Your daughter must be so excited! I'm looking forward to hearing about which bird you guys decide on!
So I read your post last night, and I've been giving it some thought. Tiels are such great little companions, and they come in so many variations of color...the white ones remind me (kind of) of itty bitty toos. So cute.
Lorikeets are great little friends too...I got a chance to birdsit one for a few days, and that little fella was so sweet and friendly! The one I watched was a rainbow lory, but the red lorys are stunning, and from what I've read, really sweet little dudes too.
Pionus are lovely, I'm quite enamored with the bronze wing pionus myself, but I've never had a chance to meet one before.
I love the gcc, especially the pineapple or teal variant. I love their personality, and they are so stinkin' adorable! Sometimes I go onto youtube and watch videos of gcc because their antics are so entertaining, and you can tell they are just so full of life. I met the sweetest little pineapple gcc at a (not chain) petstore of all places...I felt so bad leaving it, we had a connection, and I wanted to take it home right then and there! It was adopted in less than 2 days, so hopefully it found an amazing forever home. I hope so.
Keep us posted on how it goes!

I know you'll find just the right match!!