I would have done this earlier, but it was a long day, plus I am still recovering. So this post will be more pictures than reading, the pictures tell a better story than I can.
My hair was an easy 13-14 inches long, I know it doesn’t look like it, but it is super curly. And I know I do not look happy, but this picture was taken early this morning as I rushed to shower, get all the kids ready and help Sarah out the door to pick up another kids for pre-school.
This is Andre, he is our barber, the best one in the Big “O”. He owns Red Hot Barber Shop; and had a balloon with “Get well soon Xander” ready for him, along with a card, when we came in. He later told us he was in shock when he heard what was going on, and told us he would be praying for him. He spoiled X the entire time, offering him Ho-Ho’s, cupcakes, and candy.
Andre uses an acual “Old School” straight razor to line us up, X was cool with it, but did tell me he was a little nervous. I took a picture of his coolness, then asked him to show me his nervous look.
Andre finished him up, and X, like always just stared at himself with a grin on his face; he loves getting haircuts. We then took a quick “tough guy” photo. By the way Thanks J for hanging with us, and taking photos.
It was now my turn, and I was NERVOUS! I know it’s dumb, but over 2 1/2 years went into making this hair. There was a lot of talk at the shop about me actually doing this. I think they all would have talked me out of it, if I hadn’t told them why I was cutting it.
Andre made sure that X helped him cut my hair, X was ear to ear smiles as he helped. He giggled and said “I got my dads hair”, as he held up the first of 6 braids.
I could literally feel my head becoming lighter, the first picture shows me after all the braids had just been cut off. The second is just before my straight razor line-up.
The boys all cleaned up, looking fresh. Andre and X. Andre thanks a lot, you made it an even more special day.
Me and my baby boy are now ready for the Mayo Clinic. I am very proud of him because he always takes on challenges head on. I am donating my bag of hair to Wigs for Kids, I hope a kid out there will benefit from our adventure.
It is crunch time for us here, so keep up the praying. We have become very good at handling stress, that is the upside to all of this craziness in our lives. I hope you enjoyed our adventure, the next post will be about the party at pre-school.
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