The girls are growing up too quick all of a sudden!

Girls getting their ears pierced, Leah losing her first tooth.....it is creaping up on me!!! This is one part of having the kids all close in age....I don't get to take baby steps with my kids growing up....it is almost like having triplets....I don't have a baby to hang on to!

The girls had the idea to get their ears pierced. I was happy and even excited to let them do this, but I didn't begin the idea, nor make them. So, off to Walmart we went. Leah, amazingly agreed to go first. She never goes first....it had first been agreed that Rachel would go first b/c she was more determined, and didn't seem worried about it...(she takes shots with amazing grace, and no drama....Leah on the otherhand....bless her heart....shots are super duper dramatic for her). When we got to WM, Rachel backed down, so I was so proud of Leah that she jumped up and said she would go first. She was So brave.....until 2 seconds after that first earring went in.....notice....that is where the photos stop! LOL Bless her heart....she shot off that chair and started crying.....major trauma for her. And she really did want to get that other one done....she did, but she just couldn't help herself, everytime that woman came near her with the earring gun, her arm flew up, and she burried her ear into my chest...(at this point I was holding her). It took quit a while before we were able to do that second one. I was not going to hold her down like we do for shots, b/c this had been her decision. I finally told her, this was her very last chance, if she jerked away, we would be leaving with only one earring. She started to jerk, but then stopped, and let the lady pierce the other ear. I think I was squeezing her hand tighter than she was squeezing mine!!!

You would think after all that, Rachel would change her mind.....and you could tell she wasn't near as confident as she had been, but she said there and let her do it....(I could just tell....Leah did it...She was going to do it!! That is how she always is!) She cried after the first one went in, but sat perfectly still for her to do the second one. And then I had 2 crying girls.....and I felt like everyone walking around thought I was the meanest momma making them get their ears pierced! You would have never known it was something they wanted to do! Anyway, after it was over, we walked around looking at all the earrings, and they got really excited. And Leah said, "wheh....I am glad that's over!" Bless her heart!! They are really excited now!