28w6d & lyla's day.

today i have finally reached 28 weeks and 6 days. the exact time i delivered lyla.

and ironically, today is lyla's home-coming day. the day she was released from the nicu,

and finally able to be at home with me and marco

as a family.

it was such a happy day...we were finally able to feel the joy new parents were supposed to feel.

we were able to be a family, and i was finally able to feel 

like a mother.

so each year we celebrate her birthday, obviously, but so far it has been emotional for me.

i think about everything we all went through and it brings back too much 

emotion.

but this day is about celebrating 

the happy time of her being able to be home with us.

a whole two months after the time she was born.

it seems short, but felt like an eternity.

i have been waiting and praying for this point in my pregnancy, just

hoping and more praying

that  my body will maintain this pregnancy

much longer.

<3 

lyla's day has been filled with much fun today.

she woke up early and gave me some 

early-morning-sunlight -peaking -through-the-curtains

snuggles and wispers.

my favorite part of the day  

then she requested to watch her favorite show: barney 

witth some chocolate milk.

then we gave her a little present: a bug puzzle and book.

we had some worm and dirt cake, that she helped me make

and then spent the day swimming at nana and bambpa's house.
they even took a little trip to feed the horsies, as she had been requesting.

a perfect day for a perfect and special little girl