A Day in the Life of the Weenigs: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR BABY GIRL!

Monday, October 13, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR BABY GIRL!

Our little Madie doesn't look like this anymore--my baby turned 7! She's still as cute as ever, just much more grown up...This post is 2 weeks late...but so goes my life...

We've been so extremely blessed to have such a loving, compassionate, fun, helpful little girl who always seeks to do what's right. She genuinely cares about other people and is always looking out for what is good for everyone. Even on her birthday when I kidnapped her from school early and took her shopping, she had her heart set on surprising her little sister Avery with something. So she picked out a little toy for Avery to match hers, and was SOOOOO excited to see her sister's reaction. We had a lot of fun--just Madie and Mom...She was so thrilled that I surprised her and wanted to spend time with her alone, i don't think she even cared what we did. I love that girl--she's never greedy about presents and it was so cute how she kept giggling and saying how much fun it was to be out together (it made me realize how much my kids value one on one time with their parents)! Madie has such a great attitude and is so willing to try new things and include new people. She loves ethnic food and seafood and all kinds of healthy vegetables.

Madie LOVES...

-playing Barbies with Avery

-practicing cartwheels

-playing soccer with her dad

-going on hikes with her dad

-reading good books like Junie B. Jones, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, American Girl books

-leading us giving lessons in Family Home Evening

-FHE treats

-going out to eat with her family

-making her baby brother giggle

-swimming

-playing with her MANY cousins

-sleeping over at Grandma & Grandpa's

-taking walks or going shopping with Papa

-SHRIMP!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY , MADIE LOU....WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

4 comments:

queenieweenie said...: Happy Birthday Madie! The "other" Weenigs love you so much!; October 22, 2008 at 11:38 AM
Forsythe said...: Happy, happy birthday! She looks a lot like Marcus in that pool! Such a doll, she is going to have all the boys knocking!; October 22, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Jules said...: She's so cute!!! It's been so long since we've seen her. How about you stop going on cruises and come out East? Or at least invite your old roommate to go on a cruise with you.; October 23, 2008 at 7:34 PM
Jyl... said...: What a pretty girl! I can't believe how fast they grow up. I wish we were closer so our kids could get to know each other and we could watch them grow up. Tell Marcus Hi for me; October 24, 2008 at 2:07 PM

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