New Do

Audrey has bangs and medium length hair. However, she cries when I brush, wash, do or talk about doing any of the afore mentioned things. So she ends up looking like a rag-a-muffin far too often.

The other day we were talking about hair, because her bangs were getting long and I asked her if she liked her hair long or short. She enthusiastically said, SHORT! However, I didn't think much of it, until a couple of nights ago, after washing her hair, I was brushing it out (mind you I use, my leave in conditioner *and* the no-tears tangle free spray before I even attempt to delicately brush her hair). She started crying and pleading, Mommy please cut my hair short, please mommy, cut my hair short.

So yesterday, I mentioned that we needed to cut her bangs, did she want to pick out a show to watch while I cut them. And she said, Sleeping Beauty is my favorite movie, can we watch Sleeping Beauty, while we cut my hair, can we cut my hair short, short hair is my favorite. So I did it, I cut off probably 6 inches of length. It is a cute little bob length that frames her sweet face. And her bangs, well, they turned out a little shorter than intended, but again, that sweet little face pulls them off beautifully.

After that we went outside to do sidewalk chalk and take a walk/run (I walk, Audrey runs). We put a barrette in her hair (thanks Emily for the adorable birdie barrette that you made), and seriously, this hair style fits Audrey's bubbly personality so perfectly. I only wish I had better hair cutting skills and Audrey had less wiggles, so it would look a little more polished.

Don't worry Mom, pictures will be posted shortly. ;)

Lady Bugs and Pig Tails

Audrey's hair is finally long enough for pig tails - so cute. She didn't like having them put in, but she sure liked having her hair out of her eyes all day long.

And today she rediscovered a musical ladybug that was hiding at the bottom of her toy chest. Normally she does laps around the kitchen island by herself - today she pulled that ladybug around and around and around until the music would stop and she would stop bend down, press the buttons again and as soon as the music started she would start doing laps again. In fact, when she first started the laps today, she was just happy to have something to pull along - about 15 minutes into it, she discovered the music - lucky me.

I have been working on getting Audrey to smile at the camera and this is the first pic that really paid off.

Bath Time

Audrey really likes to take a bath, but she isn't so fond of the bubbles.

Her favorite bath time toys are her bucket, rake, boat and watering can. She especially likes it when we pour the water from the watering can in front of her so she can play with the stream of water.

The only thing she really doesn't like is getting her head wet, so you can imagine the struggles to wash her hair. She usually tolerates it as long as her face stays dry. Once her face gets wet, she panics and stands up and reaches to come out and - worst of all - she sucks in - which makes her panic more when water goes into her nose and mouth.

Pig Tails

I have been trying to come up with hair styles other than the "top knot" look. Here I tried top pig tails. In real life they were really cute, but the pictures turned out terribly. I figured that bad pictures are better than no pictures.

The pictures look like Audrey was too busy reading to be bothered for pictures, but she actually did stop and smile.

For those of you who haven't been to our house in a while, you can see the new arrangement of our living room looking out from the play area.

New due

Hair can be tricky at any age, but at 13 months...

Audrey has long hair on top and short/no hair elsewhere. So in order to keep the long hair out of her eyes while it is growing, I have been using a hair clip to the side. This worked well, until Audrey figured out that they were always there. Now she pulls them out (even when it hurts and makes herself cry) and tries to put them back in (after a taste or two).

So I tried the "ouchless" pony-tail holders, pig-tail style on top of her head. Unfortunately, her hair is not thick enough to fill out two pig-tails. Finally the solution is, one Pebbles-style pony-tail right on top.

Hair Envy

We went up to Baltimore to visit Audrey's cousin Tori. And while we were there it was obvious that Audrey is more than a little jealous of Tori's full head of hair. She kept trying - with limited success - to get to Tori to share.