A new 'do

I really need a haircut. I have lived in Virginia almost five years now, and I still get my hair cut when I'm home in Utah. I guess I really should find someone out here. I think I was a lot more picky about my hair before my mission. And then this hairstyle happened:

I looked like a mushroom for a year straight. When something like that happens, you have to disconnect your happiness from the state of your hair. And ever since then, if I have a bad hair day, I can just say to myself, "Well, at least I'm not a mushroom head," and somehow that makes it okay to let my highlights grow out and to let eight months pass before getting my hair cut. But anyway, my hair traumas are really not the point of this post. The point of this post is is Colton's hair trauma--the trauma caused by us giving him his first haircut. His hair was starting to get very long in front. Case in point:

And after seeing how cute his second cousin Drew's hair looked after it was cut, we decided it was time for his first shearing. Looking back, we probably didn't choose the best day because he had been grumpy all morning. But we are fearless, and decided to go ahead with it anyway. Justin's role was to do the cutting. My role was to try to distract him while it was happening. It all started out great:

And then he got angry. I thought food would probably be the best distraction, so I was feeding him yogurt. Note to self: yogurt = sticky. The poor kid was screaming, and trying to eat yogurt, and getting all sorts of little hairs stuck to his face.

But he survived, and as his reward he got to chew on a hammer...which he appeared to accept as due recompense for the previous hair torture.

iPod Shuffle

Margaret tagged me to do the iPod shuffle (and I am in turn tagging Em, Kristi, Asian Keng, Becca, and ML) so here are the first five songs that came up on my iPod:

1. You Got Growin Up to Do by Joshua Radin (Justin's Music, never heard it)
2. Broken Heart by Motion City Soundtrack (Justin's Music also)
3. Like We Never Loved at All by Faith Hill
4. Fight the Good Fight With All Thy Might by BYU Men's Chorus (Another one of Justin's on the more spiritual side)
5. Short Skirt/Long Jacket by Cake (Justin again, although I really like this one)

I'm sad we didn't get any scripture mastery songs in the mix. That would have made me look very spiritual. Also, in doing this activity it has become abundantly clear that my iPod has been hijacked. I should have known this already since A) I had to ask Justin to please bring my iPod in from his car, and B) When I asked that, he gave me a look that said, what do you need the iPod for? Seriously, that iPod did once belong to me.

In other news, I am feeling MUCH better. I'd say I'm back to 98%. I still feel a little tired, but let's be honest, I've felt a little tired as long as I can remember. Now I just have a really good excuse to do a little extra "resting" during the day.

If you have your iPod handy, leave your iPod shuffle top 5 in the comment section.