Ears Pierced!

Before

A little nervous after

After!

Annabelle got her ears pierced today. She had been talking about it for weeks. Every day she asks "All the other girls in my preschool have pierced ears, why don't I?" We talked about how everyone can be different, not everyone needs earrings. She then points out that even Momma has earrings. I never thought ear piercing would be so important to a 4 year old! And Annabelle is right, every little Hispanic girl in the valley has pierced ears, from tiny one month olds to preschoolers on up. So, today Justin and I finally gave in and got her ears pierced. I was sure she would chicken out and change her mind at the last minute but she was very brave and excited about it, she marched right up to the chair, hopped in and let them do it. She didn't cry, shoot, I think she only flinched a little bit. Afterwards she immediately asked for a mirror and was so excited at how "beautiful" the earrings look. I think I was more nervous than her, I didn't even look while they were doing it! Now my tiny little girl has pink diamonds in her ears :)