Flower Girl Stuff & Other Chit Chat

Evie has been asked (honored) to be the flower girl in her aunt Brittany's wedding coming up at the end of this month! Brittany and her family are longtime (lifelong for me) friends of my family. We couldn't be happier that Brittany found Rob, and we're looking forward to celebrating with them soon! This past Saturday, Evie, Mom, and I attended Britt's bridal shower at my Aunt Nicole's, it was a wonderful and girly afternoon. Brittany and Nicole treated Evie like a total princess, they were so generous and sweet - Ev was in heaven!Evie loved the chocolate fountain - and all of the treat options they had for dipping!Brittany let Evie help open ALL of the gifts - so not necessary, but really sweet.The flower girl with Mommy (me). She was given a "Flower Girl" sash and purse with make-up, the kid was so happy!

We had such a nice time and we're really excited about the wedding! I just found Evie's dress a few weeks ago, it was a total score! It's a perfect match for the wedding and I got it at Marshall's for... $15.00!!! I was so excited! I seriously prayed about getting the right dress at a good price, finding it was such a blessing!

In other life news, I am still sick! I never really recovered from the "plague" that struck our house over Christmas and New Years, I went to the doctor today and found out that it has turned into an ear infection - bummer! I have not had an ear infection since I was little! At least I'm on some good meds now and I'll hopefully be over it soon.

I'm spending most of this week going through the girl's clothes and sorting them into one of 6 piles... 1) Put in Evie and Annie's memory boxes 2) Save for a potential future daughter 3) Save for future cousins 4) Consign at Round Robin 5) Consign at Wee Trade Boutique Sale 6) Give to Goodwill... whew! Sometimes I feel like managing the girl's wardrobe is full time job. I'm not complaining though, I know I've made it that way: planning, buying, matching, and making their clothes is probably my favorite hobby! It's actually really hard and emotional for me to go through and get rid of their clothes, but it just makes so much sense to consign what they've outgrown to help offset the cost of what I want to buy for the future (like this summer!) It just feels like letting go of memories! I keep telling myself, "I have lots of pictures, and I still have the girls who wore them"! Am I totally weird? It's boutique sale time of year again, so I think that will help to "ease my pain". Oh brother - listen to me! If you're in North Florida and want to hit some awesome kid's shopping, check out these 2 upcoming sales...

http://warehousesalejacksonville.com/ (new with tags - great for matching siblings!)

http://www.weetradekids.com/ (new and gently used - great place for shoes!)

I can't wait to shop!!! I'm also planning on making (along with lots of help from my mom) several summer outfits for Evie and Anabelle too, but that's a post all it's own - coming soon!

I hope all of you are doing well and staying healthy. "Blog world" has been really slow lately, as far as posts and comments go, to me that says either everyone is under the weather, or out partying ;) I hope it's the later!

Oh, one more thing! I found these adorable loafers for Anabelle at Target tonight! And they are actually Trumpettes! They did a special line for Target called "TrumpetteToo" and it's significantly cheaper ($12.00!) than their stuff sold in boutiques - I'm thrilled! I'd been feeling low about the seemingly small selection of sweet toddler accesories and then I found these! They have precious stockings and socks too. I can't wait for Annie to wear them!