Our Life with Oliver

Happy 2nd Birthday Oliver We send love to you and all of your friends in Heaven Celebrating Oliver's birthday was such a success. I am so very blessed to have such beautiful family and friends in Oliver's life. It still amazes me that Oliver, who never experienced life on this earth, can and is impacting so many people's lives. I am so proud of my baby boy. He is only 2 years old, but has accomplished so much. The story of his journey has reached far beyond what we could have imagined. He has made me stronger, as a woman, daughter, sister, aunt, wife and mother. He changed my world, and though the tears do come and my heart does hurt, I can still smile and enjoy my son. I am still able to lift his memory up, and share how much a positive impact he has had on me.  I am so thankful for everyone that came to help us celebrate. All of those balloons represent a person in Heaven that we are missing. For the babies that left too soon, for the babies we never got to m...

The month of October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month & Oliver's birthday month. On Facebook today, scrolling through all of the different posts of those supporting those who have lost, I cam across a comment. It has since been deleted, but was along the lines of Isn't it bad enough that they lost their babies,  do they need a whole month to dwell and wallow in pain. Comments like this prove why we need to spread awareness. The comments after that were flooded with protective mama's, those who have lost, those who haven't, those who have friends who have lost. It was so empowering to see all of these women support each other.  Oliver is no longer here on earth with me. I can't celebrate his life every morning in the same way I do with his beautiful little sister Olive. Every morning she wakes up, every second she is in my arms, with every picture I post of her, I celebrate her life. With every scream his big cousin Jaxin makes, every ...