Avery's curly, twirly, locks have gotten a taste of some ultra-grow somehow because it seems like her hair, especially the sides are expanding with full force. When it got really wet she had long ringlets on the sides of her head. Not so cute if you ask momma. So for the first time ever (excluding a few baby locks for her baby book, and with help,) I cut her hair.

So after much apprehension about whether to trim or get her hair professionally cut one of my friends who has a daughter with ultra curly hair offered to help me trim it. I took her up on the offer and bought a pair of cutting sheers.

Now don't get me wrong, I still was nervous to the morning I went over to their house to make the first cut. But I figured worst case scenario it would grow back.

Once we got to the "Chop Factory" aka Natasha's house, we put Avery in the highchair figuring the combination of TV cartoons and the restraint of the highchair would hopefully keep her still. I'm thinking this combo could actually work in several different situations just to give you moms a few ideas.

Here's the before hair-shaping picture:

And here's the after, nicely rounded head picture. Now keep in mind we didn't chop all that much off, the extra water we used to spray it down also made her 'fro smaller. But all in all there was a good amount taken off to make it generally cleaner and a little easier to manage.