Today our first son would be turning 5 years old. I guess it's technically his stillbirth day, since he was born into heaven. It's so hard to believe that it's been 5 years. We have some things planned to remember and celebrate him together as a family and I plan to share some of that in Friday's post. Since I have both my current pregnancy and our losses {those stories can be … [Read more...]
Naming our Second Little Boy in Heaven
One of the things that the Lord placed on my heart after our recent miscarriage was to give our little one a name. Since we lost our first child, Andrew, so late in my pregnancy, we had already named him and there was certainly no going back. I'm glad we had already decided on a name, otherwise I might have been too confused during my grief to know whether it was appropriate to name a … [Read more...]
Another Little Boy
When thinking about the title for today's post, I had originally thought "It would have been a boy." But then I had to tell myself that just because another of our little babies didn't get to see life outside of my womb, doesn't mean it would have been anything. It already is...just not on this side of heaven. Even my thinking gets skewed on the issue at times and really … [Read more...]
Our Sad News
As I mentioned earlier this week, last week was pretty crazy at our house. I'll just cut to the chase, since I feel like this is a community where I can share my heart and what is going on in my little family. Back in September, we were shocked to discover that I was pregnant with baby #4. {Surprise!} Up to this point, all of our babies required some planning and some fertility … [Read more...]