Thanks to Marta, another thoughtful adopting mom, we have another picture of Baby Girl. She has on the same "slightly " too big shoes as in all the recent pictures. How she has managed to hold on to them all this time, I don't know.
She is holding a baby doll which is encouraging to me personally. I dearly loved all my baby dolls as a child. They were my greatest treasures. Before Christmas each year, my mom would have my sister and I line up all our babies and give them a bath while she washed all their clothes. My mom loves dolls so she made sure we got several new additions each Christmas. I got one of the first anatomically correct baby boys and the cutest little brown baby - you did not see those very much in the early seventies. Remember Baby Alive, Drowsy, Kewpie, Tiny Tears and Baby Chrissie? I have them all. My dad was in the military when I was younger and we lived in Germany for three years. Mom bought us a baby doll and souvenir doll in every country we visited during those years. One of my biggest disappointments was not getting a Mrs. Beasley doll - my mom thought she was ugly. My Raggedy Ann slept on my bed until my marriage at 24. They are all still precious to me - I have them packed away carefully in a large plastic container in a closet. Occasionally, I will get them out and brush their hair and give them all hugs. I had thought when I had a little girl, she might like to play with them. Sadly, Lexi not only was not interested in my babies, she did not really care for any of her own. I bought her some anyway in hopes of piquing her interest. I think Noah enjoyed playing with them more than she did.
Seeing Baby Girl with a doll in her arms thrills me. Every since we have committed to adopting another little girl, I have spent quite a lot of time on the doll isle in various stores. I haven't bought anything yet because I wasn't sure she would be interested. Now I can indulge myself. Who knows, I might even get to pull my own sweet babies out of the closet and "play mommy" again with my youngest little girl.
2 comments:
I can totally relate. I'm a "doll" girl and have all of mine from my childhood. I hope Gracie loves dolls-I've already bought her 7. They sit in her room and wait on her....
Nephtalie is beautiful. Are you in IBESR? I can't remember.
Nephtalie is so sweet but her sad face breaks my heart....I love dolls too and the corelle ones are one of my favorites for that real baby weight and smell.
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