First Haircut!

So we finally decided it was time to cut Koleton's hair.  Time for him to become our "big boy" and leave "baby Koleton" behind.  There is a kid's salon out here that does a certificate, a picture and a baggie with their hair for kids' first haircut so we decided to take him there, especially since we had heard great things about them!  I had heard though, that they just stuff the hair in the baggie so before we left I cut one of his baby curls, taped it to a paper and put it in a ziploc bag so we'd have that :)  We got there and the place looked fun! They have play structures for the kids and different kid "chairs" like a police car, an airplane and a barbie car.  Well, we all know about Koleton's stranger anxiety! We tried to be prepared... I put his favorite VeggieTales songs on my phone, we both were calm and not worried about him freaking out, we let him play for a few minutes before we were ready to do the cutting.  As soon as the cape went on, it didn't matter how loud VeggieTales was or how calm Brad and I were! All that mattered to Koleton was that some lady he did NOT know was touching him! We had to move from the police car to a regular seat with Koleton in my lap.  There were lots of tears, screams, and it took both Brad and I at times to hold him down! After a few minutes though, all was done, his hair was gone and our BIG boy emerged!

 The beginning

 See how red he is here??? Poor kid did NOT want her touching him! lol

 Telling us how HORRIBLE it all was!

 Look at that face!

 He actually liked the Barbie car hahaha

 Checking out the airplane

All smiles at dinner after the "traumatic" experience! 

All in all, it wasn't SO bad! We wanted just to spike his hair up and that is what we told the lady.  She asked if she could style it in a faux hawk. I said that was fine. She slathered him in gel and got it all "hawked" up lol We changed his shirt and then she came back up to him, scissors in hand and cut MORE from the front of his faux hawk! We didn't think much of it until later when we got home.  First I realized that the back was in a straight line and not blended like I had asked. To me it looked like she traced a line and cut his hair along that line. I didn't like it at all! So I asked Brad to get his beard trimmer, with the guard on and just shave the very bottom so it would be more blended.  Koleton held still, he didn't even mind that Brad was shaving his head! After 2 swipes of the trimmer, the guard fell off and Brad didn't notice and kept shaving! Bzzzzz! Oops! Now Koleton has a little bald spot on the back of his head! I still think it looks better, bald spot and all, after he blended the back!  The next day after we washed his hair we realized how SHORT the front was!  That extra snip snip she did after he was DONE with his haircut? Made the front so short! If you look at the pictures of his hawk, you can see how much shorter the front is!  It's ok though...He is still adorable! His hair just takes a little more styling than we had originally planned. Overall I suppose we ended up with a handsome young man and a funny story to boot! :)