Saturday, October 3, 2009

Serif's First Haircut

We took Serif to Lila's Chop Shop Friday night to get his his first haircut. Jeff went to Lila for years while we lived in Murfreesboro, but the drive from Nashville made it difficult to continue going out there. We miss her terribly and couldn't see anyone else doing Serif's first haircut but her. So here are our photos to document the night.

First time in the 'barber' chair.

Mom giving Serif a pep talk as Lila gets everything ready.

Dad taking care of Evan (Lila's boy, and Serif's friend) while Mom and Serif are in the chair.

The first snip of hair. Lila put it in a homemade envelope for us to put in his book, so sweet.
Serif kept trying to get to the little monster toy, but couldn't quite grab it because of the cape.
All of the sudden he burst in to tears. We think it was the sound of the scissors.
Mom consoling and encouraging Serif as he questions the girl behind the chair.

Dad thought he'd take a shot at consoling as Lila cut the other side.

He was doing great again . . .

but just couldn't get it together.

Meanwhile, Evan is being Mr. Cool as he hangs out in his seat and observes the crazy kid in the chair.

Despite this fact that Serif was done with this process, Lila was able to complete the cut.

She even styled it for him.

Serif and Dad at the end of his first haircut.

Serif and Evan playing after the haircut was all finished.

They were loving this little table. Neither of them can quite walk on their own yet, so this was great fun to stand and bounce as they hung on to the table. They were loving it! Do you see those smiles?

The real reason we went to see Lila was because we are unable to come to Evan's first birthday party next week. We haven't seen them in forever (since Dave Macon Days) so we thought we'd go see them . . . and add the haircut to the visit. Serif recently got his first sock monkey and loves it so much, he wanted to get a special one for Evan. It's 'Mr. Mischief' from etsy.com. He had so much personality that we just couldn't pass him up. We hope Evan enjoys him.


3 comments:

Lila said...

this is so great! ;) i love it and need ALL of these pictures. serif was great, it didn't bother me at all that he got upset. poor babies just don't like the wierd sound of hair cutting right by their ear. he was really so good and although the picture with jeff at the end of the styling is sadish, i was totally grinning at the cuteness of it! ;) we love our monkey, we are working on a pet name for him possibly. ;) you should check out my new post.... hmmmm....

e, m and e j said...

i love his new haircut, i can't believe he's getting so big! miss you all!
loveu!
mare

e, m and e j said...

i forgot to mention that i like your hair, too michelle! and jeff's as well! i can't believe how long/wavy its gotten!