Look who's excited for her first Thanksgiving. Although she won't be able to have pumpkin pie this year, she sure does enjoy pumpkin puree!

Bed Head

This is what our sweet girl looked like this morning, and many mornings. To be quite honest, her hair sometimes looks like a modified version of this during the day if she's decided to pull her barrette out.

"Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all." -- James Brown

Now we're just waiting for those teeth, Miss Eva!!

Prematurity

Today is Prematurity Awareness Day.

The March of Dimes is "banding together" to fight for preemies. This is Eva's band.

543,000 babies are born too early every year.

Over 45,000 U.S. babies will be born preterm just this November.

Staggering numbers, aren't they?

We surely never expected to be part of those numbers. Sometimes it all seems very surreal as we continue this journey with our sweet Eva Grace. But we know we are blessed.


Today, please say a prayer for all those little ones in the NICU. And pray for their families too.

You have made a difference in the life of our preemie. And for that we are thankful.

Too Cute for Words

Halloween

We're just now getting around to posting some pics of Eva in her Halloween costume. It's been a busy week. One of the things we did is visit the doctor for Eva's 9 month check-up. She's 17 pounds 3 ounces and 27 3/4 inches long.

We actually only have a few pictures of Eva in her costume. The first one here is while we were waiting at our neighbors' door. They wanted to see her in her costume, so we walked around the block (it was an unusually beautiful and warm Halloween here) and she fell asleep in the stroller. She did wake up later, though, and we did get some cute shots. Although she was only in it for a while, she was the sweetest flower around!