American Girl Weekend

This weekend we headed to the American Girl Doll store in Atlanta for Christian's birthday. She got birthday money to pick out a doll, clothes, etc. Friday night, we went to Gran and Pawpaw's to spend the night and leave Emory with them while we went on CC's bday trip.

This is the face Christian's 'excited face" she said she was going to make when we got to the store!

My friend, Fran, gave Christian a camera and book to remember her trip! She absolutely LOVED having her own camera to take pictures (great gift Fran- THANKS!). I can't wait to see what the pictures look like! (It was funny though- since it was a disposable camera, it has real film and not a screen to look at after you take the pictures. Christian could not understand why she had to turn a dial before taking another picture, why she couldn't see the picture she took, and why she was only allowed to take 36 pictures!) She just kept taking pictures of the most random things. Here she is taking a picture of me taking a picture of her!



She has known for weeks which one she wanted- Kanani, the Hawaiian girl of the year. I really wanted Kit (can you tell I was trying hard for her!), but Christian was set on Kanani and loves her! I had to keep telling myself that it was her birthday, not mine!!

Here we are after making our purchases and getting Kanani's ear's pierced! They gave her a long tutorial on how to care for her doll's hair and the do's and don'ts of what to do with her. Christian was really listening and tells us all the time what we need to do!

They really know how to make a little girl feel special. Every time we turned around someone was wishing CC a happy birthday and talking to her doll. She was eating it up!

We had lunch reservations at the American Girl Bistro and had a few minutes to kill. So we rode the carousel (she even got an extra ride b/c it was her birthday!)

Then we went to lunch where Kanani got her own seat (which we ended up going back to buy b/c Kanani HAS TO have somewhere to sit while CC eats:) Can't you see it in her face how happy she is!

Kanani got her own cup and saucer too!

and they sang happy birthday to her and she got to blow out a candle. She loved every second of it

Then we headed to our hotel, where we got the American Girl doll Birthday package.

CC checked in her and Kanani and got a crown for both of them.

She had to sign her name on a card that she got to use for a few dessert and candy bar. Everytime someone that worked there saw her, they would wish her a happy birthday!

While we were taking a rest in the room, we had milk, cookies, and a cupcake delivered to our room.

Then we got ready in our matching PJ's to watch an American Girl doll movie with all the other girls in the hotel.

There were about 15 other girls there with their dolls. You would have thought they had all been friends for years the way they were talking to each other about all the doll stuff they had. There were blankets and pillows laid out on the floor for the girls to watch the movie. They had popcorn, cotton candy, apples, and drinks for the kids and parents.

Here she is watching the movie!

Doesn't this look FUN?!

She did loose interest about 45 minutes into the movie, so we went swimming. Bryan and I were a little disappointed b/c the movie was really good.....and it was about Kit- the doll I wanted:):)

After a long busy day, we all crashed and slept in the next day. Christian had the BEST time ever, and it was well worth spending as much as we did on all the ridiculously priced doll accessories! I think she'll remember this forever! Now, let's just hope this doll phase last!

I still can't believe my baby is FIVE!