Saturday, February 07, 2009

Long Awaited Gift, Julie

This past week Madelyn's nine year birthday gift finally arrived. This poor doll languished in the Shanghai customs office for more than three weeks before she finally made it to us! We joked that maybe the customs officers were playing with her, but she arrived in mint condition, with only the outer box having been opened. Madelyn and I were SO happy to finally have her here! We had a fun afternoon introducing Julie to Madelyn's other doll, Nellie, and dressing them and fixing their hair.

"Julie, meet Nellie."
Madelyn and Julie, both wearing two ponytails.
Back to schoolwork, with Julie and Nellie watching! Nellie and Julie, all ready for bed!

9 comments:

sharonie said...

i found these pictures to be so precious.

Jennifer J said...

Pictures are so cute--she looks so happy :-)

park it said...

M is getting to be such a tween! So pretty!

Anonymous said...

What sweet pictures of Julie and Nellie and of course the sweetest, Madelyn! What a treat to see them! Grandma

Anonymous said...

It probably was in customs so long so they could take pictures of it and get all the details of how to make it. Looks like the market might be selling them soon:)
Lisa

Rebecca said...

Welcome home, Julie!

Anonymous said...

Livie has Julie too and loves styling that long hair. Now where were these dolls when we were little?!

Kristen said...

Love those pictures! Julie is so pretty!!

Sarah Jane said...

YAY! So glad she finally made it, poor Julie. She must've been exhausted! And so glad to finally come home to Nellie, and to you, Madelyn! Looks like she is making a good transition. :)