Friday, July 4, 2008

Ears Pierced!

Manhandling the gun before it shoots a small, sharp piece of metal through her earlobe.


Inspecting the aseptic technique to enure that infection will not occur.


The infamous purple dot to make sure that the earrings won't be lopsided


A few tears shed over the loss of her childhood.


What a woman!!


Leah has been tossing the idea of getting her ears pierced around for some time. Everytime we would pass an establishment that did piercing, I would ask if she wanted to take the plunge, but she always said no. I think part of the problem was that I told her a gun is used to get the earrings in. Granted it's not a 22 rifle, but I'm pretty sure that is the technical name of the tool used. Now I must metniton that I have a certain belief system regarding ear piercing. I feel that the person being pierced should be able to verbally indicate that they want a hole in their ear, and Leah was finally able to express this desire. Annie was able to do some form of sign language to let us know that she also wanted her ears done, but do to the aforementioned rule, she will have to wait a bit longer. Leah was very brave and she only cried for a few seconds. She loves her new earrings. In fact she asked Brian if he thought they made her look like a five year old.

2 comments:

Carrie and Bri said...

Ha ha they are very cute on her. Those pictures of Annie are terrible. They look like she just got out of a boxing match.

Mical said...

This will make her seem much more grown up. Maddi can't seem to get passed the fact that there is a gun involved. Maybe if she sees leah with it done, she might consider.