First haircut

So Will had his first haircut yesterday. I had been thinking about it all week, making practice sweeps at his hair with my fingers as scissors, and reading about how to cut hair on the internet. Then yesterday, just as I am getting him out of the bathtub and ready to cut his hair, John says, "You hold him. I'll cut it." And I figured, since John has seen his own hair cut many times, he might be more qualified than I am to cut Will's hair. So I handed over the scissors, and I must say John did a great job. It was tough, especially the back, because Will kept turning his head to see what was going on with those scissors! But we managed to keep him distracted long enough to cut it. There was a big fistful of his hair on the table when we were all done.

On one hand, I think the haircut makes him look older, like a little boy. But from other angles I think it makes his head look rounder and more baby-like. It sort of broke my heart to cut his hair, but it was getting really shaggy, as you can see from the photo above, and people were starting to say, "What a cute little girl you have!" Can't have that. .

We are moving to Southern California one week from today, and I am very excited. It almost doesn't feel real to me.