March for Babies - 2009

Thousands of walkers jammed Walnut Street in Kansas City's Power & Light District this morning for the KC March for Babies. I was honored to be one of them walking 3 miles to help support the March of Dimes mission to help mothers and babies begin healthy lives.

My morning started out by Keri picking me up and meeting our friend Melissa for breakfast at IHOP. After breakfast we made our way into downtown KC for the Walk festivities. The downtown area was packed with people and it was neat to think we were all gathered there for one reason - to help save a babies life! It was heartwarming to see all the babies in strollers with signs saying "born at 29 weeks" and all the team t-shirts everyone was wearing honoring a baby who either survived or who had passed away too soon. It was an event I was so very excited to be a part of and one I will be participating in for many years to come!

We of course took some pictures along the way so here are a few from our walk:

This one here is a "rare" picture - me wearing "K-State" purple. I do not own anything in this color nor will I ever purposely purchase anything in this color! Not because I don't like the color but because my husband would never let me hear the end of it! Melissa tried to tell me it wasn't a true K-State purple but Keri even agreed with me that it was.....sorry Melissa :) Anyway, it just so happened to be the color of the March of Dimes t-shirts this year so I had to put it on - just for a picture anyway! (you will notice I am not wearing it in any other pictures :)

L-R: Melissa, Keri and me :)

*All of us posing with the KC Chiefs mascot

On our walk, we passed by this restaurant! It seemed fitting to get a picture :)

Introducing: The Woodland Ridge Racers

Our team, the Woodland Ridge Racers, raised over $1000 for the cause and I wanted to give a heartfelt thank you to those of you who sponsered me and helped by making a donation! I appreciate it so very much!