The GLORIOUS day of Madison's birth........

Happy Birthday Madison!

13 years ago at 4 lbs 12 oz coming home from the hospital......

...and here she is 13 years later. We have had quite the celebration over the past 24-36 hours. We have a new teenager! The celebration started Friday morning the day before her birthday. Her sweet friends made her a fun sign to wear around school. She was so excited because it was no ordinary sign...it had BLING! She is definately a girly girl!

Here are a few of my favorite pictures....

Straight from Heaven!

Tara and Madi... BFF's

This was in Hawaii....during her "Ariel" days. She truly thought she was a mermaid. When she saw these rocks she wanted to sit on them like Ariel and sing the....ahhhhh song.

First day of Kindergarten

Ok, now I'll stop with the old photos...
Her official b-day started late Friday night with her friends "kidnapping" her right after she fell asleep. They went to Denny's and showered her with gifts and love. She had dance this morning with Ms. Olga (Russian Ballet instructor) who was "actually very kind and nice" today. That was a gift in and of itself. We rushed home and anxiously awaited a trip to the movies to see High School Musical 3. The movie was great and we especially enjoyed the CD Rachel made just for our "travel" so we could have some great songs to rock out to. Truly a fun afternoon with great friends.

We hurried back to meet the rest of the family for dinner at Macaroni Grill. She waited until after dinner to open her presents so we could all be together.

There are just no words...maybe creepy?

beautiful baby & beautiful mom

Bert pretends like he has no interest, but this says it all!

We will continue the celebration tomorrow when I will cook her favorite meal.....G'ma Kate's Chicken Noodle Soup, hot rolls and Chocolate Cake.

I love this girl so much. There are so many reasons I can't list them all. Here are only few...

She is as sweet and beautiful on the

inside as she is on the out

fabulous fashion sense and even tries to help out Mom

loyal to friends & family...even ratty looking Winston

patient, kind and virtuous

does her best and is up for a challenge

she's fine being her daddy's little twinkie even at 13

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Highlights of her gifts ...... Buckle up and prepare to be bedazzled! We are going to find gems on everything we own. Yep, she got a bedazzler. Has been waiting for it for months. She also enjoyed the cash from Gma's and Gpa, gift cert's, new poster, jeweled necklace made by a pro, music, movies, lots of fun stuff. Thanks everyone for making her day great!