Such a BIG girl!

For a little while now Rylee kept telling us she wanted earrings. "I want eayings." She always watches me put my earrings in and plays with my earrings and pretends she is putting earrings in her ears. She holds my dangle earrings and says, "That's so pretty Mommy." Then ON HER OWN she kept saying she wanted earrings. When she would wake up in the morning and randomly during the day she would say, "I want eayings!" Kelly and I kept talking to her about it and asking her if she really wanted earrings and she just kept saying she did. He even kept telling her it would hurt and she would get an owie but it would hurt for just a second and she said ok. I didn't get my ears pierced until I was 17 and who knows why I waited so long -- ok let's be honest, I used to HATE needles and I was scared it would hurt. I don't hate them anymore. Being poked so much while pregnant helped me get over that fear completely. Kelly wanted to get her ears pierced when she was a baby and I said NO WAY. I was scared and nervous and didn't want to do it but she is older now and she wanted to get them done. We just decided to take her over and see what she did. If she cried and said no we would NOT force her to do it, we would just walk out.

 

When we got there she jumped right into the stool (before we even talked to them about doing it) and immediately got freaked out -- cause the stool was wobbly hahaha. So that kinda set her off and she didn't want to be there anymore. We talked to her for a few minutes and she quickly calmed down and let them draw the dots on her ears. I think I made her redo the dots like 5 times hahaha. I wanted them to be perfect! At this point I was still thinking there is no way she will stay calm and hold still and let them do it - but I was way wrong. She sat on Kelly's lap and they did it. 1 girl on each side to get it done at once. Oh my gosh I seriously wanted to cry after they did it. Watching her little face as they did it was so sad! She screamed so loud for a few minutes and then quickly calmed down and wanted to go show Grandma right away.

 

We took her to the Disney store and let her pick out whatever she wanted - of course she picked out a Mickey Mouse doll. That girl and Mickey...she wanted small Mickey Mouse doll over a big Minnie one. She is hilarious. I am glad we got her ears pierced! She loves them and the rest of the night she kept saying, "Look at my eayings!" I am glad we all went together and got them done. I am also glad we waited til she was a little older to do them. It was fun and she looks so dang cute!

 

Grandma and Papa (both of them) love them too and she was so excited to show them!

 

Before they did it

All done! This was right after she stopped crying. Right before this face she made a huge cheesy smile but of course my sucky camera missed it!

So cute! My big girl!

Holding her bag with Mickey Mouse in it! She loves her earrings!

For being so brave we told her she could fall asleep in Mommy and Daddy's bed (she LOVES to do this - we only let her every so often so it's a big deal when we let her). I went in to check on her and this is how she was sleeping. So comfy! She is out cold. Too much excitement I suppose?