vi: Haircut

So first off, let me say that Lily has Justin's wiring. Other than having his large forehead and incredible height, she's usually a degree or two warmer than most people and has thick hair that grows super fast.

I have to fight with her every day over her hair, especially on warm days. She overheats and feels ill, but when I put her hair up in clips or bands, she always yanks them out (along with a handful of hair.) Doesn't matter what style she had, she always yanked it out.

I was losing patience with her hair and Justin figured that it'd be best to cut her hair off. She has an ungodly amount, and it grows several inches within a month or two, so it's not like it won't grow back. So, taking his advice on what kind of haircut to give her that would last her through most of the warm weather, she had a good foot of hair cut off yesterday at the salon.

Here is her before:

Her hair is wavy, so when wet and straight it reached her bottom.

After a good foot cut off she was feeling better. I have a pony tail that's about a good 8 inches of hair wrapped in a rubber band. Justin thinks it's creepy that I kept her hair.

Either way, she likes it. I think it looks cute. It's very similar to my own hairstyle, so I know how to rock it with cute accessories. She feels comfortable with it, and I'm relieved that I don't have to deal with a crap ton of hair and waste half a bottle of detangler just to have her destroy my hard work.

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So about 2 weeks ago, on a Sunday, I'm getting Lily ready for bed when I notice she has a small rash on her butt. Thinking it was jut that she needed a bath, I didn't think much of it. The next day, however, the rash was all over her legs. It was a warm day and she had been wearing velvet leggings, so I thought it may have been a heat rash. On Tuesday, not only was the rash all over her bottom half, but it had migrated to her arms and face. By Wednesday it just seemed to be getting worse. So on Thursday afternoon, while my husband was off of work, I took Lily to the doctor to find that she had an ear infection in her left ear and the source of her rash was the viral infection. I felt terrible. Lily had never had an ear infection, and the on time we were incredibly close, we nipped it in the bud. This time she had no symptoms. All we had was one fever and this ridiculous rash. She didn't hurt, she felt just fine, and was horribly confused that she was sick.

The rash was so bad I felt horrible every time I saw her. She resembled a burn victim. It was EVERYWHERE; the soles of her feet and even the palms of her hands were covered in bumps. It looked like a mix between heat rash and chicken pox.

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Thankfully, we were given antibiotics and she's no longer sick. She is back to her normal, goofy self already.

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During this time, Iris and I contracted a cold, so we were all sick for a while. We are all better now and are all just suffering from allergies. Thanks to this being allergy season, ALL of us have been with runny noses and sneezing. Can't avoid it really. Both Justin and I suffer from seasonal allergies so our children were not spared. But Iris is well and also back to her goofy self.

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