Happy Birthday!!

Today is a special day because we are celebrating two birthdays! Skylar would have been 28 years old and Maylee turns 1 today!! Its a bittersweet day with so many different emotions. I am grateful that Maylee will always have this day that she shared with her daddy.

Maylee was born 3 weeks early via c-section. She was not growing properly in utero and my doctors didn't know why and wanted her out incase there was something wrong that they could not see. I had my first amnio at 35 weeks but Maylee's lungs ended up not being mature enough. I had the second amnio at 36 weeks and she was finally ready enough... So, the next day at 1:49pm Maylee entered this world. She was purple and struggling to breathe because she had fluid in her lungs. The nurses worked on her and were able to get her stable enough for me to see her. I will never forget the awful gasping noises she was making in order to get some air. She was then taken to the NICU where she stayed for the next few days.


I finally got to see her again early the next morning and she had an oxygen bubble over her head. It was really hard to see her that way but Skylar reassured me that she was fine. And he was right, like always. Maylee was able to come home with me when I was released a few days later. The only thing my doctors found was that the placenta had been dying but it was giving Maylee the life support she needed so they were stumped as to why she wasn't growing. She has been a huge blessing to our family.

Maylee's 1st photo shoot:

I need to take a picture of her now next to the football to compare!

Skylar would be 28 today. He was pretty excited to share a birthday with Maylee. I think it was because the attention would be taken off of him from now on, haha! My doctor gave us the option whether or not to deliver Maylee on his birthday but Skylar did not hesitate to say that it was okay. Skylar was born 2 months early and fought for his life. I am so grateful that he was given the short 27 years to live and to bring so much happiness to so many people. I only posted a couple of pictures of him because there will definitely be a lot more pictures of him posted and I only have so many...

He absolutely loved being outdoors. Hunting, fishing and camping were by far his favorite things to do.

He was such a cute and chubby baby!

Happy Birthday Skylar and Maylee!! I love you!