Pranks

I have fond memories of April Fool's day, my mom took great pleasure in pulling a prank on my sister and I. We've had our beds short sheeted and eaten very interesting, barely edible creations. Sweet hubby took it upon himself to "prank" the little girls.


Good Morning Maddy! Doesn't she look happy?
Mckenna doesn't know how to not smile....ever!
One member of our family got the biggest surprise of all today. She was given lots of love and attention, a fun car ride with dad, given to complete strangers, who knocked her out and messed with her girl parts. Our dog Roxie was "altered" yesterday. What a cruel April Fool's joke on her.

Twelve years ago, was the prank to beat all pranks. I was pregnant with our third child, a baby girl who was supposed to join our family on March twenty-first. That day came and went, as did several more. My doctor went out of town, and I had convinced myself that I was never going to have this baby. I went in for a check when the doctor on call decided I needed a stress test. The test put me into labor. I was so sure I was not having a baby, ever, I was not ready. I begged the doctor to let me go home and mop my floor. He refused. This was on the morning of April first. The nurses and doctor all predicted she would be an April fool's baby. She fooled us all and was born shortly after midnight on April second.
Her Grandma told me (jokingly), "This baby better be a red head or we'll have to send her back."
She is a very unique girl. Not typical by any means. She is not a girly girl. She doesn't like pink or lace or anything in her hair. She is a simple girl.

Two years ago for spring break and her birthday we took her to Wolf Haven outside of Olympia, she was in heaven. She would love to live with them.
This is Maddy with our version of a wolf, Roxie. Maddy is the reason we have her. Every night for eight years, she would ask, "Is tomorrow the day I get a dog?"

I Love You Maddy!

Happy Birthday!