A Piercing Sunday Afternoon

On Sunday, Auntie Janice and the girls picked up the Nguyen family and we headed to Claire's in Eagan. Big Surprise!!! We pierced the girls ears. Mommy and Daddy debated for two weeks and we finally came to a decision and we did it.

Here is Mommy filling out the paperwork for both girls. You can't tell by the photo but she is shaking!! Mommy didn't think she would be so nervous, after all it wasn't her ears they were going to hurt. Auntie Janice will even tell you Mommy had second thoughts several times on the way there. But in the end she did and she held them.

Here is Baylee smiling at the lady before she had her ears done. She didn't know what was going to happen. Mommy and Daddy both thought she was going to be the one who would have a hard time with it.

She still was smiling while the lady put the piercing gun up to her ear. She cried a little on the first ear, she cried more with the second but Mommy thinks she was more mad because Mommy was holding her head when she wanted to look around and smile at all the onlookers. All in all, Baylee didn't mind. She got rescued by Auntie Janice who walked her around the store while we got Amelia's done.

Here is Amelia, all smiles too before the piercing. She moved a lot while the lady tried to mark her ears with the purple marker. As you can see, the sun was beating in on us. Mommy's eyes were dry again, not for long. Cousin Brianna's eyes were not dry either. She supported the girls by crying for them too, but if you ask her she tells you the sun was in her eyes. Mommy thought it was really sweet of her.

Amelia wasn't smiling but not screaming, YET! Amelia is usually more laid back and easier to calm. After her shots, she is easily comforted, where Baylee gets away from the nurses and cries for at least 15 minutes. So, Mommy and Daddy assumed she wouldn't be very sad. We were wrong. Amelia was very angry at us. She cried for almost 5 minutes afterwards and needed Auntie Janice to cuddle with her. Mommy felt really bad, but she is fine now.

Here is Amelia's new earring!

Baylee's poses with her new earring and the bag she got. She played with the bag for a long time today. They both are really good as Mommy cleans their ears three times a day. Cross your fingers no reaction to the metal so far. Mommy can't have her ears pierced because she has bad reactions to earrings.

Mommy got out the little bouncy car for the girls today. Here is Baylee looking at her reflection in the mirror. She liked it when Mommy pushed the buttons and the car made noises, she laughed out loud.

Here is Amelia in the car. She liked it a lot too. She was actually pushing the red shifting thing to make the noise. They can't be in the car too long, because even though it is on the lowest setting they are too short. Their little legs dangle so we spend a few minutes in there for a distraction then move on to something else. The girls are really into playing with toys. Their absolute favorite toy is the crinkly paper, Auntie Julie gave them. Mommy thinks Baylee is teething. She is drooling a lot and her gums were actually bleeding today. What is strange is that it is the top gums?? We heard that the bottoms come in first. Also, the girls like to suck their thumbs, no matter how much Mommy replaces the thumb with the nuk. What can a Mommy do...this won't be the first time they will do something their mom doesn't want them to.