Suddenly a big boy! Joshua's first haircut

 

The first haircut is so hard for me as a mommy.  After all, that feather-fine, fly away, uneven mess of  hair is what my baby was born with!  His birth hair.....some of it did fall out, but those wispy curls you see are his ORIGINAL hair.  Yet, the time had come when the drawbacks exceeded the cuteness. The length was making him too hot and sweaty during hot afternoon naps, it was going every which way over his ears....it was time.  So I impulsively took the opportunity one morning in our backyard.  

 Before view from the back:  Looks greasy, but that's just strawberry jam.  Really.

 I was in shock for about 4 days after the haircut because Joshua looks so much like a big boy now.  Is it possible he's only 13 months old?  His resemblance to Jonathan increased dramatically with the haircut.  If it weren't for the size difference, I'd have a hard time telling them apart!

Hair cuts!

Jonathan is 11 months old today!

We love, Love, LOVE Jonathan's baby curls! We weren't even going to consider cutting his hair until he's a year old -- but it is so hot here that he wakes up from his naps with a sweaty wet head and crying. As much as we'd love to keep his hair long and curly forever, it seemed like that would be a selfish decision.

We put it off for at least a month. Finally, after memorializing his baby curls with many pictures, the day of the hair cut arrived. To entertain Jonathan during the procedure, we downloaded a 9 minute Teletubbies video off YouTube. Turns out it was in German, but he didn't care. He survived with no tears and no injuries.

The results: He looks so different! To be honest, Dave and I were a little solemn to behold him.
Soon, however, he started crawling around and laughing and then fussing -- we realized he was still our Jonathan Isaac.


After 24 hours, I'm starting to get used to his new look! He's a cute little "big boy!"

(By the way, yes, that is a bruise on his forehead. Head vs. door if I recall correctly.)

I've been putting off a haircut, also. Since we came to this new country, I've had my hair in a pony tail every day. It's practical but boring.

One of my Indonesian friends took me to a stylist she knows, a Christian stay at home mom who works out of her own home. It felt so good to feel the heavy old locks of hair falling to the ground! So here we are, the both of us, after our makeovers!