Happy 7th Birthday Madison

SUGAR ADDICTS!

In honor of Madison's birthday she and her besties made some cupcake creations

and consummed somewhere around a years worth of sugar

in just 1 cupcake...

And about 4 tubes of frosting

Oh my!

These sure are YUMMY!

Looks like a tummy ache to me!

A *Little* Birthday Party

In honor of Madison's 7th birthday we had just a *little* birthday for her with some (roughly 50) of her besties and a bounce house and a pinata and some cupcakes and some swimming and some pizza and some....presents, of course.

YEP, I'm pretty sure she had a GREAT day :)

7 lbs of Sugar

for your 7th Birthday

Sounds like a SWEET birthday to me

Happy 7th Birthday Madison

Tonight we started the week long celebration of Ms. Madison's 7th birthday.

So we enjoyed some delicious Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Brownies and some fabulous time with family and friends.

This of course is just the beginning of all that is in store for our precious one.

Sleeping Beauty

It's

A

VERY

TOUGH

LIFE

WHEN

You

ARE

Sleeping Beauty!

Madison looses her first tooth

Tonight at dinner Madison said "Mom my tooth feels funny will you check it after dinner?". Well when I checked her tooth I was SURPRISED she actually made it through dinner. That sucker was beyond ready.

So off to the bathroom we went and in true Garcia fashion she puled and twisted and then yanked and OUT it came.

So proud. So brave.

Madison A.K.A. "HOLLYWOOD"

Have I mentioned before that Madiosn was a "GIRLIE GIRL".

Check her out here....

Fast asleep with not one but TWO lipsticks in her hand...

Ouch

Ok - this post is a *little* yucky. But I had to post it.

Normally Sadie is our die hard getting herself in a world of hurt and taking names doing it. But today....my sweet Princess Madison -who barely gets her hands dirty - took the GRAND prize for an all out & out GROSS boo boo.

Look only if you dare...

She was so busy swinging on the monkey bars

She didn't notice the 1/2 dollar size blisters

on the palm of her hand

Ouch!!!

Is it wrong to be SO proud of my "Hollywood"?

Like Mother...Like Daughter

Madison...my mommy in training

has learned very early in life....

that the best way to start and end each day...

is with a big cup of COFFEE!!!

I don't like....

...to get up early!
...to get dressed!
...to go to school EVER! NEVER!
...any of my shoes!
...to have my hair done EVER! NEVER!
...anybody at my school!
...school! EVER! NEVER!

This was the heart of my sweet Madison this morning. CRANKY! We've all had those morning we we just don't want to get up and we especially don't want to get out.

It was a tough morning to say the least.

I just held my sweet baby, dried her pretty face and whispered tender prayers of encouragement in her little ears.

What a blessing it was to see her cranky sad spirit transform into a happy spunky little girl ready to head off to school and tackle her day.

Thank you Jesus!

Madison - 2 year Gotcha

2 years ago today we became the PROUD parents of this beautiful little girl!! This picture was taken just hours after she became ours.

Here is just a part of our baby girls "story"....

Madison was born to an 18 year old girl on May 31, 2003. At the tender age of 20 Madison ’s birth mom realized she was unable to care for Madison the way a mom cares for her child. She made a brave and difficult decision to give Madison up for adoption.

Madison was then adopted by a Florida family in mid 2005. She lived with this family for almost a year when the family realized they were not to be Madison ’s “forever” family but rather a bridge to unite Madison with her God ordained family.

That would be us! We learned about Madison and her situation on Wednesday August 16, 2006. Until this day Brian and I “thought” our family was complete. However, once we heard about Madison we knew INSTANTLY we were to move forward in faith.

We made contact with Madison ’s adoptive family on Saturday August 19, 2006 and were granted permission to meet Madison on Sunday August 20th.

Our meeting was blessing filled. I was able to feed Madi her breakfast and part way through she reached her arms out for a hug and puckered her lips for a kiss. She asked Brian to color with her and when asked by her previous family if she would like to spend a couple of days with us she nodded her head yes!

We took custody of Madison on Sunday August 20, 2006 and our life has been richly blessed as a result.

Today Madison is a bright, happy and dramatic little girl. She loves to dance and sing and be the center of attention. She loves deeply and has a sweet tender spirit.

We could not imagine life without her or any of our children!

We are SO thankful and humbled that the Lord saw fit for us to be the parents to these 3 amazing children. THANK YOU JESUS!!!

Happy Gotcha Day Madison! We love you!