~~Happy Birthday Tessa~~

A couple of weeks ago a friend of ours posted on FB that they were having a silent auction to help a family bring home a little girl from China who needs heart surgery.    Amy posted photos of all the items they were auctioning.   A big fluffy duck caught my eye.    Tessa LOVES ducks!   And it had a quilt with it.  Jackpot!   All the girls have a cuddle quilt for their beds.   These quilts are part of their 100 Good Wishes Quilts.    I have not yet started on Tessa's.   Come to think of it...I don't think that I have started Jordis'.   I need someone to mail me some squares and wishes!!   Tessa now has a quilt with duckies on it and a stuffed duck to go with it.    She loves her duckie!!

  

Today Tessa turned 8!   I had asked her a few weeks ago what she wanted for her birthday and she didn't know.    Then about a week ago she told me she wanted an American Girl Doll.    She didn't want just any old doll, she wanted the McKenna doll.    Well, I knew that her sister wanted a McKenna doll?   So her Dad and I decided that we would make sure that Tessa had the chance to pick the doll SHE wanted.

So we told the girls that we were going to the mall to Build-A-Bear.    Once we arrived I told the girls

to wait with their Dad because Tessa and I had to go somewhere first.   Tessa and I headed to the AG store.  I explained to Tessa that she could pick out the doll that she wanted.   It didn't take long for her to pick a doll, and it kind of looks like her!   Let me tell you that we have one very happy little girl who is very proud of her new doll!   There is not a name for the doll yet, but she is thinking about a few.

Happy Birthday Tessa JiXing!   We love you all the way to the moon and back!!