Finally - A Bow!

Okay, I know its been a long time since my last post and I owe several updates on Brianna, our vacation in Charleston and life in general. For now though, you'll have to be content with this slightly dark and grainy picture I shot over my shoulder this morning with my iPhone.

You see, there is a reason that you never see Brianna in pictures with bows or hats or headbands or any other form of girly paraphernalia in her hair.  She simply won't tolerate it.  She hasn't since the day she was born and fussed at me for trying to put a hat on her head to take her outside in the cold February wind.  Needless to say, I won that battle but it was just the start of me trying to put things in her hair only to have them yanked out, sometimes with tears.  But, lately, all the other little girls at school have had bows in their hair and while she's told me all about them, she's yet to want one of her own.

This morning, as I was brushing her hair for school, I asked her for the first time in weeks if she wanted to put a bow in her hair.  She looked at me, touched her head and said "bow? hair?".  So I asked again if she wanted the pink bow.  "No!" she said, followed quickly by the statement "blue bow!" with much head patting and grinning.  So, I put it in her hair and she very gently patted it and said "blue bow.  hair."  She walked out of her room so gently is was like she was afraid that it was going to fall out!  Then that walk developed a bit of prissiness and she looked at me like "I've got a bow in my hair and I know I'm cute!".  At school, the teachers commented on her bow and she patted it every so gently saying "blue bow.  hair" and grinning.  I checked the webcam at daycare two hours later and it was still in her hair!  Amazing that for almost 21 months, I've tried and tried to get her to wear a bow and one morning, she just seemed to decide it was okay.  Oh how I love my stubborn little daughter!