Carly D's First Birthday Party

My youngest daughter, Carly, will be one on November 3rd

We had her party a bit early.

It gave me a chance to do a little airbrushing, painting, and cake decorating.

A banner for the wall

A cover for the high chair

The CAKE.
Only four boxes of cake mix and 6 pounds of powdered sugar

instead of face painting we opted for a tattoo shop

And of course the beautiful birthday girl

She does love to eat.

October

October stinks.
It was six years ago this month that we lost our daughter Maddie P.
Every year since then the regular stresses of life take on extra power during October.
Maddie was born with an AV malformation in her brain. She stayed in the NICU at Woman's Hospital for eight days until we had to choose to remove her from life support, She was not going to recover. Maddie was our second child. We have had two more since. We try to keep Maddie's memory alive in our oldest daughter's life, as well as make her a part of her younger sister's lives.
We talk about her and celebrate her birthday every year. This Sunday we will spend another Maddie Day remembering our little one who now resides with Jesus.

We miss you Maddie P.
We can't wait to see you again.

Madelyn Paige Moore
October 11 - 19, 2004