Last night Stephen offered to go out to my Uncle Morgan’s house to help him with a computer problem. As we were talking earlier in the day, I remembered my mom once mentioning that Morgan has an ear piercing gun and earrings. Since Lily is only 2 weeks away from turning 8 (and the rule at our house for girl’s getting their ears pierced is 8), Stephen and I decided to call and ask Morgan if it was a possibility to have him do this while we were out there. He said yes and we decided to wait to tell Lily until we were in the moment at his house – for a surprise.
We ate dinner before going out to Burton, and during dinner Lily began talking about how excited she was for her 8th birthday. Number one she would be getting baptized and number 2 she would finally be able to get her ears pierced. Inside I was sooo excited because I knew what was about to happen.
We went out to my Uncle’s house and talked with Linda and Mandell (my cousin) while Stephen worked on computers. Mandell was a big hit because he taught Lex and Mason how to make a ring out of a dollar bill. He also had a minpin dog (mini Doberman pincher) that was making life exciting for me and Olivia and JT. Then the time came and to break the exciting news, I said, "Lily today is your lucky day". She looked puzzled and then I said, "You get to get your ears pierced right now!" To say she was excited is an understatement.
Mandell did the honors and unfortunately we had a couple of malfunctions – the gun wouldn’t come away from her ear after shooting the earring through. So he had to pull the earring out and then reinsert it by hand (on both ears). For those of you who know Lily, you will be as impressed as we were. She did NOT even shed one tear NOR did she scream or wince. She was very brave – the EXCITEMENT won out over the technicalities! I am so grateful Lexi was there to keep her focused and excited with me. She offered to hold her hand and was almost as excited as Lily. Uncle Morgan pulled out one of his giant boxes of full size candy bars and told Lily she deserved one – her eyes were wide and full of thrills. Mandell felt bad about the malfunctions and said he was going to have to give her something special too. He pulled out a very fancy heart necklace. WOW – Lily definitely felt special. Stephen and I are still in shock that she handled it all so well. It goes to show that if Lily has her mind made up about something she is committed.
The evening was a memory we will always remember!
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Comments:
michelle said…
Wow Lily-I have a jealous little girl at my house. I would not have been as tough as you. Good job, you look so cute!
Tuesday, November 03, 2009 12:13:05 PM
Amy said…
Cute girl. Congratulations on all the exciting things happening in your life right now. Eight is a great age to experience.
Thursday, November 05, 2009 11:09:45 AM
Patricia said…
Way cute, Lily. You’re a brave girl getiing your ears peirced. I can’t wait to see you in person. Have a “Happy Birthday” on Sunday. We’ll see you soon.
Grandma Baldwin
Saturday, November 14, 2009 11:33:10 PM