Julia's 1st Haircut

Whenever I'm in Jackson, I go get a haircut with Cliff at Barnett's. I don't have a particularly trendy or special hairstyle that requires the overseas trip, but I've had some really really awful cuts in the past (including a mullet while I was pregnant with Julia...terrible!) so I don't trust anyone else but the guy who's always done a great job. So when it came time for Julia to finally get her first haircut, who else to go to but Cliff. Julia and I first went out to lunch (just the girls...Liam stayed with my mom), and then I got my hair done first so she could see that it was all a pain-free, easy process. No worries from Julia...she had a ball being a big girl!

At our big girl "tea party" beforehand


Dancing down the steps: "You put your right hand in, you take your right hand out.."


"You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around..."


They weren't planning on washing Julia's hair first, but she didn't want to miss out on any of the steps and climbed up in the chair while Cliff washed mine.

Nothing like big, spinning chairs to keep Julia entertained!

Poor Cliff had to put up with my indecisiveness-- cut her hair, oh but I don't know if I should let you cut off her pretty hair, yeah but it's in her eyes, oh but is she too little to need a real haircut yet, etc, etc. He was very reassuring.

And Julia amazed me, sitting so still.

Bye bye, curls! (They're in an envelope now for the baby book)

The finished product the next day (minus a good brushing).