Marching for Mighty Mr. Max!

Congratulations to our birthday boy on his successful party at the March for Babies!!!



What a great day to celebrate Max's first year and all healthy babies! Our family participated in the March for Babies yesterday. We asked friends to join us and donate to the March of Dimes in lieu of gifts. Your response has been overwhelming!!




Our family raised more than $2600 and Team Mighty Max raised more than $3000!!! What a tribute to our boy! This is a quick photo of Team Mighty Max before we hit the road. ( and before Troy headed to the car to elevate his knee!)


It was emotional. We walked with the Hendrix family. Nicole Hendrix was the wonderful NICU mom who donated her breast milk for Max. While it was joyous to see she and Shannon with their healthy newborn, Lydia... it was bittersweet... seeing the balloons with notes they had written for their little angels in heaven... Addilyn and Lillian. We miss them both, even though we never knew them. They are forever a part of our lives and part of why we walk. Max just loves Nicole. Look at their picture! He's gonna outgrow her soon!!!




Max had a great day! He was the center of attention and as always, his charming self. He was able to see several of his former NICU nurses... including Monique and Betsy. (below) These two wonderful ladies were primary nurses for Max on the overnight shift. They kept him safe and sound so Mommy could sleep at night and know that he was in good hands!



FOX came to do a follow up piece for his birthday and they talked with both Nicole and I again. Of course, we both cried on TV, again!!! But it is emotional for us, this bond that we will forever share. We are so blessed to have them as part of Max' extended family!

We had a variety of people join us and support us in this event and we are so grateful for all of your help! This is truly a birthday that we'll be able to tell Max about for the rest of his life. What a great memory it will be... telling him how we celebrated his first birthday by giving back to the organization that helped us so much during his NICU stay... and helping other families like ours... who are thrown into the world of preemies with absolutely no warning!