New Ink!

Well last weekend my hubby and I went to The Ink Buttle in Wakaw and got new tattoos! Kurtis got Henry's foot print added by Rory and Jack's. He now has all three kids foot prints (and names) on his ribs. They look amazing and beautiful and watching him get tattooed in one of the most painful places is sheer bliss for me after having pushed out three kids! I sat back, cracked a palm bay and watched as his forehead was beading with sweat and he had his jaw and fists clenched! I know, I know, I sound like a heartless wife but at one point during his tattoo he said "This has to be just as painful as childbirth". Now ladies, enjoy in my sheer bliss of watching him suffer too! Even the tattoo artist said "Oh boy, you're asking for it!"

I got Henry's name added onto my back where I have a butterfly, some designs, my maiden name, Rory and Jack's name and the saying "So precious to me, sweet as can be, baby of mine". I also got a dandelion going to seed on my forearm, below my "Love More Worry Less" saying. I absolutely love it! Everyone asks "Does it have meaning?" and normally I just say "Not really, I just think they are pretty". But, in reality, thats not true. When Rory was one years old we would go for walks and find dandelions. She would pick me bouquets of yellow dandelions and we would find dandelions that had gone to seed, pick them, blow all the seeds off and watch them float away in the wind. It sort of became tradition and now even that she is 5, we still do that. When Jack was old enough to pick dandelions we did the same thing and my first bouquet from him was a hand picked bouquet of dandelions and he still likes to blow the seeds off the ones that have gone to seed. I look forward to doing this with Henry as well! So, even though I do in fact think that the tattoo is beautiful art, it also reminds me of my kids every time I see it.

Tattoos are like chips! You cannot just get one! I'm already thinking of what to get next! I'm sure it will be awhile before I get one (I have to be very sure of what I'm tattooing on my body!) But, I do love every tattoo I have on my body! I think they are amazing pieces of art that represents me! I also love my husbands foot prints on his ribs. Its a strange thing - after I had Henry I wanted his name tattooed on me instantly. I said to my husband on the drive home from Wakaw that I felt "relieved" to have his name permanently on me with the other kids. He knew exactly what I meant.