Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Ode to the rat tail...

When Jensen was five weeks old, he had to have surgery because he had a condition called pyloric stenosis. After the surgery he lost ALL of his hair. My dad lovingly named him the rubber baby because he had the sweetest little bald head.

This is a picture of him five days after being released from Primary Children's Hospital.

This is the PERFECT picture of the Rubber Baby!!

As his hair started to grow, he had this funny little wisp in the back that was longer then the rest. This piece came to be known as "The Rat Tail"!! Maya would always say "look at his little rat tail!"

The rat tail

Don't you worry, that IS a clip in my BOY's hair!!

Needless to say, we all got very attached to his little rat tail. When the time came to give him his first haircut, I was so sad!! A few weeks ago, I finally took him to get his hair cut.

Before

After

This is the best picture I could get of him. When we got home, he cried for about thirty minutes. He was sad his rat tail was gone too!!

3 comments:

Steph said...

So glad that Jensen is doing well. Since we lost touch I didn't realize that he had to have surgery. That's always stressful. Brandon has aortic stenosis. He was diagnosed at age 3. Luckily so far he is doing fine. We just have to keep a watch on it.

Erin said...

That rat tail was the cutest little thing! I always wanted to braid it. What a cute little man.

angela & family said...

What a cute baby.....my little Cami has a rat tail too, but we can't cut it off 'cause its about all she has!!!