On Cloud 9



I never got Rylan's ears pierced when she was a baby.  Something I have always regretted.  I just knew that she was going to be a big ole chicken (like myself) and talk herself out of getting it done just thinking about the pain it would cause. 

Yes I know it's not painful but my mind tells me it is..... so therefore it is!!!

She started questioning me about getting her ears pierced after thoroughly inspecting Nana's ear rings.  On the way home from soccer practice Tuesday (15 min drive) she started asking a lot of questions.  "How do they make the hole in your ear?"  "Is it soft?"  "Is it a needle?"  "Does it hurt?"  After some thinking she tells me that she thinks she will wait until she is 6 and get them done.  Then after some more questioning she tells me that she will get them done when she turns 5. (and yes this is all still within the 15 min drive home).  Right before we turn in the drive way she decides she wants to do it Saturday after her soccer game.

OK this now only gives me 4 days to freak out and even pray a little that she might change her mind.

Thursday morning on the way to school she decided she wanted to do it that day. 

Wait?!?!?! What?!?!?! I have not had time to finish my freaking out yet and she drops this bomb on me.... what is she thinking. 

So Thursday after work Nana, Lori (aka Baboo), Colton, Rylan and myself set out to New Braunfels to get Rylan's ears pierced.  OK it was really because Lori wanted to go shopping and Rylan getting her ears pierced was an added bonus.

Pulling in to the parking lot at Walmart I start to have an anxiety attack (crazy yes I know).  Rylan is ready and excited I on the other hand am about to throw up.  She didn't want to sit in my lap (cause I think she knew that I couldn't do it) so she chose Nana.  And she did GREAT!!!!  She never cried.  She did have a look of horror on her face when they did the first one BUT she never cried.  After it was over she kept chanting "I got my ears pierced. I got my ears pierced."  She was sooo excited.  She even woke up this morning on cloud 9.

Marking the spot

The first ear

The second ear

One Happy Little Girl