Happy 7th Birthday, Zoe!

Zoe turned 7 on April 7th, her Golden Birthday! We surprised her the day before her birthday with her first gift and a day trip with cousins. We decided to give her an American Girl doll this year. We’ve had it for years after buying it through a Today Show deal like we did with Ava’s doll. We originally said she had to learn how to read the books to be able to get an American Girl doll but after missing the window on Ava wanting to play with dolls for long, we decided to go ahead and give Zoe her doll this year even though she isn’t reading chapter books yet. She was so excited to open the box and see Melody. It was so cute when she compared her skin color to Melody’s skin and see the joy in her face that the doll matched her. Then we told her we were meeting her cousins in Charlotte for lunch and shopping at the American Girl store. She had a blast celebrating with her cousins and shopping, complete with BFF necklaces for her and Karla. For Zoe’s actual birthday, we celebrated with dinner at Cheesecake Factory and she got her first (and probably last) taste of cheesecake. She loved the design they made on the plate around her birthday cheesecake but was not a fan of the actual cake. We had so much fun celebrating our big 7 year old all weekend!!