Big Day, Big Month

Two days ago Mia was fifteen months old! How the time flies! Next week is the anniversary of the day she came home from the NICU. Thanksgiving Day to be exact! Today is Prematurity Awareness Day, along with Prematurity Awareness Month. The March of Dimes is an organization near and dear to us, and they have done a great job promoting and bringing awareness to this cause all month long. I am already getting excited for the next "March for Babies" walk that is in April. I hope that this year our team will grow with even more supporters, and that we are able to beat our fundraising totals from last year!

Today we had our fifteen month check-up. Mia's doctor was pleased with her progress, and especially her new crawling moves! We will continue to monitor her development and feeding issues over the next months, and continue with speech and physical therapy, but at this point we are going to just let her be Mia! The sweet, funny, cute, feisty, book loving, bottle drinking, daddy's girl, stubborn, crawling, bath splashing, bouncing, beautiful, chocolate pudding loving, smart, silly, and amazing girl that she is! (Feel free to add on to this list...) :)

I LOVE that Mia came home from the NICU on Thanksgiving! Someone up above must have orchestrated the timing of her homecoming. This year, and years from now, when friends or family go around the table talking about what they are thankful for, I'll be listening, but mostly I'll be looking into my sweet girl's eyes thinking about how thankful I am for her- for all she has taught me, and all that I will continue to learn from her.