For those of you who marked your calendars and have been waiting with anxious anticipation for our report, last Saturday was indeed our long awaited March of Dimes March for Babies. We walked the entire route, which took us along a six-mile (round trip) stretch of the North Idaho Centennial Trail. Unfortunately this particular stretch was parallel to the interstate, so we had the steady drone of traffic as our constant companion. But we also had lots of honks from truckers, so I guess there are pros and cons.
The biggest lesson we learned from this experience is that tiny children do not really enjoy six mile walks. Clara and Jonathan, as a pair, have a threshold of about four miles, after which anything is possible, including Clara biting Jonathan on the arm (twice) hard enough to leave teeth marks. Jeremy ended up carrying Jonathan between miles two and three ("I feel like a pioneer woman," he said. "I need a bonnet and a long, flowing skirt." Why not a pioneer man?). He also ended up carrying Jonathan between miles five and six, at which point Clara also decided to get out, so I was left pushing an empty stroller.
Nevertheless, we walked triumphantly past the finish line, just minutes after Jonathan finally fell asleep. He didn't sleep very long, what with all the people yelling, "Oh, look at that baby! He's asleep! Loooook! He fell asleep!" Evidently, nothing wakes up babies faster than pointing out that they're asleep.
I'm really glad we decided to do this, and I admittedly got a bit choked up looking at the poster of the sweet premies and babies and listening to the walk director talk about her two older brothers who were born early and did not live. I am truly grateful, also, for everyone who donated to our walk. We were able to donate 385 dollars, so THANK YOU! The more I learn about March of Dimes (they're responsible for the polio vaccine, as well as more recent developments in prenatal and neonatal care) the more I respect the organization and its mission. Thanks for supporting a worthy cause. Walk on!
7 comments:
Holy cow, six miles? Good job Clara for walking part of the way, with style, as always (it's the curly pigtails.)
I think Jeremy makes a very cute pioneer woman.
And you guys raised a ton of money! Wasn't your goal way less than that?
Okay, that post made me laugh so hard, from Jeremy's comments about the bonnet and flowing skirt to the whole irony of Jonathan waking up because of everyone pointing out that he was asleep! Way cool that you guys did this, by the way!
That is awesome! It is so fun to be apart of things like that!
I love that, in the picture of Jeremy holding a sleeping sweet little Jonathan, they are holding hands...I love little babies!
Here we are at Grandpa's and after finding this new blog entry all we can say is that once again we are smitten with all of you. What a grand adventure and for such a worthy cause. Your kids were troopers (or maybe you were the troopers---hmmm). Way to go!
I love this entry! It's great you guys did it!! YAY!
I especially appreciated the pioneer woman story :o)And Clara and Jonathan are so cute
Way to go! What a great accomplishment. You guys are great!
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