As we approach 1 year

I know I haven't posted a lot lately...and I know I meant to.  It's been hard.  This past week...everything about it is a reminder.  We're hitting 1 year of everything.  1 year ago Monday I was in the hospital the first time. 1 year ago tomorrow (Friday), I was admitted to the hospital with a strong likelihood of delivery.  And 1 year ago Tuesday, my world was turned upside down.

Pay-It-Forward

I'm taking an idea from a good friend of mine over at One Day At a Time.  She used this idea to celebrate her angel, Avery's first birthday, and I thought it was a great idea.  In honor of Samuel's and Andrew's first birthday, I want to encourage everyone to pay-it-forward with a random act of kindness.  Do something nice for someone you don't know.  Pay for the coffee of the person behind you at the drive-thru.  Leave an extra big tip for the waitress next time you go out to eat.  Offer to help someone behind you in line carry groceries to their car.  Donate to a local charity.  Write a letter to a soldier.  Be a foster parent for a dog or cat at a rescue agency.

If you are having a brain cramp and want some ideas, check out my Pinterest Board.

The only thing that I ask when you do this is that you please include this card or leave a note that includes this information.  If you need an original to print (it should print 4x6), please feel free to e-mail me by clicking my name/contact info.

 

Thank you to everyone for helping us remember our babies on their first birthday.

Our Busy Life

I feel like I'm always on the go...like there's always something to do.  Of course, I'm still finding time to sit my bum in front of my computer and the TV, so maybe I should stop that, but it's my de-stressor (usually).  Oh well.  Things will eventually get done.  The laundry will find a way.  The house will eventually get clean.  In the meantime, life goes on...without my boys...but it goes on.

Memory Boxes

When we left the NICU both times we lost the boys, we were given beautiful memory boxes, each filled with adorable and sweet little things to keep in honor of our boys.  At the time, it was hard to look through them and I eventually did when we came home from the hospital.  Since then, I can't open them.  I haven't even gone through the boys' things again since we came home.  I'm really hoping that come their birthday, I can bring myself to do it.  I'm also hoping that in honor of their birthday I can donate boxes back to the NICU in their names as well as Kristy's girls' names.