We love Taylor Swift!

For those of you who don't already know, we are big Taylor Swift fans. Before Sarah, I could take her or leave her, but when Sarah turned 3, she saw the "marry me Juliet" video and was hooked! We were so happy to be able to surprise our girl with tickets to see her hero in concert in Lexington. Aunt Amy had bought Sarah this shirt last year. We decided it would be perfect attire for the concert. This is big for Sarah, because it meant she could not wear her favorite pink and green dress for the event! (She has worn the same two dresses everyday for the past two months!). I was so happy she opted for the tee shirt instead.

Check out the look of excitement on her face!

On our way in, we took some photos of beautiful downtown Triangle Park.



Believe it or not, even Daddy opted to accompany us to the concert! Sarah loves her Daddy so much. They have such a special and close relationship.



In the background you can see Kelli Pickler. She opened for Taylor. From the look on Sarah's face you can tell that she is not enthralled with Kelli. Bring on Taylor!

During the intermission, we posed for photos. Check out the look on Daddy's face. He is either tired from work, or dreading the thousands of screaming girls he is about to be surrounded by for two hours!

Me and my girl.

Now for the main event... I took video of the opening of the concert. When it fades to black, I was trying to get the look on Sarah's face. It is hard to see. She really didn't smile, she just seemed mesmorized by the event. She did not utter a word for a long time. This is BIG for Sarah!

Here is the beginning of the concert. Can you just feel the collective prepubecent excitement in the room? Check out the long awkward pauses. She had lots of these during her performances. I guess it plays up to the Disney crowd. The most interesting part to me was that she really could sing! I have seen her on so many award shows and she sounded less than stellar. She was truly spot on throughout the concert. We had so much fun!

As you can see, she did a great job of playing to the audience. She has a really high energy show!

Taylor had many costume changes. Sarah looooved this! She is really into fashion right now as you can see below.

At one point, Taylor peeks out just one section away from us! She sings a song less than 50 feet away! Unfortunately, we were bum rushed by girls standing on top of one another and couldn't see a thing. Then Taylor made her way down the stairs to a second stage in the middle of the arena. Here is the photo.

We had GREAT seats for this concert. It was the only way to really keep a 4 year olds interest throughout.

At one point, she asked us to turn on our cellphones. You can't see it here, but the effect was really cool.

This is my favorite photo of the night. Sarah grew tired in the middle of the show (perhaps because she was working on being up two hours past her bedtime?). I gave her my I touch and had bought a fashion application. Sarah spent at least an hour dressing the model in "Taylor Swift attire". So cute!

Now for the main event. The moment we have all been waiting for... the princess section of the show. She had awesome costumes and backgrounds to keep the kids interested.

A close up of princess Taylor.

Then she changes into her "white dress" as the song describes.

What a great night. What great memories of our first "big girl" concert with our big girl.