The cut

Caleb has had wild, crazy, curly hair for the last few months. Personally, I've loved the curls. I remember Cole's hair had some wave to it and as soon as it was cut, it turned coarse and never had anymore curl again. It was devastating to me. Danny and I both have naturally curly hair so I've hoped that at least one of our kids would follow suit. Eventually, we both knew it was time for a cut and I told Danny I didn't want to be there for it because I was so attached to it. That was the extent of the conversation. 

A couple Saturdays ago, I got a text at work and Danny sent me a picture of Caleb at Cookie Cutters ready to have his hair chopped. My heart started pounding. I was genuinely nervous because I didn't know what to expect or what it would look like afterwards.

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Then I got the after shot. I had to get up from my desk and go outside because I was not prepared for how much emotion I would feel with the change! I had tears in my eyes over my baby's first hair cut. I know it's just hair but it's beautiful, curly, soft hair. To be fair, we hadn't discussed how much was going to be cut off so Danny just assumed he'd jump to a straight-up missionary haircut and I was expecting a few inches to be taken off. Just a misunderstanding, but dang--I was in total shock.

For the next few days, every time I'd go in to get him in the morning, I was startled because it was so drastically different.

I'm more used to it now and it has grown on me. It makes him look so much more grown up though, which I'm not a fan of. He's growing up too fast and will be 18 months old next month! What?!

I think he likes it.

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