So as you know, we've said all along that if Val chooses to wear
dresses, she can wear them. It was absolutely my intent to not force
any style of fashion on her, to let her choose her own way. In case you
hadn't guessed, this is a choice I was not given when I was little so
it's important to me that Val have a different experience.

Today, we returned some perfectly nice shorts and t-shirts my mom had
sent her a while back. I'd been saving them for summer when I tried one
of the shirts on her. Lesson learned: "boxy" cut shirts are waaay too
wide for itty bitty toddlers. Oops.

Instead of the shorts and t-shirts, Val now has 2 ridiculously cute
Hann.a Ande.rsson dresses. One striped, one with polka dots. She
helped pick out both of them, to say that she's proud of herself is a
vast understatement.

Obviously it's not how we dress. But that's the point. It's how Val
chooses to dress.