Haircut!
After recounting at dinner the latest episode of our baby boy being mistaken for a little girl, Matt asked if we could really and finally give Gregory a haircut tonight. So, I pulled together my courage, got out the scissors, and did it. Thankfully, there were no tears involved (on my part or his) and I think the haircut turned out pretty well.
Here’s the reason why everyone thought he was a girl
Here’s the first cut attempt. I wasn’t able to actually start cutting until Matt held him in his lap.
One side sort of done!
I thought the mullet was rather cute, but Matt insisted that I keep going. 
The back!
The side!
I tidied it up a bit more after these pictures, but this is about how it looks. He definitely looks more like a boy now!
Emily on 09 Apr 2007 at 10:14 pm #
Cute! He looks like a perfectly marvelous little boy now!
It IS hard to make yourself do it that first time, isn’t it? Looking back, I think I waited too long to give Jonathan his first, too.
But oh, the curls were so adorable!
Sarah on 10 Apr 2007 at 1:12 pm #
Oh that’s a very good haircut!
I’ve been cutting Nathan’s hair (with much trepidation) and I’m surprised it isn’t more difficult. I’m not fantastic at it, but it doesn’t look bad, either.
I don’t think I could cut a squirmy baby’s hair, though!
mrsdarwin on 11 Apr 2007 at 11:37 am #
Oh man — nothing raises my blood pressure like trying to cut my girls’ hair. Unfortunately, last week was a week of un-premeditated haircuts, not all of them given by mom. My 3 1/2 year old found the haircutting scissors one day and the kitchen shears the next. Now her bangs are all of one inch short — and that’s short! It’s not one of those styles you can just comb over or artfully disguise either.
It hasn’t quenched her spirits, though. She wants to be a stylist now.
KiwiNomad06 on 12 Apr 2007 at 12:58 pm #
What a cutie he is, hair cut or not cut! You did a wonderful job.
Dy on 12 Apr 2007 at 9:17 pm #
Ohhhhh. *squeal* I love babies!! That’s a nice little haircut you’ve given him, there. He’s such a handsome little boy. But that is the one thing I really don’t like about haircuts: they seem to make the children look older, and that makes me get all wistful and sad. It’s the instantaneous *poof*, you’re bigger now, I think.
But then, oh, they’re so sweet, and look so handsome and well-groomed. The sadness dissipates pretty quickly.
Dy