Wow! Congrats, Beth and Emma!
Robin
Happy birthday, Emma Kate! A big one year old! Take a big breath, kiddo, and blow out that candle. And what are the odds that your Evil Mom has given you the kind that doesn’t blow out? She’s that sort of sneaky. Keep a close eye on her. 
Thanks for the update, Beth - like everyone else has been saying, it’s hard to believe that it’s been a year. I remember what a relief it was to hear that she finally weighed a whopping three pounds! It’s such a blessing to hear that, at least from the sound of it, she’s about where you’d expect a kid born in March (when she should have been born) to be: crawling, standing, starting to talk. And, best of all, laughing.
There are plenty of other threads for them to open, I figure. There’s plenty of bad news in the world; it’s great to hear about the good news, especially when it’s good news in the life of someone I know and care about.
The baby that wasn’t expected to live for a whole day, is now a happy, healthy year-old child, with a whole life of possibilities ahead of her. I’d say that’s something to get pretty excited about. So don’t stop sharing now, Beth - there’s a bunch of us here who want to hear about it when she starts walking, and talking in sentences, and reading, and the whole nine yards.
Happy birthday, Emma Kate. And don’t forget, while it’s fun to smear the cake all over your face, the part that actually gets in your mouth is the part you can taste and stuff.
Many, many congratulations!! 
I know this is getting old, but I can’t believe it’s been a year, either!!
How scared you must have been. How amazing she is to be here. She must be a hell of a fighter.
I predict difficult days in toddlerhood for you, Beth. Heh heh heh.
Happy Bday and Congrats!
Fabulous news all around! I can remember the threads about her birth, and how anxious I felt for both of you. It’s so good to know that there are happy endings out there…
Happy Birthday not-so-little Emma! Here’s wishing for many, many more.
bella
Happy Birthday Kiddo!!!
Can it really have been that long? Big hugs all around!
I was just thinking about you the other day, trying to remember the exact birthdate…I knew it was close to my exam time, and I wasn’t studying last year because I kept having to check up on you and Emma Kate!
I am so pleased to hear that she is doing well, and that you and your husband are, too! I can’t wait to see pictures of that darling little girl!
Happy birthday, Emma!
Happy Birthday Emma Kate!
Poli
Happy Birthday to one of the little stars of the SDMB!!! Hope you got good presents!
Happy First Birthday, Emma Kate.
Thanks for posting the update and the birth story, evilbeth.
Awwwww, she’s one already??? Can you believe it? Just wait. Next time you turn around she’ll be ten!
Congratulations to all of you. Hope she gets frosting all over her face.
Happy Birthday, Emma Kate! We’re all so proud of you!
Go Emma! Go Emma! It’s your birthday! It’s your birthday!
And may you have many, many, many, many more.
signed
Your Ever-lovin’ Uncle Dave-Guy
YEAH! Happy birthday Emma Kate!
Happy Birthday, Baby Doll, from my own Emmie and me to you. Congratulations!!! We all knew you could do it.
Yay! Emma Kate! Yay!
::makes tickling motions in Emma Kate’s direction::
Woot!
A year already… doesn’t seem possible.
Happy birthday Emma Kate!!
Hurray for Emma Kate!
I was (still am) one of the many lurkers who checked the Dope about every 5 minutes to see if there was fresh news on Emma. Being a reluctant agnostic meant I couldn’t pray for her, but I asked my Mom to get her church group to pray, and my friends to pray, and meantime I wished REALLY HARD.
It’s so good to see this news. Like almost everyone else, I find myself thinking, “a year? It can’t be a year already!”, even though it is.
What a fighter that kid is. What great people her parents are to have pulled her through so well.
Congratulations, evilbeth, Steve, and Emma Kate. May there be many more joyful years ahead of you.
This deserves to stay on page one for a while longer!
BUMP!