Flower Girl Extraordinaire

Two weeks ago, we travelled to Oklahoma City to be a part of Abby and Miles' wedding weekend extravaganza.  Millie was asked to be one of the flower girls, so we had to bring in reinforcements (a la Coco).  Coco was so sweet to come and watch Syd for us so we could focus all of our energy on bribing Millie to be good and smile for pictures.

Backstage: so fun getting ready with the girls!  Channing was the other flower girl, and she was such a fun, great example for Mills.

Loved every minute spent with these two before the Wedding.  Abby looked beautiful times a million.  Stunning.  And Dina too with her most perfect dress...very Audrey Hepburn.

Blaker was a groomsman!

I started to get a little worried when Millie was stealing my shoes and acting like a wildcat leading up to wedding time.

JKK and I were proud of our Mills...she looked adorable in her dress.  She didn't quite understand that this wasn't her wedding though.  I kept explaining that Abby was getting married to Miles, and she would argue that it was her wedding and it was "Milwie" that was marrying Miles.

The girls! <3  They were all so patient and sweet to Mills, even when she was being sassy and so very 3.

Papa! Mimi! Lacy!  Some of my favorite people.  Mimi looked wonderful in this teal/turquoise color. Lacy's dress was also perfect on her.  Everyone was looking very dashing that evening.

Oliver saved the day!  He had Paw Patrol toys to entertain them while we were waiting for the wedding to begin, and lollipops to keep them quiet during the wedding.  Lacy is a genius.  I made the mistake of not bringing enough food and things to entertain her...so she was so close to meltdown anyway, when she slipped and hit her chin, bringing blood only minutes before she was to walk down the aisle.  It was basically over at this point.  She sobbed the entire way down the aisle asking for mommy.  It was a bit overwhelming.  Somehow she managed not to let go of the basket of flowers and continued walking forward so that Channing could do her job.  

The rest of the wedding went off without a hitch!  Abby was visibly excited and super cute up there marrying this guy, whom we all love.  It was wonderful to witness!  Congratulations, Abby & Miles!

Shortly afterwards, Millie asked to go back to the hotel with Coco and Syd.  I was sad to see her go...I wanted her to get to enjoy the party with us, the dancing and cake cutting.  But the day was just too much for her.  She did her job and was asleep within minutes of getting to the hotel.  

So then we were free to enjoy the night with our family.  Love my pretty mommy.

The reception had so many good times, but the iPhone pics don't do it justice.  I had a few tears listening to Larry give his speech and watching the daddy/daughter dance (could not even handle those song lyrics).  We all loved seeing Papa and Mimi own the dance floor and win the longest married contest.  I miss my family and it was so so fun to see everyone!  It's never long enough to properly catchup, but I'm thankful for these happy times together.

We even had a little photo booth fun...

The next day, we went to the OKC zoo to get in a little more Nana time before she headed back to Colorado.  It was a beautiful day, and dare I say, almost hot.  Not complaining though.  The second we were back in the car and on the way home, Millie was asking when Nana was coming to our house.  Awwww.

Syd was laughing so loud, people were staring ;)  

Such a fun weekend full of family and love!