Carys is FOUR

Our little Miracle Girl turned 4 on December 29!! She kept changing her mind about what she wanted to do for her birthday party and what she wanted her cake to look like. Finally she made a decision. She opted to have her party at a moonwalk place with all her school friends, non-school friends and family. She also decided she should have a pink castle cake. "God help me" was my first thought. Carys had a castle cake for her first birthday and it was a lot of work. Too bad she didn't remember it...so here I went making a castle cake to feed 50+ people. It turned out pretty good and tasted great. We all had so much fun at the moonwalk place. One of her friends told her parents that if she didn't get to have her birthday party there too, that she wouldn't come to her party. That cracked me up!!

Carys has come so far in the past four years. She is a loving, caring, smart, beautiful, sweet, sensitive, thoughtful , creative, active, healthy little girl...just to name a few words to describe her. She is a great big sister and we love her so much! Thank you God for letting her stay.

Just sharing a poem that I read often while she was in the NICU 4 years ago:

Heavenly Father full of grace

A ray of sunshine upon her face.

On this night there's one thing I pray

You gave her life so please don't take it away.

You sent her an angel to stand by her side

Thru heal pricks for gases, not a tear did she cry.

All ten fingers and all ten toes

Barely as big as a giant rose.

From two pounds to four pounds you're on your way home

My precious little girl, oh how you've grown.

On this night there's one last thing to say

Thank You God for letting her stay.

-Author Unknown

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