Because blogging about anything else (ie March... April... May... June...) sounded like a lot of "work", here's another Carma fashion show, this time featuring all the random outfits I stuck her in from six to twelve months - cute little articles of clothing that she has now, for the most part, outgrown. This would normally be the part where I would plead that she juuust staaaay liiiitle, BUT we're actually a little worried about her growth (length, that is. Weight, she's a champ. Wonder where she gets that from...) so instead I will cheer for her to grow and only be a little sad that she's not a baby anymore ;).
We'll start with the outfit she wore to church the day she actually hit six months:
I was obviously super excited to coordinate - come on, what are the chances that we both have white jacket/cardigans AND orange-ish/reddish skirts and shirts AND white leggings/tights AND tan/pink flowered boots? Clearly had to happen. (fun fact: that orange skirt was from Savers and she actually has another one that fits her now from Savers. Jesus loves me.)
Another Sunday outfit, following the standard "dress + white leggings + white jacket" uniform:
One of my favorite little dresses she had - she finally wore it for the last time just recently. And come on, the little striped bum (stolen from a different dress)?? Kills me.
I mean, maybe this is just a collection of all her church outfits, I don't know. Here's another one:
I love when I can mix and match - the little turquoise shrug was from a different dress and it worked so perfectly with this darling hand-me-down jumper. And pink shoes, because. Just because.
So it turns out Carma's two pairs of white leggings were the MVPs of her wardrobe all winter; in addition to Sundays under dresses she also wore them during the week under shorts...
but for variety, we also mixed in some other leggings and tights under onesies and shorts. It's possible people made fun of me for the Wonder Woman look but it's also possible that I don't pay attention when people make fun of me so we're good ;).
Another Sunday! This was such a fun dress to brighten up winter-y days - I'd been excited for Carma to grow into it since my baby shower (thanks Em K!). And, ohh those shoes. Probably my favorites:
The Sunday 'uniform' makes another appearance with yet another Savers dress ;).
More winter-y ensembles, trying to keep her chubby little legs covered and warm:
I had to document the final time I was able to squeeze Carma into the little pink pants from Heidi - those bows on the back pockets get me every time!!
By the beginning of February I had acquired, thanks to Grandmas/clearance/hand-me-downs from the boys/Savers and D.I., a bunch of cute red/pink/heart articles of clothing and it became my goal for Carma to wear as many combinations of it as possible, haha. Here are just a few:
Including what she wore to church the Sunday before Valentine's Day. Are we all appreciating the heart shaped pockets on that little denim skirt?
OH, Carma's first Academy Awards Sunday!! Alas, she didn't have anything super sparkly to don, so we picked a fun, bold color combo instead (there were some beads/sequins on my turquoise skirt if that counts...). She has a little zebra striped dress that should fit her next spring...
Aaaand a few more Sunday/church outfits - I'd honestly be hard-pressed to pick a favorite amongst these. The one on the upper right is one I bought at Savers while Chuck and I were on our babyhoneyanniversarymoon (is that what we called it? Something crazy like that...) and I ALMOST FORGOT TO PULL OUT OF THE BOX OF CLOTHES. The one on the bottom right is sooo cute and sooo hard to photograph her in. It actually probably still has a Sunday or two left in it, so I'll try some more.
And here are some fun skirts/dresses Carma's worn during the week! Things to note: that darling sweater dress on the bottom right DID get left in the box until it was pretty much outgrown; I was sooo sad. Moral of the story: don't trust the sizes on the labels, and doublecheck your box of "too big" clothes regularly; babies grow quick!
Here are some more pictures of that perfect little eyelet white and pink dress. If it were in my size I would legitimately wear it every day.
St. Patrick's Day outfits - the Sunday before, and the day of. That green onesie has been passed through now three of us from our girls night group and it is THE softest material in the world. Also darling.
Another hand-me-down from Nicole, soooo fun and bright and cute! Also cute? Chuck.
Oh man, this is a dress that was soo cute on the hanger at Savers but sooo difficult to make the collar stay down/photograph Carma in - she rolled, crawled, and drove away to avoid the camera. But I still love the print of the material, so we're good.
We (and be 'we' I mean 'I'...) call this the watermelon outfit, because a) it's the colors of a watermelon and b) that's what Carma is eating on Quinn's back porch. Those jeans were on clearance at Target for like three dollars and I just couldn't walk away from them. They've spent the summer in a drawer and I'm waiting to see if I can still squeeze Carma in them this fall...
Ahhh random assortment of more spring-y outfits in April and May.We love short sleeves and sunshiiine!
Okay, I promise I understand that Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico's Independence Day, buuut if you have a darling little embroidered shirt (from MY childhood! Thanks Dad!) you might as well wear it that day as you tag along on Will's zoo field trip, you know?
And thus concludes the fashion highlights of Carma's existence from six months to her first birthday! I am now in agreement with all seven hundred and twelve people who told me how much fun I would have dressing a little girl, haha.
(birthday princess t-shirt courtesy of a garage sale the week before her birthday. I normally shy away from the princess label - I mean, she's the only girl and the youngest, so I doubt she'll need any encouragement claiming the title herself - but for a quarter I obviously had to buy it.)
