Elizabeth!

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Bitty Twins!

YAY! We finally have some boys in our American Girl collection! Yesterday my dh found a for-sale post on our local Craigslist for these precious Bitty Twin boys that were almost brand new and still in their box.


They even still have the new doll smell. Poor little guys needed a new home, so now they are welcome home by their 29 (18") sisters and one Bitty Twin, Dusty.

Meet Wayne and Garth, our newest members of AGRescue.

Gifts!

Ready for Christmas!

Some of the mini-girls decorating their tree.


The girls who actually have a Christmas outfit standing on the mantel being all festive.

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Goodbye from JD

Goodbye new friends at AGR!  I'll remember my visit forever!

Fall Festival with JD

YAY for the beautiful Fall decorations outside the dorm!


I got to play games like ring the scarecrow...


....and Plinko and I won prizes of CANDY!


I got to decorate a cookie as one of the games...


....and bob for more candy.


It was lots of fun, but I think I've had too much candy....ooof.

More Stuff with JD

It's so much fun to have JD visiting with us. He's a great house guest.

Baby Polly and I enjoy a time of 'outdoor' fun with the TreeHouse Swing.


I got to go to a Knoxville Ice Bears hockey game! That was lots of fun, even if they didn't win. This picture is from pre-game warm-ups. That's why there are so many players on the ice (and so few fans in the stands.)


I even got to get up-close and personal with one of the Ice Bears Hunnies. This beautiful lady even recognized me as (formerly) being an American Girl. We briefly talked about her having, who else, Samantha.

JD enjoys Dollywood

First I got all buckled up in the doll-sized car seat for the trip.

After about 30 minutes in the car, we were there!

Dollywood was having their Harvest Celebration so everything was
all decorated for Autumn. It was so pretty.

I got to eat a nice, home cooked meal at Granny Ogle's.
No, I didn't eat ALL this cornbread, but it surely was delicious.

I got to play the pick-a-duck (or frog) game.

And I took a fun ride on the Carousel.

I did NOT ride the Mystery Mine. That looks a bit scary.

I had a great day and the weather was perfect!
I can't wait to see what I get to do next at AmericanGirlRescue!

Too Early?

Is it too early to fire up the dirt-bikes, Charlie?

JD relaxes

I thought I'd post a couple more pictures of JD; he really hasn't done too much lately.

Rusty and I pose in our "Sunday Best" before we head out to church.

Just chillin' in my room with a great book!

Enjoying a bit of NASCAR, the PS2 way.

Treehouse Triumph

JD has Cerebral Palsy and can't run and climb like other children. Now that he has his glasses, he can better see what the other children are doing, but joining in is another challenge.

I noticed that in the backyard of AGR is a really grand, human-sized tree house!
It looks like fun, but how can I get up there to play?


Willow, Marisol and Adele devise a plan to help me get up into the tree house.


AAAAAAAHHHHH! Here I go! Whoa, steady there, Adele!


Almost there!


YAY! With the girls' help, I'm able to play up here with them!
Thanks, new friends!

Nellie arrives!

Welcome to Nellie!

JD can see!

We were noticing that JD didn't seem to be able to see things far away and we were concerned for him. So we had his eyes checked:

It turned out that I could hardly see at all; I needed glasses!

I selected these brown, oval glasses and now I can see more of this
beautiful part of the country in east Tennessee.

First off, I noticed the beautiful rolling hills and the hay being harvested.

And I could see the colorful fall leaves!

Oh, and the ground dried up so I got to take a spin on the dirt bike!
AAAAAAAAAHHH!

Fun Stuff with JD

Just a few things JD has done so far hanging out at AGR.

I was having a little trouble waking up, but then I discovered NOS.

After breakfast I got to play dominoes with Jess, Kit and Nicki

The dog that lives here is much bigger than Rusty.

We went to the college cafeteria (Dining Facility is it's proper name) for some lunch. 
I like pizza.

The best part was dessert: some great apple cobbler.

Unfortunately this student thought I looked like a snack.

It's really too bad that it's a bit rainy and the track is muddy. This motorcycle looks like it's gonna be a BLAST to play with. I hope it clears up soon.

Traveling JD arrives

Jagdish is a boy traveling doll. He's traveling for the very first time and we get to be his first hosts! Here is JD meeting some of the girls who live in the Dolls' House.

JD happened to arrive in time to share lunch time with Rosa, the new girl.

Wednesday is piano lesson day, so JD got to play a little on the piano himself.

The song he learned just happened to be his favorite Queen tune.

Being that Maggie had to go the Hospital this week, JD gets to have his own room in the TreeHouse.

We hope that JD and Rusty will have a grand time with us here at AGR.

Rosafina

Our newest girl arrived yesterday from New York. She is a Josefina, but since we already have two Josefinas, we call her Rosafina.
Meet Rosa

Edit 10/13/08: Since I thought Rosa was coming with much shorter hair (see her make-over photos here), I have always imagined her with shoulder length hair. So I trimmed it up a bit, steamed out the kinks and now she's perfect!
My beautiful, modern Hispanic girl, Rosa!

Rosa needs some work

Rosa's ebay photo.

I took off her limbs so I could clean her torso and fluff. I discovered that a previous owner had tried to restring her by filling her arms with plaster and bungee-ing her arms together. That's why her upper body looked so narrow. Her arms were being pulled towards each other at the shoulders!
I cracked and removed all the hardened plaster and restrung her properly.

As I mentioned, one eye was broken and I've never done an eye transplant, but figured it wouldn't hurt to try on this dolly. I got the eye out, glued back the broken piece, and, with a great deal of effort, got it back in!

Here's the eye outside of Rosa's head:

Finally after working on her most of the day, she's a new girl!

Now we have three Josefinas. They are all beautiful in their own way.
Josefina (1997)                   Rosafina (2000)                       Kayafina (2002)

AGBA - September

The display window that's facing the mall.


The ceiling in the store. Pretty creative.


Willow in the salon chair at the Hair Salon.


Willow visiting Kit in her new kitchen.


Kit, Willow and Ruthie in the tree house.


Willow's new earrings.

Dolls' Tree House