Tuesday, June 16, 2009

First Real Hair Cut

Nolan's hair was getting way too scraggly for my taste. It's thin and wispy, so I couldn't decide if it was really worth cutting. . . and I certainly didn't feel that it was worth paying someone to cut it. . . but it was getting really bad. Especially over the ears and on his neck.

I know we live in Springville, but he doesn't need to look like it.

So we decided to have a father and son hair cutting event last night, in an effort to make Nolan less scared. We strapped Nolan into a booster and sat him facing Ben and I went back and forth between them cutting with the clippers.

As you can see, Nolan was a HUGE fan of this process.

But I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, considering how much he squirmed.

He looks like such a big boy!

11 comments:

Kalli said...

aw my peanut had his first trim today TOO. I almost cried. Almost.

The Cohen's said...

He looks adorable!!! It must be time for the real haircuts now, talk about hard to see your baby look different. :)

Stefanie said...

Oh my WORD, I see so much of you in that profile shot of him!

Way to go on weilding the scissors yourself!!

Tea Marie Photography said...

HAHAHAHAHA oh boy... I just LOVE when he screams like that (NOT). I can hear it in my head. :) He's still so adorable though! And the haircut turned out great! :)

Anna said...

The "crying picture" reminds me a bit of "breakfast despair". I think we might be raising some drama queens and kings.

Lisa said...

We still have a tough time getting through hair cuts at our house. I'm always tempted to let it grow longer than it should.

I really love that Nolan still has red hair.

mel said...

SO not loving the clippers, but very cute in the end. Nice clipping, Mama!

McLeodx5 said...

wow, he looks SOOOOO grown up! love it though...great job!

Nosrednub said...

You should get a Flowbee!!!

Melanie said...

Yeah, Chris, 'cause that would scare him less than the clippers. :)

Marianne said...

I hate cutting Collin's hair. But have found that I can plunk him in front of a movie and give him a sucker or something to occupy him and it works...at least for a little while.