Proud Momma!

As a parent you go through days when you are so proud of your child, and days when you're not so much (hopefully this isn't just me!).  Today was one of those days when I would have frozen time to keep my Allie Parker at this age / stage in life.

Our good friends Anna and Jared got married today in New Orleans.  They have kept Allie for us since she was 3 months old so they not only hold a special place in our hearts, but Allie's as well.  When Anna and Jared are here, we do not worry about a thing when we are away.  They asked Allie to be their flower girl right after they got engaged so several weeks ago we bought her "Cinderella dress" (as she calls it).  Last night at the rehearsal Allie was not having any part of it.  She was tired, irritable, wanted me at 24 weeks pregnant to hold her the entire time, kept asking to "go home" - needless to say I was a little worried about the actual wedding...BUT...

...my Allie P did not disappoint, and if anything, she kicked her groove up a notch.  She was sassy, sweet, spunky, and one dancing fool at the reception.

Walking down the aisle she did ok.  Ben waited in the back with her, and I was up front waiting with her new plush friends Ben brought home with him from Disney World - Nemo and Crush (the turtle from Finding Nemo).  She tossed 5-6 petals, then took off pretty fast down the aisle to me, which was fine by us...at least she made it.  After the ceremony we "2nd lined" through the quarter for 20-25 minutes...I never thought this child would have enjoyed it as much as she did.  The weather was perfect - sunny, 75 degrees, mild breeze.  Check her out in these two videos:

2nd Line by Herself

 

2nd Line with Daddy

Ten minutes or so after the 2nd line ended, Allie hit the dance floor (literally), where she stayed for almost 3 hours.  She was absolutely fascinated with Anna, in fact she called her "Tinkerbell," so this dance to Mustang Sally meant the world to her.

Dancing with Anna

The bridesmaids were so cute with AP.  Anna's sister, Molly, was also one of Allie's idols.  At one point Allie ran to me pulling her dress up.  When I asked what the problem was she said she wanted her dress short like Molly's (the bridesmaids wore short dresses)...just way too cute.

Just like all fun Louisiana weddings, one of the last five songs had to be Calling Baton Rouge.  Check out this little ham:

Calling Baton Rouge

The Ross' are thrilled for our Anna and Jared...we absolutely love and adore the two of them!