March for Babies

This morning we did the March for Babies walk. The number one cause of newborn death is premature birth, so the work that March of Dimes does is very important. We walked with Mandy and Matt Storm, our friends who have two-year-old twin girls, Analyn and Maggie. The twins were born at 28 weeks gestation, but you'd never know that now. Mandy and Matt do the walk every year to support the March of Dimes and their work to promote healthier, stronger babies.

Team Storm (Jorge, Elena Rose, Amber, Maggie, Mandy, Matt, and Analyn)
As you can see, Elena Rose was having a pretty good time when we got started. She was bouncing up and down in her stroller. There was a lot going on.

Analyn and Maggie were doing pretty good, too!

But as you can imagine, it's difficult to amuse a 9 month old and 2 year old twins for a 3 mile walk. So we eventually took them all out of the strollers. Elena Rose went into a carrier for the rest of the walk.

Analyn rode the front wheel of her stroller.

Then laid across it. You can see Maggie's in Mandy's arms.

Then Maggie sat on Mandy's shoulders.

Then they took turns pushing each other in Elena's stroller.

It was very rewarding. Team Storm raised $1,485 to help future babies. Thank you to everyone who supported us. Our goal is to raise more than $2,000 next year so that there will be more little miracles like Analyn and Maggie.

We worked up quite an appetite and went out to eat after. It was a really good day.

If you want to see pictures that show how far Analyn and Maggie have come, you can click on this link they created for their fundraising efforts: http://web.me.com/mstorm2/March_of_Dimes_2011/March_of_Dimes_2011.html