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Twin boys.

Each born 4 months premature.

Each about the size of a Beanie Baby.

Each 18 ounces, less than some soda bottles.

Nine years later ...

Both are completely healthy.

A miracle.

No, 2 miracles.

JAKE

199 days

in the NICU

JOSH

207 days

in the NICU

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS OF JAKE & JOSH DESIGNING
THE MARCH OF DIMES-THEMED NO. 11 NASCAR DRIVEN BY DENNY HAMLIN AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
(THANKS, FEDEX AND JOE GIBBS RACING!)

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS OF JAKE & JOSH
RIDING THE WORLD'S LARGEST AIRSHIP
TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD
ABOUT THE GREATNESS OF THE MARCH OF DIMES
(THANKS, FARMERS INSURANCE!)

OUR STORY

Jake & Josh Aron

were born

May 11, 2002,

at Medical City Hospital.
Josh had a heart operation

on his fourth day.

Two days later,

Jake had

a bowel operation

that doctors didn't expect him to survive.

Despite all that could've gone wrong,

BOTH beat every aspect

of their extreme prematurity.
More details

can be found here.

You also can follow the unfolding story

through e-mails.

Or, you can read

the story written

by proud dad Jaime Aron

that ran on the AP wire for Father's Day, 2008. The story has since been honored as one of the year's best AP feature stories.

Part I

Part II

The slideshow

Then,

come back and

sign, view our guestbook.

THE SECRET

TO OUR SUCCESS

When our boys were on the road to recovery, we knew we owed a debt of gratitude ... but,

to who?

In 2005, we learned

it was the

March of Dimes.

The organization

that wiped out polio is now working to give all babies a healthy start.

The more we've learned about the March of Dimes,

the more committed

we've become.

We've worked to raise awareness, as well as raising money.

We've had a lot of fun, too, from passing out our

business cards,

to spending a year as Dallas' Ambassador Family, and especially through the annual walk.

MARCH

FOR

BABIES

Since 2005, our

Aron Family Team

has raised $44,153,

annually ranking

among the

top Family Teams

in D/FW:

2010: $3,642

TUNES FOR

SICK TEENS

Check out our newest

project,

Tunes
for Sick Teens,

a program

launched by

Jake & Josh's

big brother, Zac.

OTHER NOTEWORTHY LINKS

Check out our part in the 2010 March for Babies national promotional video.

Another video version of our story used to promote a March of Dimes event.

This was Jake singing to 25,000 folks before the 2009 March for Babies event.

Check out how our little guy fared

APME (Associated Press Managing Editors) chose the 2-part, first-person story about our family as one of the five best feature stories on the AP wire in 2008.

(Aug. 3, 2009)

Click here for video ... or here for still pics of Jake's debut

peformance at NorthPark Mall, when his buddy David Chicken

invited him on stage for a duet of "Doggy Walk"

(May 16, 2009)

Click here to see how we celebrated J&J's 7th birthday

(May 10 and 11, 2009)

Click here for photos and details of Jake's concert that was filmed for

the next DVD from Emmy Award-winning children's performer David Chicken

then ...

click here for the video, featuring a nice intro from Zac

(March 22, 2009)