When Nicole was born I went through a phase where I really wanted to get her ears pieced. I think I just hated when people called her a boy! But I decided to wait until she was older and asked to have it done. They're her ears after all. I figured it would happen when she was around 8 years old. But Nicole is always ahead it would seem! :)
A couple of weeks ago she started asking about earrings and holes in ears. I explained how it worked and she said she wanted to go ahead and get earrings. I told her it might hurt, that she had to take good care of them, and that she would have to sleep with them in. None of this phased her.
So, on Saturday, I took her to the mall. She picked out a pair of white gold, diamond looking (I don't remember the stone's name) earrings and then sat up on the stool and waited for the girls to get everything ready. It took them quite a while to get everything sanitized, I thought for sure Nicole would change her mind then. But she just sat there, clutching the teddy bear they gave her to hold on to. They made little marks on her ears and then were ready to go. Luckily it wasn't too busy, so they could do both her ears. I had visions of Nicole walking around with one earring because she refused to to the second ear. So, after a count of 3, in went the earrings. Nicole didn't even flinch. I was so nervous for her, but she was wonderful! I was so proud of her.
She's been doing a great job taking care of them (well, letting us take care of them) and she has been good about not playing with them. I'm sure her friends are tired of hearing about them, she is very excited!
My baby is growing up!
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