I noticed that a lot of my friends did the "wife chop" after they got married. They grew their hair out for the wedding and then cut off a good amount after they became a wife. I thought about doing it, but I still loved my long hair and was too scared to do anything drastic.
During the next few years, I started to convince myself that I would do a "mom chop" when I got pregnant. I figured I'd be extra tired and wouldn't want to have to mess with drying such long hair. But when I got pregnant, I was still too scared to do it. I still had an attachment to my long hair. Every time I've cut a few inches off in the past, I didn't like it and wished it was long again. I kept telling my hair stylist I wanted to do it, but I had to be mentally ready. So I assumed I'd do the chop once I had the baby and had even less time to do my hair.
But now I do have a baby and I still haven't chopped! It's getting time for a hair cut and I don't think I can do it! I've been wearing my hair in a ponytail more, but it's just so easy to throw it up for breastfeeding. I love that I can just put it in a messy bun or ponytail to run out if I have to. The other thing is that I hate all the little pieces that fall out of a ponytail. And when I get back to working out hard core, that bugs me SO much!
So I think I'm still attached to my long hair! I'm still not ready to let it go!
Baby hats are so freaking cute. But now I get why you buy them and don't use them very often. They fall off, babies pull them off, or they fall over their eyes! I realized I still had this one that hadn't been used, so I figured it was time for a mini photo shoot to model it.
The week started out great! It was absolutely beautiful outside and felt like summer as the leaves started to fall. We took a trip to the Starbucks in Dominicks for my first pumpkin spice frappuccino of the year. Yum! The woman making the drink fell in love with you! 
On Wednesday, we had a lunch date at Olive Garden with Andrea & Mason. You both slept through the whole thing! When we got home from lunch, everything changed. You went crazy! All of a sudden, my precious little calm baby was more cranky than I've ever seen. You were screaming and crying for hours and I couldn't do anything to make it better. Thursday was exactly the same and I was starting to wonder what happened to your cute little personality! As Friday began, I started to do some research on growth spurts and realized you had all the symptoms. You were eating a little more than normal, extra fussy, and then Friday you had some really long naps including during our trip to Einstein's with Grandpa.
Luckily, by Saturday, you were back to normal and Mommy was happy again!
Saturday night was your first Yom Kippur and we went to Grandma & Grandpa's house to break the fast. As usual, everyone begged to hold you! Here's Aunt Julie & you...
Grandma playing with you
Great-Grandpa singing you a lullaby
As week 6 comes to a close, I'm proud to say that we survived your first growth spurt. We came out of it with a few big things:
