Adventures of a Flower Girl

Did my Mama tell you I love South Beach? I loved the pool too – both of them just in case she didn’t mention that. She let us swim before heading back to Gainesville. She was right, it had us super tired. We took a great nap. So the trip that started at 9:45 and ended us in Gainesville at 6:30 for the rehearsal dinner flew by. We even had ice cream at Wendy’s in Ocala. Yum yum. We arrived right on time at Austin Cary Memorial Forest for some dinner. Then on to the practice. Essie had a blast and you wouldn’t have guessed any of us had been traveling all day. We lined up pine cones as the isle:

We played with Brylan:

Essie is a sweet little sister and is really in to doing all I do. I am glad I did such a good job otherwise she is ready to take over flower girl duties:

Then Saturday came. We met up with Meme and Papa in Newberry for the Watermelon Parade. Essie got to have special time with them while Mom and I went off on our special day. It started with new high heel shoes. And I love them. Then we picked up my dress and headed over the the Gateway Grand for lunch and having my hair done. I love Ms. Stephanie (even before she bribed me with tons of gum):

Here is my hair with glitter and flowers (though I don’t understand why Mama won’t let me put my dress on yet, she says it won’t fit in the car seat).

I had a quick nap over to the Wedding site location for lots and lots of pictures. I love Monica:

Mom didn’t get a picture of me with all the bridesmaids, but I love em all. Mary Katherine, Jenny, and Miriam (who loves the Disney princess maybe even more than I do).

I love my dress, shoes and hair:

Here is the video of my entrance if you have almost 2 more minutes to spare:

I started off a little shy, but it wore off real quick:

Well, I thought running would get it over a little bit quicker:

After dumping all the petals out I thought I would sit for a bit:

Time for a little break after all that walking:

My Mom wanted one more photo:

Job done, it is time to party:

I was busy zipping inside and out to watch their first dance, see the alligator that visited the reception and watch up close the cutting of the cake. I don’t know why Ms. Stephanie and Mr. Jason made such a mess. They should have had bibs on:

Time to dance, so dance we did: