Hey---If you think that people are really researching who the president should be and reading up on their policies....check this out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGYvW-zPbNk

Krista

My kids are so very funny!!

Okay--so Ada Grace has taken to saying the dinner prayer after learning it at preschool. Well, one of them is the "ABC prayer" which goes like this "A B C D E F G, Thank you God for feeding me." She usually actually sings all the way through the ABC's first and gets to the prayer the 2nd time around. Well, my mom was telling me that the other day when she was getting ready to "feed" her baby doll, she knelt down, crossed her hands and sang hte ABC prayer prior to giving her the bottle.

Justin--well, again, he has learned the Pledge of Allegiance at school. I'm going to have to get it all on video because its too darn cute. He can and does say all of the words right, usually, except for one. Did you all know that the last line was "With liberty and Justin for all".

National Day of Remembrance

Good Evening. My post tonight is pretty somber, but important for me to share. Today is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.

National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day (United States)
October 15 has been proclaimed by the United States Congress as National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in the United States. Many U. S. state governors have made similar proclamations in the last two years, effectively creating two annual days for the remembrance of infant loss. In general, October 15 is set aside by many states as a day to honor babies who were miscarried, lost as the result of pregnancy complications, or lost as the result of SIDS. In this way, the special case of a stillbirth, the cause of which is quite often unknown, is differentiated from infant losses that have more specifically understood causes.

As you all know, I lost Henry 10 months and 1 day ago today. This time last year I was still in the throes of morning sickness, learning how to give myself shots and all the other wonderfully fun stuff that goes with pregnancy. I was blissfully unaware that there was such a thing as National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. I was, at the time, 100% certain that at this point, October 15, 2008, I would have a 5 1/2 month old baby and our family would be complete. In a lot of ways, I wish that I was still that oblivious to the reality that is pregnancy loss. However, after losing Henry, I have had the opportunity to connect with some people in such a deep and personal way, that I will NEVER forget or take for granted. It is such a deeply personal loss, and for some reason, something that no one, unless they have been through it, seems to discuss. We received more cards than I could count that said "I know how it feels, unfortunately, I have been there. Please let me know if you need anything." Why is it, that such a HORRIBLE experience is so cloaked in secrecy?

If you know anyone who has ever lost a pregnancy, or an infant due to SIDS, please take a moment to remember the baby, as well as the parents who had to say goodbye to that precious baby. As I read in the blog of another woman who lost her baby not long after I lost Henry, this is NOT a day of mourning, but a day of remembrance. On this day, I choose to remember the few times I felt the miracle of Henry kicking me from the inside. I choose to remember that he had his daddy's eyes and chin. I choose to remember his 10 perfect fingers and 10 perfect toes. I choose to remember every single second that I got to hold my little "quarter-pounder", even though it was after he had gone to live with Jesus.