Our 'baby' is now 6!

Happy happy birthday to Mira Sue! We are so thankful for you. We felt like we won the lottery by being so fortunate to get both Rayna and Trevor. Then there was the hope of you! After going through heartbreak five previous times, we could hardly believe in the thought of you coming. I had amazing specialists who tried some different things. And we checked weekly (or more) through ultrasounds, checks, calls to make sure you were ok in there. For some reason, my body decided you were the one to make it all the way. When we knew we were getting past the scary weeks of pre-term, we could almost not dare to think about you coming. We'd lie awake at night and hardly allow our mind to picture another little soul coming into our lives. We couldn't lose again. And I tried to not get attached to the little swimmer inside. But I did and I started to love before we even met. Passionately. You finally came three days late in only three hours. You needed to be rushed to the NICU because you breathed in some nasty stuff. An hour later a little baby with huge amounts of black hair was given to us. You nearly took my breath away. You were gorgeous. Perfect. And you made our family complete. I pictured you as a little dark-haired quiet Italian daughter. You decided that it would be a nearly blonde, sparkling, hilarious, (sometimes sassy) someone else. Rayna vaguely remembers you being born only because Grandma D. brought Chex Mix to the hospital when you all came to visit. Trevor has only memories from the photo albums. You three are a team and I foresee you always will be looking out for each other. Now you soon enter 1st grade. You are thriving at life and we are so very thankful that you came to be. Love you little missy-moo!