Due Date Birthday....

That's right....today....October 11Th....1 year ago, was Danielle's due date. Our little princess of course decided she wanted to come about 15 weeks early! We still think of this date as momentous, although it isn't actually her birthday, it is the day, about the time we anticipated the arrival of our little girl.

Our First Family Picture!

We were always by her side, speaking life to her, singing to her.....

......believing in her!

We look at today as a moment in our past, that came and went with our beautiful daughter already here. What would have changed if she would have been born on her due date....nothing, we are fortunate, we have been blessed, she is our daughter, a fighter, a believer...our little miracle!

Look at her now, she's beautiful!

Danielle had a great week. She was finally able to get her flu shot. We resorted to our wonderful doctors resource in IC for this, as our local Ped office was still out. Such a relief to have that behind us, she got it, thank goodness! We also found out that Danielle does qualify for Synegis again this winter, the RSV 'preventative'. Her qualifying thru our insurance, was borderline, since she had been off oxygen since March. But she did, 5 doses starting in November. We will take it, no matter the cost, it will help protect her, that is what we want for our baby girl.

Danielle has gotten lots of snuggles this week. She has wanted extra snuggles, often letting us know vocally if she is not getting enough snuggles! She has been telling us lots of stories, especially in the mornings. She will squeal and giggle and just smile from ear to ear. Such a happy baby we have been blessed with. Dylan has been referring to her as, 'baby sister', or 'baby sissy', it is pretty cute. He is her protector, always wondering where she is, she needs to be in his sight for him to be content. She loves to watch him, she tries to grab at his hand when they are both sitting on mommy's lap reading books. We have been reading lots and lots of books, Dylan absolutely loves to read books, so what a great opportunity to read to Danielle also. Both kids will get on mommy's lap and we will read and read. Dylan follows along and Danielle is awed by the vibrant pictures and the sound of a soothing voice reading a book.

Thank you lord for blessing us with our precious baby girl. Danielle's due date is just a day for the doctor's to go by now for development, it's in the back of our mind but nothing like her birthday. the day she was born. The day she came into our lives and warmed our hearts. We have been blessed, she is a fighter a believer, we believe in her....we are blessed, life is grand.~