maddie | RV There Yet?

OK, that’s a bit of a mash-up. So first – VOTE!! It’s a privilege we should never take for granted!

But also happening today, is the birthday of our dear Madelyn!Â This is a slightly updated post from last year, but I think it summed things up rather nicely!

Happy 15th Birthday, Maddie!

I remember when this little one was born – missing my birthday by just a day!

I remember when we realized that, unlike her big sisters, she would be blond and blue-eyed!

I remember when we took her camping when she was three

and I remember when she had her “Grams and Pops Adventure” when she was ten.

What I can’t quite remember, though, is when that sweet, little munchkin turned into the loving, kind, smart (and pretty darn beautiful!) fourteen-year-old that she is today.

Guess I can’t remember, because there was no starting place for that – it just always was (well, except for the 14 part!)!Â Happy Birthday, Maddie! You stole our hearts on Day One – and have held them ever since! XOXOXO

And now you’re 15! Our hearts are still yours!
Love,
Grams and Pops

to find something to be thankful for!! On this day, eleven years ago we welcomed this sweet little blue-eyed beauty into our family!

(full disclosure, she did not arrive looking quite like this! =) )
She’s filled our lives with smiles and snuggles, laughter and love! I feel a special affinity with Maddie since she’s the classic ‘middle child’ (kinda like me), celebrates her birthday just one day before mine, and is the lone blonde haired, blue-eyed child in her family (which she definitely got from her Daddy’s (our son) side of the family!)

We got to spoil her for a week this past summer, so her sweetness is still fresh in our minds!
Happy Birthday, Maddie in the Middle! We love you to the moon and back!