Lindsay dropped Lucy off at school and was now strapping Joshua back into the car. "I think are next stop should be the hair salon" she smiled running her fingers though Joshua's long mop of blond hair. "We'll get that cut then we will stop at the lab and see Daddy, how does that sound?"
"Dada" Joshua replied clapping his hands.
"Yeah, we can show Daddy your new hair" Lindsay smiled getting into the front of the car.
"Air" Joshua laughed.
"Yep, we are going to get your hair cut" Lindsay said as she drove towards the salon, Kiddie Cutz. She had been using the same one for years with Lucy.
"Mama" Joshua called from the back seat.
"Yes baby?"
"Ove Mama" he grinned.
"Aww Mummy loves Joshua too" Lindsay replied. "Who else does Joshua love?"
"Ooo-ee" he hugged his bear tightly against his chest.
"Of course" she laughed "I'm sure Bluey loves Joshua too" she looked up into the review mirror and smiled when she saw Joshua kiss his blue bear. She found a car parking space close to the salon and pulled into it. "Right, are we ready to go?" She asked getting out the car and making her way round to Joshua's door.
"Go" Joshua replied as Lindsay undid his straps.
"Yep, let's go" she smiled lifting him from his seat and carrying him to the salon.
A couple of minutes later Joshua was settled into a red car at the salon, he had a black cloak placed around him and the hair dresser was about to start cutting his hair, he looked in the mirror and saw the silver shiny scissors approaching his head "Nooo" he cried.
"Josh" Lindsay said kneeling down in front of him "It's okay"
"No" Joshua said holding one arm out to Lindsay, the other clutching Bluey tightly to him.
"You have to stay there baby, so the nice lady can cut your hair" Lindsay replied holding of his little hand and rubbing her thumb over the back of it soothingly.
"No" he cried again shaking his head.
Lindsay looked up at the hair dresser who was called Emma "Can I take him over to the adult seats and sit him on my lap? It might be easier"
"Of course" Emma smiled. "Anything to make this easier for him"
"Come on baby" Lindsay smiled lifting Joshua out of the car. He gripped hold of her shirt as she carried him across to the big chairs where she placed him on her lap.
"Right, let's try this again" Emma smiled.
Lindsay wrapped her arms around Joshua and Bluey who he still held tightly to his chest. "Just sit here for a bit Josh, then we can go and see Daddy"
"Oooh that sounds fun Joshua" Emma smiled as she snipped the first bit off his hair.
"Dada" Joshua smiled "Ove Dada"
"That's sweet" Emma replied "are they close?" She asked Lindsay.
"Very close, Danny has a great relationship with both of them" she smiled.
"That's so lovely to hear, there are a lot of Dad's who just don't bother any more" Emma sighed.
Lindsay thought she could hear something in Emma's voice that meant she was referring to her own father. "I guess my two are lucky to have their Daddy but I know a lot of children who have had a brilliant childhood with just one parent"
"Yeah, you're right" Emma smiled "You're doing so well Joshua, I'm nearly done"
Joshua giggled and began to clap himself.
Emma cut the last little bits from Joshua's hair "Would you like to keep a lock?" she asked Lindsay.
"Oh yes please" Lindsay smiled "I can put it in his memory box"
"Okay, Well once I'm done I'll sort that out for you, then we can take his photo and get his certificate"
"Would I be able to borrow a bit of hair wax?" Lindsay asked "I just want to spike his hair up like his Dad's for when we see him"
"Yeah, that's fine. I can do it for you if you like?" Emma smiled placing her scissors back in her hairdressing belt
"I don't mind doing it" Lindsay replied, as she turned Joshua around in her lap to face her "Don't you look handsome"
Emma placed the hair wax on the counter "There you go" she smiled as she picked up a piece of Joshua's hair "I'll go and sort this out"
"Let's make your hair like Daddy's" Lindsay told the one-year-old, Picking him up she sat him on the counter. Scooping a bit of wax onto her fingers she spiked the front of Joshua's hair up just like his fathers "Ahh look you're a mini Daddy now"
"Dada" Joshua replied.
"Yeah you look just like your Daddy" Lindsay replied picking Joshua up and settling him on her hip.
Emma came back over carrying a camera, a certificate and a little plastic bag containing Joshua's hair. "Let's get a picture of Joshua with his certificate"
Lindsay sat back on the chair with Joshua on her lap and Emma got another colleague to take the photo while she knelt on the floor next to the chair holding the certificate up.
The picture was printed off from the Polaroid camera and Lindsay took all three items and slipped them in her bag. "Right, let's go and pay for your hair cut then we can visit Daddy" She smiled carrying Joshua on her hip over to the front desk.
Twenty minutes later Lindsay excited the elevator on to the lab floor with Joshua in her arms. "Let's go and find you're Daddy" she told him heading towards the office she shared with her husband and best friend.
"Dada" Joshua squealed when he caught sight of Danny sat at his desk.
Danny looked up when he heard the squeal and smiled when he saw his wife and son approaching. He stood up and opened the door for them "Dada air" Joshua smiled reaching up for his own hair.
Danny smiled when he noticed Joshua had, had a hair cut "Wow little man, it looks amazing, you've even had it styled like Daddy" he leant in giving Lindsay a small kiss and then took Joshua from her.
"I did the styling bit" Lindsay told him as she went over to sit in her chair.
"I love it, he is a proper mini Messer now" he laughed.
"They are both always going to be mini Messers" Lindsay replied.
"Oh I know, but now he even looks like me, just get him some blue contacts and boom, you'll have a little me toddling around"
"Oom" Joshua giggled
"You leave them brown eyes alone, I swear they are the only part of my features that either of our children got"
"That's not true, they both have your nose and Lucy's face shape is just like yours and I reckon over the next few years her hair will darken to be like yours"
"I hope so" Lindsay smiled.
Joshua decided he wanted some attention so reaching up, he grabbed Danny's nose and gave it a squeeze.
"Hey, you cheeky monkey" Danny told him tickling him under his arms.
"Dada" Joshua giggled as he squirmed around on Danny's lap.
Lindsay smiled proudly watching her two favourite boys playing around and laughing.
