A Day of Reflecting

I am now officially past the point in pregnancy where I had Carter. I had Carter at 34 1/2 weeks and I am now 35 weeks. Carter is now a very healthy 3 1/2 year old so I know if Baby was born now he would ultimately be okay but I don't ever wish to visit another NICU. It was a very scary day, the day Carter was born. He was our first child and the not knowing was hard to deal with. It was hard to see him hooked up to a breathing machine and feeding tube and the next year that followed was hard. We saw a pediatric cardiologist and pulmnologist along with his regular pediatrician for that first year. We are very fortunate that he has outgrown all of his complications from being a preemie and forever thankful!

A hard picture to look at but this reminds me of how lucky we are now.
Date: 2/4/06
Weight: 5 lbs 6 oz

Now an extremely active, happy, healthy 3 year old!
Date: 8/2/09
Weight: 29 lbs