The Buzz

I feel like today my little 2 1/2 year old D reached some sort of milestone in his life.

Not his first word.

Or his first steps.

Or even his first day of preschool.

No, my hubby decided to buzz his hair for the first time.

We've had to have D's hair cut several times over the past year and at about $16 a pop at the kids' hair-cut place, it was adding up to be kind of ridiculous - even if we only went every couple of months. Between D's sporadic haircuts and my husband's bi-monthly cuts, the men in my family were getting considerably more "beautification" than the gals.

So today, B suggested that he cut D's hair with the clippers.

My first though, was "NO! Not my baby's fine soft hair!"

But B promised he wouldn't cut it super short - he said he'd just "clean up the sides."

Of course, once he did the sides, though, blending it with the longer top became challenging. He suggested he buzz the whole thing....I KNEW this would happen!

I made him select a very high numbered guard and hid behind my camera. Seeing my baby's hair fall to the ground from behind the view finder was much easier than watching it fall up close.

In all honesty, my husband did a great job. D's hair looks very nice and there is still plenty of hair for me to run my fingers through as I rock him and sing to him (yes, I do that every day - actually, twice a day)

I am assuming this is going to be our new way of maintaining our son's hair. Only a cowlick in the front makes this "style" a little unruly, but overall, I think he looks adorable.

However, my hubby better not take the clippers anywhere near the new baby for the first 2 1/2 years of his life...