Dear baby,

We are very sad that for whatever reason, you had to leave us. But we do know that there was a reason and even if we don't understand now, it was ultimately for the best.

Daddy and I are both taking comfort in the fact that we know you are not alone. There were a lot of people waiting for you and there to take care of you now.

We know that you are with us now and are very close to our hearts. We have one more angel in heaven now.

We miss you and we love you.

Mommy and Daddy

We miss you

already...

What's in a name?

What to name the baby? That's going to be a big discussion. Not so much between Chris & I, but involving Aunt Abby. But for now, since we don't need to be such to come up with the exact name, for now we have a couple surrogate names.

I've been calling the baby Big Bird. I don't really know why, just seems to work. And who doesn't like Big Bird? Mom is calling the baby Murphy. She also now has everyone else calling the baby Murphy too. Abby has resorted to just calling the baby Sloane. She's convinced it's a girl and that's what the name should be so she's just getting right to it.

Wonder what the baby would vote for?

Here I sit...again

So just when everything was moving smoothly, baby has decided to give me some problems. Not major, earth-shattering problems. Just the kind you expect from your child. Just not usually until they're about 13. So I've been told to rest, take it easy and push fluids. So it's a good thing we have plenty of toilet paper in the house.

So here I sit. On the couch. For the second night in a row, curled up under my huge quilt. And there is nothing wrong with flipping channels back and forth between CSI and Law & Order. Maybe it means that baby will be a CSI person someday.