Good bye curl

There was a time when we thought Alyssa's hair was never going to grow, and then it did. First we were able to put a little BamBam ponytail on top of her head and then the back really took off. For a while she had a kind of mullet going on, but lately it's all been growing. As it's grown, we've noticed a little bit of a curl in her hair and the back has this one perfectly shaped curl.



We've been doing ponytails over the summer, and we've gone through all sorts of variations on the standard ponytail. There was a phase where we had to have 5 or 6 ponytails at a time.



Her hair has continued to grow over the summer. All of our family would comment on how long it was getting. The back was still a good bit longer than the sides and front, so it was time to get it trimmed up and evened out. We talked with Alyssa and she said she was ready. When asked how long she wanted it to be, she'd say she wanted it cut as short as Lauren's. She was super excited to go get her haircut.

So Aaron brought her to the salon yesterday while I was getting my cut and we had my stylist cut hers too. They had these great little wagon chairs for her to sit in, and they even turned on My Little Ponies. She wore a Toy Story apron and sat like a big girl. Here she is before...



She held my hand as the stylist began to comb her hair and cut, but she sat still and didn't fuss at all. We didn't do much style with it, but it is all much more even. Here's the final look...