Hair raising!

I've always been rather cavalier about my hair.  I figure it grows back so who cares.  It's been black, brown, auburn, blonde and those are just the natural colors.  I've gone green, blue, teal, gold, fire engine red, pink and purple.  I've had my hair short and long and lengths in between.  Hell, in high school I even had it chemically straightened. 
So why is it that when Garrett got a haircut this weekend I nearly had a melt down?   He's had his hair cut several times before.  Since his first birthday he's had about 5 haircuts (not counting this one) and I've never had an issue. 
Maybe it's because he went from this:

To this:

He still looks adorable but it's so different.  He looks older and at least people won't mistake him for a girl.  I just really miss the long hair.