Sunday, July 18, 2010

The Evolution Continues…

The evolution of Ryder’s hair that is!  I can’t believe that the last time we left off, this is what his hair looked like:

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Oh how far we have come!  Let’s continue this journey…

Hair continued to grow in every direction:

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But was still manageable when we went out in public:

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And started to actually look like we had cut it into the perfect little boy cut:

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But then…it grew over his ears!

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Which is when most parents would insist on getting their child’s hair cut!  But not us…we just let it grow wild:

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And continued our “swoop” trick when we needed it to look presentable:

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Some people pay to get hairstyles like this:

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Not Ryder, his is au naturale baby!

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Okay, so things started to get a little crazy, time to try a new part:

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Much better!  A little less preppy, a lot more skater dude!  He’s so versatile.

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But the bed head was absolutely out of control!

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Desperate times call for desperate measures.  We had to pull out some new tricks, like the “hair pusher backer” during play time:

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Adding a new product to our line – Hair Gel after bath time:

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Sunglasses when out doors:

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And (don’t kill us when you get older Ryder) we even have to resort to the Bam-Bam look:

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And a hair curler!!

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Anything to keep it out of his eyes, because it just kept getting longer:

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And curlier (the one curl he used to have turned into about 5)

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And Longer:

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And curlier (which turned into about 10):

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Until it finally reached the point where it could be pushed behind the ears:

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And manipulated to stay out of the eyes:

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Who knows what will come of this beautiful:

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Blonde:

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Long, flowing, full head of hair:

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But we certainly aren’t ready to cut it!  I apologize if anyone thought that’s where this post was headed.  Boys with long hair are cool!

Just ask two of Ryder’s Grandfathers:

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Ryder’s Daddy:

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The only other little boy we know of named Ryder (Kate Hudson’s son):

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And Bret Michaels!  Because A) He’s a rockstar!  B) He survived a brain hemorrhage just like Ryder! and C) he recovered from it, just like Ryder’s going to!

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So, it just makes sense for Ryder to have long hair! 

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Our new motto: Long Hair, Don’t Care!

5 comments:

Nicki said...

haha, I love this post...especially the Bret Michels part! ;) (mmm!)

The Steinhauser Family said...

Haha, Long hair dont care! Sounds like a great motto to me :) Lets braid it lol!

Caleb's mom said...

i love his hair!

The Vathes Family said...

Haha I thought for sure when I started reading this that it was going to end up being a RYDERS FIRST HAIR CUT post lol he does have some rather beautiful hair ;-)

Emily W said...

He wouldnt be Ryder without that hair! Its his signature and I love it! I hope our next one has beautiful blonde hair like his!