Brave Girl!

Today while we were in Eau Claire, I was getting my nails done and Haylee was with me while Myk and Lexi were at Scheels. Haylee turned around on my lap and with her big beautiful green eyes said "Guess what, Mom? I am going to go and get my ears pierced today." This was a huge shock to me as I have been talking to her for months to get them pierced and she wanted absolutely nothing to do with it. I told her we would see what happened and did not think anymore about it. When I was done, Haylee took my hand and we were in the mall and she was pulling on my hand so hard, I thought my arm was going to come off. She took me right over to Claire's and said, "I am getting my ears pierced!" We were lucky as there was another little girl probably about six who was just getting ready to get her ears pierced. We told Haylee that she should watch this little girl go first, as Myk and I were both sure that Haylee was going to back out. She watched so intently everything that the lady did to cleaning the ears, to putting the dots on, to doing the actual piercing, and then all the aftercare. After that little girl was done, Haylee ran right up to the chair and said, "I am going to be your Brave Little Girl and I am not going to cry and I am going to get my ears pierced." So, we let her pick out the earrings that she wanted and the lady came over and she even explained to Haylee that if she did one ear that she had to do the other and that it was going to hurt for a few minutes and she told the lady, "I am a BRAVE girl and I am ready."

At this time, Haylee asked Daddy if she could sit on his lap and proud daddy sat on the chair and Haylee crawled back up. She sat so good and let the lady do everything to her ears to get them ready and Myk and I were so ready for her to back out.....BUT the lady said, "Okay, are you ready?" Haylee with her big eyes looked up and said, "YEP." So, the lady got close to Haylee's ear, put the machine up to her ear, and counted.....one....two.....three, and BANG one ear was pierced. We all three looked at Haylee's face and she acted like nothing had happened. NO TEARS, NO CRYING, NOTHING..... So, the lady got the machine ready, went to the other ear, counted..one....two........three, and BANG....the second ear was pierced. Once again, we all three looked at Haylee's face and there are NOTHING. She was so proud and we gave her the mirror to look at and that was that. She was a BRAVE GIRL and she had her ears pierced. To be able to listen to her brag as she had to call everyone and tell them her news was incredible. She was so proud and she did it herself! She now informed Myk and I that she is not a LITTLE GIRL anymore and that she is a BIG GIRL and that she gets to do BIG GIRL things now like LEXI. I have to get a picture tomorrow as after her BIG day today, she is all tired out and fell asleep early.