Sunday, June 7, 2009

Beautiful Baby

We entered Miss Ariah in the Provo Freedom Festival Baby Contest. We spent all morning debating what to have her wear and how to do her hair. It was rather silly and Ariah was getting annoyed at us for playing dress up with her. We knew she would only have a chance if she was in a good mood, so we tried really hard to make sure of that. Since the judging was right during her usual nap time, we woke her up extra early, and then had her sleep until 9:00. Then, we fed and changed her immediately before judging.

She shone with the judges. She cooed, smiled, babbled, showed them her 2 tiny teeth, and was so cute and social. She even demonstrated how she roars after Steve roared to her. One of the judges commented on how cool it was that she made eye contact with them and smiled. She's so friendly... when she wants to be. Sometimes, she refuses to look at anyone.


When it was time for the awards ceremony, Ariah was getting pretty impatient with the events of the day. Finally, they announced the winners for girls 7-9 months. Our Ariah took 1st place!


She received a medal, a headband, gift certificates, coupons, 2 Granny B Cookies, a onesie, and popcorn. Oh, and we get to be in the 4th of July parade with her.

We've talked a lot about contests and pageants, especially baby pageants. It seems pretty silly to put a baby over another baby, but I think if everyone has the right attitude, it's overall just a fun, silly experience. Ariah could have lost easily if she were in the wrong mood. I had a look at all the babies I could see, and they were all beautiful. Steve was entered in a baby contest as a wee one, and did not win. So, we don't plan to make this a big deal. It's just a fun thing that happened. We don't believe our baby is a lot more special than all the other babies, she just was able to communicate her cuteness at the right place and time.

I do plan on entering all my kids into this, just for fun. I don't have ridiculous expectations. And I can't stand parents who try so hard to put their kids above everyone else's kids. But that's another rant for another day.

Victory never tasted so.... metallic.

3 comments:

Stephen Stacey said...

Yeah, I can see what you mean about not putting one baby above another. The problem with that is you keep on getting one-uppers, and everybody knows that at the top of the one-up chain is Ella, who is clearly the best and cutest baby ever. (:

Stephen Stacey said...

I do love Ariah,s victory munch. It shows you just how much she cares about winning. Congrats to the three of you!

Angie Berrio said...

Congrats! She's darling.