Lucas' First Haircut

The day finally arrived for my Lucas to get his first haircut. From his newborn days Lucas already had interesting hair - he seemed to have a little Mohawk which then morphed into a fanned out tuft in the back. His hair soon became indicative of his personality: crazy, unique and unpredictable!

We waited this long to cut his hair, not because of any cultural superstitions, but more because we couldn't figure out how to approach it! Randy and I joked that he seemed to have 3 hairdos on his little head: receding in the front, spiky on the sides, long in the back.

His hair had gotten so long that it grew over his ears and was past his shoulders in the back! We finally took him to my hairdresser Le in Benicia last Friday afternoon. Lucas reacted exactly as we expected - he screamed and cried the entire time, even though we gave him a lollipop as a distraction.
Good thing we left it to a professional, Le had him trimmed in no time despite the ongoing meltdown.

First snip

Unhappy camper

Trying to hold him still

Are we done yet?

The change was amazing! His little face appeared chubbier, he looked older and lo and behold, we could see his ears! I am so happy that we can see and appreciate more of his smiling face.

Profile shot 

A lollipop for his troubles

Cutie patootie