Lolli entered the contest in the "Prettiest Baby Girl 6-9 Months" category. She and Lauren spent several hours in the days before the contest shopping all over Indy to find the perfect dress. They finally decided on a pink dress with spaghetti straps. The dress had a lace look to it, with eyelets and a few ruffles. It was very tight around Lolli's torso and floofed out quite a bit below the waist. It made her looks like a model ;)
So, on Saturday morning Lolli woke up waaaay to early (and btw, she stayed up waaaaay too late on Friday night) so Lauren and Zach were really worried. Lolli played for a little bit and then ate a banana and some raspberries for breakfast. Then she took a bath (raspberries are insanely messy!) and thankfully took a 30 minute nap. When she woke up it was time to head to the fairgrounds (a 3 minute drive).
When they got there, Lolli was excited to see that Gpa Swain, Kim, and Gma Swain were already there. The group staked their claim on several seats and Lolli changed into her pink dress. Then Gma and Gpa Great showed up, along with Great Aunt Jodi. Then Lolli's friends Ava and Will, who were also competing, showed up with their parents. Then the last of Lolli's fan section showed up, Gpa Pucillo, Aunt Kim, and Cousin Paige. Lolli had the most fans out of any baby there!
Lolli's category got to go first and she had 1 minute each in front of 4 sets of 2 judges. Did she smile? NOPE! Did she blow kisses? NOPE! Did she wave? NOPE! She just stared at the judges with her pretty big blue eyes, trying to take everything in. Lauren and Zach weren't really surprised, since Lolli is always a very busy baby and has no time for blankly smiling at people, LOL.
While everyone was eagerly awaiting the results, Lolli played with all of her relatives. Her favorite things were putting her feet in the creek with the help of Gpa Great, and eating some Pineapple Whip that Zach bought her. It was really hot outside so Lolli tried to stay in the shade as much as possible. Finally the contest ended and it was time for the results. Did Lolli get 1st runner up? NOPE! Did Lolli win Grand Champion? NOPE! She got shut out :( So did Will and Ava, so that was just further affirmation that the judges must be blind ;) But Lolli had a lot of fun and got a green ribbon just for participating! She also got a stuffed panda. How exciting!
After the contest, Lauren, Lolli and Zach walked around the fair for a little bit. Zach played a game where he had to break beer bottles by throwing baseballs at them. He broke one, so Lolli got a big stuffed turtle! She was very impressed by her Daddy's game-playing! On the way back to the car, they stopped by the pony rides and Lolli rode a little horse named Hank. She really liked it and loked super cute riding around in her pink dress! She was not at all upset to not have won the contest, she just enjoyed getting to try!
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