"Are you so proud of me?"

"Are you so proud of me?" is all that Ashlyn has been saying since about 2 pm yesterday afternoon. She has asked me, daddy, grandma and even Maddie this and won't stop. I think it all derives from the fact that Ashlyn is proud of herself! Ashlyn FINALLY made the decision to get her ears pierced!!! My rule has been that once my girls turn 5, they can get their ears pierced...but, it has to be their decision. When Ashlyn turned five in February, we asked her if she wanted to and she said NO. She hasn't really had much of a desire until a few weeks ago when she started talking about it. However, she has always backed out at the last minute. I think her biggest fear was that it was going to hurt!

However, yesterday we had a little time to spare before Grandma Johnson took the girls to a movie and I asked her if she wanted to do it. She got really excited and immediately told me yes. She even stayed pretty brave and didn't change her mind UNTIL we had one done and the other ear to go! We were hesitant to do it since there was only one person that could pierce, so it was going to have to be done one ear at a time and not both at once...and we ended up being right. Once she got one ear done and felt the sting, she REALLY didn't want to do the other one. It only took about 10 minutes of convincing and then she got her brave face back on and got the other one pierced! So, now she is so proud of herself....and of course, her mommy and daddy and EXTREMELY PROUD OF HER TOO!