I was a little nervous about doing the walk with my three kids and no one else to help me, but it turned out to be a great day. I bumped into a couple of friends from my Moms Club, which is amazing because there must have been hundreds of people there. Then I bumped into my friend Marlieke, wife to a classmate of my husband's from the legendary 23rd company, class of '97 USNA. (Ya like that, Jamie?) So we had to finish the walk together and catch up.
The weather was good, overcast but just warm enough. I found parking easily enough, which was my main worry. Wrong move taking the jogging stroller, the fixed front wheel was hard to maneuver in a crowd, especially with an infant strapped to my chest as well. But the kids were great.
And here's the best part--I raised $470 for the March of Dimes!!! That's way more than I expected, and it's thanks to my wonderful, generous friends and family who were able to sponsor me. Thanks to Sarah, Darcy, Patrick, Alayna, Shan and Antoinette, Lori, Aunt Donna, Aunt Norma, Kelly, Heather, Mike and Lisa, and Jamie W. On behalf of the tiniest of babies, thanks for supporting me and helping to prevent prematurity, birth defects, and infant mortality.
I have a picture of us from the walk to share, but it is stuck in my camera until my husband returns from his trip with my camera's USB cable. I'll post it in a couple of weeks. There are some curious characters in the backgroud of our picture--I'm not quite sure why Darth Vader was there with some of his cronies, not to mention Tony the Tiger. But hey, it was a cool photo op. You'll just have to come back to see it!
