Kathryn again

Well, now that we've seen all of our families, I can finally post these pictures of my baby with her new earrings. She got her ears pierced last weekend - and of course had to get pink flowers! What else?

I have actually wanted to get her ears done for a while, but I wanted it to be at her request. Last Friday, we saw a baby in a restaurant with her ears pierced, and we all started talking about ear piercing in general. I was honest with Kathryn and told her it would hurt, she would have to leave them in for a long time before she could take them out, she would have to clean them a lot, and it would be a while before she could switch to other earrings.

Well, Kathryn decided she wanted to get hers done - right then! So we tried to find a place here, but couldn't. It says a lot that there is not even a place to get ears pierced here (well, there are a couple of tattoo shops...) We ended up driving to the mall closest to us and had it done at Claire's. There was another little girl getting her ears done - she was 7, but small for her age. Kathryn got to watch her do it, and thankfully that girl didn't get upset about it - didn't cry or anything. And she actually came back a few minutes after hers were done to watch Kathryn. She talked to her and encouraged her. It was very sweet.

Kathryn was very brave and didn't cry at all. She was, um, we'll say reluctant to do the 2nd ear after the 1st was done, but when we let her know it would look kind of strange to go around with one earring, she let the Claire's lady do the 2nd one.

She has done really well with them since, and usually reminds me that it's time to clean them (3 times a day for 6-8 weeks). She has already picked out some earrings at Claire's that she wants to get - we'll hold off on that for a while...I now she would ask everyday "is it time to switch earrings yet??"