***** My baby Boy is 5 !!! ******

Five years ago today....

We welcomed our son into the world 8 weeks earlier than planned.

He weighed 1 pound, 12.4 ounces and was 13 inches long.

It was the happiest and scariest day of my life.

Today....Ian is FIVE years old!

He's starting Kindergarten in the fall...

He hasn't needed and help/ services/ therapy since he was 3...

We're very lucky!

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(above; hanging out with Pappa P., Grandma and Pappa S. and then Uncle Tony)

362 - he's going to be what???

FIVE?????

When did this happen? Oh my.

Here's some pics of the invitations I made and had VistaPrint print for me.

I'm SO glad I did the linen finish.

I LOVE them!

Day 281 - My Baby Girls Birthday!!

My baby girl turned 13 years old today!!

No technical info here today....just fun stuff. :)We asked Em to hide behind the pillow until we were ready.

This was her first look at her birthday present; A Nintendo DS.

She had her choice of ANY restaurant and chose to eat her birthday dinner at Foster Freezes. A fifties-type diner that's been a staple of Vacaville longer than I've been alive.

A funny moment between Ian and, my parents, Pappa and Grandma P (who met us at Fosters)

A cool angle of all of us at our table in the round mirror.

(weird coincedence moment here....the woman at the table next to us, towards the back sitting with the man, is the woman who made my wedding bouquet/ flowers for our wedding. SMALL town!)

Emmy's present from Grandma Barbara, her name is "Emmy". (really!)

Day 193 - Birthday!!!

Happy 19th Birthday Matt!!

(how OLD do I feel?? Matt was 1 month old when I met (my now hubby) Mike)

My nephew, Preston

Emmy and Grandma Letty

Day 82

Happy 4th Birthday Ian!!!

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Four years ago on this day I was wheeled, suddenly, into the emergency OR to have Ian taken by emergency c-section. His heart rate had plummeted and they already gave him a 3 day pass to stay in moms tummy to cook a bit longer. Now his chances of survival were better being outside than in.

We had already been "warned" that he was no larger than 2 pounds. I remember the tought passing through my head "Humans come that small?? and LIVE??"

Well, Ian didn't quite make 2 pounds. He was 1 pound 12.4 oz, 13 inches long. He came out hollering, so much so that in the NICU (once stabalized) the nurse "plugged him up" with a pacifier and he was one happy little bitty baby. Most preemies don't have the suck reflex yet...nobody mentioned that to Ian.

(want the long winded version....go here http://www.geocities.com/maggierda@sbcglobal.net/)

and today....you'd never even know his beginnings were as they were.

Ian's bday present (that's he's been drooling over every single time we go to Target).



Too bad he was not feeling well (still) and fell asleep before Daddy and I assembled the toy. He didn't get to see his cake either.

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