pawning off the first haircut

Here's a fun fact for you: I didn't take either of my children to their first haircuts.  Nor do we have a picture of either of them, nor do I have a snippet of hair.   Mother of the year?  Yes!

When Kendall had her first haircut, it was literally weeks after I had Jaxon.  My Mom came to stay with us for a week and she was up for the challenge.  Kendall at that point was scared of anything new (she has gotten much better in the past year), and was always worse when I was around.  I like to say that I bring out the "whine" in her.  So my Mom was gracious enough to take on the task.  As assumed, Kendall was pretty bad the entire time and cried during most of the haircut.  So needless to say, my Mother was a little overwhelmed and no pictures were taken and no snippet of hair was kept.  I should mention that since Kendall had that first hair cut she is no longer scared of them and sits still like a champ.

Fast forward to yesterday. Jaxon has been needing a haircut for awhile now.  Jaxon is a little different, he isn't so scared of new situations as he is scared of people.  As I have said before, he takes awhile to warm up to pretty much anybody, and even then is pretty choosy about who he gives attention or affection to.  Something that can be annoying at times but hey, you can't change their personality and I know from Kendall that it does get better as they age.  Anyway, Rick was a trooper and took Jaxon to the Men's Hairhouse for his first cut.  Amazingly he did awesome!  He was scared at first but then when he sat on Rick's lap he was very content and sat very still.  Whew!  Needless to say, Rick didn't think to have someone else take a picture with his phone, nor did he save some hair.  I can't really complain since I didn't take him myself!  Here is a picture after, both Rick and Jaxon, with freshly cut hair.