Braids. Yay or Nay

So we're in September (month 4). I'll be honest, I've waited for this month impatiently so that I could finally put braids in my hair..as a protective style. But by the look of its length, I feel it has a wee bit more growing to do. I've been od'ing on the headband look, which I love
btw. I was able to put the headband up a little higher on my head, and realized, "Hey, this twa is a growing."