Earrings

So Dakota has been begging for earrings for months now. She always tries to put my earrings in her ears and admires them when I wear them. Doug tried talking her out of it by telling her it was going to hurt and that it would be "OUCH earrings". She'd just replay, "OKAAAAY! Ouch earrings!!!!"

This has gone on for about 6 months now. And randomly she'll just come up to us and say, "PUH-LEEEEEASE Koda have ouch earrings??" And every time, we say, its gonna hurt and they'll have to poke her ears and she just says 'ok'.

So the other morning she was asking again and we went thru all the same conversations and she kept saying "YEEESSSS! Ouch earrings!" "PUH-LEEEEEASE???" So finally Doug relented and I took her to get her ears pierced that day.

She picked them out herself (her birth stone-Aquamarine) and then sat very very still in the chair with her hands folded in her lap... waiting for her 'ouch' earrings. She waiting while the girl drew little dots on her ears and compared them. I warned her again that it was going to hurt so she wouldn't be shocked. Then came the punch! She squealed and tear came down her cheek. But I told her over and over that she was 'so brave' and that we were almost done and she was going to have pretty earrings! She was resistant the second time around but I held her hands and told her that we just had to do one more so she could have pretty earrings on both ears and then we would be all done and she'd have her pretty earrings forever! So she bravely held my hand and said, "O-o-kay" and let the lady do the other ear. She cried again for a second and then as soon as we put the mirror in front of her face and showed them to her, the tears stopped and a big smile crept across her face.

Then she looked at me and said, "Mamma, I so brave. Look! Parkly (sparkly) earrings!"

She was pretty happy after that and skipped with joy all the way back to the car. She also stopped and showed anyone who would listen. Then she insisted we call Mima and tell her.... So I dialed my mom and just got voicemail. I explained to Dakota that Grandma wasn't there and she replied, "How about Betty?" Betty is my aunt and Dakota loves her.

She has been thrilled all week about her new earrings and likes to tell everyone how brave she was and how pretty they are! All in all, she doesn't regret it and we don't either. :) She may be young, but she definitely knew what she wanted this time!