First Haircut

Although we know many of you love seeing Jasper's crazy hairdos, it's come to that point in time when we really needed to get his lovely locks clipped. We were getting too many questions of "is it a boy or a girl?" And really more significant is that his hair was hanging in his face way too much. I was often surprised that he didn't spend more time trying to wipe it out of his eyes.

So ... we took the plunge yesterday.

Before the haircut we took Jasper to get professional portraits taken. We don't have thousands of photos of him already, but of course professional ones are considered compulsory. So, to document the last day that he looked like a baby instead of a little boy, we did the deed. Then at lunch, I took Jasper down to the salon at which Teri Burchfield works so the salon owner could trim Jasper's hair. We wanted to retain all the curls in the back and just trim the front and the side pieces that flip out the most.

Jasper did pretty well but definitely didn't like something about the process. He didn't cry the whole time, but it would come in fits and starts. Overall he did pretty well. Teri documented the event for us. Here's a quick recap of what his hair used to look like:



Here we are at the salon. Jasper was not comfortable sitting in the chair alone, so I held him in my lap.

Immediately after the cut was over, Jasper was fine. Here he's making eyes at our photographer, Teri.

Back home Jasper is doing one of his favorite things - playing with my cell phone.

This photo is from this morning. It's not only a look at his hair after it's been washed at home, but it shows off his new molars well too.

Here is a short video of the haircut.