A reunion of a different sort

     Seems there are a lot of reunions going on for us lately. We just got back from Tiff's family reunion (more on which later), and in a couple of weeks we'll be going to one of mine (ditto). But we're not alone in this madness; Brontë had a reunion recently, too. And she's only 9 months old.
     As some of you may or may not recall, our baby spent the first two weeks of her life in the neo-natal intensive care unit (NICU), since she was born almost six weeks premature. When she started out, she was 18.5 inches long and weighed 5 pounds 6 ounces. She's come a long way in nine months, nearly 10 inches in height and about 11 pounds of weight.
     Not too long ago, we received an invitation from Northwest Texas Hospital that they, along with the March of Dimes, were having a reunion of former NICU patients. It was a theme party, so we made our baby girl an appropriate costume and decided to go.
     For those of you who are curious, yes, she'll be wearing this same outfit on Halloween, and yes, there will be more pictures taken then.


09/09/2006 - Getting ready for the NICU reunion. It was a pirate party, so we were all supposed to dress like pirates. 


09/09/2006 - Do you suppose this is how Johnny Depp got started? 


09/09/2006 - Arrrrrrrrh, mateys! 


09/09/2006 - At last! Free from the stroller! 


09/09/2006 - Now how do you hoist a mainsail again? 


09/09/2006 - I think I've got my sea legs now...so all I really need is an ocean.