Dancin Machine

We went to a wedding this past weekend. Actually, Amanda was in the wedding as a bridesmaid. For whatever reason we decided to also get Haidyn a vaccination that same morning, followed by Lexi's Little Gym class. We had scheduled the "shot only" appointment a month ago and weren't really thinking about it. Haidyn ended up being fine that day, unlike her big sis who always ran a little fever and had a cranky day after her vax. Of course, we didn't spread her vax out like we are Haidyn's so that could be the reason why. Anyway, the dr visit and Little Gym themselves went smoothly. We even were able to see the doc real quick to get Haidyn's Zantac dosage adjusted due to her most recent growth spurt and a new script. Maybe she'll slow down with the spewing of a rainbow of colors everywhere all day depending on what she's had to eat that day.
We had been trying to decide whether or not to take Lexi with us to the wedding. We had a babysitter set ahead of time and they were definitely watching Haidyn. Lexi usually loves to play with them, but at the same time she looooves a good party :) Also, she had been dying to get into her new party dress for weeks now. We figured we would see how the day went and decide when the time came. That morning was the epitome of TERRIBLE TWOS!! Lexi had 5 twenty minute long screaming crying fits between the hours of 7 am and 2 pm. Amanda had left straight from the Little Gym class and I had gone home to get things together, have lunch, and head over to our friend's house to get the girls settled and myself dressed for the wedding. I called the babysitters on the way down to tell them I would NOT be leaving Lexi with them after the temper tantrum frenzy that day. I was afraid she would torture them with screaming all night. So instead I took her with me to the wedding figuring I could take her outside if she tantrumed or just leave all together.
Anyway, Lexi was thrilled to have her pretty party dress on. She was almost the center of attention....a CLOSE second to the bride herself. She was an absolute angel the whole time, even during the ceremony itself (which luckily was short and sweet). We got up to the reception and the DJ was trying hard to make friends with Lexi but at first she was overwhelmed with the loud music and lights and was playing shy. He quickly won her over with magic tricks and became her new BFF. I think Lexi danced for about 2 hours straight....even during the NON dancing type music played during the "it's time to sit down and eat your meal time". The DJ asked her what song she wanted to hear because he would play anything she wanted. After a few minutes she decided, "I want Boom Boom Pow, I wanna DANCE!" As the word dance escaped her lips it coincided with a wiggle and shake of her shoulders. They did play Boom Boom Pow, the party got totally rolling at that moment with everyone dancing and the groom even singing in the microphone. Yes, my 2 year old already knows how to party. I think they could create a whole separate Lexi wedding album and video with all the pictures the photographer took of her throughout the night. We can't wait to see them!