Welcome Home

It is hard to believe that today makes a year that we were finally able to bring our beautiful baby girls home. Maggie and Marley were born 8 weeks premature and had to spend 5 weeks in the NICU. That was one of the hardest things our family had to go through. Ben and I spent mornings, evenings and nights by their sides. Watching them, praying for them and longing for the day we could take them home and hold them and kiss them all day and night. Some days we could not even touch them, that broke my heart. I didn't get to hold Marley until she was 5 days old, that was hard for me. Clayton and Molly didn't understand. Their babies were finally born, yet they could not see them or hold them. Pictures were not good enough for them. It was 5 weeks of ups and downs. Good news visits and bad news visits. Some days I just sat there and cried wondering if they were ever going to let me have them. Finally, on March 3 we were able to take our babies home and let them meet their big brother and their big sister. What a happy day that was. I can still see the smiles on Clayton and Molly's faces when they walked in from school and saw those babies. They were real and they were home!


What a difference a year has made. Everyday they are getting bigger and stronger. Everyday they are learning new things. Everyday they make me smile a little bigger. They are where they belong, home with us!

Maggie

Marley

Maggie and Marley