Another first

No, I'm not writing about any of Lilly's firsts, but Sophia made me very proud this morning when she took her very first shower. I've offered countless times before for her to join me, but she's always seriously been too scared to take me up on it.

This morning she decided it was time for her to take a shower. She announced that she wanted to take a shower and then marched right upstairs into her bathroom, got in the shower and then asked me to leave the room so she could have some privacy! I didn't, of course. She even washed and rinsed her own hair.

My little baby is growing up. Yesterday she got her first hair cut that wasn't straight around in the back. Because her hair was getting so tangled and it really hurt her when I brushed it, I decided it was time for her to get her hair cut. I'm thrilled with the results. I took her to her "kid" salon and asked to keep the length in the front, but to have the back stacked with layers. It looks really cute. I do wish I would have asked the girl to cut it a little bit shorter. I'll probably take her back for a trim just before school starts in a month.