Doll-A-Day 2023 #314: Lee Middleton Baby

   Happy Thanksgiving! Today we're going to see a doll of my sister's. I think she's a Reva Schick doll from Lee Middleton. **My sister says she was made by some lady, so she would have been made from a kit.** My sister named her Carmelita.

With my sister's cat. I can never tell if this is Alice or Meenu.

My sister kindly took these pictures for me, because I didn't have anything ready to post today. That's my sister, who doesn't collect dolls.

In the chair my mom's grampa made for her when she was a little girl. I realized today that this chair is almost 100 years old.

With my sister's dog, Travis.

  I don't have much to say about her, so just enjoy these cute Fall doll pictures.  

I never realized this doll had so much Fuzzy the Doll in her.

  See you tomorrow, when I'll have to come up with a doll of my own!  

Doll-A-Day 2019 #275: Lee Middleton Babies

  There is a never ending line of unexpected things that keep stopping me from doing the rest of my vacation posts. They have been good things, like our visit with Ivy, and today,our visit with Emma to see her new apartment and have dinner. But it does mean that it's late and I'm going to post another installment of my posts on Lori,and her mom, Norma's, dolls. Today we're going to see two very special dolls. One belongs to Lori, and the other belonged to her mom.

We're talking about the blonde baby in pink.

We're also talking about the baby in pink and white, on the right in this photo.

These dolls were 'adopted' from the Lee Middleton factory store in Belpre,Ohio. Both are about 20 inches tall, and were designed by Reva Schick.

  The blonde baby with brown eyes,wearing pink,is Lori's. 

The brunette doll with blue eyes was Norma's.

   Lori decided to get the blonde with brown eyes, because her mom wanted a brunette baby with blue eyes.
Norma didn't drive, and had been wanting Lori to  drive her to Belpre to adopt a doll for quite a while. The 'adoption' was complete with all the ceremony. Norma had her picture taken in the 'nursery' with her new baby.
  There had been reasons Lori hadn't been able to take Norma before, but they finally managed to make the trip. That was on September 7,2001. The next day,Norma and Bruce, Lori's dad, took a trip to visit relatives . It was only about an hour and a half trip. On the way home Bruce suffered a heart attack. He actually died, and the car crashed into a telephone pole.The jolt restarted his heart, bringing Bruce back to life. Norma, however, passed away in the accident.
  Norma's death managed to save two other lives. Because of her death on Saturday,September 8th,her granddaughter's husband didn't make a business trip he was supposed to go on. His carpool partner also didn't go, because she had no ride. The business trip was to an office in the Twin Towers on September 11th.
  I always tell Lori that she will always be glad she took Norma to Belpre that day, and made her so happy. She will always know that she did that for her mother. It was a small thing in the grand scheme of things, but it was the last thing they did together,and she has pictures of her mother with her 'baby' and a big smile on her face.
  Those are today's dolls. See you tomorrow.