8/8/08

8/8/08...For most they think about the opening of the Olympics but for Jason and I it has a different meaning. Today is our beautiful daughters "corrected" birthday. If you look at the top of my blog you will see two different lily pies. One is her actual birth date which is May 17 (just in case you forgot) and her corrected due date (which was when she should have been due) is today. This corrected day is special to a preemie because you can not look at her as a soon to be 15 month old and expect her to be doing what a typical 15 month old would do. Instead, you have to look at her corrected age and base her milestones off of that. In Kaylie's case we would be looking at her milestones in regard to a 12 month old.

In the past year we have accomplished so many things. Here is a list of her one year accomplishments.

* She is saying her d's and her g's. She screams like a pterodactyl, talks like Donald Duck, and imitates a Ferbie.
* She can successfully walk like a bear and crawls when she isn't in the mood to be a bear.
* She decides to wave and say hi when you are not looking and stop once you are.
* She claps and cheers for herself when ever she does something good.
* Can pull up and climb up on things. She is definitely a monkey.
* Can get half way up the stairs before you realize she is gone.
* Can throw toys out of a bucket. If you are not careful she will throw one at you.
* She can skate across the room with your cell phone and use her walker to carry her toys.
* She is eating a few table foods without choking.
* She has started to stand up without using anything to help her.
* She can stand for a good minute now and has even ventured to take a few steps when you are least expecting it.

The above are just a few of her many accomplishments. We feel so blessed to be with her through all of this. Happy "corrected" birthday baby girl.

Here is a slide show of Kaylie's life from 8/8/07 to 8/8/08. I wanted to do this for her actual birthday but ran out of time. The first two pictures were taken on 8/8/07 and the last few were taken today. It is long so watch it at your own risk. Enjoy.