She did it!

E has decided she was ready to get her ears pierced. So Saturday afternoon, we went to the mall and had it done. E was nervous, but determined to do it. And she did!

I was so proud of my brave girl, she rocked it! I think she was pretty proud of herself, too:) She held my hand during, and didn't cry at all. I tried to get her to pick her birthstone for her earrings, but she wanted purple, so she actually picked mine, Amethyst. Of course I forgot my phone in the car, so no pics of the actual event, but here she is above as soon as we got to the car (after celebrating with some Fried Rice for lunch). xoxoxox

 

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Ear piercing

This morning, I read this post on My Brown Baby (I love that blog!) about little girls of color getting their ears pierced at very young ages.

 

When Elizabeth came to me at 4 months old, she already had pierced ears (I assume her foster mom had had it done). So cute! They lasted until she was 2 years old and one of her earrings came out in her crib and got lost. At that point I took the other one out and let the holes close up. I decided she could get them repierced when she was older, when/if she wanted to. I wasn't going to make her wait until a certain age, but I also wasn't going to traumatize my toddler by having it done then. Well, now at age 5, she has been starting to ask to get her ears pierced, so I guess the time is coming soon...I'm actually feeling kind of excited that she wants it done!