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Sunday, June 6, 2010

Baby K's "Honey Bear"

Three years ago when our son was born at 24 weeks we unintentionally started a little family tradition. You see, our baby boy was extremely premature so he spent his short life in the NICU hooked up to monitors and lines. The hospital wasn't exactly the most cheerful place, to say the least. So one day Malone and I decided to go to Build A Bear and create a little bear just for our little Gavin. Shortly after that he passed away. Now his little "Buddy Bear" holds a special place in our home.

After I became pregnant with Baby K we kind of held our breath for the first 24 weeks just waiting to see if I would be able to make it that far. When we hit that milestone we remembered that trip we took to Build A Bear for Gavin. We decided that we would take a trip to Build A Bear to celebrate our accomplishment and to purchase a bear for Baby K that would help her relate to her brother. We lovingly dubbed that bear "Honey Bear."

As Baby K grows, we are taking pictures of her with her Honey Bear so she can have a physical representation of her progression through childhood. These are her Honey Bear pictures so far.



4 comments:

mytee sooperox said...

We did that with James--only he had a bunny. It was amazing to see him grow. A friend of mine gave me that idea. I wish I had done it with all my kids. We are doing it now with Sarah Jane, only she has a moose.

Erin Lafleur said...

I was tearing up reading this post. What a special sweet connection between your two precious little ones.
I don't know if you remember but Benjamin made a bear for his sister just the week before he passed away and it touches my heart to see her holding that bear or snuggling with it.
*HUGS*

Anonymous said...

Your little girl is beautiful! What an amazing you story you have. I still say you should write a book! Miss seeing you. I enjoyed our visits.

Paula, With all my heart said...

Congratulations on your baby girl. I am so glad you are back public. I followed you all the time before you went private and then I sent you a couple of emails to follow privately but never got an answer which is ok i understand but looking forward to following your family again.

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