The Future Miss America

"Jayci, can you sit in the bed of tulips for the next shot?"

"But thats, durrrrty," Jayci so girlishly responded with her southern accent.

Jayci is definitely a girly girl who loves all things pink, drawing, cheerleading and participating in local Alabama beauty pageants. If I had a little girl, she would be just like Jayci. But Jayci is the little girl of one of my best friends growing up, Sherie. It's still the weirdest thing in the world to me that the little girl I used to play with when we were Jayci's age, now has a little girl herself.

This weekend, Sherie and her sister, Misty, and their mom all visited from lower Alabama, and the panhandle area of Florida where my dad grew up. None of us are related, but Sherie and Misty have always felt like cousins to me considering our dads grew up together. We were laughing last night about the fact that, when we went to see my dad's side of the family, we never actually stayed with family, we always stayed with Sherie and Misty's family. I guess our parents knew how much we loved playing dress up together and having pajama parties.

Now its Jayci's turn to play dress up. So she borrowed my grandma's pearls, my mom's hat, my old bedroom, my parent's yard, and my puppy Rhett for a fun photoshoot.