guess who got her ears pierced...

hazel did!!

while walking through our mall yesterday

michael asked hazel if she wanted to get her ears pierced

which we often do

and she always says "no, it will hurt"

but yesterday she said yes

even after michael started getting really nervous

(like tears in his eyes, wanting to walk away nervous)

she was determined
and i wanted to support her
because i have always said
i don't care when she does it
but i want it to be her choice
not one i make for her when she's an infant
or put an age restriction on
so i figured if she said she was ready, she was

and she did it without a tear

she was so proud

we were shocked and proud

she said it didn't hurt

sadly i didn't have our camera with us 

because i didn't know she was going to do it

but i took some pictures with the ipod

(that i will have to get on here later)

and some when we got home 

such a big girl!!

i think michael was a little heartbroken

to see his baby girl growing up

and it didn't help that when we went for ice cream

right after, she asked for vanilla (so mature)

or that when walking back to the car 

she saw a group of older girls (like 10 or 11 years old)

and said, "i wish i was big like them"

michael was pretty distraught about the whole thing

it was cute
too bad for michael we're going to have three girls
who are all going to want to grow up at some point