Diamonds…A Girl’s Best Friend!

Ella has been begging to get her ears pierced for some time now.  Since things have been so chaotic lately with the move, I decided now might be a good time to do something special for her.  We asked her what kind of earrings she wanted and without hesitation she said, “I want diamonds just like Mommys!”  And her Daddy said…take her to the jewelry store and buy her some diamonds!  WOW!  I wish it was that easy for me to get diamonds :)  They pierce ears at our peds office so I called my friend/our pediatrician and made an appointment.  Knowing how intolerant Ella is to pain, I requested a prescription for Emla cream to put Ella’s ears “to sleep.”  Emla cream is supposed to be applied with an occlusive dressing and well…we had stopped at Wendy’s to eat lunch and I forgot to bring anything to cover her ears with.  So, I asked the girl taking orders if I could have some Saran wrap.  She asked me what for and I told her without thinking “to wrap my daughter’s ears in.”  She looked at me like I was a complete idiot!  I then explained to her the whole story and she then had to tell her supervisor…finally they gave me a piece of Saran wrap…YAY!  I then had to convince Ella to let me put all this cream on her ears and then let me put these big pieces of Saran wrap on them.  You can only imagine all the strange looks I was getting in Wendy’s :) 

This is Ella on the way with her Saran wrapped ears…

It took a little convincing to get her to go through with it…

Still talking about it…

I don’t know who looks more scared…me or Ella?!

She DID IT!!  And didn’t even shed a tear!!  Her ears slept through the whole piercing process!! 

 

Ella showing off her new diamonds!!  She is so proud of her new earrings!  She has done exactly what the doctor told her to do.  She “turns her ears” and washes them everyday!