First Haircut

Please note the luscious curly-cue in the middle of her head and how it is quite lengthy compared to the other curls.

This is Avery prior to her first haircut.  She was really excited all week when we talked about it, but once we got in the car to go she got very quiet and concerned.  When we got to the salon a little girl was getting her hair braided and Avery kept saying "no haircut, no haircut".  

We talked her off the ledge by pointing out that she could sit in an airplane and watch TV while she got her haircut and we noted how brave the other little girls were as they got their hair done.

Enno was her stylist and he was very sweet to her and tried to engage her and he coped well with every turn of the head, evening up all the different lengths and keeping her curls and her bangs.

She did not shed a single tear.  She held her water and for a while held her lovey, but ended up dropping it before the end and forgetting about it entirely as I shoved it back in the diaper bag.

Here is Avery watching herself in the mirror getting her hair cut.  Note the TV that they have perfectly placed for distraction.

Happy, happy as the adventure nears it's end.

I nearly jumped for joy to see that curly-cue gone and the little curls in the back curl into place.
One last touch, Enno actually got a bobby pin to stay in her hair and threaded 2 little flowers into it.  She was very proud and happy to have survived her first haircut.  She kept the flowers in for quite some time although she was tempted on many occasions to remove them.  So one last note, they saved her hair for us in a little envelope and gave us a little certificate and we totally forgot it and left it at the salon.  Oh well, she will have to take our word for it that on August 15, 2009 just one day shy of 25 months she got her first haircut at First Cut on Montana in Santa Monica.  Then we went to brunch at Blue Plate and saw Alison Hannigan.  We never see famous people.  She was very pretty and was out to breakfast with her baby daughter and husband.  I digress, first haircuts are super fun.  We love the new 'do, Avery Mae.