Janelle got earings for her birthday back in December, but we couldn't find anyone here who would pierce her ears. In Mexico, girls have pierced ears. All girls. And they get it done when they are a day or two old. Everyone. If a baby doesn't have pierced ears, it is a boy. Doesn't matter if it is a girl wearing a pink dress, people will ask if it is a boy if it doesn't have pierced ears.
My mom borrowed a friends ear piercing "gun" and brought it down with her, so last week I got it out to pierce Janelle's ears. First my friend Martha wanted a second set, so I did her first so that Janelle could see it was no big deal. Martha didn't even flinch. Next was Janelle. For some reason the no flinch thing didn't work. After doing the first one she looked at me like I was trying to kill her. And we still had to do the second. Thankfully she sat still long enough to get that done too. Now that they are done, she is quite happy with them.
6 comments:
awww I feel for her!1 I have had to had mine redone 4 times!! And I think it gets worse each time!!!!
Ouch! I can feel her pain. Eons ago when I had my ears pierced, I had to put on a motorcycle helmut to ride home afterwards. Not a good idea at all. LOL.
Janelle is looking more the lady every day! What a neat kid.
Suzanne
I so understand about what you mean here in Mexico with the pierced ears! I absolutely refuse to get Mieke's pierced, just out of principle. When I grew up it was a big rite of passage to get your ears pierced.
I hope Janelle's didn't hurt too long!
Love from:
Kristi and Mieke in Guadalajara
Starla, you are so brave! Yea, Janelle, I am proud of you! You will be so pretty wearing earrings! I am glad you got it done.
Love from Portland!
Hooray for Janelle. Now I have something else I can buy for her. I love to spoil my nieces.
I love Janelle's new pierce ears! I remember seeing her on the list when she was waiting for a family. I was already working on an older girl adoption myself or I would have been very interested. : - ) Anyway, I love checking in to see how she is doing. She got a great family!
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