Before and After

I finally bit the bullet and took Andrew in for a haircut. He's the only one on our family with straight hair (a small trait of Down Syndrome) and I just loved his hair long, like it was. But he's 2 now. Not a baby anymore. The long locks weren't terribly appropriate for his 'big boy' age. I had a really hard time making the appointment. It took me weeks of dialing and hanging up before I actualy scheduled his haircut.

Why the drama? Because he's my baby. And as much as I want him to grow and enjoy life, I want him to stay my baby forever. I've already planned out where he'll live when he's an adult......upstairs in my house. (hehe!) It'll be nice...we can turn the big bedroom into a nice living room and he can sleep in the smaller bedroom. Maybe we'll go so far as to add a bathroom for him. Sigh. Oh, Ok.....that won't actually happen.....but a mom can dream right??

Alrighty then. On to the matter at hand- the haircut. He sat pretty well....as long as I had him in a headlock and sang Itsy-Bitsy Spider continuously. (hehe!) No 2 year old likes to have their hair messed with! (and neither does my 12 year old!)

So, here's the before shot:



And here's my new little man with short hair....and a bit of gel to make him look all gussied-up for the ladies:



Sorry ladies, he's already promised to a little gal in Canada.