The Magnificent Doll Store

She is absolutely adorable and yet it is so hard to watch her grow up. Her "Gigi" (great-grandmother) took her to a doll store to pick out any doll she wanted. Gigi told me that when they arrived at the store, Madeline had picked up a couple of dolls and walked around with them but eventually laid them back down. But when she came to "the one" she picked up the baby doll and rocked her back and forth in her arms. Gigi said once she started rocking the doll, she and the store owner knew this was the baby for her. This little doll has brown hair and brown eyes and is wearing, of course, all pink (Maddie's favorite color)! And they also brought home a lovely little baby buggy in brown wicker, very sweet and old fashioned, and the legs even creek a bit when it's pushed. What a lovely day they spent together. I am so blessed that Madeline is able to share such wonderful memories with her grandparents and great-grandparents. So much of me doesn't want to miss a moment of her and I have to remind myself that everyone else loves being with her too. And after Madeline has grown up and has children of her own, she will have this beautiful doll to pass down and share the story of the wonderful trip to the doll store that I will keep telling her about over again.