Additional Molly Bear Pics

I forgot to put these! If you saw my last post of Lauren's birthday, I'm sure you saw what our Lauren Bear actually looks like! I purposely did not post a picture on the original Molly Bears post because I wanted to wait to show our bear off until her birthday.... But since I did that,  I forgot I had a couple of precious photos of Halley's 1st reaction of our bear!

 

For those who don't totally understand our excitement over our weighted bear, It is another tangible reminder that Lauren was here, she was and is forever part of our lives, and it gives us a reminder that someone else now knows about her. Plus, now we have something we can always put in our photographs (like so many other families do) to represent Lauren. <3 We never want to feel like we are leaving her out...even if other people feel uncomfortable by it.

 

Lauren's 2nd Birthday in Pictures

Just wanted to share!

We celebrated her 2nd birthday at her gravesite again this year. I prefer having it there because I feel like she is with us. I don't think I would like to have her party somewhere else, like at our house, and then travel to go visit her. It works well for us this way too. We ate, sang happy birthday to her, opened her presents, and did a balloon release! <3