If there are others reading my blog who have received the awful "incompatible with life" diagnosis here are two websites that I have found comfort in, especially during my 9 months of pregnancy. There are others out there, some are towards those who choose to terminate and some for those who choose to continue with the pregnancy. You can also find private groups on Facebook; there you can have more conversations with mothers/fathers going through the same thing as you.
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Saturday, July 12, 2014
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Happy Birthday Ellie!
Happy birthday sweet girl!! We love and miss you, Ellie.
We mailed out this invitation to family and friends along with a balloon in the hopes to have many photos from people who love Ellie and are celebrating her birthday by sending us a photo of the balloon.
We received the first balloon all the way from Denmark! My dear cousin has spent much of her summer abroad, jealous.
From my cousin's parents and brother, all the way from Oxford (this is a place my mom and I have been, together).
My parents neighbors in MN.
IL church friends.
From a friend that I have known since pretty much birth.
From my grandparents.
From my brother.
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| Isn't he sweet : ) |
From one of my best friends and my Godson.
From cousins in MN.
IL aunt and uncle.
IL cousins
IL cousin
My best friend in IL
My grandma's sister
IL church friends
Jason's brother and our sister in-law (& of course our Niece)
IL church friend
A friend from my Master's cohort
My parents
Couldn't forget Bailey, my parent's dog
From Bethel University (my mom works there and I attended)
IL church friends
IL cousin
Friend from work
IL friend
OK, cool story. A friend from my cohort (above a few photos) told her sister in FL about Jason and I; her sister and her Tampa Generals cardio-vascular transplant OR team took a photo for us!
A friend from work
My parent's neighbors (promoting my parent's Little Free Library)
Family friend from PA
One of my best friends in MN
A friend from work
One of my best friends and Godson in MN
My cousins vacationing in SC, look at the water!
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| I chose to use all 3, M and T. |
Friend from work.
IL church family
A friend from work
Friends from church in MN and my former boss in college.
A friend from work sent flowers for Ellie.
Family friends in MN
Our good friends, Jason's Goddaughter, her brother and friend.
Good family friend in WA.
My mom's friend (who sent us the lantern below)
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| Sorry, we couldn't get it rotate correctly. |
From Jason's brother in South Korea.
Another cool story! An exchange student (from Germany) from my high school found my blog and sent me photos after reading Ellie's story. We have not talked in 10 years!
Good family friends in IL
MN family
My aunt in MN
My aunt and family in MN/TX
From my cousin in MN
My aunt and uncle in MN
I will keep posting throughout the day as I get more photos.
Here is Ellie's graveside from today.
And here is our mailbox at home.
Jason and I sat at Ellie's grave for about an hour tonight and at 6:53pm exactly we took a video of our balloon release...it did not end how we would have liked.
Jason and I received a Japanese Sky Lantern from my mom's friend last summer and we knew we wanted to save it for a special time. As Ellie's first birthday grew near we knew it was the perfect opportunity to release the lantern. Please ignore all the banter in the background : )
Here's one more version (where I quickly grab my phone to record it myself).
Happy birthday, baby girl! It was one for the books.
We love you,
Mom & Dad
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