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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.

Seven years later ...

Both are completely healthy.

A miracle.

No, 2 miracles.

JAKE

199 days

in the NICU

JOSH

207 days

in the NICU

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 best feature stories on the AP wire in 2008.

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 now called ...

MARCH FOR BABIES

Our Aron Family Team

has raised

more than $36,700,

ranking each year
among the top fund-raisers in DFW:

2009: $5,318* (No. ?)

2008: $9,071 (No. 5)

2007: $7,679 (No. 3)

2006: $9,929 (No. 1)

2005: $4,723 (No. 1)

* add to it by clicking here

BRAVO!

We are

extremely proud

of all 3 of our sons, including big brother Zac, who arrived a month early in 1998 and fortunately avoided the NICU.

In relaunching our site, we're saving this area to spotlight the latest, greatest thing.

For now, that is ...

Jake singing the national anthem at the 2009 March for Babies event in Dallas.

How would YOU handle singing

such a tough song

to a crowd of 25,000?

Check out

how our

little guy fared

UPCOMING!

Jake's DVD debut will be Nov. 7 in the new

release from

David Chicken.

Click here for details on the DVD and release-day concert, and click here and here for details on Jake's involvement.

MORE LATEST, GREATEST LINKS

Click here for pics from the first day of the 2009-10 school year

(Aug. 25, 2009)

Click here for a terrific video made to promote the March of Dimes in general,

but specifically to help tout the upcoming

Breakfast With A Champion event

featuring Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman.

(Aug. 20, 2009)

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 Jake's "Broadway Bound" on-stage interview & performance

* be sure to read the comments from the Repertory Company Theatre panel

(May 2, 2009)

Click here to see Josh in action on the soccer pitch

(May 2, 2009)