Jimmy's First Haircut

That's right.  3 weeks before his THIRD birthday, we took Jimmy for his first haircut.  We had been talking about it for a while now, but the timing just didn't seem to work out.  I wanted to make sure that his first haircut was at a "real" barbershop (Steve does Jack's hair these days at home), and Steve wanted to be sure to take him to Greg, the barber that he went to for years when he lived in Lansing.

The stars finally aligned and we made the trip into Lansing on a day when Steve was off work and the other kids were at school.  Jimmy fell asleep on the way there, but woke up in decent spirits, excited for the day that we had been talking about for what seemed like forever.

And just like his older brother, he sat there, still as a stone.  He was the perfect little model.

It always amazes me how much hair gets cut off and falls on the floor.

Finishing up some light trimming before getting out the clippers.

Jimmy didn't flinch at all.  In fact, he is so used to seeing Steve use them at home on Jack that he was already anticipating it.

Almost done.

All finished.  And looking like he was six now.

It will be interesting to see now how soon Jimmy's hair will begin to darker (Steve, Sophia and Jack all had light hair as toddlers and then it got darker as they aged).  I'm sure that the texture will change too from baby fine to coarse, like Jack's.  It's those blue eyes that get me every time!