Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Easter

Holidays are always sad. I am always closing my eyes and imagining her, what she would be wearing, the little curles of her hair, the smile on her beautiful chubby face. I can only imagine how exciting holidays would be for the four of us. I am sure we would be alot happier on holidays with her in our arms, but we make due. We still celebrate her life everyday and enjoy spending time with her whenever we can. We especially love decorating for her and letting her enjoy celebrating the holidays too! Since we have somewhere to visit her, it is a little easier to deal with the sadness. A calm feeling comes over me whenever Brandon, Halley, and I sit down beside her, get to feel the breeze, smile, talk to her and update her on everything we are all doing.

On the morning of Easter, we went to Brandon's father's house and had a delicious breakfast. Then, Halley got to hunt down Easter eggs. After she did that, we made Lauren's easter basket and headed for a visit. We gave her the bunny we brought for her and her easter basket. Brandon and Halley played with the bunny parachute men and Halley blew Lauren some bubbles. After a wonderful visit with Lauren, we had a mini cookout with my sister and her family. Overall, it was a nice day, even with the rain.

























Easter Cupcakes

In celebration of Easter, Halley wanted to make Easter cupcakes for her classmates. We always have a good time making them and I felt like sharing some photos. :)











Thursday, March 29, 2012

Halley's Big Award

I am just so, so, so proud of my baby girl, Halley. Every single day she works hard on her school work and makes sure she is on her best behavior. She is just a really smart little girl. This year, she was chosed to receive a really big award - The Superintendent's Star Award. There was only 1 child chosen from each school in the school district, and she was chosen for hers! They sent a letter home saying the traits they used to select her were the following 1)Trustworthy 2)Fair 3)Responsible 4)Respectful 5)Caring 6)A Good Citizen. :D The letter ends with "Again, congratulations on raising a child who is thought of as a true leader by the teachers and students here..." On Tuesday, she received the award, which turned out to be a little trophy. I was so estatic for her.









Lauren's Flowers - March

I love putting out Crazy Daisies for Lauren!

This Pinwheel was perfect for her!

We put some Shamrocks out for her :)

We took her some balloons too on St. Patrick's Day!

Halley always writes the best letters to Lauren <3

We decorated for Lauren since Easter is coming soon.. We had to make sure the Easter Bunny knew where to find her! <3 Can't wait to take her Easter Basket to her!



Thursday, March 1, 2012

Lauren's Sunset

I love looking at this picture. <3


You can find the website to get your baby's name written in the sand here:

You can submit a name request and there is no charge to have their name written in the sand, with a memorial put on the website. If you choose to do so, you can buy the picture, like I have, to cherish forever.