My Louisiana Diva

When my daughter Cheyenne was born I never thought she would be all about clothes. But it first started with her love for my bonnet. I had a hair bonnet from when I was a baby that I would put on Cheyenne. She had to wear it everywhere we went and it didn't matter if it was 90 degrees in Southern Louisiana she wanted to wear it. We lived in Grand Isle, a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico on a Coast Guard base. The summer was insane but she didn't care. She wanted the bonnet.

And then it was the headbands. The girl had to wear a headband with every dress. She would actually reach for her container of hand bands when I would let her pick out what she wanted to wear. This is a photo of her and I at the Destrehan Plantation in Destrehan Louisiana.

She looks young in those photos but the girl was smart and she liked to make her own choices and I encouraged it. Its funny how much of a personality she had then. It wasn't only her choice in clothes. She had to choose her food too. A personality that is still strong to this day. After the headbands came the love for hats all the way from toddler to age 4. 

I have other photos of her in hats but all of these are my favorites. Its amazing to watch her grow into such a beautiful girl. The past couple of years it has been interesting watching her clothes change. Last year she went through an 80's phase and this year its random in fact these outfits shows her personality. 

What I love most about Cheyenne is she doesn't care what people think of her just like her mama. She likes to express herself through her clothes to show people what she likes. Someday's she dresses like the outfits above and sometimes she dresses like this. 

Truth is my little Louisiana girl could care less as long as she is comfortable. The only difference is she is far more of a girly girl than I'll ever be. She is smart, talented, confident, opinionated and sticks up for those who are bullied. There is a little girl in her school named Katrina who Cheyenne has befriended and sticks up for every time Cheyennes friends say something mean. Katrina was over here last week and she's a very sweet girl. I am glad Cheyenne sees more than what her friends see. Anyway the reason for this post is because tonight Cheyenne put together an outfit she wanted me to see. She was showing off and said she couldn't wait to wear it to school tomorrow so I thought now that I'm doing this blog thing why not show off Cheyennes outfit and tell you about her and her love of fashion. This is my daughter Cheyenne Gisela.