Not a Baby

Sawyer's not a baby anymore. It's sad, but true.

He had his first haircut yesterday at the tiny one-chair barber shop in our little town. (Joe's grandmother forbids us to have a baby's hair cut before the first birthday. Not that our kids have much hair before they are one anyway.)

He didn't cry. He just kept trying to push the barber's hand away.

And then our camera battery died before he was finished.

Look at him! He looks so grown up. He's not a baby anymore.

(The friendly barber, whom we have never met before, didn't charge us for the haircut. He said he never does for a baby's first. He even gave us a certificate.)

Comments

Anonymous said…
awww, but he's still got those baby cheeks!
9:10 AM EST
Anonymous said…
that makes me want to cry!!! me
9:20 AM EST
nikko said…
Aw! So sweet! How nice of the barber to give a certificate.
9:41 AM EST
SilverLining Designs said…
OK, when did he grow all that hair ? :)
What a nice haircut and a cute keepsake for his first haircut.
9:47 AM EST
Anonymous said…
oh, you're MIL and i wouldn't get along. i'm a big 'cut it when they need it' kinda gal. i started cutting princess' bangs when she was about 3 months old, and by one she had a cute little bob (tons of hair). thomas got buzzed when he was 2 months old. for real.
9:56 AM EST
Karyn said…
Eeeek!!! He's so cute!!! And somehow, I think he will ALWAYS be your baby.
10:45 AM EST
Annie said…
Oh my goodness, how handsome and grown up!

big : ) for Sawyer
10:48 AM EST
Mary Sarah said…
He's a cutie! Isn't funny how a haircut can seem to change them so much?
11:07 AM EST
beki said…
WHat a cutie patootie!!
11:18 AM EST
Anonymous said…
Oh! He's still a baby!

Hali just turned four, and my husband always refers to her as "the baby" so when people meet her they always say "she's not a baby!" but Jeremy insists that she is "his baby".

Honestly, they're really still babies until they are preschoolers!
11:19 AM EST
laura capello said…
he looks like a little MAN!
11:29 AM EST
Anonymous said…
so cute. so brave, too. my daughter cried and cried about that age. the haircut really makes him look so grown up.
12:57 PM EST
Sarah and Jack said…
Oh why can't I see the last photo?
1:08 PM EST
Unknown said…
He is so handsome!!! My husband forbids me to cut our kids hair until they get their first period... so consider yourself lucky. ;-)
5:27 PM EST
Me and Him said…
He is adorable. I just want to scoop him up in a big hug.
12:26 AM EST
Lora said…
OH so handsome!! How cool that the barber doesn't charge for the first haircute!! I've never heard that before, but when my boys were babies, my mother cut their hair, I never took them to a barber when we lived in Kentucky.
9:01 PM EST
ikkinlala said…
He's so cute!
6:09 PM EST
Amanda Jean said…
awww...the barber sounds fabulous. and your little man couldn't be cuter!!!
10:36 PM EST
Anonymous said…
sounds like you made the barber's day too.

sweet.
11:02 PM EST
Chara Michele said…
oh he is getting so big! :)
8:01 PM EST
Berber said…
He seems very content with his new hair... sweet!
5:30 PM EST
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