My tatt!

I finally did it! I got my first tattoo. I love it. I have wanted a tattoo on my foot for years but didn't know what to get and I wanted to be sure. So last year I think it was I thought of getting a paisley. I LOVE LOVE LOVE paisleys. Any pattern that involves paisleys I love. I even like the name Paisley. There are so many different kinds of paisleys though. Short, fat, long, thin, a swirled tip, pointy tip, and then the options of what to put inside of it were endless. So I searched online for paisley patterns and actual paisley tattoos. Peter helped me draw up a few samples even used a marker and drew it on my foot to see what it would look like. It took a long time until I figured out what I wanted. I wasn't 100% sure of the inside pattern when I went but my tattoo artist Johnny added a few details that I loved!! So...(funny story) we went on Friday night and waited for about an hour and a half til it was my turn. I have butterflies in my stomach and am so nervous, I wanted Peter to hold my hand to get me started and then he could take the girls out for a walk. (yes we brought the kids with us to get a tattoo, craziness) Well we sign the papers and then he asks for my i.d. I didn't have it, didn't even think to bring my purse with. Apparently for insurance reasons they need every ones i.d. no matter what your age. Who knew? So Peter had to drive home to get it. Thats 25 min. home and 25 min back and my tattoo was only going to take 45 min tops. So he left and I had to get my tattoo all by MYSELF. I was freaking out. Then Johnny changed the angle and position of the paisley on my foot and that freaked me out. I wasnt sure if I liked it. I am so indecissive and I wanted Peter there to help me decide. (my nerves were effecting my thinking too) Anyway, I decided to go with what Johnny suggested and JUST DO IT. So he did it, and it hurt, but it was tolerable. It wasn't too bad, it really wasn't. I am falling in love with it more and more every day! Noni's tatt!

When we got home Noni wanted a tattoo too. So daddy obliged and put one of her "Cars" tattoos on. She looks at my paisley every day and says she likes it. Before I got the tattoo whenever she was a paisley she would say mommy thats like on your foot. I think she will forever associate paisleys with her mama! :);)