who knew hair could be such a big deal?

so if any of you know me, you'll know that i usually tend to have short hair. i have never had my hair longer than the upper-middle of my back, even as a little girl. i seemed to always have that shoulder length bob. when i was in my first semester of college, i had my upper-middle-of-my-back length hair chopped to an ultra short pixie cut. i LOVED it. it was so much fun to do that kind of a hair cut. my mom hated it, weston loved it, and other people would just ask me why i did it (or how i dared to do it.) anyway, for the past 10 years or so, i have gone back and forth between short-short and shoulder length. i guess i kind of stopped getting inspired by short cuts in the last couple of years, because i kept letting my hair get "long." people would comment on my "long" hair (i think because it was so out of the norm for me) and i would feel "the pressure" :) of having to keep growing it out to please these people (just kidding, of course). while i was pregnant i kept telling myself i had to wait until i had the baby to cut my hair - this decision came from advice of many pregnant women warning me against cutting it and ending up with a cut that accentuates the fat-pregnancy-face. i made it until 2 days after my due date. i decided i had waited long enough, that even if i got my hair cut BEFORE the baby came (going against all pregnancy rules), i had waited until after the due date and it would be okay :) here are a couple of pictures:

before (being very patient with my hair)during (this is still a before the baby picture and DURING my "i need to do something with my hair or i'm going to go nuts!" phase). i cut my bangs to satisfy my craving.during "continued" (hair cut at the 2 days past due date mark - even though this picture is obviously AFTER kate came) i cannot tell you how GOOD it felt to have a fresh haircut - and i'm not talking about a TRIM
after
i was at my mother-in-law's house and she was putting some color in my hair (a little red - very subtle) and as the color was processing, i started flipping through one of her books. i came across a picture that i fell in love with - hence this last haircut. it's funny how i feel "back to normal" - very comfortable in a conservative, grown-out pixie. i'm home - haha :) any comments? (kind of scared to ask . . . )