national dance champion!

that's right.  you read that right.  marley mae is a NATIONAL DANCE CHAMPION!  proud momma right here.  although really she was more excited about her goody box than her trophy, which i kinda like.  i mean we didn't go for a trophy, we went for fun.  and fun we had.  these pictures are all out of order for some reason.

the beautiful bush i parked in at the hotel.  litterally.  but hey, it gave me shade.

granny and mrls backstage preperformance.

so excited to dance.

with ms tanya, one of her teachers.

with the two other soloists from her age range.

pre awards with the other performers of the morning.

winners!  all of them!

that is ms marley mae getting her first place platimum ribbon and trophy and medal.  she is standing up and all the other kids are sitting down.  she's just tiny.

pre show.  i asked her to strike a pose.  this is what i got.  i love my wonderfully weird daughter.

the balloons were all butterfly themed.  we took it as a good sign for her butterfly kisses routine.

at the hotel with all her sparkle on

night before the show.  one tired puppy

pretty sure she was faking here.  she jumped up seconds after i snapped the picture and was wired for quite a while.

faker or not she's still adorable.