MaTaya's first concert

OK, so I have been trying to figure out what to post next and when I asked Maty she said, "did you put up any pictures of the Taylor Swift concert yet"? And thus the concert post was born!

For MaTaya's 7th Birthday present I went a little crazy and decided to take her to the TS concert at the state fair. It was also the first concert I had been to in about 8 years:) We were BOTH pretty stoked when the big day finally arrived...we spent the whole day together at the fair, took in tons of rides, and hung out with my cousin Stacy and her daughter Jordan (who were also attending the concert). All in all we had a really amazing mother/daughter day and I can't wait to do it again!

This is Maty waiting in line for the gates to open....we were 6th in a line of about 20,000 people! We were maybe there a bit too early, it was around 100 degrees outside and we were both hot and extremely tired at this point. Luckily she was a real trooper and we had no melt downs that day; except for my makeup:)

We were in the arena early enough to get a T-shirt and a Sprite to help cool down before the big show finally began. Here MaTaya is sporting her new T-Shirt (which is now worn at least once a week).

And once the show began little miss Maty was completely entranced! She was shocked that there were dancers and a big production. I guess when you have gone to a concert or 2 before you know what to expect...I hadn't even thought to mention this part to her. She of course new every song and still can't stop talking about how COOL the concert was!

And here she is after the concert. Does she look a tad wore out??? We still had the long walk back to the van; but she made it through the entire night and was sleeping before we were even out of the parking lot!

Now the only problem is what are we going to do for her 8th Birthday???