March of Dimes: Jail and Bail

We have the privileged to be the Cedar City Ambassadors to the March of Dimes Jail and Bail. With your help, once again we would like to raise a little money to help others. HELP TO SET US FREE!!!!

We know that many of our friends and family gave to our fund raising efforts for the March of Dimes March for Babies just a few months ago. If you were unable to give last time and are able to give this time or if you gave last time but can give again this time; we would of course be overjoyed with your generosity and efforts. Please remember that although these are hard times for all of us babies are born everyday and not all of them are healthy. Please take some time and read our story below...

The day after Christmas, my husband and I went to our ultrasound to confirm our miss-carriage and take the necessary steps to go forward with our family plans. Although we did not plan on having children at that time we were very sad and disappointed at the potential loss of a child.
The ultrasound technician said, “I have good news…there is the head to the butt and there is the head to the butt.” She was smiling, when I looked over at my husband because I thought the girl was totally weird for repeating herself. My husband’s jaw was hanging down to the ground and he managed to blurt out “TWO” “Two what?” I said.
About 7 months later I walked into one of our run of the mill weekly ultrasounds and our doctor asked if we were ready and proceeded to tell me that he was pulling the babies tomorrow around 1:00 in the afternoon. That’s when our 33 weekers made their debut; Daniel Rey born a whopping 1 minute before his brother at 3 pound 1 ounce and Jacob Reid being shoved out of the way by his brother, being born at 4 pounds 14 ounces. Our 30 day journey in the NICU began. After not seeing my children for the first 16 hours of their lives, I walked down the hospital halls (the longest walk I will ever make in life!) to the NICU to see my boys. It was a long, hard and triumphant time that I will never forget. Now boys are almost one year old. They are HEALTHY, happy and running (literally) in two separate directions.
The March of Dimes helped us in many ways, the research that has been conducted; I have absolutely no doubt helped with the development and awesome progression that my boys were able and continue to make. Our family feels very lucky. We know that not every situation is or ends ideally and that is why we are proud to be affiliated and volunteer for the March of Dimes, We believe that every baby and family deserves to be healthy and happy!

Won't you please help me in this worthy cause? Contributing to my "bail" online is fast, easy and secure. You can donate directly from my personal webpage with a credit card or PayPal. If you prefer, I can also accept cash or check. Just click the appropriate box on my webpage. EVERY dollar makes a difference!

My personal Web page address for donations is...
http://jailandbail.marchofdimes.com/theduncans

Stuff

Ok...so I broke down and started a blog, if I heard from one more person that I needed one I was just going to wretch :)

For some of you I need to update a while back...I was married in January 19, 2008 to my cute husband Jeff and on June 18, 2008 we were blessed to welcome in our twins Jacob and Daniel. They were exactly 7 weeks early and stayed in the hospital for just 30 days (super hard time).

December of 2008, my husband and I decided to move to Cedar City Utah...I lived in Cedar awhile back when I was getting my Bachelors degree. I moved to Bakersfield to get my masters and met my husband Jeff through a mutual acquaintance (ex-boyfriend) we were engaged about 5 months later and set our wedding date for the upcoming January, to our surprise we found out we were prego with the boys about three weeks before the wedding :) (*It gives the ladies in my ward something to talk about)

I am still working for Taft College as a Sociology Professor and am working from home right now...it gives me lots of time with the boys which is just wonderful...although I get a little anxious for adult time.

So let's see...Jeff (the husband) decided to go back to school full time and is getting his master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. I am super proud of him and he is doing just fantastic, he ended his last term with straight A's!!!!

Jacob and Daniel are little men now a days. We cut their hair and now they look like little boys, it was a little bitter sweet...I never thought I would be a mom who cared about her kids growing up to fast but, to be honest it made me a little nervous.

I am just trying to cultivate my own interests right now so I am not bored to death when they start school and activities. I know a far ways away but I feel like those little boogers were ripped from my body just the other day and now they are going to be one!

We are spending their first birthday at a Disneyland resort and I am so so excited...last time I went to Disneyland it was with Theresa before the mission. That was a day to remember, I hope this one is as eventful.

Speaking of Birthday's Jeff's big day...the big 30 is next week...the boys and I already gave him his gift. A gigantic BBQ and Chicago Bears grilling materials, he loved it. I think he almost liked the cover more than he liked the BBQ itself :)

Other than that it seems like everything is the same...moving to Utah has proven challenging at times but it was worth it. Our little family has really grown together, Jeff and I are doing great and the boys are loving keeping us on our toes!