A cause to celebrate!

After a long Friday night of cleaning Georgie's backyard & preparing food for 65 people the long awaited celebration was upon us. Both Grandma Mary & Grandma Mimi showed up nice early to Georgie's house on Saturday morning to turn her already gorgeous backyard, into a HOPE inspired haven. As 4 o'clock rolled around & I finally had a moment to take a deep breath & look around, I was so blessed to see how amazing everything looked & how many people were there to celebrate the life of Maggie. God is so good.









We started the dedication by daddy & I saying a few words about what the past year & a half were like for us. How we so desperately had to rely on God's word to make it through & how he had yet leave our side in the midst of adversity. Then Papa prayed & everyone there blessed our precious Birthday Girl. Maggie looked so beautiful in the dress that Papa & Mimi brought her back from Colombia. She was a "VISION" in white. Dad then played the most amazing slideshow displaying pics of our journey through Maggie's 1st year. I swear there was not a dry eye watching. It was so beautiful & really touched so many people. Daddy's hard work really paid off!






After the dedication everyone enjoyed the yummy food, the refreshing pool & the bouncy jumper (Thanks Bouncy Bouncy Inflatables)! Dwayne & Georgie were good enough to lend us their beautiful home for the party & people just loved it.







Maggie didn't do so great w/ the cake at first. She tends to be little "iffy" about things on her hands so it took her a minute to really get into the idea of mushing up the cake that Monique made her. Not so interested in eating it though. Maggs was super blessed w/ a ton of presents too.




Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate w/ us, The Miracle of Maggie. And a special thanks to all the family that came from out of town: Aunt Esperanza (even w/ the flu!), Uncle James, Aunt Laura, Uncle Bryant, Aunt Jaz & Christina.

SURPRISE!!!!!!

So Maggie's big Birthday Party & Dedication are this Saturday. I needed to take a breather & relax before the BIG weekend so, we headed to the pool w/ Papa & Mimi & the cousins. Always so fun!


About 10:30 my doorbell rings & in walk the Edwards Family, Uncle Bryant, Aunt Jaz & Christina! What a wonderful surprise!!!!! I never expected them to come. They loved all over Maggie & were so happy to finally meet her. I know she felt the same way :)

Happy Birthday Maggie

My precious baby girl turned 1 today. What a day too! We had to be at Phoenix Children's Hospital today at 8:30am for a Swallow Clinic. She met w/ a Speach Pathologist, a Pulmonologist & then a GI. All said that Maggie is looking good but to be prepared for her needing a "G" Tube. YUCK! NO NO NO! She got a X-Ray of her tummy too & then we headed to her Orthotist to discuss her helmet. She said that we would probably have to keep it on until she's about 18 months old. Poor Maggie!

From a Daisy to a Brownie

Tonight was Isabella's last night as a Daisy. We celebrated w/ her troop at Bounce U. The girls had so much fun on the bouncers & slides. They received awards, patches & the prizes they won from selling Girl Scout Cookies. Bella loved hanging w/ her buddies Rhyan & Addy the best. I had fun hanging w/ the other mommies & bouncing some too!

Mother's Day

What a nice day it was! Started off at church & then headed straight to Uncle Noel's for an amazing brunch. The guys were hard at work & us ladies didn't have to lift a finger. It was awesome. Of course when all the kiddos are together there's never a dull moment. Vivian & Maggie were just as precious as ever while Miles was just trying to keep up w/ the big kids. Noah loves that he can now sit a the big kid table w/ Andrew, Bella & Wyatt. What fun these days bring.











From there we were off to Aunt Heidy's house for even more fun, this time a BBQ & pool party. Talk about never a dull moment...now that Uncle Gabe & his family moved here the noise level has increased at all of our family gatherings. That's ok, the more the merrier & it's so great to finally have them here.