first haircut

well, we did it. we gave riley her first haircut last week. we had wanted to wait a while to give her a haircut, but she started losing quite a bit of her hair, so we were kind of forced to! the nurse assures us that it is quite normal for toddlers to start losing their fine baby hair and (hopefully) start to grow in thicker hair. and as a side note, why is it that little boys have the most beautiful hair? and my little girl is stuck with very thin wispy hair? riley's cousin henry is blessed with some seriously amazing curls and super thick hair. anyway, back to riley's hair - - - due to her hair loss, she was starting to sport a very long rat's tail/mullet so it was time!

we took her into tyler's place of employment, and one of the instructors so kindly volunteered to snip her hair and make her look like a cute little girl once again.

as you can see, riley was not a fan. the second we walked through the door, she knew something was up and clung to me like she was about to receive several shots. thankfully the instructor worked quickly and in just a few minutes she was done.


riley was still not sure what to think when it was over, but as soon as i said the words "ice-cream" her face lit up and off we went down the street to the best ice cream shop in the world.




we had fun eating our ice-cream and admiring riley's new haircut. she had even warmed up so much to the idea that by the time we were walking back to the car, she proudly patted her head and repeated "so pretty" with a big cheesy grin on her face.