Didn't we just celebrate a Very Important Person's third birthday? Yet here it is, just two days later and it's whoo-hoo-let's-celebrate ANOTHER VIP birthday girl - Miss Madison Marie!  What a whirlwind year it has been - learning to creep, then to crawl, and now mastering those first few steps!  And all the while charming our family with your adorable, Julia Roberts mega-watt smile...

From the moment you entered our world, we loved you heart and soul.  And of course, your resemblance to your daddy didn't go unnoticed...

Michael Ryan

Madison Marie

 Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move mountains...

And who could possibly resist a darling little ginger?!

She leaves a little sparkle wherever she goes...

Your first breath took ours away...

Before you were born...

We dreamed of you, we imagined you,

we prayed for you. Now that you are here,

we hope for you, we love you, and

we thank God for you. 

Happy first birthday, darling girl!