Early Birthday Present

Early Birthday presents are always welcome, aren't they? We started our vacation by going to the American Girl Store in Los Angeles. It was not planned until the morning we left and my sister invited us to stay the night at her house. Her place just happens to be 6 miles from the store and I thought, what a great way to get a birthday present for Katie. She decided about a month ago that she was willing to put all of her birthday money towards "Ruthie" one of the American Girl dolls. She has been reading a ton of the books and has fallen in love with the idea of a doll. Her birthday was a month and a half away, but you can't really buy a doll on the road and then not let her play with it. It was a blast. We were there for over an hour and had no idea that the time had flown by. Well, maybe Christian did. It was so fun to watch Katie as she picked her stuff out and then just wanted to buy it and get out. We forced her to take some time and enjoy it and then got her to stop being shy long enough to take some pictures before we left. The movie just came out with the Kit Kittredge and her friend Ruthie so there was the house in the outdoor mall and stuff all over the store with them. It was a lot of fun.

Here is a picture of a brother being a boy in a doll store. :)