Samarah gets her ears pierced!

Last Friday, as we're heading to my parents' place, Kaniz announces that after the visit, we were going to a mall and getting Samarah's ears pierced.. although I wasn't sure about getting this done so soon, Kaniz persuaded me that now was the best time, before Samarah is really even aware of her ears.. so off we went to Claire's at Yorkdale Mall to get the ordeal over with.

As usual, Kaniz was well prepared - she brought a numbing cream for Samarah's ears as well as some baby Tylenol. The plan was to give her some Tylenol a half hour before and numb her earlobes to ease the (eventual) pain. So far, so good. Except, as soon as we got in the store, Samarah must have felt something was up and started fussing and crying, which is quite unusual for her. We first tried to have Kaniz hold Samarah while her ears were being pierced, but Samarah kept moving too much, so I had to do it.

Having to restrain my wailing baby while willingly letting someone hurt her was quite difficult.. but thankfully it was quickly over with. Samarah settled down within a couple of minutes and was back to her normal, "happiest-baby-on-the-block" self.. we were even able to go out to a restaurant for dinner afterwards (I know, we're selfish parents).

In the end, I have to say that Samarah looks super cute with her little earrings!

As always, I had brought the camera along, so we got a few pictures to capture the whole thing..