Monday, May 11, 2009

they grow so fast

Hair for Senegalese women is a BIG deal.  I have learned in my time here that if you see a Senegalese woman with really nice hair, it's probably a wig.

Case in point: Alison found this wig just laying on the shelf in the bathroom of our friends house.  Their housekeeper gets all dressed up for the walk to work, then once at work, gets into her work clothes, and apparently work hair too.

Just for fun, I thought I would put together a little photo timeline of the life of my dreads to date.  Just to warn you, some of this is scarey, we are talking BAD hair...enjoy.

Pre-dreads November 2006
Newborns:  December 2006
Newborns:  December 2006
Fluffy Wedding Dreads (Thanks Jenna)
Two weeks old: December 2006
Stringy Pigtail Dreads
2 months old: Feburary 2007

Stringy Ponytail Dreads
5 months old: May 2007
Gross Dreads
6 months old: June 2007
Bun Dreads
7 months old: July 2007
Casual Dreads
9 months old: September 2007
Half-back Hippy Dreads
10 months old: October 2007

Backpacking Pony in a Beanie Dreads
11 months old: November 2007
Half-back "Surprize" Dreads
1 year old: December 2007
Pony Dreads with Visor
Year and a half old: June 2008
Flying Through the Air Dreads
Year and a half old: June 2008
Low Pony Dreads
1 year 7 months old: July 2008

Wedding Anniversary Dreads
1 year and 8 months old:  August 2008 
French Braided Dreads
1 year 10 months old: October 2008

Princes Leah Dreads
2 years old: December 2008

Casual Dreads
2 years 5 months old:May 2009 


8 comments:

The Guy and The Girl said...

i couldnt stop laughing when i saw the picture of us on the taco! man i need to print that out!!!!! your dreads got long, how fun. i like the princes laya dread

Dawn said...

Okay so the like picture of your dreads is like Jennifer Aniston dreads...lol

The Hurts said...

they look so good crys!!

Fiona said...

They just keep getting betterr and better.

peteandjenn said...

I agree! The dreads keep getting better! You're so cute Crystal. I want to swim in that pool again too.

Cindy Lou said...

I laughed so hard! Oh sister you are so funny! They really do better with age don't they? I don't know ONE other white girl that can pull of dreads the way you can girl! Kisses! Sister Lou

thecorneliusclan said...

I love it! They look rockin on you!

Unknown said...

Wow....they did get really long. They are looking awesome.