before and...well...after

my daughter is adorable, as everyone so obviously knows, but something was happening, that, if left unchecked would have led to nowhere good...that something was a mullet.  since she is a girl, however, and since pigtails really are the next best thing to fabulous, i let it go much longer than my normally good reason allowed. 

finally, i held my breath, took the m&m's out of the cupboard (to keep her busy during the hair removal and to act as chocolate therapy for my nerves), and watched as sofi's flowing locks turned into nothing short of a bob (pun intended). 

without further ado...

do you see why i had to do what i had to do?  yes, that is an official rat's nest.  poor baby.

lets all say it together...aaahhh

man, do i love this girl and her sweet little haley mills haircut.