Piercing cries

23. August 2007, 21:11 UhrUncategorizedmrswilson
I did the unthinkable today. I paid someone to put holes in my baby’s perfect little ears. Part of me was sick of people asking if she was a boy (even when wearing pink) and part of me just thinks baby girls with pierced ears are the cutest. I felt like the worst mom in history as I held my baby girl’s arm at her side and head at my chest while someone with a gun shot metal into her earlobe. But, when we got home from the incident, she was good as new, smiling, and seemed to have forgotten the whole ordeal.

Have you ever tried to take a picture of a baby’s head - not her face, her head? Harder than it sounds - you’re always encouraging them to look at the camera, so they do, but this time you don’t want her face, you want the side of it. So I waited until she was sleeping. My camera didn’t like the dark nursery very much so it’s a tad blurry, but oh well, at least you get the idea. I had hoped that they had diamond birthstones (as she’s an April baby) but they had pink or green (seriously, spring for a few more colors people!). Pink will do. I like pink.

I got a call from my former boss (aka father-in-law) yesterday to set up a microphone at the church for a commercial that a lady was shooting today. Not a professional commercial, just an announcement she wants to give this Sunday, but she will not be there. Video will be speaking in her place. Anyway, she needed an assistant. I thought Todd would be the guinea pig, as he usually is, but nope, he was filming. The boss made me do it. And I’m not even on payroll at the moment … argh. I HATE being on camera. I saw salt and water and figured I’d be drinking salt water. I was wrong.

She asked me to stand, close my eyes, and stick out my tongue. She put a couple grains of salt on my tongue and asked a couple questions. Then, with my eyes still closed and my mouth open, she dumped a whole spoonful of salt in my mouth. Probably the grossest thing that had ever crossed my lips into the sacredness of my mouth. She was then kind enough to hand me a glass of well deserved and very refreshing water to wash down the disgustingness that inhabited my mouth. My tongue is still burning.

I’m always glad to help, but next time I’m going behind the camera.

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3 comments:

  1. Chelsey and Jonathan, 24. August 2007, 3:44

    welcome to earspiercing club liliana! Jen, i hope you get less “flack” than i did when i got Mayas done :S

     
  2. Angella, 24. August 2007, 19:58

    I’ve been contemplating earrings for Emily. SO cute!

     
  3. Anonymous, 24. August 2007, 20:03

    Aww!! I love earrings on baby girls! So cute.

    And EW about all that salt!

    Jackie