Mia just adores Kenda and wanted to follow her everywhere. She would have been her little shadow if I'd have let her. Mia was one of the flower girls, and she took her job very seriously. She walked down the aisle ahead of Kenda very precisely dropping one flower petal at a time. Um, perhaps I've passed on my anal retentive nature to my daughter. It made me smile. When she reached the front of the church, I was sitting on the front row (to direct her to her seat). She looked at me dismayed and loudly said, "I still have some left!" I told her it was okay, but she felt like her job wasn't done yet if she still had petals in the basket. She turned around and walked back up the aisle. Luckily, Kenda wasn't walking down yet. My mom stopped Mia halfway down the aisle, but Mia was adamant that she must complete her flower girl duties. She walked all of the way back to Kenda and began dropping petals again. It was cute. She finally made it back down to me and sat down.
The ceremony was beautiful and special, but Mia's 3-year-old attention span quickly ran out. She hadn't had lunch or a nap, so she was incredibly testy...and loud. She kept shouting no, rolling on the ground, etc. I finally had to take her out of the sanctuary. Like any toddler, she puts on quite a show when she's tired and hungry. Unfortunately, the stress of the situation was too much for my hormonal and pregnant self. I may have just possibly had a mini meltdown in a back hallway of the church. Thank goodness my amazing mother came to my rescue and assured me that Mia's behavior was no big deal. I was so upset at the thought of Mia's behavior taking attention away from Darvey and Kenda's ceremony. Usually, I think of myself as a "go with the flow" kind of mother. Geez. Stupid hormones.
I pulled myself together, and we went to the reception. It was beautiful and full of lots of people who love the bride and groom. The smiles on their faces when they had their first dance as husband and wife was precious. We're so happy to welcome Kenda to the family. They are a great match for each other.
She got restless while getting her hair done, so she was watching Curious George and My Little Pony on my phone.
Enjoying a snack before putting on her dress
Mia and Nana's shoes
She loved the ribbons on her dress and wouldn't leave them alone.
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Aww, bless your heart Jess. I'm not pregnant but I can definitely relate to those meltdowns caused by your child's behavior. Us mommies always worry so much more than we should!! It sounds like it was a lovely wedding.
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