Bailey's Hair

I was going to write about this yesterday, but it didn't really work out that way. A year ago on the 15th of February my darling daughter had 11 inches of her haircut off for Locks of Love. I am posting pictures of the before, after and a year after. After my Father in Law's funeral last year we stuck around for another 10 days to help my Mother in Law with everything, then we ended up flying her back to Orlando with us. Well, during the time after the funeral, my sister in law, Anne was going to get her cut and donate to Locks of Love in honor of her Dad. She told Bailey about Locks of Love and Bailey was interested in donating her hair too. So together they had a hair appointment and got their long hair cut. I was so proud of my little 8 year old who had had loved her hair so much.

Bailey has always had the most beautiful hair. When she was born, I was shocked to see her come out with a head of dark hair. Then when she was an older baby and a toddler she had these bouncy, beautiful curls all over her head. When she hit around 3 1/2 years old her hair went completely straight, no more bouncy curls but her hair was just as pretty. Bailey has "dirty" blonde hair which turns a beautiful golden during the summer months. Her hair has always been long.

So as I sat there watching her get her haircut, I start feeling very sick to my stomach. This happened before a few months earlier when she got her ears pierced for her birthday and I thought I was going to pass out in the store. She ended up with this cute little chin length haircut that was actually very adorable on her! I stared at her the next few weeks because she looked so different to me!

Well after returning home she got a lot of compliments from friends. She read a story to her second grade class that she had written about her Grandfather's passing and her donation to Locks of Love. In the following months, six of her friends now had the same cute little chin length hair cuts and had donated their hair as well.

Although we had fun with her cute little haircut, I think she is glad her hair is longer again. If she ever wants to donate her hair again - I will support her!