Pierced ears!!

Emily's been asking since she was 2 or 3 years old to get her ears pierced. Well like the normal people that we are (not), we were at the mall this weekend and on a whim decided to ask Em if she wanted to get her ears pierced. She actually said she wanted to think about it. We told her that we were here and could do it now. So she thought for 2 seconds and said yes. And we let her do it! That was what it took - just being there, ready to do it on the spot, in the now. Not the planning and finding the right place and a pediatrician to do it. Just being at the mall and going to Claire's like most of the general public getting their ears pierced. Yes, she did cry because it hurt. It does hurt. It feels like your ears are on FIRE. But she did great. She got over it once she saw her earrings about 10 seconds later. And she chose great earrings - rubies for her birthstone. She sure is a girly girl. She loves her new earrings and looks so beautiful with them. She told me she was excited to share earrings with me, but she understood if I didn't want to share my sapphire earrings (my birthstone) since she doesn't want to share her ruby earrings.