>>reporter: every day pip pa survived was a good day but every day came filled with challenges for pip pa mom and dad. >> with each test you hold your breath and sometimes the tests come back if he. >>reporter: so small and so weak she had to fight to survive. but there little princess had a spirit you could see. >> the word the nurses used from the beginning was feisty. >>reporter: the mini miracle until december she now gets to be home for the local base. >> i spent time on the plane prodding her to make sure she was all right. >>reporter: family friends decorated with flowers balloons and a stork homecoming three months in the making. >> it's an amazing thanksgiving gift to be back here with her. >>reporter: some things are indeed worth waiting for. >> to have it turn out to be such a good story right the day before thanksgiving it's really good. >>reporter: a holiday this family will never forget. >> zach and maria say the support they received from everyone at the hospital was amazing but they are thrilled to be off the island and back home for the holiday. we're live in the newsr