Popping the Question

One important wedding-related thing happened on Christmas day.

We got our second flower girl!

I mentioned early on in December that we had yet to ask my cousin to be our flower girl. Being that she lives about 3 1/2 hours away, Christmas was the only time we were able to see her.

I bought her this adorable book about a little girl who was a flower girl at her aunt's wedding...

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Here she is opening it...


As soon as it was unwrapped, her mom read her the title of the book. Ryan and I asked her if she would be a flower girl at our wedding.

Despite the fact that she probably didn't even know what that was, she said "yes" and gave us both a hug.


What's totally adorable about this book is it comes with a little packet of "practice petals". Later that evening, my mom put the petals in a basket and my cousin practiced her flower girl walk up and down the hallway.


She was grinning from ear to ear the entire time. I'm sure she'll make a great flower girl!

How did you ask your flower girl?

Dressing the Flower Girls

Our flower girls are adorable.

My 5-year-old Cousin

Ryan's 4-year-old Niece

These two cuties need adorable outfits to match.

Back in October, Ryan and I attended his cousin's wedding, where Ryan's niece was also a flower girl. She wore a 4-tiered white dress with a teal sash.


Ryan and I decided it's ridiculous for us to ask them to buy another flower girl dress for our wedding, just 8 months later. Why can't she just re-use that one?

Even more perfect is that her dress was taken in for the October wedding. By the time our June wedding rolls around, we can have it taken out again, and it should fit pretty well.

So we will probably have my cousin buy the same (or a similar) dress, and pair them with navy blue sashes so the girls match.

When I was in Philadelphia for Thanksgiving, Ryan's mom really had her mind set on buying the girls something to wear in their hair. At the wedding in October, Ryan's family was really unsure how they should do his niece's hair. Since his niece and my cousin have very different length hair, I was thinking a headband might work well for both of them.

So we ended up with these...


They were like $3.00 each at Claire's. What a deal!

They each feature a fake white flower with a few scattered rhinestones.


I will now model one for your amusement and mocking...


Yeah... it looks a little stupid on me. But it looked super cute when we tried it on Ryan's niece in the store. And it will be the perfect thing to keep her hair back out of her face.

I haven't yet asked my cousin to be a flower girl. We will definitely do that when we see her at Christmas. As for Ryan's niece... she came up to me at the end of the last wedding and asked, "Can I be a flower girl at your wedding too?"

::Awwwwww::