Madison Michael's FIRST haircut!

I kept swearing I wouldn't do it. I wouldn't cut her hair. I had some TRAGIC bang cuts growing up (ask Nonnah. I'm sure she has some terribly embarrassing photos to prove that point) and I just didn't want to deal with weird bangs on Little Bitty.

But here lately, Mad's hair has gotten a wee bit out of control. Just a bit. Her bangs were practically down to her mouth, and with a toddler, that means they were in PRIME sticky locations. They never seemed to want to stay behind her ear (as you can see from the mall merry go round photo there) and a hair bow or barrette just never seemed to make it through a whole day. Or half of one, really.

So I braced myself and decided it was finally time for a hair cut. Our very first one.

Thankfully, Madison's friend Lindley, there to the left, in a picture from LAST September (Mad's on the left, by the way), has a mommy who does hair! Yvonne did my hair for the wedding in May, and Madison knows her, so I decided she'd be the way to go for haircut numero uno.

So today, at our Hip Mama's playgroup outing to Alex's house, Madison got a little trim. And even though I was absolutely terrified my kid would come out of this experience looking silly (however impossible that may be), I am SO happy with her cute little cut.

So here's the pictures...because I know that's all you're here to see.

crazy hair BEFORE the big cut...
the first snip!
sleepy baby with bangs....
and finally a good shot of our new 'do!