flower girl or prima donna?

It's a good thing Boo's so darn cute because she's just as complicated. :) She's been looking forward to being a flower girl for weeks and it was time to practice on Fri night. Half way down the isle she started sobbing and ran out of the church. With much consoling, bribery and prayer, we convinced her to walk the whole way on the second try. There was a LOT of reassuring and flattery used that night and we were anxious about Sat. afternoon.


Well we didn't even have to wait that long. Sat. morning she met the bride and all her maids at the "beauty parlor" to be transformed with a crown of curls. Once again, excitement turned into fear or stubbornness and she didn't want to even get in the chair. More flattery, more bribery and plenty of distraction and we were done. If she'd had straight hair it would have been bad as it hardly took any time at all with her curly locks. We did break down into tears once over a necklace she refused to wear but an offer from the bride to paint her nails got us back on track.

When we showed up at the wedding that afternoon, Boo was transformed by her gown into an agreeable little lady. With MUCH relief, she made it down the isle, dropping flower petals and almost smiling. She cuddled her teddy bear and ate Smarties through the wedding and exited beautifully, wow! Of course we thought all was well until picture time. Let's just say bribery turned into threats (of having to give the dress back) in order to gain compliance and we were thrilled to be DONE!

As you can see, there was fun and celebration at the reception. How sweet is this, seeing my man doing the chicken dance with his little girl? Goose did a great job in charge of the guest book and was even the first to dance with the groom at the money dance. As long as this day was, we were thrilled the boys had chosen to go to a friends house since "weddings are boring - just talking and kissing".

Congratulations Ryan & Cara!!!!!