She did it!

 This was a pretty routine week.  Merrick had practice most every night, physical therapy twice, and an orthopedist appointment.  Carrigan had volleyball.  Elsie had softball. We had a plumber come to start addressing our tub leak.  Jeremy and I both had work.  All in all it was another busy, but unremarkable week.  One small highlight was that the orthopedist was happy with Merrick's progress and, while he still has a fair amount of swelling, she said he does not have to come back and can just continue to see the PT.  The real highlight of the week, however, came just after the orthopedist appointment.

For Elsie's birthday, what she really wanted was to get her ears pierced.  I knew that we had to get it done somewhere that they would do both ears at the same time (not the piercing place we took C.C.).  After a lot of research, I decided we should just do it ourselves in the comfort of our own home, with all the stuffies and emotional support a girl could ask for.

Since her birthday, despite really wanting them done, Elsie has been too scared to pull the trigger.  On Tuesday night, despite not having mentioned it before, Elsie was in tears that we had not pierced her ears that day.  I promised her that we could do it the next day if she really wanted to. On Wednesday afternoon, after Merrick's orthopedist appointment, I confirmed that Elsie was still wanting to move forward on piercing her ears.  She was still all about it so I called my mom to come be piercer number 2.

Let me just say, sitting still is not Elsie's forte.  The fact that I was able to mark and subsequently get them pierced in the locations we were intending was nothing short of a miracle.  For the most part, the piercing went off without a hitch.  We did have a small issue where we couldn't, for a moment, figure out how to get the piercer to release off her ears after it was done. Thankfully, my mom figured out you just had to slide it down off the earing to release it and Elsie was soon free.

It took us about a month and a half to get it done, but it's finally behind us and she could not be happier about the result.