And the day has arrived...

Our dear friend Stefanie's wedding was yesterday, and ever since she started planning for the wedding about a year ago, she asked if little Hannah could be one of her flower girls. We agreed, but were quite apprehensive at first, as Hannah was only one plus years at the time and we wouldn't sure if she could carry it off. This would also be the first time that she is a flower girl at a wedding.

Sometime middle of this year, Stef bought her the dress. It was a bit big and long but up to a couple of weeks before the wedding, we tried it on again and the length was just nice, but the sleeves were still a bit big. Hubby's mum altered it a bit and even so, it was stil slightly big, but we also did not want it too tight so she would be comfortable.

We were preparing her for yesterday as soon as we got the dress as our biggest fear was that she would suddenly break down in the middle of the red carpet and it would not be a pretty sight then. There were two flower girls, the other being Stef's niece who was five years old. So the night before and during the morning session, we brought Hannah to Stef's house so she could bond with her niece. They hit it off nicely so last night, we just told her "Hold hands and follow jie jie". Hannah was very fascinated that they were wearing matching dresses and holding identical bouquets. She kept telling us, "Look, it's the same!" :)

We did not have pictures of the actual event as we did not bring the camera. As expected, we were on standby along the red carpet in case there was an "emergency" suddenly. Hubby said that hopefully the cameramen and videographer did not get any footage of us running up and down through the crowd like mad people :p

We both breathed a huge sigh of relief when she managed to lead the little procession all the way down the red carpet to the end. Even so, she kept looking behind to make sure that we were there, following her. I could not hear her but I could see her mouth asking "Where's Mummy, where's Daddy?" That must be the longest red carpet ever for us even though it was only about 30 to 40 feet long. Finally it was over and we are so proud of her. The important thing was that Stef and Kenny were really happy. When they reached the end, there were big hugs for her at the end of the carpet.

Even though we did not get any pictures from the night itself (we will wait for the official photos), but we did take some before leaving the house. I asked Sue a favour to do up her hair in a little bun and she sat patiently and quietly while her hair was being done. Lots of hairspray to make sure that it stayed in place until the walk-in was over!

After that, I applied a little makeup for her. She was really excited as she loves to see me put on my makeup. First a little blush:



And a touch of eyeshadow and lip-gloss. All the makeup didn't stay on long however as she kept touching her face, so it needed constant touch up at the hotel.



All done! As Hannah said "I'm like a princess!" :)



Picture with Mummy:



And one with Daddy:



And a family shot:



Congrats Stefanie and Kenny! May you both have a wonderful life together filled with many joyful moments ahead!