Irey got some BLING

Brandon has wanted to pierce Irey's ears since she was born. I told him NO, I don't want to make my baby look older, I wanted to do it when she is actually at an age to remember it and make it special. Well, I couldn't wait any longer and at the first sign of interest from Irey, I decided for her 4th birthday we would do it!

   A few days before her big day we went to the mall to get her some bling.  Irey wasn't the least bit skeptical about pain or anything like that. All she could think about was how pretty her ears were going to look! We sat her up on the chair and all the sudden it hit her, "Wait, is this going to hurt?" Dad and I reassured her that it will be a very quick pinch, almost like a tickle, no big deal at all. Ok, so we lied but I didn't want her to have and anxiety attack!

 

 She stared to get a little nervous and kept saying, "Guys, I am kinda worried about this!" (I love Irey's little phrases) We kept reassuring her/lying that it was totally ok! To be honest, Brandon and I were more scared then she was!

 It was also such an exciting moment, the first time I thought, CRAP she isn't so little now. She is not a toddler, like at all! She is this full blown little girl, who has some attitude and a lot of personality and makes me laugh daily to the point I can't help but squeeze her. She is this little girl who talks like she is 16 and thinks these amazing little thoughts and asks billions of questions, some of the time I don't even know how to answer because she is only 4 and I am pretty sure 4 year olds don't think to ask questions like Irey does. Anyways, back to the story....

 So the girls that worked there made little marks on her ears and we showed her the marks and where the earrings will go. We debated for what seemed like forever on which earrings she would wear. Naturally she wanted the CZ square earrings that would probably make her ear lobe fall off and I wanted her to pick something small. We met in the middle and settled on the pink flower ones. They set up the "gun", I got on my knees on the floor in front of Irey and held her hands and kept telling her how brave she is, and the two girls did it at the same time... ONE... TWO... THREE... Click, click. Irey's face went white and then red with shock. She kinda got mad and told me it hurt a lot. I held her and told her I was sorry and that she was so amazing and so brave!

 The tears only lasted a minute, she wanted to see the bling and was over the shock. She was so excited and so thrilled that she had earrings just like mom that she quickly forgot all about the little pinch it took to get them. She was making funny faces seconds later.

 

For good measure, we got some ice cream. You can't celebrate with out some ice cream;-)

She has had them for two months now and is doing great! She of course can't wait for when she can get those big CZ squares... heaven help me!