Baby got BANGS!

Ok, so mommy finally got tired of battling Kelly every morning to not only brush her hair, but also do something to get hair out of her face - barettes usually fell out half-way thru the day and were lost. I could usually only manage to get one small band in to hold back just the top/front hair. Getting one big ponytail or two side ones required way too much brushing. Braids have for the most part been completely out. This was long overdue as I had never really cut her hair ever since she was born (other than clipping that last piece off when all her hair fell out at 6 months and some slight straightening of her natural bangs when she was 1-1/2.).

So although I had been thinking about doing this for a long time (and threatening her endlessly as she would run from me screaming when I took out the brush in the morning), the fact that her hair was so long and so pretty and had never been cut - ever - had been making this decision VERY hard for me!

I finally convinced myself (with lots of encouragement from Nana) that not only would bangs be practical, i.e. that it would make for less brushing & fussing, but that they would also look REALLY cute on her...

Well,...I think I was RIGHT! MUCH better!

But, wow, look at how long that piece was!

Scary! And yep, that's going in the "baby" book!