A Beautiful Sunday

I had the good fortune today to spend a beautiful day with my sister and my niece. My niece is three and a half years old and absolutely hilarious.

We started our afternoon by dress shopping for her miniature bridesmaid dress for my sister's wedding. My niece was so excited to try on dresses she could barely contain herself. Of course, we got to David's Bridal at 11:45 and found that it did not open until noon, so we had to ask a super excited three year old to sit in the car for fifteen minutes and wait. She "drove" us around, made us ask to stop to go potty, and yelled at us for being too loud in the car. Whatever kept her happy was fine with me.

When we finally got in to the store we picked out the right size of dresses and she got busy trying them on. We came up with a really cute dress that is somewhere between my sister's bridal gown and our bridesmaids dresses. Lucky girl she actually got to take it home with her today. She really wanted a camoflage dress, but unfortunately we just couldn't find one.

After that we hit the mall for lunch and JoAnn Fabric for supplies. By JoAnn it was almost two o'clock and we hit a wall. A wall called, the three year old was sick of shopping. But, my sister did manage to find some cool fabric for curtains and ribbon and paper for invitations and table decorations. I am so excited for her wedding. I think fuscia and black are going to make for awesome colors.

Last stop was Target. I stayed in the car with my niece while my sister ran in. While she was gone, I was asked to tell stories about when my niece was a baby. I told her about when she was born and when we brought her home, she asked for more. I told her about her first bath and how she broke our hearts screaming, she wanted to hear more. Finally, I told her that one time when I was changing her diaper she pooper on my hand. That was enough. I think she laughed for like three minutes straight. As soon as my sister got back to the car that was the first thing she told her. I didn't find any of those stories too funny, it made me miss when she was a baby so much! She was so tiny and so snuggly. I wish my sister would hurry up and have another one!

Anyway, all in all, it was a great day and I am so thankful that I was able to spend time with them. Now I am exausted and thankful for my couch :) I give my sister a ton of credit!