Next Stop: American Girl Store NYC!

When my daughter was a mere four-years-old, she started dreaming over American Girl catalogs. We told her that when she turned SEVEN, we would take her to New York to bring home her favorite doll, Ruthie.

And finally, after what seemed to her like an eternity, that day is here!  Her seventh birthday is next month, but we wanted to get there while this baby belly of mine is still a comfortable size :)

Thanks to the excellent customer service at these stores, Ruthie will be waiting, wrapped, at the concierge desk when we arrive this weekend:

We have reservations for TEA at American Girl Place -- and tea comes complete with a tiny tea set and chair for her new dolly friend. 

And little does she know, but many of her doll's accessories are waiting for her actual birthday at grandma's house ~  among them, this gorgeous little Depression-era bed:

And little lunchbox full of tiny foods (I love the carrot!):

Our little girl is counting down the days!