{This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my full disclosure/disclaimer for more info.} Elijah O’neil was born at 4:15pm on Wednesday, February 9th, 2011 at 25 weeks gestation… and went Home to be with Jesus just 88 minutes later at 5:43pm. He was 2 lbs. 5 oz. and 12.5 inches long. He was beautiful!
Where I’m Coming From (my background): I honestly didn’t struggle with weight problems until after my 4th child was born. I don’t know if it was the fact that he was number four, or the fact that I am getting older, or the fact that I quit breastfeeding him when he was just 6 weeks old (and my youngest before that was Abigail…
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I created this blog, because I wanted someplace to share about our family outside of Abigail’s CaringBridge. A place where I could write about our ‘every day’ stuff, not just the medical, factual things. Of course, this blog was intended to include Abigail, but I wanted to focus more on the day-to-day, happy, family times we have… just life as we…
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I am struggling. I am struggling with how to grieve and how to comprehend that I should grieve at all. Baby is more active now than it has ever been. In fact, it seems that every since we were told that baby would not survive, baby has been moving like crazy. Baby has grown (whether it is normal growth or…
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(This is my son, Elijah’s, story.) We ended up going to get my ultrasound done on Tuesday. We were having a hard time knowing what to do since our van was in the shop and my usual babysitter wasn’t available. We decided to drive the jeep (which was on its last leg and is now in the shop) to my in-laws…
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