Casey's First Haircut!

So in this picture series we start with a "before" picture where you can clearly see that Casey's bangs are in her eyes. I (her mother) cut her bangs once when she was about 9 months old, and then when she was about one she had a mini-quick trim from Jacob's barber in Nashville. But once we returned to Pittsburgh we were ready to take Casey to the zen goddess of childrens' haircutters: ROSE. Rose has a station filled with the coolest toys our children had ever seen. They both played blissfully while we waited for Rose to finish with her client before Casey. Jacob was sad that he wasn't getting his haircut, and he told Rose that he was sad. Rose was very sweet and told him he could have a lollipop anyway. That went a long way towards helping Jacob enjoy Casey's haircut.

Casey was strapped into Rose's chair and was draped with the cape and then sprayed with some misting spray. She wore much the same expression throughout the haircut, which was one of pensive apprehension. But she didn't cry or squirm. In picture #3 you can see that Rose had a good rapport with her, and that Jacob was enjoying the Sesame Street TV program more than Casey.

Towards the end Casey started to try and get up, but the whole thing was almost done. Rose put a little pony tail in her hair and topped it off with a clip. The hair was darling and Casey finally started to smile again when it was all over.

Good job Casey! And good job Rose! We're glad to have you for our childrens' hair stylist again after our year away.