First Haircut

Well Maddox finally had his first real haircut this evening. I know, I know...it's about time! I just haven't been able to bring myself to cut off his sweet little curls. His hair has gotten a little more than unruly though lately and was just all over the place so we decided to break down and do it. We took him to a place close to home called Hair Force because they have a little airplane they let them sit in and we thought that might help him do okay (to be honest we pretty much thought the whole thing was going to be a disaster). We put him in the airplane and enjoyed it for a minute, but he pretty much went ballistic as soon as the lady touched him. So we had to resort to Plan B, sitting in Daddy's lap. Surprisingly, he did very well. He was extremely somber and serious throughout the whole thing, but he never cried and he stayed very still. All in all, a success. And fortunately, his hair is still trying to curl up again in the back, so we haven't lost those sweet little curls just yet.

Here is a before shot of him checking out the airplane (before the lady touched him).

Before shot of the back of his head with his curls all brushed out. It looks so long without the curls.
Safely sitting on Daddy's lap. Notice his sad little lip in this shot. He never cried but he was visibly saddened by the whole ordeal!

Still a little unsure here.

I gave him a little sucker thinking it would take his mind off things, but he just stared at it the whole time and never would even lick it until we walked out the door. That probably was for the best because it most likely would have ended up with stray hairs all over it if he'd eaten it during the haircut.

Hooray, we all survived! That wasn't so bad after all. Maybe the dentist won't be as bad as I'm envisioning it being...yeah right!