two saturdays ago,

a whole bunch

of people

came together to 

celebrate madeline’s 

first birthday.

her actual birthday was

on march 24,

but this was the 

first time we could

get (almost) everyone together

many of our

family members flew in

(two even drove from the mn)

and a lot

of madeline’s friends

showed up.

it was an 

amazing day

for the humans.

in that backyard

that sold

liz

on the house,

we celebrated all

that is good

in our lives

even though we

were missing 

the one person

who would have

had the biggest smile.