florida, part 2: the wedding

ellie has a special love for auntie jenny and i would venture to say that auntie jenny has a special spot for ellie. months ago, auntie jenny asked ellie to be the flower girl in her wedding. ellie has been talking about it every since. her excitement mounted as auntie jenny sent her a book about being a flower girl, selected the dress she wanted ellie to wear, allowed ellie to choose the basket she would hold her petals in etc. with each step, e began to bubble over more and more.

as the mum of the flower girl, it is hard to know what to do. on one hand, you want to prepare them and be certain that the child who walks down the aisle moments before the bride handles the job well. on the other hand, you don't want to let them see that they might have reason to be nervous and thus cause them to bail at the last minute.

our little e, was the perfect flower girl. she walked the aisle, she dropped her petals, she went where she was told and she enjoyed each and every minute.

she savored her time with the bride and has been talking about how beautiful auntie jenny looked and how perfect the wedding day was. she noticed everything, right down to auntie jenny's beautiful blue shoes.

she also enjoyed auntie lindsey. she was impressed that auntie linds spoke at the reception and has been making plans for her own maid of honor. in fact, she has been debating who would be good at this job and who might not be (delaney is currently not on the list but is being considered for bridesmaid. p has the job of flower girl in spite of the fact that i keep trying to explain that p will be too old for that job when the time comes).

and here she is at the reception holding her place card (adorable, right?... the place cards and the girl).

it was a good day! a beautiful wedding venue, a beautiful bride, lots of beautiful touches to make the wedding memorable, and of course, a beautiful flower girl!