a new 'do for the new year

i've been saying for a while-- a long while-- that caroline needs a hair cut. a part of me has been putting off caroline's first hair cut because i love her long curls... and another part of me just hasn't taken the time to do it. but it's been getting increasingly more tangled and full of rat's nests... and it was just getting way too long. so on new year's eve day, i decided that it was time for a trim. here is one last picture of those long curls....


i just picked a length and began to cut off her hair. i didn't even google it.


i really didn't know the best way to keep it straight across the bottom with all the curls, but i figured her curls were pretty forgiving... so i didn't stress too much. at one point in the middle, i pulled down on a curl, cut it, and then it boinged up a lot higher than i thought it would... so there's a place in the center that isn't quiiiiiite even.... but she's not really ever standing still long enough to notice it!

"mom, did you really cut off all this hair!?"


never fear, caroline's hair is still really long and curly.


after i finished her trim, i thought that caroline's hair could use some layering and shaping.... but i was not brave enough to try that. so it looks kind of flat for now, but maybe aunt kristie can help me give it a little more bounce! here's the before and after from the day of her haircut: december 31, 2010


5 inches cut off! when i stretched it out, it was 9 inches long. quite a trim!


amelia's favorite thing to do these days is whatever caroline is doing.... so i took the opportunity to give my baby girl a little trim too. amelia's wispy blond hair was quickly approaching mullet status...


i knew amelia's hair would not hide mistakes as easily as caroline's.... but that didn't stop me from just snipping away.


amelia did great, thanks to a little movie to keep her attention. she was so proud of her new haircut!


here are amelia's before and after shots....



after i finished amelia's hair, brian suggested that i flip it out. i love that he thought of that. :)


"i wanna see!"


mommy's first attempt at cutting hair was a success!


we went out with brian's family for new year's eve later that night, and aunt kristie won the prize for noticing the girls' haircuts first! i never did get around to posting about new year's eve.... you can check out kristie's blog and my flickr page if you just can't get on with 2011 without knowing about our new year's eve. :)