Earrings for My Big Girl

 

Natalie has been talking about girls in her class at school who have pierced ears lately.  I asked her if she thought she wanted hers pierced.  Of course she said she did, but I don't think she realized at the time that it hurts.   I explained to her that it hurts a lot and showed her how the post goes into a hole in your ear.  I have my ears pierced and I showed her the post and how i put earrings on and how the back keeps them from falling out.  She said she still wanted them done even thought they poke a hole in your ear and it hurts a lot.  

I took her to pick out a starter pair, but I did not have my camera, so of course we could not really do it.  then I took her a couple of days later, but they said they only had 1 person there to do it.  With little kids they only do it with 2 people because after the first one the child does not let them do the second one.  With 2 people they can do both ears at the same time.  Third time's a charm.  We got there and she was all ready to go.  There were 2 people there to do the piercing and I had my camera.  As it was getting closer I could tell she was getting more and more nervous. She was not really letting them see both of her ears at the same time, so while I was holding her hands I was also holding her head straight.  I don't think she expected it to hurt so much because she was crying so sadly.  It was like she was heartbroken.  Not angry...or hurt....or frustrated.  She just sobbed quietly and I held her for probably close to a full 2 minutes. 

It didn't take long after that to be her cute smiley self again, only this time showing off her new earrings.  To her Daddy and brother, Cameron, the ladies who did the piercing, the cashier.  Everyone we saw.  After her ears are all healed, 6-8 weeks, we are going to go let her pick out another pair of earrings.  We were looking at the kid earrings and there are some very very cute Hello Kitty earrings, but I could see how her eyes lit up at the Tinkerbell pair, so I would guess that will be the pair she chooses.  We will see.

Here they are cleaning her ears.  She was nervous until we told her they were just cleaning them and not piercing them yet.

I did not get to actually get a picture of them putting the earrings in because she was nervous and I was holding her hands.  When they did it she seemed surprised that it hurt so much and I just held her for a few minutes.  

It looks like she is over the sadness.

 Here she is showing off her new earrings.

My Newborn Nephew

 I had too much trouble choosing 6-8 images to share of my sweet baby nephew.  I had so many more that I wanted to add to this, so I suppose I did not do too bad narrowing it down to this.

First up....geeky glasses baby!!!

I think this is more what glasses look like when you fall asleep on your book though.

 

 This baby was NOT holding himself up like this.  My sister was holding his little head and this is after some PhotoShop magic.

 For this image his mommy was behind him holding on to him and 1 hand is wrapped in the black under his head also.

His big sister love him very much.  His mom was behind him holding his head in this image also.

If you noticed that his hand was inky in some the the images here, this is why.  I had a hard time getting him to open up those little fists to do this.

These are the announcement options that I designed for them.

This is the announcement option they chose to go with.

MOM!   If you are reading this, here is your warning.  The next image is the one you think is too creepy.  You will appreciate that this day Ben (my brother) had already asked if he was big enough to eat yet.  BAHAHAHA....sorry everyone.  As you can tell, weirdness runs in the family.  So.....apparently this does not look like a cute little chef making soup.  I guess it looks more like we are trying to make soup out of this cute little baby.  AND as it turns out....cannibalism is frowned upon.  What do the rest of you think?  Cute, or Creepy?

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He was stirring when I put him into the pot, so I sat there for a while rocking him in the pot.  My sister had walked out of the room and when she came back that is what she saw.  Me rocking a pot with her baby in it.  She thought that was weird. Tthen he fell fast asleep and she says, "I can't believe he fell asleep in a pot!"  HAHAHA So funny.  Maybe you had to be there.

 

 I think the baby in the pot is cute, but this crop may be more acceptable for some.

 

OR....I could add a mustache. Side note:  This cute chef's hat was made by Trevor's favorite aunt....ME! 

♫♪♫ Downtown, Everything's Waiting for You ♪♫♪

 I love that this fabulous family was up for walking around downtown with me! 

Oh No....Not AGAIN!

 When I walked into the bathroom and found this pile of hair on the floor I was less than pleased.  I found my little daughter and saw that she had hacked off some of her bangs up to her scalp.  There was also a big hunk chopped off the back.   I did what I could to "fix" it.  I am far from a hair stylist, but I figured I could not do much worse than she did.  I cut the back to match the part that she cut, and I trimmed her bangs, but there was not much that could be done to help.  She would not have had bangs in the first place if she had not cut her own hair this past fall.  It looks like she did not learn her lesson the first time.  Unless the lesson is "Cut my own hair and I get a haircut."  She did look pretty cute afterward when she was walking around flinging her hair around.  I guess cutting off over 12 inches of hair makes that a lot more fun.

Natalie's long hair on the first day of school, 7 months ago.

You can't see very well here, but the front is about 1/2 inch from the scalp.

See....I told you I was not a hair stylist.

After cutting more than 12 inches off her hair she could not help but fling it around.

Welcome Little Trevor!

Congratulations are in order for my sister and brother-in-law.  Today their little boy was born!  I just love him so much already.

Proud Big Sister

Max, The Proud Peacock

 

Max, our peacock has been showing off his lovely tail feathers this spring.  He has 2 female friends here also, but they are not interested much in being photographed.  Max on the other hand is used to it.  Today, for instance, he was roosting in a tree in our front yard when a person pulled into the driveway.  All they wanted was to take a picture of him with their camera phone.  We have many many other birds including geese, ducks, chickens, quail, and guineas.  Only 3 peafowl though.  That is enough.  They are really not good for much other than to look at.  The hens lay very few eggs.  When Max molts though we pick up the feathers that are all over the yard.  Then I can use them as photo props, and sometimes kids who come over to play find the feathers in the yard and are so excited to bring them home with them.

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