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March for Babies 2009... CP's Story

We are participating in the March of Dimes Walk this year, March for Babies. It is this Sunday, April 19th at 2:00. This is our 5th year participating. This cause is so important to us because it has directly affected our lives.

For those who don't know CP's Story, I'll give you the quick version. :) CP was born 4 months early at 24 weeks. He weighed 1 lb, 7 oz and was 12 inches long. He was born at UVA hospital and had a rough stay. He stayed in the hospital for the first 167 days of his life. He had multiple surgeries, was on a ventilator, chest tubes, etc, etc. We are so very blessed to say that we now have a very healthy 5 year old.

The march of Dimes raises money to fund research that is trying to find ways to prevent premature birth, birth defects and infant mortality. A few things that research from the March of Dimes directly benefited CP. When he was born, they gave him an artificial surfactant that helped open his lungs and helped him breathe, this was developed from research funded by the March of Dimes. Also there was a hole in his heart, that typically closes in term babies, but is still open on babies that are born too soon. He was given a medicine that helped close this hole, developed by March of Dimes research. If he didn't have that medicine, he would have had to undergo yet another surgery that his little body may not have been able to tolerate. So those are just a few reasons why we are so passionate about this cause.

We want to help give other babies a healthy start and possibly avoid a rough start like CP's.

You can help us! Come walk with us and have people sponsor you,

or sponsor us! Even $5 adds up...

Here is the link to our march for babies site! www.marchforbabies.org/cpsteam

A Family Day at the Park

We took advantage of a few nice days in February and went to the park. Thought I'd post some fun pictures.

March of Dimes...more info to come

There will be more info on this years walk, but I'm working on setting up our online page. If anyone wants to join us in the March that would be great! I hope to have a big team this year! Details will soon follow!

Sponsor Me at March for Babies!

It's been so long, I know...

Sorry everyone, cofer household has been crazy over the holidays, so I am going to try to catch up. Before I get to Christmas pics, I have to post a few I took prior to Christmas. My sweet hubby gave me my Christmas present early and it was a new camera, so I have to post a few pics that are from me learning how to use it...

Finally! Disney!

I have been trying so hard to find the time to sit down and keep up, but life has just been crazy. So I am finally sitting down and making the time. We headed down to Florida for a whirlwind trip. My cousin Rachel was getting married and gave me the honor of being one of her bridesmaids. So we stopped be the Magic Kingdon for the day. CP had a blast, Hayden was just taking it all in and hanging on for the ride, literally! We couldn' t be that close and not take a day for the kids. We had a great time and spent time with family on trip which was long overdue. So here are a few highlights of Disneyworld.