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.
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