Our Little Robeez Girl!

Robeez (a brand of baby shoes that we LOVE and Charlotte is always wearing in any pics) announced to Facebook fans that they were having an open casting call for their next campaign. All we had to do was submit two photos - a close-up and a full-body ... we thought, why not? We know Charlotte looks different than most babies and catches the attention of strangers everywhere we go, so we thought we'd give it a shot for fun.

These are the two photos we submitted about a month ago:



Well, the photos caught their attention and they asked us to come to the next round, which was an in-person round in Boston! We went on the Thursday that Laura and Austin were here - we all packed into the car and made the 1 hour trip down for Charlie's big day. When we got there, there were a bunch of babies all around her age and we were given #58. I filled out a sheet with Charlotte's info and noticed some boxes for them to fill out on the bottom - "behavior" and "shoe fit". We timed it well and had arrived after the masses had gone through. We did have to wait about a half an hour or so where we met a little friend, Stella. She was sweet and adorable with a full head of hair that Charlie must have been jealous of since she had decided to pull it at one point! But, she WAS competition!!

Charlotte did start to get a little restless waiting around, but we were called in and I brought her in to the photographer. She did try to crawl away after a piece of fuzz on the floor, but once the photog got it out of her way, she said Charlotte's name and Charlotte looked up at her and gave her a big gummy smile - so cute! She then took a picture of Charlotte's feet and then tried on a doggy Robeez shoe (Charlotte patiently let her get the shoe on her) - she looked at the woman with our sheet and said "perfect fit - toes are exactly where they should be". They looked at me and said she was all set - a whole 45 seconds after walking her in!! As I picked her up and was walking out, I heard the woman with the sheet say "she was REALLY cute" to the photographer. Hearing this and knowing she aced the two boxes they were filling out, I walked out so proud of our little girl!!!

So we waited ...

I got the email this past Friday letting us know that she has been chosen to be a part of their campaign and photo shoot in a couple of weeks!!! We will be getting the details in a few days, but we know on either May 12th or 13th, we will be heading back to Boston for her gig. She will be receiving a $150 gift card for their shoes and a free 8x10 photo from the shoot.

This is all for the fun and we won't be making Charlie into ones of those girls you see on those pageant reality shows - NEVER! We couldn't be more proud of Charlotte for doing such a great job so far!!!!