Can you believe it was one year ago today that this little angel came into our lives? As a reminder, Stella was 10 weeks premature and only weighed 2 lbs 4 oz. She was ever so tiny, but a fighter from the moment she arrived. I will never forget when they first let us see her when she was only an hour old that I put my finger up to her little hand and she grasped it and held on to it. I know that most of you have seen the pictures, but to actually see how small she was and to feel the strenght she had in that little tiny hand was amazing. It was such a scary time for all of us and I can tell you there was a lot of prayers happening from family and friends all across the country.
How blessed we are that we can look back now at all of the fears and concerns we had then and know that Stella's special spirit and determination has brought her full circle to her first Birthday.
We started the day by going to church. Tawni was speaking at Sacrament Meeting so it was a special day for me to be there. Afterwards we had a Birthday Dinner at Dave and Sharyl's and then the rest of the family showed up for cake and ice cream. The big plans for her tearing into her cake dwindled somewhat she was so dainty and only poked at it. Jason then picked her up and put her face very near the cake which really pissed her off as you can see in the pictures. She is all girl and couldn't wait to get all the yucky stuff off of her face, arms and hands.
Thanks to those of you who sent birthday wishes to her, it was so cool that you remebered!
Hugs to all!
