Monday, December 15, 2008

the prettiest beast on the planet



So many of you might think of Mya as the beauty. Those of us who spend time with her on a regular basis know her as the beautiful beast! On Saturday my Mother in law went shopping with me to help me find a Christmas dress for Mya. I have already bought and returned a couple of different ones. I wanted to try them on her in the store so I could save the return trip. As some of you may have noticed she is a little round, not so many dresses fit her. If you can imagine a 25 pound tazmanian devil trying on a dress, you might start to get the idea. i found what appeared to be the perfect dress, it was red and fluffy. Annie held her down, I pulled the dress over her head, she immediatly pulled it back over her head, I pulled it back down and then grabbed a hand to shove it in the arm hole before she could pull it off again. She is screaming and flailing and trying to smack whoever is closest, sorry Grandma! She landed a few. We got the other arm in only to find out that this size 2T dress is too small. We could not button the third button. We removed the offending dress set her down and away she went. Santas village was just outside this stores entrance and looked way more exciting. We chose another dress, a gorgeous dark plum and equally fluffy. Repeat tazmanian devil attack. To our suprise it fit much better. Today, add Aunt Emily, we took the beautiful beast and her gorgeous plum dress to get pictures done. I cannot express the challenge it was to get her back in the dress, get her hair fixed and pry a smile out of her. I need a Xanax, for real, I'm not kidding. THANK YOU GRANDMA AND IWI!

6 comments:

Jen said...

She is a very cute beast!

Will and Chelsea said...

Yep you win the best Christmas story award... hats off to all of you!! She really is the prettiest beast on the planet!!

Ines said...

How funny (for me anyway). She's a little feisty eh? But she looks darn cute in that color!!!

Emily said...

But does it make it worth it when you see how adorable she is in the pictures? She looks beautiful!

JillT said...

I love the pictures. They make everything look so darn peaceful! I totally understand the fighting to get clothes on; you'd think we were torchering them. She is super cute though (all 25 pounds of her)!

Cheryl said...

The image of putting a dress on a tazmanian devil really gives us a great image of the "beast" behind that pretty little face! I laughed when I read it!