National Prematurity Awareness Day!!

Today is National Prematurity Awareness Day and I'm supporting it by wearing my purple!!As you all know by now, Ray San was premature... 15.5 weeks premature! He was born at 24w4d weighing 1lb 11oz and 13" long. We were in the NICU at Valley Medical Center for 102 days. His early birth threw our world upside down and really changed our lives. We were lucky though and he is now 2 years old and happy & healthy! Because of his birth, we are now involved in March for Dimes - March for Babies. We've walked the past couple years and this year, I'm going to co-chair the event so I need you all to join me on April 30, 2011 at the Seattle Center for this walk.

Please join me in the fight against prematurity. Click the picture below to check out March of Dimes for all the information.

Baby Clara!!

We welcomed another member into the family. Mike & Maryanne met their daughter Clara at 5:23 a.m. on October 13, 2010. I figured I better skip some stuff and post about the shower we had for Maryanne since her daughter is here now.

Here's the invites we made.

The diaper cake Auntie Marcia made.The favors (Auntie Marcia also made the flower cookies)Weren't they cute when they were little??All the guests were greeted with a glass of pink lemonade and a shrimp cocktail... yummy!!

The "baby" cakes also made by Auntie MarciaPlaying gamesBeautiful Mom to be... Maryanne!

Mom & Grandma to beWelcome Clara =]With Daddy Mike

With Auntie MarciaCousins meeting... Ray San was definitely a little jealous!

Newport, Oregon

We went to Newport, Oregon for a little family vacation. We were only there for a long weekend, but it was still a nice little getaway.

Here we are on the way downThis was the first place we ate. They had amazing fresh crab sandwiches!!

Look at all the crab!!

The next day we headed to the aquariumThat night we celebrated Lori's 21st birthday!!It was a restaurant that tried to be fancy. They brought Lori a birthday dessert...... a candle and some stars!!We woke up the next morning and it was nice out so we decided to head to agate beachYummy chocolate chip cookie!!That night we enjoyed delicious pizza... they were huge slices!!

Grandma Sako enjoying some of the tasty mango margarita... there was alcohol in it =]

Getting ready to head back home