pretty and pierced!

the day started off with an early phone call from Nonna, asking if the kids and i would like to hang out for the afternoon - shopping, lunch, etc...well of course that was an offer that i would never turn down! 

as i was getting ready for the day, a thought came to mind - Nonna had been talking about how she hadn't bought much for Sicilya yet because she really didnt need anything, so i thought it might be sort of special if Nonna was the one to be with us when Sicilya got her ears pierced!!  Frank and i have been talking about it for a few weeks now, so i knew he would be ok with it and to me, it just seemed like a special mother/daughter/nonna type of thing to do!  of course, with the love and support of her 3 big brothers!!

so after a shopping trip to kohl's and lunch at Red Robin, we headed over to the mall.  Nonna was a wreck and ill admit, i was a bit nervous myself.  we let the boys decide on which earings she should get, tiny gold hearts with little pink stones in the centers!  sadly, there was only one girl working, so we had to do each ear, one at a time.  there was some crying - but just from Sicilya...Nonna and i managed to restrain ourselves from breaking down in front of the crowd that had formed!  but Sicilya did amazingly well!!  it was no different than her reaction to getting shots last week, she was sound asleep in my arms just moments later as we were walking back to the car!

im so glad we did it while she is so little...ive been able to clean them without any reaction from her and she just looks soooo beautiful!  or should i say, extra beautiful, because she certainly hadnt been lacking in the beauty department! 

i never called frank to tell him we did it, so when he got home from work it was super cute to see his reaction when he noticed!!  he was so excited, there may have actually been a slight tear in his eye!  and for me, it was like a right of passage - ive wanted a baby girl for as long as i can remember and what makes her more girly than pink and purple clothes?  getting her ears pierced of course!!  i know many others may not agree with our decision, but my ears were pierced when i was a baby, im just carrying out a tradition!

ps - Sicilya also experienced her first drive-in movie tonight...we took the boys to see Cars 2, with the girls from across the street and their mom...of course, she was a wonderful baby the whole night, all snuggled up with us!