I've learned my lesson...

So, Maya's got a pretty simple hairdo. It's basically a bob. That's it. It was getting pretty long, so I thought, "eh...I could just trim that up myself." You can see where this is going right!?!

I'm thinking, how hard can it be to just trim around her head in a straight line? Well, I sit her down and start cutting. I start on one side & cut around the back to the other side. I'm kinda proud of myself. Then, I step back and look at her straight on. Ummm... one side is like a full two inches longer than the other side. At least. How does this happen? I mean, seriously? And, well, the shorter of the two sides is INCREDIBLY short. But, it's the shorter of the sides. It's not like I can add more hair to the short side, so I was forced to cut the rest of it to match the short side. Ahhhhh! So, the kid has some SERIOUSLY short hair right now.

One of the first things Curt said when he saw it was, "well... it'll grow back." Gee, thanks. He says he only said it to make me feel better. I then informed him that I never felt bad. Until he said it. Whatever. She's actually getting multiple compliments on it a day, so I'm thinking it's okay. :-) Maya really does manage to pull of the short 'dos pretty well.

Of course I had to take her out to snap a few shots to share with everyone. These are from Monday (the day we cut it.) The first three are from BEFORE I straightened it up. This is still crooked. Haha!


Bwahahaha!!!! Look at this one. Sheesh. How could I cut it SOOO crooked!?! Poor pouty little thing. I'd be pouting, too, if my hair looked like that! She was probably just embarrassed because she KNEW these photos would end up on the blog!
And, these last three are from after I evened it up. :-)

Yes, I own a pair of heels. No, I don't wear them. At least someone does...
So, yeah...that's that.

Anyway, I had a fun day yesterday! Maya & I got together with a new photographer & her kiddos. :-) I've known Chelsea for several years now, but living in different towns, we've never really gotten to know each other. But, she's recently become interested in photography, so what better excuse to get together, right!?! I can see that she has a real passion for photography, and I love that! It reminds me of me. Frankly, I think there are a whole lotta people getting into photography but many of them don't have the passion.

I've totally seen awesome growth in Chelsea's work! That's so cool to me! That's one of the reasons I LOVE photography... it feeds my need for instant gratification. You take a picture, you can look at it right away. You see something you need to improve, you read up on it & try again. It's like, the rate of improvement (when you have the passion for it) is insanely encouraging.

So, yeah, we got together. I brought Maya, and she brought her three sweet little ones. I didn't get any good shot of Maya. It's not that she wasn't being cooperative... I just didn't get anything good. Also, I only got ONE single shot of Brianna (Chelsea's three year old) and it was out of focus! Haha! She was a quick one! :-) Next time, though. Next time I'll be ready for her!

I got a few really sweet ones of the baby, Alexis. She can't crawl, though, which is AWESOME for photography! Haha! I SOOO wish I'd been into photography when my girls were immobile. Here she is:


And, the four year old, Samuel, was a little ham! He was really, really cooperative, so I got lots of fun shots of him. :-)Check out the way cool snail he found:


I think this is my favorite of him:

Anyway, it was just a really fun morning. I'm glad we were able to get together, Chelsea! :-)

Well, that's it for now, I suppose.