She has a fetish

A shoe fetish, that is.

These boots of Daddy's go all the way up her leg. In fact, I think they are longer than her leg.

They can't be that comfortable to wear. Sitting down is much better, but then Daddy has to hold them up because steel toe boots are way too heavy.
Then she thought she would give my running shoes a go. They were a bit easier than the boots.

Here's a video of the shoe fun. Sorry it's sideways and a bit dark.

A True Girl

A few weeks ago I read a post on my cousin's blog about her darling little girl who just loves girly things....especially shoes. She went on to tell how her little girl is in LOVE with a certain pair of shoes that are just too small, but still wanted to wear them anyway.

Well, little did I know that in just a few short weeks my little girl would all the sudden start showing these same girly attributes towards shoes.

Yesterday, when getting Alayna ready to go to lunch with my mom and sister, I asked her if she would like to wear her pink boots. She promptly shook her head, went over to the drawer of shoes, grabbed her white, sparkly shoe, walked over to me, turned around, sat on my lap and held her foot up so I could put it on.

I new that these shoes were pretty tight the last time she wore them and I was pretty sure with the thicker socks that she was wearing, they wouldn't fit. But I tried anyway. It definitely wasn't going to happen....especially with those socks. With several inches of snow on the ground and definite winter weather outside, these shoes just weren't an option.

After trying to convince her (several times) that these shoes were too small, I finally got her to wear her "pretty pink and brown shoes with the jewels." Oh, and I forgot to mention that I hid the white, sparkly ones in hopes that she would forget about them this time.

Fast forward to today when we were playing in her room. She opened the drawer of shoes. And the same scenario occurred. Almost exactly. Except this time I gave in, took off her socks and shoved her feet in the shoes. (Never mind the large indent that will be present from the strap when I take those babies off.) She didn't complain and LOVED looking at her feet in the full length mirror.

Apparently beauty knows no pain. Right?

Although I can't say I haven't done the same thing. I will admit there have been a few times I have shoved my feet into a too small pair of shoes just so I would look stylin'.

Here they are in all their glory: The sparkly princess shoes with no socks.

I don't think we will be walking outside much.

Now on my to do list: Go to Target and by larger white, sparkly shoes.

A question for moms...

who have walking babies/toddlers.

Since Alayna is approaching the walking stage, I am interested in knowing what kinds/brands of baby shoes you like best. After searching on the internet and realizing that I have NO idea what to look for, I thought I would let you knowledgeable moms help me out.

So there you have it. I need some advice.

Leave me a comment and I will LOVE you! :)

Thanks!