We started celebrating Ella Kate’s 9th birthday the day before, by taking her to the American Girl Doll store in Dallas. She squealed as we pulled in the parking lot.  She had looked at these dolls a million times and her mind changed just the same. When we arrived she was for sure picking Julie. Well, that was until she saw the Truly Me  dolls.  Guess what she went home with…Truly Me! The next morning we woke her up to our traditional wake up with a cupcake and blow out one candle to get the day started.  She jumped...