Charlie's First Haircut

Last Thursday, January 3rd, I finally took Charlie in for his first haircut. He really was in dire need of one, but I had become one of those silly moms who didn't want to let those baby curls go! But, it really was time as his hair had become, well, a mullet. Whoops. Thanks to advice from a handful of Facebook friends, I decided to take him to a kids-only hair salon called Cookie Cutters in Lehi, UT.

We got there and waited just a little bit, and then Charlie got to "pick" his own chair. We picked a nice, blue car for him to play in while he got his haircut! He was such a happy boy:

Soon, the hair cutting process began. Look at those sweet locks coming off! Sniffle. :( It's time for him to grow up. He did ok at first, just not really sure what the buzzing thing was on his head...

...but he soon began to get pretty wary and concerned...

...until he just couldn't hold it together anymore and just lost it, poor thing.

He really tried to be brave, but every time he'd look at me or think about what was going on...

...he'd just lose it again. It's so sad, but I couldn't help but laugh a little and tell him that he was just fine.

His pacifier came to the rescue and definitely helped to calm him down a little (sweet tears in his eyes!)...

...but he was just really ready for it all to just be over with. He didn't like that someone was holding his head still and tugging on his hair.

Things perked up a little once it was all over and he could play with the steering wheel on his really cool blue car and the nice lady gave him a sucker. He LOOOOVED the sucker, but I soon realized that little 14-month-old's don't understand the concept of "swallow what you've sucked off", so it was like a waterfall of pink, sticky drool pouring out of his mouth. The first time with the lollipop was pretty short-lived. Maybe next time I'll plan for it and just strip him down to nothing and let him go at it... right before bath time! ;)

And, last but not least, here are the before and after pictures!! Not too much of a difference in the front, but thank heavens the "party in the back" got cleaned up!

I can't believe how much of a little BOY he looked after his haircut! So handsome and grown up. I could actually see his EARS and it seemed like they stuck out a little farther, haha. I guess this is just one more step in the process of my baby becoming a toddler. Sigh. I sure do love love LOVE him, though. <3