for our Micah: his first hair cut.
I've been putting it off and putting it off for months now. I had a myriad of excuses:
But I love those curls!
I don't know how to cut Ethiopian hair (and surely no Chinese barber does either!).
Our clippers are broken.
But then what I just passed off as morning bedhead (which, I will admit, usually lasted the entire day because attempting to tame the mass just ended up with a crying little boy), started casting frightening shadows on the wall...
Then I started not being able to tell the difference between the shadow and his real, live hair...
I finally ran out of excuses when I heard that my friend Rachel gave her son his first hair cut with safety scissors. So I grabbed the closest pair of scissors, put on an Elmo podcast in an attempt to channel his two-year old energy, and started cutting. No strategy, no vision, no rhyme or reason...just started cutting.
I can personally attest that curly hair is very forgiving (and concealing) of chop-job haircuts, so when I was done, the boy before me was still pretty darn cute.
This face either means "What have you done to my head?" or "I'd rather be watching more Elmo than looking at you with that camera pointed in my face again." I'd also like to point out the traces of breakfast left on his chin. Because, let's be honest, when you're chasing two babies and incubating another, sometimes chins don't get wiped as they should.
Watch out, little man! You're next and that Mr. T mohawk we know & love will be no more!
5 comments:
Nice work on the haircut! Henry's chin does not get sufficiently wiped and he's the only one... it will be worse in a couple of days, I'm sure of it. :)
hey! great job!! sorry for being such a slacker getting the clippers to you!
no amount of scary shadows could make his sweet smile any less appealing. :)
Good job, Beck!! But, I have to confess, I really liked the chaotic nature of the former coif.
I must admit that when I read you were going to cut Micha's hair, I said "Oh, no" because I love those curls too. Reminded me of his G-mom. BUT he looks wonderful with short hair too. Good job. Love you and thanks for the more constant updates.
Way to go! I'm sending Makaria your way. I will say that it still freaks me out how similar she and Micah look. He is so cute in his studly man do.
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