The "firsts" never end

I have been talking about doing it for months and months...and yesterday, I got brave and dared to take Ryleigh to get her first hair cut.

Jesse did not want me to get it cut at all, but it was really stringy at the ends. I promised him I would only get them to trim it and make sure it was even. I left Wesley with him, and then Ryleigh and I ventured out to a local haircut shop.

I was nervous about whether or not she would sit still, but sure enough, she did great! She climbed up on the booster and was excited to wear her "super cape." We had to remind her to look straight in the mirror a couple of times, but all in all, she really did well sitting still and letting the hairdresser cut her hair.



Truthfully, you cannot even tell that her hair has been cut- that is how little she took off. I considered asking her to trim more, but then let it go. It was even. The dead ends were off. And Jesse would be happy.

After paying ($11 for 5 minutes of time and barely a trim? UGH) and getting Ryleigh a dum dum sucker, we loaded up and ran a few more errands together, including picking up dinner at Chilis for the boys back home. All in all, it was a fun night.

On a side note, do you remember when Wesley was born and I said how I felt like Ryleigh grew overnight? Well, on a day-to-day basis, I see her in our home, next to him, learning new things, and seeming to get bigger and older every day. However, outside of our home, when I see her relationally to the rest of the world, I am reminded that she IS still little. Seeing her sitting in that big chair with her "super cape" on, she looked so small to me! And though to me, two and half years seems like she has been with us forever and is so old, in reality, she is really still quite young. It made me realize that perhaps my expectations of her are often crazy unrealistic. I think I expect her to "get" things I say and respond in the way that a child should...a child who is probably closer to age five or six, not two and a half.

So, though Wesley is the baby of our family, Ryleigh is definitely still my baby. And I really enjoyed hanging out last night, just us girls, and loving on her for awhile all by herself.