DYLAN TURNS 10! (4/7/08)

OK, so let's forget this is a month later.... doesn't mean I forgot! :} So, yes, our Little Premie has made it out alive for 10 years now! Why do I say it like that you ask? Well, do you KNOW our cute Lil' Dyl Pickle?!! Oh the stories we have!! Like starting the fire in our living room while also breaking Doug's Oakly sunglasses at the same moment; climbing underneath a concrete truck & hiding out (both at the ripe age of 2 mind you!); getting bitten by a big dog ("What, they don't like it when you stick your face in theirs?); the broken arm from the trampoline; lying down in the middle of a street (because apparently that was funny); being stuck on the rooftop; and many more, trust me! And nevermind all the times we want to strangle him! (OK, just a saying....not REALLY! :}). But, look at that cute little face? How can you not love him?! :}
We also can't help being reminded by how fragile life is, and what a true mircle giving birth to a child can be, when we think of the time when he was born. First trying to come out at just 29 weeks & me doing my best to keep the little bugger inside, with him finally being delivered at 33 weeks! He was a fighter from the beginning (and I mean the beginning....since I started having problems from the day of conception. He loved to stick his foot in my rib & just leave it there all day!) & despite being an itsy bitsy thing at first, he chunked right up & proved he was a survivor! (Grandpa Leach is sure Dylan is Dylan because of the steroids to help his lungs grow! :}) So, as hard as some of those moments have been, know we're ALWAYS entertained with Dylan around & couldn't imagine life without him!