Gracie's Trip to American Girl!

Grandma wanted to make Gracie's 8th birthday extra special this year so we surprised her with a trip to the American Girl Store!  We didn't tell her where we were going.  WE waited until we were there!  She was so surprised.  

And once we were in, I think she was overwhelmed at all the dolls, their accessories, and just the huge store itself.

We walked around and checked out all the dolls.  She has some of the books so is familiar with some of them.  I had Samantha when I was younger and she is still around!

Grandma said she could pick out a doll for her birthday so we had to check everything out before we decided. 

The doll of the year this year is named Grace.  She is from France and loves to bake.  So as part of that, the store had "Grace's Sweet Shop." 

She decided that she wanted to pick the "Grace" doll.  So we got her, Amy bought an outfit, and we even got the dolls ears pierced.

Gracie was so excited that we had to take her out of the box immediately and pose with the Grace character.

Thank you Grandma for this awesome gift!

I had such a great time going there with my girl.  Evie will be next!

We even went to lunch at the Cheesecake Factory!  Yum!

And we walked by the Hancock on our way back from a fun day!