Roo's big haircut

Do you see these precious curls?

I love them. LOVE them.

For months now, Jerry has been saying to me, "Roo's hair is getting long. He needs a cut." I never had any reply because I loved the curls and wasn't ready to say goodbye. Well, my non-responsiveness led Jerry to take matters into his own hands.

One Sunday night a couple of weeks ago, I came home from taking Alex to AWANA and saw that Jerry had taken the clippers to Roo's hair. THE CLIPPERS!! The curls - gone!! I rushed over to pick Roo up and burst into tears. That is not an exaggeration. Did I mention how much I loved those curls?! Poor Jerry - he felt AWFUL when he saw how sad I was.

The thing is, Jerry only clipped the sides and back. He left the top long – Roo was getting restless during his haircut. Jerry didn't mind it too much, but it made me sad to look at it. All I could see was the curls that were no longer there.

So one night my friend Allyson recommended trimming the top up so that it blended a little better. To be honest, I hadn't even considered it because I just kept hoping that the other curls would grow back and join it to blend in that way. Denial. She offered to do the trim job, and I took her up on it. I'm so grateful she made the suggestion because once it was all blended better, I didn't miss the curls quite so much.

My sweet little Roo is looking very grown up these days. Sweet, handsome fella. Don't grow up too fast, Roo-bear!