Sunday, November 25, 2007

A Very Blessed Thanksgiving Indeed!!

I don't even have the words to tell all of you how blessed I was this Thanksgiving. I had a wonderful dinner with my family. I, of course, was extremely grateful for the one new family member who was with us this year. She has canged my life trememdously, and I can't even imagine my life without her in it anymore. Morgan LOVED Thanksgiving! She talked about turkey & dressing for days before it came and let me just say that the child was not disappointed when it got here! Me and my neice went to the outlet mall at midnight and we had a great time and then I went shopping with my mom, sis, neice, and Morgan on Friday. It was great, but what happened next absolutely made my Thanksgiving. I received a phone call around 9 Friday night and Madison's foster mom wanted me to keep her Saturday, Saturday night, and Sunday. I was hesitant. I just have gotten to where I can talk about her or ask her case manager how she is doing. After a few minutes I decided it was worth the heartache all over just to see her!

Here she is.......



Yes, she is still adorable, and you can still drown in those deep blue eyes! Here is a picture of the girls hanging out.



And look at her cute little face! I guess I thought that I would see a toddler when I saw her because the first thing that I said was, "She looks exactly the same, only a little bigger!" They laughed!



Ahhhh, what a cutie! She was all smiles.



And just look at them together again. Morgan loved it; although, the was just a little more than a tad bit jealous! This is the girls before church this morning.



And one last close up, just because I can't resist. Just check out those two pairs of eyes! My blue eyed angels.



Well, I am sitting here with the overwhelming feeling of knowing that absolutely nothing could have made my Thanksgiving more blessed than it was. I sit here with tears in my eyes as I am typing this because, well, there is just no other way to say it but that my cup runneth over. I think that it is only in the last 10 months of having these amazing two girls in my life that I truely understand that phrase.

I hope all you girls had blessed Thanksgivings also. Have a great week!

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh, Mel, what a beautiful post! i had tears in my eyes as i read it. Madison is as gorgeous as ever and the pictures of her and Morgan are absolutly precious! I am so glad you got to spend that time with her. What a great blessing those children have been to you and what a great blessing you have been to them!

I am glad you had a great Thanksgiving. Have a great week! :)

Heather said...

What a wonderful Thanksgiving! I am so happy you got to see Maddy again. The girls are so beautiful together.

Anonymous said...

I am shocked to see Maddie on here. I know that this was hard for you, but this was the closing that you needed with her. I am so glad that you got this time.

She has really grown. She looks like a big girl.

Chris said...

Oh what a sweet post Mel. I'm so glad you decided to see Maddy again and her and Morgan both look great! What a nice Thanksgiving Blessing you got. I can't imagine how difficult that was for you. Thank you for sharing the pictures with us.

Amanda said...

Aww... I am was SO happy to read this! You were truly blessed this Thanksgiving! What a GREAT way to wrap-up a tremendous Holiday! I am SO happy for you!

Tara said...

So glad you got to see Madison again. She has gotten big. Glad your Thanksgiving was so great, you really deserve it.

Anonymous said...

You're right-that is the best gift you could have gotten. I agree, she does look the same only bigger ; )

Kimmie Kay said...

I don't think we were blogger pals yet when you had Madison, but I have to tell you how much I admire and respect you for being such an awesome foster parent. Your cup truly runneth over this Thanksgiving, you were blessed and I know you deserve it. This post was just the sweetest thing!