Oct 29, 2015 05:03 AM EDT
A creative mother did everything she can to give her son's birthday wish even if it means she had to do it herself. Gina Demillo Wagner's, a professional photographer and writer, kid has only two things he wanted for his special day; Legos and American Boy Doll.
According to People, the six-year-old wanted a doll just like her sister's. "A year ago, when my daughter turned 7, she received one of American Girl's popular "Truly Me" dolls, customized to look like her."
"My son, naturally, wanted a doll that looks like him, too. Trouble is, there are no 18-inch 'American Boy' dolls available," she wrote on her blog. Naturally, her kids are not conscious being gender-specific on their toys.
Gina said that she's not even surprise at all when her little boy asked for a dolly, Redbook cited. "I wasn't surprised. He has an older sister, and they play together every day."
"She loves playing superheroes and various sports with him, and he loves playing My Little Pony and American Girl with her." However, the problem is American Boy Doll is not available in the market and her kid was dying for a figure that exactly looked like him.
"At first I tried to explain to him that they just don't make American Boy dolls. I thought he'd eventually lose interest and move on, but he kept asking...and asking," Gina said. But, her friend suggested that she can just cut a girl doll's hair and transformed it to a little boy.
together at last, gazing into the future...
A photo posted by Gina DeMillo Wagner (@thedailyb) on Oct 21, 2015 at 4:26pm PDT
Eventually, she had an idea and quickly browsed for an 18-inch doll on the internet, BuzzFeed reported. "It didn't take long before I found a Madame Alexander doll on eBay for $25. If I looked past the hot pink lipstick and hair bow, I saw the spitting image of my son."
When the doll finally arrived, she promptly grabbed her scissors and started to cut the hair away. She, too, removed the doll's makeup with acetone and trimmed the eyelashes to resemble her boy.
Then, Gina bought a Spiderman outfit that she knew her son would love. After all the works, she perfectly created a mini-Miles doll.
"As for Miles' reaction...It was priceless. He was shocked and so excited that the doll looked like him. He and his sister have been playing with their dolls nonstop ever since," she said. "This was one small, simple thing I could do for my son to solve a problem and fulfill his birthday wish. It was fun, relatively easy, and inexpensive."
Miles has been asking for an "American Boy" doll for the past year. Sadly, they don't make them. ...But his mama does! I bought an 18-inch girl doll and gave her a makeover. Meet Miles' new buddy, Fred! I'll be sharing details about the transformation on the blog soon :) A video posted by Gina DeMillo Wagner (@thedailyb) on Oct 21, 2015 at 3:42pm PDT
