With each birthday, it's impossible not to think of the day they were born, right? Madelyn was 2 weeks early. She hadn't grown & so I was enduced at 5:00pm on December 27, 2000 & my sweet, little angel was born at 10:22pm. She waws 5 lbs 5 oz & was 19 inches long. She had huge, brown eyes & was so alert. She kept her eyes open much more than most babies do & she would turn to look at any & every sound she heard:) She was a very calm baby. Hardly ever cried & when she did, it was such a soft sound:) Her big, brown eyes got bigger, & when she smiled, her little dimples & wide grin would light up a room:) She had a very strong spirit about her.
She has had more than her share of struggles... from medical testing, to monthly appointments, semi-annual appointments, annual appointments, 10 surgeries, follow-ups, the list goes on. She has fought her way through & become even stronger along the way. I'm very proud of who she is & what she has accomplished already in her short life!!
Her day started out pretty simple...opening her presents from us. All she wanted was a Nintendo DS. At 8 years old I was asking for barbie dolls & things like that. Oh, how things have changed!! I'm pretty sure she liked it:) She was miss perma-smile for a while! For her party, she wanted to go sleding. She loves sleding. So that's what we did. We took a group of girls from her class & some cousins to a hill in Draper, right at the point of the mountain. We left our house...no wind at all, we get there & the wind at the point is so bad even the adults were having a hard time standing up:) The girls braved the weather for a while & then decided they were ready for hot chocolate. So we brought the girls back to the house & had cake & hot chocolate, opened presents, played the Wii & my neices, Cali & Taylor, came over to do the girls hair & paint their faces all cute:) I just have to say, these girls are incredible. They are so talented & sweet. They made Maddie's day when they said they'd come & do that for her:) Thank you again, girls!! After the party, Madelyn finally got to relax & play her DS. We got some pizza & watched the Jazz game (which she absolutely loves to do...her dad's got her trained). She got the gift she wanted, the party she wanted & time to hang out with the fam & watch a game with her dad!! She said her birthday was great:) As a mom, that's all I can ask for.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANGEL MADELYN!!!
2 comments:
She is beautiful and strong. Your right, no one will be good enough for her! :) I hope you are all well and your holidays were good. Don't worry, we have all been sick too, over and over again. Dang flu! I would still love to see you again before I leave, which is unknown of course but probably in ther next couple of weeks. Let me know!
Happy Birthday Maddie!
Happy birthday Maddie! And congrats on becoming baptized!
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