Photos

I am not a photographer - I sometimes happen to fall onto some great pictures - but that is very rare and this is NOT one of those occasions. I have always rested on the talented Christina Kahler for photos of Heidi - well being away from Omaha - can't really do that as much as I would like.

I thought of a brilliant plan to take Heidi in the woods by our house and try to get some shots. Well...it didn't go so well. First mistake - the sun was blazing and causing all sorts of shadows and light issues. Hench why most of the picture below the face is shaded or sun is coming across half her face. Mistake number 2 - I actually thought I would be able to wing it - one of the best things about Christina taking pictures - it isn't me - so Heidi will listen...

I think through some photo editing from Rockbrook Camera - I managed to salvage a couple to give the grandparents for Christmas. I thought I would go ahead and share them (unedited)- it just shows - we did have a good time out there. Heidi loved running through the leaves and playing with sticks.

 PS - and yes she is totally sitting on a beer box...just keeping it classy. :)

Heidi's First Haircut!

Before we talk about the big milestone in Heidi's life - her first haircut - let's back track with some goofy photos from this weekend.

Heidi has this little headlamp that she LOVES - she puts it on and runs around.

Yes - she totally is throwing that car at me. Not cool.

The headband fell off - she wasn't too happy about it.

It's on again and she is off...

 Heidi was ready this morning for the Husker game - I asked her to stand in the corner so I could take a picture of her - she decided to pick her nose. My little princess...

 Having fun after playing in the leaves and on our way to get our haircut...

Okay - onto the hair... I didn't do a great job with before and after shots - but here are a couple from right before - notice how long her ponytail is. When her hair is down - its a couple inches past her top of her butt. I always said we would finally cut it once it reached her butt and it would tangled too much. Check and check. Also - I normally could braid it and keep it out of the way no problem - well - her braid started to tuck in her waistband ever so often... time for a cut!

Before...

During...she was a good in the chair - very cautious...

 You can see the haircut down here...

 Her new ponytail!

 We had a good laugh - they gave us a baby's first cut card and some of the hair - ha! I think most kids have a haircut prior to being well past the age of 3.

And its official - we cut off well over 7 inches!!! Crazy!

We did have a brief moment after it was done that Heidi was on the brink of crying because she didn't have long hair anymore. But we assured her it was still long - longer than mommy's and daddy's and she was just fine with that! :)