We talk about World Prematurity Awareness Day because prematurity can happen to any baby. All causes for preterm birth are not even known, but there are ways you can be prepared and reduce your risk of going into preterm labor. The idea of having micro preemie babies never even crossed my radar. In my situation, […]
Rain or shine, tomorrow we march for babies! #whyIWalk
This is our FOURTH year raising money for the March of Dimes with Team Charis and Kat. Each year gets a little more difficult to raise the money. Each year I continue to beg and plead to bring in as much money a I can. And each year I am blessed by the number of […]
Gotcha Day
My friend Mara has adopted three beautiful children from China. She and her husband (and maybe this is a common adoption term?) call the day they are finally able to get their sweet child “Gotcha Day.” I love that. Three years ago today felt like our “Gotcha” Day. Three years ago today we finally brought […]
November is Prematurity Awareness Month
It’s November and officially Prematurity Awareness Month. November 17th is World Prematurity Awareness Day, and I’ll be officially launching my 2015 fundraising efforts on that day. You’ve been warned! 🙂 Prematurity is still a major problem in the United States. On average, 1 in 8 babies is born too soon. Our government spends 26 billion […]
World Prematurity Day: Tiny and Kathryn
 World Prematurity Day 2012 Today is World Prematurity Day (hope you are wearing purple!) Our girls were born at 30 weeks and 5 days. To most people that seems really early. To someone who has has had a 24/26/28 weeker, anything beyond 30 weeks is where you hope to get. But our girls were not […]
