Azaria gets her ears pierced

Azaria had asked a while back to get her ears pierced but then didn't bring it up for a while. Then this Christmas she really wanted to get her ears pierced. She asked if I could talk with Daddy and decide if she could get them pierced. She is very responsible and we figured she was ready to help take care of her ears. If she really wanted them pierced we figured she was old enough to make that choice and we would get them done. I of course wanted to make sure it was done right so I did some research on where to get her ears pierced. I didn't want them done with a piercing gun but with a hollow piercing needle. We found a body piercing place not to far from our house that someone recommended. Azaria wanted it to be her special date with just mommy but then decided daddy could come along too. Lawrence and Laurel got to go hang out with some friends which they thought sounded more fun anyways.When we got the the piercing shop Azari got to pick out her new earrings. I liked the small hoops but she wanted some bling so she picked a pair of small sparkly jewel titanium studs. She saw pictures on the wall with belly piercings and we asked if she wanted one of those too...lol She said no way I only want one earring in each ear. Glad I won't have to worry about her wanting more piercings in the near future :) Then they took us back to the piercing room where they explained to us what they were going to do. They measured and marked each ear so the piercings would be accurate. Then removed the sterile needles from the package. Azaria at this point was pretty excited but that quickly changed.






This is right after her ears were pierced and she was not happy that it hurt even though we tried to warn her. After the first side was done she wasn't sure about doing the other but we told her at that point she needed to get them both done.









Don't worry the tears didn't last to long because then we moved on to some fun time just with Mommy and Daddy! We told her she could pick where we went next and she thought Cabela's for some yummy fudge sounded good. We picked raspberry/chocolate, cookies and creme, strawberry, and pecan praline fudge after trying a few free samples.

Azaria also wanted to try the shooting range while we were there and had fun shooting at the targets to make things happen. She even got the teapot to spray a bystander. Here is Alan giving her a little help. After Cabela's it was time for a dinner break at Wendy's. By this time she was quite proud of her new earrings but told Laurel she really should wait a while because it hurts!