Ellie's new hairstyle!

After a few weeks of prepping Ellie to get her hair done we finally went to see my friend Peyton's hairdresser in Hartford. She was amazingly patient with our girl and Ellie was actually really well behaved until the last 20 minutes or so. It took about two hours which is not a whole lot of time at all and Ellie ate M&M's, read books and watched Dora until she reached her limit. Last night she complained that her head hurt a bit but when she woke up this morning she was just excited to show off her hair! I can't stop staring at her - her little face is so beautiful and the hair just makes it brighter!

We did black and white beads because, to be honest, I was completely unprepared and didn't bring beads. Next time Yadi said we can get as creative as we want with colors and it will only take about an hour. The benefits of doing her hair like this is that next time it will be softer, longer, straighter and we will have more options for styles. So - I guess we have gone down this path of weekly hairstyles for a while - certainly better than Mommy just cutting her hair everyday to control it! It was also a nice time for Ellie and I to spend some time alone together - as the 5th child she doesn't get that often!

GNM - ILY!