BIRTHDAY photos:

• Just out of the womb – Pediatric Team at work

• My pretty naturally “painted” fingernails

• Halogen tanning bed

• Getting weighed

• Looking at you through E-Mycin ointment

• Picture with Mommy & Daddy

• My first kiss from Mommy

• Closing my cocoon

• Daddy drew a butterfly on his hat for me

My premie weight = 5 lbs. 1.7 oz. My APGAR score was 9 & 9 which was good and stable. I was later measured at the nursery and I was 17 inches long.