Girly Girl

Most people that know me well, know that the last thing I ever wanted to do growing up was wear a dress and be prissy. I was one who would much rather have been on the soccer field, the basketball court, building a fort, or swimming in the pool, than playing dress-up and doing prissy girl stuff.

As I grew older, I always thought that God would bless me with little boys as a mother, because for me to raise a little girl would almost be a disservice to that child. I thought God and I had a pact and He would grow 4 boys in my womb (one at a time of course) and then on child number five, I would have a girl. Well, as you all know, I am carrying a little girl in my tummy right now, so it turns out, those were just my worldly ideals - God had other plans!

I have spent the past 3 weeks, since we found out we were having a girl, making sure EVERYONE that loves me knows that this child will NOT be inundated with outfits that are covered in the color pink, she will not wear frilly, lacey, gaudy dresses - with dreadful bows, and most certainly she will NEVER wear those stupid headbands around her head - if she doesn't have much hair, people can ask and I will tell them that she is a girl!!!! Don't get me wrong, if my child decides (when she is older) that she wants to go to dance lessons or gymnastics, I will let her try it -but you won't find me waiting in line to sign her up for ballet lessons as soon as she is able to walk!!!

I will admit though, the "girly-girl" inside of me has shown its face a bit lately. While walking through Kohl's the other evening, I saw this dress and I just couldn't get over how stinkin' cute it is. I can just picture our little girl wearing it with white stockings and black dress shoes. (oh, no! I just said stockings and dress shoes - I think I am turning into a monster!!!)Of course my husband doesn't like it - but can you blame him, he married me, the least "girly-girl" of the bunch. He feels the same way I do about frill and lace. However, maybe it is because I have a little girl growing inside me, but I seriously think I will buy this dress if there are any left after Christmas (of course I need to get it on sale! Let's not go crazy folks, if I am going to branch out and buy a dress, I certainly am not going to pay full price for it!) I know that she won't be able to wear it this year, but I can get a size 9 months and hope that she fits into it next Christmas. :) But if they sell out, I will take it as a sign straight from God above! :)

Moral of this blog = Tomboys can have daughters that own at least 1 dress!