Chicago-Day 2

Day two of Chicago was Jayna's favorite by far. We started the day by walking about 1/2 mile to the American Girl Doll Store. You can tell by her smile that she was really enjoying herself...

This is when we first arrived.
Jayna stands next to her doll, Julie. Each doll is from a time in history and has a story of struggle and triumph. Julie is from the 1970s. She has divorced parents but finds joy and happiness in her life despite.
Taylor Morley gave Jayna an American Girl baby to take along with us. (Thank you Taylor!) It was nice because this doll was able to have brunch with us. (We didn't purchase Julie until after we were done with brunch.) Notice the baby even has a seat at the table.
Jayna and I enjoyed our time together at the brunch. I always love spending time with her.
Grandma had a nice time with us too. Jayna so enjoys having Grandma around. (Notice the doll now has her own little tea cup. What a place!)
Here we are at the end of brunch. We had mousse for dessert in flower pots. You were able to keep the flowers, which gave Autumn something to play with and bought us a little more time at the table.


After this, we shopped a little and went back to the hotel so Autumn could have a nap. Later, Jayna and I went back to the American Girl place to watch a play. It was a wonderful play, and we had a nice time just the two of us...thanks to Grandma for staying with Autumn. As soon as we returned from the play, we hopped in the Tahoe and headed over to see Jayna's friends, Kaytlin and Talayah. We had dinner at their house. Then, the girls played together for a couple of hours. It was really nice to spend some time with them. We didn't get to bed until late though. Isn't that what vacation is all about? Be watching for day three...