November 25, 2009, the day before Thanksgiving, we decided to give Baby Champuru her first at-home haircut. As Baby Champuru’s hair was growing longer it began to irritate her ears and eyes.  Hubby had been saying how he wanted to cut her hair for a couple of months now.  At first it began because her hair seemed to be at that awkward length that tickled her ears, so Hubby wanted to trim the hair over her ears. Then, it was her bangs.  I staged a protest mostly because I was afraid of him giving her a mullet.  Heaven forbid.  However, he assured me that he would only trim her bangs to keep the hair out of her eyes, so I relented.

So, we put her in the booster seat, tuned the TV to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Hubby set to work with the safety scissors.  Even with the distraction of the TV, she still kept trying to grab at the scissors, so it was my job to keep her hands occupied.

As promised, Hubby only trimmed a little bit off the ends.  I collected a few locks of her hair and put it in an envelope, wrote the date of the haircut and her name on the front and sealed it with a Hello Kitty sticker.  I’m not quite sure what to do with her baby hair or how to memorialize the event properly, but I just knew that I had to save it.  It’s all about celebrating those milestones and preserving memories.

If you have any suggestions on how to put those precious little locks of hair in a scrapbook, I’d love to hear from you!