Big Birthday "Surprise"

So without any further delay, I will finally blog about my big birthday present! Most of the blog will be in pictures because they of course speak more than a thousand words! My big birthday present this year was....a tattoo! I've been wanting a tattoo for probably about 10 years or more and tonight I finally got one! All day today I have been going back and fourth between being way excited and then going over to the verge of nausea because I was so nervous. On the way to the tattoo shop, I came close to having to have Josh pull over because I thought I might throw up..anyway, I digress.

Here is a pic of the outline.

Here is me, getting ready..I'm smiling which means it was before she started. And yes, I chopped my hair.

Here is the first few strokes..not sure if it's painful or just uncomfortable...

Okay..it's painful. Actually, it hurt like HELL!

Here is the final result. Eventually, the center of the flowers will be white..but when the skin underneath is red, you can't really see the white. The bottom two flowers symbolize Josh and I..the two flowers on the top branch symbolize Bryce and Jayden, and of course the three flowers towards the tip symbolize the girls. The branch is an orange blossom branch. Orange blossoms represent, eternal love, fruitfulness, marriage, wisdom and innocence. And then added to it of course is my life verse of Galations 6:9. I totally love it! I'm looking forward to seeing what it looks like when it totally heals!