New Do

Since I started this blog, I've made several references to the state of poor little Coop's hair. Well, we couldn't hold out any longer. Coop's mop needed SERIOUS attention. The do-it-yourself-snippity-snip-when-you-could-sneak-a-snip haircuts just weren't cuttin' it (ha, ha) any longer. I even debated purchasing a FlowBee after talking to my sister in law. She uses it on Cooper's cousin Pete and his hair is darling. I just couldn't get myself to pull the trigger on the actual investment and finding a second hand deal on an As Seen on TV gadget is nearly impossible. I finally gave up on the Flowbee search but managed to keep on stalling on the task at hand; Cooper's poor hair. Here are some images I found that will help describe just how bad it was getting.......

Exhibit 1-The Billy Ray

We skirted around this by occasionally trimming the back when Coop would allow it. We couldn't keep the business on the side though. It was just too dangerous to try and trim the sides. So it was turning into a reverse mullet: business in the back and party on the sides.

Exhibit #2-The Donald

This one has been a tough one to avoid. Coop still has baby fine hair and it appears to be straight like his Mom's. As his hair grows on top, the temple region still hasn't quit filled in. Therefore, the girth on the top and center started to infiltrate the rest of his head giving him a serious comb over look. On a windy day, whoooooo watch out. It was bad news.

Exhibit #3-The Dumb and Dumber

This was another one that was getting almost impossible to avoid. Most of the attempts to fix Coop's hair were to avoid Exhibit #1 (#2 was pretty much getting unavoidable) but we were also getting into safety issues. Coop's poor bangs were becoming a hazard and unless we wanted to start investing in cute little hair clips, we had to start trimming the bangs. That left everything else pretty much all one length. The good old bowl cut was starting to form.

Exhibit #4-Really?

It was brought to my attention by my brother that my Dad actually compared sweet little Coop's hairdo to this guy's!!! If you haven't seen the movie No Country for Old Men, then I'll just tell you that this guy is a very, VERY mean man.

Apparently the conversation broke down a little something like this:

Dad - Have you seen Cooper's hair these days?

Ryan - Kind of I guess...just pictures though. Why, what's up?

Dad - They need to give that poor kid a haircut. He's kind of starting to look like a serial killer.

Of course, once Ryan spilled the beans, I immediately called my Dad and asked him if it was true. I love giving my Dad a hard time. I consider it pay back for all the years of putting up with his corniness. When asked, my dad said he didn't exactly say 'serial killer'....'I just said he kind of looks like that guy from NCFOM'. 'He did win the academy award didn't he?' 'That was a really good movie'....'Wasn't it a Coen brothers flick?' Nice try Dad. Way to back peddle.

That' s when I figured it was definitely time. So we took him to a "professional". He did great. We were anticipating tears, screaming and possibly having to quit mid cut. But none of that happened. He strutted right in with us, had a seat on my lap and let the nice lady make him look spiffy. She wasn't exactly Mrs. Personality but she seemed to know what she was doing and she got the job done. Yippee for a successful 1st REAL haircut.

Before Shot. Most resembling Exhibit #2-The Donald

After Shot. Looking spiffy.

This one's for you Grandpa Pat.
After Shot #2. Cat Walk
Work it. Work it.

Coop, you are just so darn cute and perfect no matter how your hair looks! Jeez, what's with all the drama about my hair? Can we just move on already?

Point taken. Moving on................