So Grown Up

Today Makayla decided she was ready to take a big step. She was ready to be like Mommy. She was ready to get her ears pierced. It is something she's asked about for at least a year, but she was never comfortable with the idea. We simply told her when she was ready we would take her. Look at Kayla. She's a mixture of extreme excitement and fear of the unknown. We let Kayla pick out the earrings-with a little encouragement from Mom.
Got to make sure the ears are sanitized before poking them.

We requested to have them pierce both ears at once. I didn't want her to have to anticipate the second ear. I've known too many people that almost couldn't go through with the second ear once they knew the pain from the first. Kayla was being so brave, but you can tell she's really worried.
I don't think she enjoyed the actual process. Only a few small tears escaped Kayla's eyes, but she was shocked over how long the pain lasted and how sharp it was. A hour or two later she told us, "It hurt clear to my noggin." Up until the actual piercing Allie was wanting to have hers pierced too. We were a little hesitant, but figured if she really wanted to why not. After Kayla's ears were pierced, she's the one who broke down. Needless to say, I think we'll wait until she really wants to have hers done.
Makayla says this is her look at my new pierced ears face. These are the cute little earrings Kayla picked out-actually she picked the same thing in multi-color. They were great, but seeing as she has to wear them for six weeks, I thought neutral would be better.

We had a ton of errands to do today including trying to deal with our dining room set which is a whole story for another time. Kayla was so proud of her new jewels, she told all the cashiers and sales people we saw today that she'd just had them done.