Showing posts with label Christian's birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christian's birthday. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Christian's 4th Birthday

On Christian's 4th birthday this year, Chase had opening day at the ball park. It was postponed due to weather the day before, and proved to be a fun outing for our family on this special day.
 
We also had a great response to Christian's RAOK this year. So many wonderful things were shared on our FB event page. I can't wait to recap it here soon!


Chase is playing for the Red Sox this year!

 He got to run the bases and have his name announced too!
 
 





 We had cupcakes and did a balloon release this year and the boys enjoyed decorating the balloons for their brother.
Happy 4th Heavenly Birthday sweet boy.
You are so missed and loved!



 

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Christian's Random Acts of Kindness 2015

 
We are doing another Random Acts of Kindness this year in April in honor of Christian's 4th birthday in heaven.
 
Last year we were just amazed at all the awesome things done in his name, that we wanted to do it again.
 
It can be simple or grand, but we would love for you to remember Christian by spreading a little love and cheer for someone who isn't expecting it.
 
There is no better feeling than sharing God's amazing love for us to others and what better way to share Christian's story and celebrate his short yet meaningful life with others!
 
We created a FB group and you can see that here. It is a public event so feel free to share it with others!
You can also find the above card in the event comments that you can print out to give with your RAOK.

Friday, May 2, 2014

Christian's 3rd Birthday

It is hard for me to believe that it's been 3 years since I held that sweet tiny baby, heard his cry, and smelled his sweet baby smell. Some days it seems like yesterday, but three years just doesn't seem possible.
 

 

 
We had a good day remembering, but to be honest I didn't find the time like I wanted to days leading up to his birthday to process everything. That's life I suppose - and I'm thankful for early mornings, productive nap times and overall very busy days with the boys.
His presence is so missed, and we long for the day we are all together.
We did several RAOK in his memory, and I can't wait to share with you all the wonderful acts others did in his name. It meant so much!
 
 
We came home from Louisville Saturday and spent that afternoon doing our balloon release for Christian. This has become a tradition that we all enjoy.
We grilled out and let Chase stay up a little later than usual. :)
 Chase worked so hard on his balloons, writing his and Will's name and putting stickers on as well.

Will enjoyed the balloons too! 

Precious boys sending their brother balloons.
 
This is a photo of the sky lantern we planned to release.
Until we opened the package and realized it was as big as Chase and the flame was quite large. We were too afraid we would light the neighborhood on fire.
 It was so pretty, we just didn't feel safe letting it go! :)
 

 
Happy Birthday sweet boy, you are missed every single day beyond words.

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Happy Birthday Sweet Boy

Christian's 2nd birthday in photos...a family day spent together.
Remembering and honoring our son.



Butterfly Gardens





Happy birthday sweet boy, we miss you so much.

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Celebrating Christian

On Christian's birthday we spent the day together as a family. I didn't want to sit around the house and just stare at each other. We wanted to do some fun things with Chase to keep the day as upbeat as possible. Wes took the day off and we went to the children's museum. We also planted some flowers in the backyard near the butterfly garden. We had a balloon release (as did our parents) and I baked my first-ever cheesecake for Christian's birthday cake.
 It was a very busy day, and definitely bittersweet.





We also sent these seeded butterfly cards to close friends and family. We would LOVE to see photos of the flowers in bloom or of you planting them.

I bet we saw 100 butterflies on Christian's birthday. They were everywhere! We saw the first one as we were eating breakfast that morning. It came and landed right on the center sunroom window. As we drove around that day, they were everywhere I looked.
Thanks to those of you who sent photos of butterflies you saw or shared your butterfly stories from that day!
Happy 1st heavenly birthday sweet boy.
You are missed beyond words.


 
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