The Cut

Quinn has been growing her hair out for awhile.  She has seen Chrissy and Aunt Sarah chop their hair off and donate it, and she decided she wanted to do it as well.

So we did some research, and talked about where she wanted to have her hair go.  She ended up deciding on :  http://www.childrenwithhairloss.us/  Children with Hair Loss.  Both girls did some reading and we were reminded how lucky we are to have great hair.

So here is the before:

Here is the during:

We love our hairdresser Megan.  She is great!

Quinn usually sits on my lap when she gets haircuts.  Denali tends to sit on my lap when Quinn gets haircuts too.  I know this won't be the case forever, so I will take every minute of it now and be thankful!  So the first thing we did was put a number of pony tails into Quinn's hair to hold the hair we are going to cut.

Megan said that she has had siblings cut the donated hair, and Denali and Quinn were all for that, and loved it.

There we go, one piece ready to go.

Then here are a few pictures Denali took.  I love the one in the mirror, and Quinn was all smiles the whole time, she was so excited to get her hair cut off.

 You would never know that Quinn is also on my lap.  

Finally the after:

An adorable short bob cut.

 She was so happy with her new cut, and ready to send her hair away to someone who can use it.

And there it goes!

 Blessing and Prayers to who ever ends up getting a wig out of it!

Our friend Josh, graduated from Cub scouts to Boy Scouts, and we got to help him Celebrate!

 Quinn did not get into the water because there were like a million kids, and they were splashing way to much.  Josh did a great job of stopping by to check on her and entertain her.  She did have fun watching, and we did play around together as well.  

Lot's of changes going on.

A new dynavox mount.

It's great in some ways and not so great in other ways!

I'm so thankful to have therapists who are willing to try new things with Quinn.

 Denali got to babysit and clean while we were working on Quinn's chair.

So cute!

 Yesterday we played with play dough and friends!  Can't beat that!

 We are also trying a new way to drive.  Quinn is using her head, and it's working amazing!

Life is good!  Change is also good, even though it's hard sometimes!

Also say some prayers for our friend Chrissy!  She is setting out on an amazing adventure to South America to help kids with wheelchairs and braces and such!  What a great adventure!

Denali, Quinn, and Diane working on Rolling!

I love how they work together so well!

Blue needed to say hello and an early happy valentines day!

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust

 Last week was our last session with Suzanne!  As one other mother wrote, we  are so grateful to have  a therapist that makes us so sad to see her go.  I agree!

 Quinn has been with her for over half of her life, and the strides we have made are small and mighty!

In fact it's been so good to hear, some of the other dance moms have mentioned how many great change and improvements they have seen in Quinn over the years we have known them.

Thanks Suzanne, you are part of those changes!

The good thing is that Suzanne has a great job that took her away to Omaha, and she will still help us with dance class, so all is not said and done!  We are so grateful and although change is not easy,  God has a plan and we are trying our hardest to put our lives into his hands and so far he has been amazing giving us wonderful people who guide us, support us, share with us, and love us!

Blessings!

Susan

 Isaiah loves to dance too!  He was doing a great job!