Dec 18

1787 - New Jersey became the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

1865 - Slavery was abolished in the United States with the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution being ratified.

1916 - During World War I, after 10 months of fighting the French defeated the Germans in the Battle of Verdun.

1917 - The Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the U.S. Congress

1956 - "To Tell the Truth" debuted on CBS-TV.

1983 - Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers) scored his 100th point in the 34th game of the season.

1998 - The U.S. House of Representatives began the debate on the four articles of impeachment concerning U.S. President Bill Clinton. It was only the second time in U.S. history that process had begun.

2009 - General Motors announced that it would shut down its Saab brand.

Famous Birthdays

Ty Cobb 1886 - Baseball player

Keith Richards 1943 - Musician (Rolling Stones)

Steven Spielberg 1947 Movie producer-director

Leonard Maltin 1950 - Movie reviewer

Ray Liotta 1955 - Actor

Brad Pitt 1963 Actor

DMX 1970 - Rapper

Madison Leigh Schafers 2009 - Most beautiful little girl ever!

Whoa!

Madison is going to be 1 this Saturday and I'm having a really hard time believing it!  I thought that time flew with Mason, but it seems like just yesterday we were welcoming our beautiful little girl to the world!  On the other hand, it seems like she's always been a part of our family and I'm so thankful that she's such a good little sister to Mason - he is such a good big brother too!  He's so protective and let's her beat him up all she wants!  He loves trying to get her to walk to him - it's hilarious! He'll say "Come here sister" over and over again :)

She is taking some steps, but has yet to really "walk".  I'm thinking it is coming soon - she's getting pretty daring!  She's even sillier than Mason...we may have our hands full with those two.

On a more sentimental note, I love this time of year.  I love seeing the look in Mason's eyes when he gets really excited to see the Christmas lights, etc.  He has so much fun just being responsible for turning on the lights on the tree and says "It's Merry Christmas" every time he sees something on TV or at someone's house that is decorated for the holidays!  I can't wait until he knows just what this holiday is all about.  This year will be so much fun with both of them - can't wait!