Serena Got Her Ears Pierced!

Today we were at the Jordan Creek mall, and I suddenly remembered something that I had REALLY wanted to do while Mom is here visiting...get Serena's ears pierced!!! I had almost completely forgotten, even though I have been thinking about it off and on for the last few weeks! Jordan had come to the mall with us, so he met us at Icing and held Serena while she bravely faced the nice girl with the piercer. She was all smiles right up until the last second. Then, she just looked panicked, and started crying. We quickly did the other ear, and then Jordan comforted her and got her all happy again before we had even left the store. I've really put her through a lot this weekend. From the whirlwind trip to Cedar Rapids to meet her new cousin on Friday and back home early Saturday morning; to running around shopping with Mom on Saturday afternoon; to leaving her for the first time (in her loving Grammie's care) on Saturday evening; to whisking her off to church this morning and having her nap in her carseat at a busy restaurant over lunch time; to taking her to the mall this evening to shop some more and then get her ears pierced...she's been quite the trooper. I'm hoping I won't be paying for all this fun too much over the next few days, but it WAS fun and quite worth it! ;) And those pierced baby ears are just so adorable!!!

Serena got a ride on Daddy's shoulders as we left Icing to go home after piercing her ears

After getting a little nap in, Serena played with one of her favorite toys (a wooden spoon) this evening, so I took some pictures to show off those pierced ears!