Flower Girl

Auntie Amber and Uncle Ryan were married this weekend.  It was a good day!  The weather was perfect.  The ceremony was beautiful.  And the reception was so much fun!

I was the matron of honor.  Daddy was an usher and a reader.  Punky was the flower girl.  And although Buddy didn't have a specific role, he rocked the day in his neck tie.

Punky did so good as flower girl.  We were pretty sure she wouldn't be nervous, as she is the most outgoing 2 year old I know.  (She seriously walks up to random people at Target and says, "Hi, my name is Punky.  This is my brother, Buddy.  What is your name?")  But, in the end, there really is no way you can predict what a 2 year old is going to do at any given time.  She did melt down towards the end of the family pictures, but she got over her no-nap-in-3-weeks mood pretty quickly.

   
Punky and Ryan's nephew walked down the aisle together.  They were so cute!  Ryan's nephew is pretty much the opposite of Punky.  He was very shy.  Punky was maybe a little too excited and maybe we talked Ryan's nephew up too much.  But, oh boy, she would not leave him alone!  Within minutes, she was hugging him, rubbing his back and pretty much planning their own wedding.  After they got to the altar, Punky did not want to go sit down with Grandma and Grandpa.  So, she ended up standing next to me for the first 10 minutes of the ceremony.  She was sooo close to knocking the unity candle over, but I was prepared to stop her.  Finally, Grandma Debbie waved her Flower Girl Sticker Book high enough for her to notice and Punky quietly slipped down the altar steps and into the pew. 

We all had a great time at the reception.  I don't think the kids ate too much, but I heard Punky had two pieces of cake and made multiple trips to the candy bar.  Buddy was asleep before the dance started.  Punky made tons of friends on the dance floor.  She enjoyed dancing to the Chicken Dance, the Hokey Pokey and many other songs.  Daddy was bringing our bags up to our room and missed the Chicken Dance.  He was very sad.  Punky stayed up close to 10pm.  I had to grab her off the dance floor and run upstairs to the hotel room.  The whole way upstairs she was crying, "One more song" and "Two more dances".  I think she was probably asleep 5 minutes after getting her pjs on though.  She was tired.  Thank you Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Max for coming to the wedding and staying at the hotel with the kids.  It made everything so much easier!         

I did not get to take as many photos as I would have liked.  I will make sure to post more as I get them from family and friends.