First Haircut

Thursday evening we treated ourselves to dinner at BW3. Football season is upon us, and football season demands wings, it seems. After as much of Gavin climbing up and walking across the table to flirt with the people on the other side of the wall as we could tolerate, I took him outside to run around. He meandered his way up the strip mall and eventually I found myself looking in through the window at a kid's hair cutting store.

"Hmmm," I thought to myself. "Gavin's been in desperate need of a haircut forsix months. I wonder what they charge?" So we went in and I asked. The price was outrageous, but they had cute little airplanes and fire trucks in which the kids could sit. And a stylist was available to take him right then. So I said, "Great, let's do it!"

So we did. I called Jason to let him know where we were (and good thing I did, as he was confused when we were neither in the car nor in front of BW3). He showed up just as the first snips were happening. Gavin happily drove the airplane he was sitting in, and only after the first minute or so did he even seem to realize some stranger was touching his head.

He did really well, though it helped that the hair-cutter was awesome. She was so good (at managing not to cut herself or Gavin) that I figure it's well worth the price, at least for now.

And now it's done. My baby is truly a baby no more. Are there any other milestones I'm forgetting? He walks, he talks a little, he's had his first haircut... definitely not a baby anymore. Where'd my baby go?!
Posted by allison at September 3, 2005 12:53 AM