Lily's first haircut

It's been a really long time in the coming, and it finally happened- Lily's first haircut! Her mullet was getting to ridiculous lengths but we had to postpone getting it cut due to scheduling conflicts with our schedule and the haircutting lady's schedule. We all wanted to be there to witness what we knew would be quite the event. It finally worked out last week and it was pretty hilarious. Tripp kept telling Lily that she would do so great, he would be there with her, etc, etc and we just knew that she would probably not want anything to do with it. And of course, that's how it went down. We put her in the chair and Miss Erin (haircutting lady) tried to put the cape on her. She immediately yelled "no!!" and tore it right off. Then she kept saying "no!!" and got out of the chair and tried to run away. Of course we caught her but the only way we could get her back in the chair was if she was sitting on my lap. So she sat facing me (since the back was all that really needed to be cut. Well, her bangs are crazy but I am waiting for those to grow out) and Erin got her hair trimmed in about 2 minutes or less. It was great (and that's why she always gets a big tip!) and her hair looks so much better now! At least the back of it does.

We need her bangs to grow quickly- right now they are very unruly and she will not keep anything in her hair. So sometimes I use a little gel to keep them off to the side. Otherwise they are in her eyes, but I figure it's her fault so I am not going to worry about that (how's that for great parenting). I tried, she just says no and pulls out any bow, clip, rubber band, etc. Totally her fault!

All silly Lily-ness aside, it was a great first haircut, and we will just have to work on making progress to her sitting by herself and wearing the cape! Baby steps...