Jayna's Haircut

It's taken me a few days to be emotionally stable enough to write this post, but I think I'm ready to do it without crying now. ;)

A few months ago I cut my hair short. I asked Jayna if she wanted to cut her hair too, not really thinking anything of it because I knew she would say no. At the time she still loved her long hair and never wanted to cut it.

Then a few weeks ago I got my hair trimmed again, and all of a sudden Jayna wanted to cut her hair too. I had been asking Jayna on and off for a while if she wanted to get her hair cut, thinking that life would be so much easier. But as soon as she said she wanted to do it, I was devastated, and realized I was just as attached to her long hair as she was.

So of course I tried to sneakily talk her out of it and convince her that she wanted to keep her hair long. But in true Jayna style she would not be persuaded once she made up her mind. I tried to just put off making an appointment hoping she would forget, but she kept bringing it up and really wanted to get it cut.

One of my friends asked Jayna why she wanted to get her hair cut, and if she had seen someone with cute short hair that she liked. Her answer: my mom! Which of course made me melt...but I still wanted her to keep her long hair. I even tried to put it off until the next time we go to Edmonton in June, but she wanted to get it done right away. So I finally gave in and made an appointment and immediately felt sick and wanted to call back and cancel.

I was still trying to convince her not to cut it too short on the way to the salon. But Jayna's getting too smart for me and had some pretty good arguments. She said "It's my hair and so it's my responsibility. I want to look like you mom, I want to be just like you! Hair grows, it will grow back long again." How could I argue with that?

BEFORE:

I still get a little sad looking at how long and pretty it was

DURING:

This part was not pretty. Pretty much as soon as she sat in the chair I started crying. We went to a friend of ours to get it cut and so it was a little embarrassing. Jayna was loving it and he kept asking me why I was crying, didn't she want to get her hair cut? I tried to just blame it on crazy hormones, but I was pretty sad. I must have been a mess, since that night he emailed me asking if everything was okay with Jayna's haircut and saying that he felt so bad that I was crying. Maybe I am a little too sentimental.

AFTER:

She got 13 inches cut off! We're going to donate it to Locks of Love.

I do think she looks really cute with her short hair, and about 5 years older too.

I've been trying to be happy about it so that she doesn't regret doing it or think I don't like it. That afternoon I was brushing her hair and she asked me "Are you trying to brush it so it will grow back again really fast? Don't worry Mommy, my hair will grow back."
And combing out her hair in about 1 minute with no tears after the bath has definitely helped to bring me around too.

In case this post is getting too depressing I will end by saying how much Jayna LOVES her short hair. She can't stop shaking her head to feel it on her shoulders. She also loves that we're twins now and keeps asking if we can take a picture of our short hair together. We were at the park the day she got it cut and she told my friends that she saw her shadow and it looked so cute! :)