This weekend we attended the wedding of Neil & Rui in the beautiful Tilden Regional Park in Berkeley. The wedding was intimate and everything was beautiful and tender. We are so happy for Rui & Neil!
Claire was invited to be the flower girl. We watched several youtube clips in preparation, got the dress, made a headband (with the hugest white flower Claire could find at the craft store) and had many failed attempts at cute hairstyles and methods of curling. Even the lure of flower-girl-dom wouldn't keep Claire from taking out everything I tried.
She's been talking about this for several days. Finally the day came!
We practiced several times as the event was getting set up and decorated.
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| Anson was in a remarkably good mood the whole time. Thank Heaven! |
In the end Claire did a great job! She started out with a finger in her mouth unsure about when to really start going, but took it out in time to hand out flowers to every aisle person on every row. The one thing we forgot to practice was SMILING. (sigh) Standing in front for the whole ceremony was a little long for her. Once I looked over and she was actually jumping up and down for about a minute. Luckily in the really tender moments I wasn't distracted by her. A big THANKS to the bridesmaid Jessie for holding her hand throughout!
Claire had such a good time at the wedding & reception, and having a friend like Valerie (Blake's buddy Greg's daughter) there put it over the top.
Rui & Neil, thank you for letting Claire be a part of one of the most important days in your lives. We wish you every happiness together!
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