Jim and Evie's Adventures!

The Flowers are Bloomin’ | January 26, 2012

It’s been a quiet week here at the Casa de Keatings.  (Please don’t judge me of that mangled Spanglish…I’ve been talking to a 3-month old all day.)  We’ve been enjoying it, though.  One thing we weren’t enjoying, though: my hair.  Well, Finn was.  Finn loves to run his fingers through my curls then wrap them up in his fingers.  Yesterday I couldn’t take it anymore.  Between that and my increased shedding, Finn, the couch, and I have been covered in foot-long hairs by the end of the day, and yesterday I decided enough was enough.  I toyed with the idea of scheduling an appointment with my normal hair guy, played with the idea of just walking in somewhere, and then I leaped at the idea of just chopping it of myself.  Muttering “Idiot, idiot, idiot,” I grabbed the craft scissors (I know), grabbed a chunk of hair, and chopped.  Makes you cringe, right?  Thanks to my teenage experiences cutting my friends’ hair and the curls that hide a multitude of sins, it actually came out pretty well.  After I showered I made a few additional snips, and now, a day later, I really like how it turned out.  And I saved myself $50 to boot.  And most importantly, my priceless sanity has been restored.

Sorry for the blurriness.  It’s hard to take a picture while holding a squirmy baby. One side is flat because I was lying on the floor talking to Finn earlier.  I just noticed.  Guess I could have fixed that before taking the picture.   And no, Finn didn’t have a run-in with some scissors.  He just has some funky bald spots.

My cousin gave Finn some cute baseball-themed sleep’n'play outfits for Christmas.  He’s modeling one in the above picture.  It’s a 9 mo, and already fits really well. Below Finn models another one.

This was his morning (pre-spit-up) outfit.  He still keeps his legs bent a lot.  He’s losing his newborn curl positions, but not  completely yet.  Look how big he is, even with bent knees!

And now I’ll stop before I start describing what we ate for breakfast and lunch today (Finn: milk; me: Cheerios, wheat things with sliced mozzarella and pesto).

If you’ve cut your own hair, tell me about it!