A Trip in the Way Back Machine

Almost 16 years ago, back before digital cameras entered my life (hence the lousy pictures), I gave birth to my first babies. 

Son Ben entered this world exactly as planned - 7 lbs, 7 oz of beautiful baby.

Daughter Hannah was a surprise to everyone.  She was supposed to be the same size as Ben but she wasn't.  She was a svelt 4 lbs, 3 oz.  Beautiful, but teeny tiny. 

We were told that she needed time to catch up but that she should be just fine. 

She wasn't. 

Over the next 18 months or so we kept discovering new medical problems.

Through all of this she was a sweet cuddly baby who in her quiet way managed to steal everyone's hearts.

Here are my sweet babies when they were about a week old.

I was in a sleep-deprived happy haze at this point. 

Here our little porcelain doll was 1 day old.

She spent the first 6 days in the NICU because she had trouble regulating her body temperature.

We were so glad to get her home. 

I will occassionally be taking little trips back into the way back machine to document more on my sweet first daughter.  She has been gone from us for over eleven years now.  We miss her and think of her everyday.