Mama Byrd

Lannie’s dad won a photo contest in the Memphis Commercial Appeal in 1976 for a photo he took of Lannie’s first haircut. We’d really like to get that photo to compare to these pictures of Phillip’s first hair cut.

Phillip was long over-due for a haircut (his long blonde curls often had others confusing him for a girl, as evidenced by the Easter picture below), but from our experiences with Caleb we really wanted to wait until we thought he would sit still for a whole haircut.

We found Stan the Barber (at OK Barber Shop in Downtown Arkadelphia) when Caleb was a toddler. Until we found Stan, every stylist we took Caleb to would clip three hairs off his head, charge us $10 and tell us he was squirming too much to do anything else.

Stan has one rule: Mom and Dad sit in the waiting chairs and don’t move because he can handle kids better by himself. It’s a good rule.

Phillip screamed the whole time he was getting his hair cut, but he didn’t move. I stayed at work so he wouldn’t try to come running to me during his haircut, and Lannie took pictures from his seat in the waiting area. At one point, Phillip looked right at Mr. Stan and said, “I tell Mama!” Mr. Stan told him to go ahead, Mama wants him to get a haircut.