First Haircut!

This past Tuesday Addie had her first haircut. It turned out to be quite an ordeal...for those of you who don't know Addison has always been a little bit possessive about her hair. :) I think that in a lot of ways her hair is like her security blanket. She likes to twirl her fingers around it and hold onto it a lot when she starts to get sleepy or is feeling shy. I had been trying to let it grow out and look past the shaggy bangs, but when I had two more people comment that her hair was starting to look like a mullet I knew that it was time for a trim.

So to make a long story short the entire experience was horrible. Addison screamed and squirmed in my lap from the time the stylist put the smock on her until she fell asleep in the car on the way home. The stylist was really nice and was offering her all sorts of treats, but not even a sucker or her juice would calm her down.

In the end she did end up with a hair cut, it didn't come out looking perfectly even, but for how much Addison was moving I was impressed. With her hair shorter and more shaped to her head Addison really looks like a little girl.

Aunt Joy's Visit

Last week we had the chance to spend some extra time with John's sister Joy who was in town visiting from Virginia for a week. It was so nice to getting to see her. Addison just adores her. They had a lot of fun playing "dress up" and trying on jewelry. Joy also helped us paint our living room...having her paint all of the edges made the rest of the room so much easier. It was a really good visit.