Bitty Baby and my Beautiful Babies!

We took the girls for breakfast at the Americ@n Girl Bistro this weekend. Aria was so excited to wear her matching Christmas outfit with her baby. They give menus for the dolls, and seat them at highchairs at the table- ADORABLE!!!!Gianna doesn't have a Bitty Baby, so they gave her a "loaner" baby doll.Mommy and the girls are all smiles, but Daddy would have none of his little Princess using a germy loaner baby. He took one look at me, and said" Go buy her an Asian Bitty baby."She *liked* the loaner baby, but she LOVED her own. She was more excited than I expected her to be. Which is good because at 21 months old, she is a bit young for such a pricey non- Christmas gift.She gave her a BIG hug..And kept kissing her and kissing her.Which got Aria in on the kisses.We then bought them strollers and let them walk the mall pushing their babies. Gianna was SO EXCITED that every little bit she would stop and dance. We got so tickled watching her dance, then drive her stroller all crazy while Greg was trying to guide her with his crutches, that I thought I might pee my pants from laughing so hard.

What a wonderful Christmas memory we made!

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  1. La Dolce VitaDecember 17, 2007 at 9:53 PM

    What a neat store! That looks like fun!

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  2. JanDecember 18, 2007 at 2:42 PM

    I so love it! What a wonderful sucker your Greg is!

    *sidenote: when we found out Caroline was a girl; I remember telling Chris, "Please, please never tell me 'she already has a doll'.....in my opinion, a girl can never have too many baby dolls!" AND much like Greg, Chris is a bigger sucker than I am for his girlie!

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  3. The Straight'sDecember 19, 2007 at 10:02 PM

    Looks like your girls had a great time playing "mommys". What fun!

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  4. HennHouseDecember 20, 2007 at 11:31 AM

    They are SO adorable! Time sure does go by too fast, doesn't it?

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  5. casey and sherriDecember 24, 2007 at 10:06 AM

    Like I ever thought my brother would actually let her have a "loaner" baby, Welcome to the girls club bro!

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