A Little Girl Becomes a Lady

So we have a rule in our home that you have to be 8 yrs old to get your ears pierced.  I continually remind my children how well they have it because I had to wait till I was 12 but they just roll their cute little eyes at me and ask if they can get them pierced anyways.  Well, my sweet little Morgan is turning 8 on March 28 and the next couple weeks are going to be kind of busy so we gave in and got her ears pierced 2 weeks early.  Of course she was very excited.  

The dots were carefully placed on her ears to mark exactly where we wanted the beautiful new pieces of jewelry to be placed.

We made sure they were even.

And BAM, the first one!  I was trying to prepare her and let it know that it would hurt a little but I don't think she was really listening.  She was probably just repeating in her head "I am really getting my ears pierced, I am really getting it done!"

Now comes the sad, pouty face because "that really hurt!". 

We gave her a second to get her courage up and then, BAM, the second one!  I think she was prepared for the second but also a little more scared because she knew how it would feel.

YAY!!  They were all done!  " Let me see how cute they are!" I said.  And this is the sad pathetic look I got.  I think if she could have turned me in for child abuse right then, she would have.

After a couple more tries and not getting a good smile I finally got one.  I told her we could take them out if she didn't like them but she just shook her head at me.

For the rest of the day we caught Morgan catching glances at herself in any and every reflective surface.  I don't know why it is but something as simple as little earrings had made me think how grown up my little girl is.

I love you Morgan!