Yesterday while in line at Nordstrom paying for some tank tops, Natalie fell in love with a pair of red stud ball earrings. I told her that she couldn’t get them because her ears weren’t pierced, so she insisted right then that she wanted to get them pierced. So we wen’t to find a jewelry store that did ear piercing and found Claire’s. When we got there, 2 other girls (in their teens) were getting their ears pierced so I had Natalie watch them. And of course, neither showed signs of pain, so Natalie thought it would be easy. I tried to tell her that it would hurt but she wouldn’t change her mind. And of all days, I didn’t have my camera with me either! I tried to convince her to come back later with Daddy so he could hold her. Still, she wanted to them “right now.” So I called Uncle Chubber and asked him to bring his camera. Thank goodness for him and Willy coming to save the day! Willy helped us take these wonderful pictures and the video.
While we were waiting for Uncle Chubber and Willy to meet us, we decided to go to the food court for lunch. We shared Chicken Nuggets, a Fish Fillet sandwich, and fries. Tyler loves fries!
After filling out the forms, Natalie sat in the chair clueless to the pain that was coming to her! I think I was more nervous than she was. The ladies at Claire’s made her feel very comfortable though. They gave a lollipop and told her what they were going to do every step of the way.
Clipping her hair back
Drawing the holes
Checking the holes to make sure they are balanced.
That hurts!
They stuck both ears at the same time because of her age. That way we wouldn’t be going home with just one ear pierced. She did a really good job and cried for only a few minutes. They gave her a sticker at the end that said “I got my ears piereced”. You can watch the video of the experience here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i6Tslkntoo
She’ll always have this experience to show her daughter some day! I want to see her with the red earings one day. =)
Ha, we didn’t go back to Nordstrom. She forgot about those. I’m sure she’ll have a collection of earrings very soon!
Oh man, that is too cute. Knowing the painful process, I wonder if she’d do it again. I’ll let Kaiya see this video before she decides she wants earrings as well.
Weee! What an adventure :]
I was so happy Natalie let me hold her and comfort her
afterwards..hahah
For sure she wouldn’t have let me a couple years ago
Oh how precious! Your little girl is so cute in the video. Glad you caught it on tape.