Filled with Love

Last Christmas, when I was pregnant with Charlotte, Mark's Aunt DD and cousin Debi gave me a very special gift. They passed on a dress that Mark's grandmother (pictured below) made for Debi when she was little. They have saved the dress all these years and gave it to us on loan so that Charlotte could have a chance to wear this special dress.

This past Sunday Charlotte wore the dress to church. It fit her perfectly and she looked so pretty in it. We got so many compliments at church that day. I kept telling everyone the "story of the dress". It is so special to have something that was handmade with love and passed on in love.

Here is Debi in the dress. She was 2 when she wore it. Wilmama (Mark's grandmother) also made Debi a matching dress for her doll.

Here is Charlotte with her Daddy.

On a side note, when we first put the dress on Charlotte she kept shaking her hands trying to get the lace off. After a few minutes she got used to the lace around her wrist and didn't mess with it after that.