Things have been going pretty good lately. Life has been as busy as always plus I've been tired lately, which could be a combination of me staying up later than I should and my pregnancy. I was able to get in a good nap yesterday but today I didn't as I kept getting phone calls from my hubby (thanks a lot!). I want to let everyone know that I will
not be sharing pregnancy updates on this blog unless it applies to my journey with Carleigh. All updates will be on my family blog, so if you wanna check up on me you should check there. You know, unless this baby receives a fatal diagnosis too, but I'm not anticipating that.
I finally made it to the cemetery to visit Carleigh on Monday. It's been several weeks since my last visit. The weather was pretty decent that day so I thought I would take advantage. I only stayed for a few minutes but it was nice. Pretty soon I will have to think about what spring arrangement to put in her vase.
I've got several things I am planning right now. One is Carleigh's birthday celebration. I plan on having a party this year where anyone is welcome to come and celebrate with us. The first birthday is always a big one and this is the only year we plan on doing this. For every year after we will just celebrate as a family. I really hope to have a good turnout for her party because it means a lot to me. I will be disappointed if certain people do not come or if we don't have a good turnout. And that isn't meant to guilt anybody but a simple fact. I could go on but I'll stop there. And really, we don't
need people there to honor the memory of our daughter because I can do that on my own every day. I just want
this year to be everything I picture it to be. Is that too much to ask? (Thank you to those who have said that they would be there! I can't tell you how much that means to me!)
In addition to her birthday celebration I plan on holding some giveaways and I'm excited for this. I've already got a few set in stone (thank you to those who have been generous!!!!) and I'd like to do a few more. I've got some ideas for some more but I'm still deciding.
The other thing that I am planning is our family team for the March for Babies. This year we are going to do the walk in Findlay since the one in my area was combined with a larger one because of economic reasons. So, there really should be no excuse why we shouldn't have a nice sized team this year. People don't have the excuse of driving several hours down now since we will be local. (Thank you to everyone who was on our team last year for supporting us!) And really, I don't think that's a good excuse anyway since Anthony and I have been making the trip for
4 1/2 years. No doubt if the tables were turned we would be there for support. I just hope people want to do the same for us.
Sorry if I seem a little angry or whatever you want to call it (I actually wrote something meaner but went back and lightened it up). I kinda just went into a mood, which is most likely pregnancy hormone induced as I am hardly ever in a mood (I'm usually nice and cheery!) or it could've been caused by my husband because he certainly knows how to annoy me. Maybe it's both. I think this weekend would be a good one to sleep in. Hear that Grandma? (hint hint)
This picture is from Sue from St. Lucia. She actually took quite a lot but I decided to just post one of them here.
The above 2 are from my cousin Kate when she visited Seaside, OR.
Franchesca created this hope collage for Jordan.
Rikki took these photos in Australia.
Bree created a butterfly for Jordan
These flowers were done by Sarah and Richard at Say It With Flowers.
These pictures was taken by Emily at Laguna Beach in Panama City Beach, FL.
Megan wrote both Carleigh's and Jordan's names in the snow.
Lisa created some photos near a waterfall.
Betty got creative and wrote Carleigh's name in the snow and colored it! Her son, Luke, even made a snow angel.
Heather wrote Carleigh's name in the sand in the Hawaii when she vacationed there.
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