It's Been 6 Weeks...

...since Autumn got her ears pierced. And you know me. Rule follower that I am, I most certainly waited exactly six weeks. It's not just that I like to follow rules, but there's something about me that just loves the anticipation of "events" however small they might be. I like having a day on the calendar that we count down to.

And so it was for January 24th...the day Autumn got to change her earrings for the first time.

We took a before picture with the teeny tiny gold studs:


And then she had decided several days beforehand that she was going to choose her owl earrings as her first pair. Now, I started buying earrings waaaaaaaaaaay before I knew she'd be getting her ears pierced. I thought she'd be about 4 before it happened so after her cupcake themed 1st birthday, I bought her a pair of cupcake earrings. After her owl themed 2nd birthday I bought owls. I was going to keep doing that so she'd at least have a few pairs with less expense once the time came. So...all that is my way of saying, these owls are a little big for her tiny lobes:


But she was so excited:


Pose!


She didn't want to change them this morning. She loves the owls. That is, until she put on her Cinderella costume this afternoon:


Then the large orange owls just didn't "go" anymore. What's a girl to do?

I pulled out her jewelry box and offered a few other choices saying "pearls" first in my list of flowers and hearts and diamonds and butterflies. She chose "curls". Hee hee.


I've always had a thing for pearls, even before I lost Pearl, so I just love those on her dainty lil ears. I might not even offer a new pair tomorrow. Then again, this girly stuff is just so fun that maybe I will...