Changes.

First things first, I added my 31 week pictures to this week's post.

I need some advice. Specifically hair advice. My whole life I've spent growing my hair out and getting it cut. I didn't shy away from anything really, although I've never professionally dyed my hair - there was that one time in college, and don't want to start now, I'm getting to the point now where I need to do something about it. It's long, and finally, for the first time in my life, it's long enough to donate it to locks of love. That was my goal when I set out in September of 2010 - to grow it long enough to donate. Now that that time is here, I'm getting ready to cut it, but there are some questions rolling around in my mind. 

First, let's go through my most dramatic hair cut. From this:

July 2008

To this:

August 2008

I actually loved this hair cut, it was super duper easy to take care of, and I don't think it looked bad. Unfortunately, I was about the only one who liked it. Mr. Skinny hated it, although most of the time I didn't care, it's my hair. But what girl wants her (at the time) fiancé to not like her hair? So I let it grow back, which wasn't a problem, mostly because I only cut my hair once or maybe twice a year. It was nice to see my hair grow back in all the different stages though, I saw what it looked like and could see which length was my favorite.

December 2008

January 2009

February 2009

April 2009

At the point, we decided to change our wedding date from May 2010 to December 2009, and what girl doesn't want long hair for her wedding? So I decided to grow it out again. 

July 2009

 But that "growing it out" was pretty short lived. My cousin convinced me to cut it again, and I willingly agreed. I never was that girl in HS who just had to grow her hair out for prom or anything. Actually, I remember one of my "friends" telling me that I was stupid because I went for a hair cut a few weeks before prom and was planning on cutting my hair short. Short hair is easier to take care of, and I like my hair like that. So anyways, in August 2009, I cut my hair.

August 2009

September 2009

Once I got that hair cut though, I knew I wouldn't cut it before our wedding, and I didn't.

November 2009

December 2009

But on our honeymoon I paid mega bucks to get my hair cut in Disney World at the Grand Floridian. I didn't hate it, but I wouldn't pay that kind of money again for a hair cut.

January 2010

After that we didn't have money to get hair cuts, so it wasn't a problem to just let it go and let it grow.

June 2010

July 2010

And surprise, surprise, I got it cut in September again.

September 2010

After that hair cut, I knew I was going to let it grow to donate it, and I've stuck to that. I got it trimmed once in the past 18 months, and that was a special deva curl cut which was mucho bucks again, and didn't look that much different than going to a regular salon. Unless I go to NYC or a big city where I know they'll do a good job, I'll be sticking to regular salons from here on out. So here we are now, big belly and long, curly hair.

February 2012

Would it be smarter for me to wait until after the baby is born to cut my hair, or should I chop it off now and get used to it before baby? I'm sure I won't have much time to get it cut after she's here and taking all my time, but will I regret it? How short should I get it cut? I'm wavering between the September 2009, or the January 2009. The shorter one would be harder to "hide" if I'm having a bad hair day, and with a baby, I'm sure that can happen rather frequently. That's the other thing I'm worried about cutting my hair at all. I don't want to regret it and know I can't just throw it up in a messy bun for the day if I haven't showered in a few days and have spit up all over me.

I also have maternity pictures scheduled in late April, early May, and don't know if I want to cut it before that or not. I think my face looks more round when my hair is short, and if it swells before pictures, I'm just in trouble all around.

What are your thoughts? I'll take all the advice that I can get. This is the first time in my life I'm actually nervous about getting my hair cut. I've never been nervous about it before. It was always hair will grow back, so do whatever. That was my motto.

Thanks in advance for the suggestions and advice!