March for Babies

Our local chapters Wall of Wonder

Ian and the boys before the walk

What a great day. We were up super early so we could be out of the house around 8:15am. We got to the site around 8:30 and I had to sit and fill out my donation envelopes. Ian and I were able to raise $538.13!!! We plan on getting more friends and family involved next year. We'll have t-shirts made and start our fundraising earlier.

The kids were really good. They had face painting, decorate your own cookie, a duck pond game, and a raffle booth. We met our local chapters ambassador who had 2 micro preemies and had gone through a lot of the same things we had gone through. I can't even begin to tell you how nice it felt to be surrounded by people who had gone through NICU stays and understand the roller coaster ride involved with micro preemies. We saw a bunch of the NICU nurses that helped care for the boys. The walk started at 10am and it was a 3 mile walk (a continuous loop so that we didn't have to walk back after finishing the walk). It was HOT! I carried Leah on my shoulders for about half of the walk.

When we got back, everyone was greeted at the finish line with a cup filled with candy and coupons and then Subway and Domino's donated a bunch of pizza and hoagies. It was already 88 degrees out when we got back and the kids were tired so we got our food, said goodbye to a few people, and headed home. It was very nice and well organized and it was somewhat healing for me.

Ian and I would both like to thank everyone so much for their donations. Without research that the March of Dimes has funded, our boys (and many other children) may have a very different story.

Addison and me after the walk

Addison
Riley