Cereal:

Heather, you will kick ass at whatever you do next!

I'm going to go up to Seattle and let Plei decide what to do with my hair, obviously. It's the simplest choice.

I really liked the second hairstyle Plei linked to - the slightly off center part often adds some life to hair.

Beth, I like that one, too. I think it's also the one that would work best with Susan's hair. Though I think I'd cut shorter layers (about bottom-of-cheekbone length) into the very front.

Interesting. That's the one I was having the toughest time picturing on me, because her face is so different than mine.

Welcome Ellie! And tons of congrats to Stephanie and Joe!

And job~ma to Fay, along with some not-doing-anything-that-will-get-you-arrested-in-Egypt-ma. The embassy folks do not want to have to find reading material they'll let you have in prison.

Heather, sounds like it's a change for the better.

If Raquel checks in later, I'm wondering if she's experienced her hair growing back in lighter now that Captain Babypants is here. Because after getting darker for the duration, my roots are back to normal.

They are growing in pink, apparently. My hair definitely got darker during pregnancy, and it looks to me like the roots are somewhere between pregnancy-brown and normal-(what? titian?)-red-gold-brown-thing. But the DH looked at me the other day and said "Your hair's pink."

The real problem is the new hair that grew during pregnancy. It's shorter than the rest of my hair - only about 2-3 inches long - so when I pull my hair back in a braid or something, I have this corona of slan tendrils that won't lie flat. It does remind me of why I can't have short hair. With the curl I look like Little Orphan Annie.

Wowza!:

Baby! (Welcome Ellie!) Europe! (What an opportunity! Go, Lilty, and no guilt.) Hair! (Gorgeous on model, must be more gorgeous on JZ.) and least, but still wonderful... Clotted cream! (Yummy!!!)

As you can see, after madly skimming, I have stolen all of the !! and )(. Ha!

Oh, Heather! That sucks so bad. Here's a bunch of planma.

Interesting. That's the one I was having the toughest time picturing on me, because her face is so different than mine.

The first and third have people who look more like you, but when I looked at them again, I realized they don't have the baby-fine hair that you do, which means the styles might look weird. What I'm picturing is sort of a hybrid of 1 & 2, with the layers towards the front to keep it from dragging your face down. If that makes sense.

The real problem is the new hair that grew during pregnancy. It's shorter than the rest of my hair - only about 2-3 inches long - so when I pull my hair back in a braid or something, I have this corona of slan tendrils that won't lie flat.

Oh, yeah. Tell me about it. I usually have a random scattering of jet black curly hairs throughout my light sandy/rusty brown hair. Just enough to annoy me. But during pregnancy, they attempted a coup, so almost all the new hairs are those dark, curly things. Without product, my head has a halo of dark frizz.

So you are the source of Lily's massive hair genes? She has so much lovely dark hair!

(edit: I'm signing off - it's time for Capt. Babypants to take a nap, and I think I'll take a bath)

So you are the source of Lily's massive hair genes? She has so much lovely dark hair!

Paul and I both have a lot of hair, and I think hers is going to be more like his than mine.

Enjoy your bath! I had two when I was sick, but I didn't enjoy them so much as feel less miserable while in them. Baths are a rare treat (which is why we take turns being the parent in the tub when it's Bath Time for Babygirls).

Our fire alarm just went off. No fire. It'd been chirping all last month looking for some battery attention and I think it just had a hissy fit. Needless to say we were jolted awake from a fine, just-asleep state to electric adrenal flooded alertness.

Wishing Fay all kinds of gigongulous -ma and good fortune and calm diplomacy.

Wishing Heather excellent good fortune in her new ventures.