ORLANDO, Fla. — The family of a toddler killed last June as she and her parents rode bicycles on an Altamonte Springs sidewalk gathered with friends and first responders Wednesday to honor the life of the little girl on her New Year's Day birthday.

Adalyn Zisa, 17 months, was riding with her mom, Shannon, and her husband in June, when police say a driver accused of being on drugs ran onto the sidewalk and hit them.

Shannon Zisa was injured, and her husband, Dane, was left in a coma. Adalyn was killed.

On Wednesday, the group sang "Happy Birthday" to her at the crash site. They also set up a large memorial there. 

“She was sweet, and she was kind, and she was an angel who walked the Earth for a very short time. But she was a blessing and the best 17 months and 1 day of my life," Shannon Zisa said.

She had some good news about her husband: Dane is out of his coma. He is breathing and eating on his own, "which is a miracle," Zisa said.

But she says they need to move him to a hospital that specializes in neurological care, which will be expensive.

“To have to choose between putting your husband in the best care possible vs. keeping your house is a hard choice,” Zisa said.

Even with the more than $100,000 raised for the family on GoFundMe, they’ll still need much more to get Dane back to normal.

“I will find a way to get him in the best of the best facilities. We will get him walking. We will get him back,” Zisa said.

Coming back to the crash site to commemorate Adalyn’s birthday brought back traumatic memories for Ziza.

“I laid on that sidewalk, and tried desperately to crawl to her," she recalled. "My husband was next to me, face down, bleeding on a sidewalk, and I couldn’t get to either of them..." Zisa said.

But she says the reason she came back is more important.

“To be back here... It’s a lot, but she deserves to be honored, deserves to remembered. She deserves to be loved and to know how many people’s lives she’s touched,” Zisa said.

Investigators have identified the driver of the car who allegedly hit them as 48-year-old Shona Lynn Wallace.

She has been charged with one count of DUI manslaughter, two counts of DUI with serious bodily injury, and possession of drug paraphernalia in connection to the fatal crash.