Beauty Day

My mom has been bugging me for a few months to get Abby's hair cut....so I finally gave in & agreed that it was time to get rid of the "mullet." However, since I haven't found a hairdresser in AL that I'm crazy about yet, I decided to wait until we came back to NC for Xmas, since one of our family friends here is a super-talented hairdresser. She has been one of Becky's friends since high school, and cuts & colors my mom's hair now. And fittingly, her name is Abbey as well! :)

Becky happily agreed to come along & be my paparazzi, because I had a feeling Abby would need to be sitting in my lap in order to stay still. She did a great job, but I was right. And I was happy to hold my sweet baby girl.

Here we are, examining the mullet before getting started...

Abbey is the cutest thing, and (my) Abby loved her silly personality and oversized comb & scissors!

1st dum dum in hand; we're ready to begin...

The first snip! I was so nervous!!! (And yes, I am one of those moms that brought along a ziplock baggie to keep that lock of hair :) It was close to 2 inches!)

Abby's new "cheese" face....can you tell she's liking all the attention!?

Nate was happy to be there for his sister's big day, but he was even happier that he got to have his first blow-pop with GUM inside while we were waiting!

We moved onto dum dum #2 just to be safe. And boy, did Abby Reece enjoyed being "styled" with the brush & hairdryer. Have I created a monster!?

The finished product! My beautiful baby girl and her new little "bob!!"

I think she likes it! :)

After Abby's haircut, we decided to make it a full-on "beauty day" by giving her her first pedicure at home! Santa had strategically placed some Hello Kitty nail polish in her stocking, and of course Abby picked out the pink one.

It was so cute after I finished painting her toes...even though they were dry, she insisted on walking around the house on her heels so that her nails wouldn't get smudged. She is a nut!

**In the two days since we've painted her toes, Abby refuses to wear socks. And when we have taken her footie pjs off in the morning, she points to her toes and says "they hiding!!"