Kanyon's First Haircut

You know things can't just be as simple as "Kanyon's First Haircut"!! That would mean I would have to post less than 50 pictures and that just isn't my style. AND you also know I can't resist taking a stroll down memory lane...So here we are...The story of Kanyon's hair.....


I COULD NOT believe I had a bald baby. I expected dark hair, like Jayde had. Not bald! What little fuzz he did have was blond. I was blown away.
There's wasn't much to report on the hair front during his 100 days in the hospital. The real story started about 2-3 weeks after we came home. We headed to Dallas to get his permanent shunt put in. Here he is right after surgery......the birth of the spike!

Here are the scars from that surgery. I remember thinking, "I guess he'll have a bald spot here." hmmmm....little did I know, it would be more like fertilizer

Skip to November of '07...his head was almost totally bald but we started to notice dark hair sprouting from his scar.

We took this picture on the plane to MT because we just thought his hair was SOOO funny sticking up like that....

Peach fuzz started to sprout on his head, but the spike stayed out ahead of the pack and began to lay down

Or NOT lay down...it did some crazy stuff!!

These are real too, we did not fix his hair to do this...it has a mind of its own

ahhhh this is a sweet picture...I love memory lane

We did curl it once..with our fingers...not a curling iron.

His hair standing strong as he prepped for his eye surgery March '08

Lovin' life with awesome hair May '08

A particularly good or is it bad hair day in Montana

Remember when I showed our style options...the curl

The innocent comb over

We enjoyed the days of laughing at his hair and people mistaking it for a mohawk...then the rest of his hair started growing, the alfalfa entered the picture (probably for years to come) and the spike became less of a spike and more of a rat tail that got in his eyes and flew all over his face. klp was lookin' like a ragamuffin and FINALLY I agreed with KLP that we "need to do something about that hair".

So, what started as a tiny bald tennis ball of a head became this:

I mean really....nappy.

It was finally time to let go of the emotional bond and get my kid looking more presentable.....even if we are still on house arrest.

While I was in Paris, we went to the same barber shop my brothers went to for their first haircut and STILL go to to this day. I don't think ANYONE has ever cut their hair other than this guy...even when they were away for school, he would meet them before church on Sunday's to cut their hair when they were home for the weekend. Nolan needs a haircut in a major way, but he's a little young for the whole experience. Rach may have to trim him up until he's ready for the clippers!

Meet Butch the Barber. Kanyon must have thought he was a Dr. because he pretty much lost it from the get go.

He actually got kinda still when he started with the clippers. The vibration made him freeze...for a second or two.

"Save me SOMEBODY!!!!!!"

Butch even brushed him off with the powdered brush just like the grown ups.

Butch still has a gum jar by the cash register, so Kanyon was rewarded.

Here are the "after shots" They aren't that good. This one looks like he has a chili bowl. He doesn't, its just that his hair is darker where it is longer. In real life, it looks like a nice fade.

The spike still tries to control his hair and part it, but I still think its a better look.

No fuzz behind his ears from his smaller scar. Alfalfa? Still there.

There you have it. And all I really had to do was show you a couple of pictures. This was more fun though....for me at least!