Lucy's Day! {part 1}

This year for Lucy's birthday, we did things a little different :)

She LOVES the American Girl catalog, and had been looking at it for quite a few months with MANY things circled :).  She decided that for her birthday she wanted to go to the AG store herself and choose her gifts, rather than me ordering them (I made sure she understood that she wouldn't have gifts to open in the morning, and that was fine with her!)

 So, on Saturday morning we greeted her with lots of "Happy Birthday's", a singing I-Carly card, and her gift from her YeYe and Frankie.

Lucy then ate her special request breakfast

"egg in a hole"

(bird in a nest, one eyed toast...so many names!)

Of course, after she was dressed and ready to go, we did a little

birthday photo shoot :)

....then a little "twirling"

It was then time to pick-up Grammy and drive to the American Girl store!

I have had the "little dream" :) of taking Lucy to get her first AG doll at either the Chicago or NYC store :) when she was 7 or 8, the perfect excuse since we didn't have a store here in Seattle.  Well, this summer they opened a store, BUT ....Lucy did not want a doll this year, she wanted accessories for her AG Bitty Baby she received for Christmas 3 years ago...SO, that still leaves the door wide open (in my opinion) for a little trip next year!!!!

I thought maybe once we got into the store, Lucy would decide she wanted a doll instead, but she did not waiver, she knew exactly what she wanted for her baby!

Lucy ended up with two outfits, a changing table, and a travel carrier for her baby.
Once we paid for her things, she was ready to go...

Our little American Girl!!