March for Babies...

Prematurity is a scary and real thing that happens everyday!!! Most of the time it comes out of nowhere, what you may think is the perfect pregnancy comes crashing down when contractions start early or your water breaks. When Ethan was in the Children's Hospital NICU, there were close to 70 other babies in there. 70!!!! 70 babies who are in there fighting for their lives and as we know from experience it doesn't stop once they get discharged from the NICU. It is something that they will have to deal with everyday of their lives, of our lives.

I don't want anyone else to have to live the life we have. That is why March of Dimes- March for Babies walk is extremely important to me, scratch that to my whole family. I started Team Ethan Hunter to help raise money for all the future babies, so they can all be born healthy. I am will be walking for my son but also for all the little preemies I know. Sadly, I need two hands to count those babies.

Now that we have settled at home with Ethan, we are going to start promoting this walk. Its such an important cause to us. ( I am starting to recruit people too :) )The walk is on May 7th at Fashion Island in Newport. I am taking this post to ask my friends, family and the rest of the blog world to help join me in this fight. If you can join our team and walk for Ethan and help us reach our goal of $1000, we would be forever grateful. My boys will be there, in their stroller walking with us. :) Or if you would like to donate in honor of Ethan, you can click on the March of Dimes button I have on the sidebar of this blog(you can click on that as well if you want to join us and walk). All the money that is donated goes directly to the March of Dimes and to their research.

 Here is a picture of our preemie, Ethan, on the 17th day of his life. I am walking in honor of this little man and because of the research of the March of Dimes and his strength he in currently in his crib taking a nap :)

We are so thankful to everyone for all the support, the thoughts and the prayers we have received the past 8 months!!!