John's First Hair Trim

John's hair has been getting pretty scraggly over his ears and the nape of his neck, so we took the plunge and trimmed his hair for the first time. I did not do a full hair cut because he still has fine baby hair that we'd like to fill in. Because we were working with blunt tip scissors instead of a noisy clippers, John was none the wiser and didn't cry.

Before the haircut, a mullet developing:

Two videos of the hair trimming procedure:





The results: a fine young boy!




Afterward Chris said we did such a good job that we should trim John's eyelashes next. Hardee har har! (Chris is just envious because now there is somebody in the family--John--who also has long, beautiful eyelashes to give Chris some competition!)