The Wedding, Segment II: Flower Girl Olivia

Ok. Back to my "write about one element of the wedding so that I remember it" series. Reminder: this is to sustain my memory and will likely bore you! :)

College roommate Staci's just-turned-3 daughter Olivia served as our flower girl!


Staci and I were roommates for 4 years and had a ball in college.

When planning for the wedding, I knew immediately what Olivia should wear! You see, about 26 years ago, I was in a wedding (yes, the scowly girl with the funny hair)...

This little eyelet dress from Montgomery Ward's was sitting in my mom's basement! She had saved it all those years! So we dug it out, sent it to Olivia… …and had lots of fun emailing pics of her in it. Staci had it altered slightly and added a brown bow to match the wedding party (the groomsmen wore brown tuxedos).

We first got to see Olivia at our party on Thursday night before the wedding. She arrived decked out in a cute, girly outfit...but soon found a mud puddle. So...we had to improvise and find her a new little "dress"……her new "uncle" Michael thought it was the nicest dress he'd ever seen. {wink, wink}

By the time the wedding day rolled around, Olivia was comfortable with everyone and ready to roll! She did a great job during photographs! This is she and Nicholas...

and she, her brother Isaac and Nichols getting their flowers. Nicholas doesn't look too impressed.

And giving Michael a sweet hug!And while we were ticking down the final moments before the ceremony, she and Nicholas (nephew and ring bearer) were kept very focused with M&M's! They were cute. Olivia walked right down the aisle like she was supposed to. She captivated the guests.........and got QUITE the giggles when she delicately reached into her nose and picked it as she walked down the aisle!!

That is a story we'll always remember! I didn't actually see it happen, but heard about it later! She was the perfect flower girl and itwas great having her part of the day!!