everton's new hurrdo

well it's happened.

we cut everton's beautiful long hair.

i REALLY wanted to wait till he was a year old but his hair was seriously getting out of hand.

it was crawling into and over his ears and over his big brown eyes.

it was also getting really hard to brush, when we would give him baths he'd have a ton of tangles!

but one thing i got so annoyed at was how many people think he's a freaking girl.

i would tell people who think he's a girl, "if i had a girl with this much hair, pretty sure there'd be like, 3 bows/flowers in her hair."

and the fabulous JILL cut his hair.

brett and i need to learn how to cut little boys hair...

tracing back to his West Virginia roots.

and after a few tears from everton (and from me of course) he was a changed baby.

it's so cute how we can see his ears now and they seem to stick out a little bit.  he looks a little chubbier to me and definitely looks a lot older.  he's pretty much a man now.

we couldn't believe how much lighter his hair was underneath the dark layers that jill cut.  he officially has brett's hair.

i am glad we cut it this short so that when it grows again it'll all grow in evenly.

rippin the air guitar

but i REALLY miss his long hair though, i miss how shaggy and soft it was.  i feel like it was the last thing that really made him a baby.  

after the momentous haircut we gave him a bath, fed him, and put him down for a nap.  i think he was traumatized as i was by the whole thing and went to sleep right away.  and when i went to get him after his nap i thought, "holy crap whose kid is this?  he's almost bald!"  i felt like i was babysitting for a few moments.

so what am i thankful for on this day?

my babe of course.  he's such a trooper.  we cut off a thumb and some hair and he still loves us.  he's actually now cutting his top two teeth!
did you know that the name everton means brave?

yup.