March For Babies

Today Kylee participated in her first charity event. Kylee, daddy, grandma, and I walked with our playgroup in the March of Dimes' March for Babies walk. March of Dimes is an amazing organization that funds research and supports community programs that help women have healthy, full term babies. I can't express how thankful I am that Kylee was born so healthy. Today I walked in celebration of her health and in hope that someday all babies will be born just as healthy.
Our play group raised over $1300 for this event, and we won an award for having the most team members. We had 12 mommies, several daddies, 2 grandmas and lots of kiddos show up for the walk. Not only was ours the biggest group, it was by far the best decorated and most spirited.
Thanks to my amazing friend, Rikki, for making all this possible. Not only did she introduce the idea to our group, she recruited walkers, captained our team, hosted a garage sale fundraiser, and collected all the money. She did all this while also raising money for another charity, teaching 2 classes at Cameron, and preparing for her husband’s deployment! She also decorated the wagon that Kylee and Charli rode in and pulled it almost the whole mile.
I am so glad Kylee and I had the opportunity to participate in this together. I hope this is just the first of many charity events. Kylee is already such a cheerful giver. She loves to pick mommy flowers and to give me the mail. She makes me open the refrigerator several times a day just so she can bring daddy a Pepsi. She (usually) willingly and enthusiastically shares her toys and snacks with her friends.She truly inspires me. I hope to use this inspiration to set a good example for her and to teach her to never loose her giving spirit.

Thanks again to Rikki and to every who sponsored us! And special thanks to Grandma for also providing the wagon and joining our walk.