My baby is in the Nutcracker!

My baby girl loves to dance.  She had her first performance, The Nutcracker.  She was so thrilled to perform on stage.  She was super excited to get her hair curled and to wear make up.  She had a dress rehearsal which lasted for hours so she and her cute little friend needed to do something to pass the time by watching a movie on the iPad while waiting for their part.  Abby is so funny, she has a great smile until you tell her to smile for the camera and then it is completely forced.

I love this photo, it is a little hard to see but you can see Abby kneeling on the top step watching the rehearsal.

Here is the program to her first performance.  She performed in 3 different shows.  Monday, Thursday, and Saturday.

Opening Night..

This is a cast photo, Abby is in the bottom right corner.

Beautiful little Angel :)

Grandpa Jim, Nana, Grandma, Daddy, Austin, and I went to watch your performance.

Waiting to go on stage...

On stage...  (It was hard to get a good picture from backstage where I was standing)

Abby is the little Angel on the left of the small group.

She was really excited to receive roses after her performance.

She did great all 3 nights!  She loves dancing!

We have a ballerina!

Abby is such a little performer!  I decided it was time for me to find either a dance class for a gymnastics class for Abby to attend.  After calling many studio's, I discovered that either places were too much of "Dance Mom" style which I wasn't prepared to put Abby in or they weren't accepting any new dancers at the time or I left a message without any call back.  One of the places that I left a message at was Academy of Ballet Arts.  I received a call back within an hour.  The lady on the phone was so nice and very inviting.  I explained that Abby wasn't quite 3 yet but would be in a few weeks.  She told me that would be just fine and we could come and try a class to see how she liked it.  Abby was so excited!  She was even more excited when we went and got her 1st pair of ballet slippers.
As soon as we walked into ABA (Academy of Ballet Arts) I knew that it was the place for Abby to be!  She skipped right in with a smile on her face.  With her being as shy as she is, it definitely assured me that she was comfortable here!  She did so amazing, she listened to everything that Miss Sheila told and was really good at whatever she tried!

Abby is 2nd from the left in this photo

Click "play" to watch a quick video of her first class.

Sebastian went with us and was a very proud big brother!  When class was over he told her 

"Wow, Abby you did great!"