The Farmer and I debated for a little bit as to what all we wanted to do for Christmas this year. But really, there was no question. We have four beautiful children here with us who would be very disappointed if we did nothing for Christmas. And truly, it wasn't a question because we needed to move forward in our healing. Sarah is with Jesus...what better place is there to celebrate His birth and salvation! Though we miss her, there is no question that we'd not want her to sacrifice her time with Jesus just to be here with us.
So, we hauled up the tree (making sure it didn't house any snakes this time) and set to decorating it with music blaring in the background:
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| Had to switch to the iPad for pictures because the camera battery died...not the best sorry! |
Each of our kids has their own First Christmas ornament. Though Sarah is not here with us, I felt she still needed her own ornament. So we got here these precious little pink slippers. On the bottom of them, it says her name and her birth date. The NICU doctors also sent us an ornament with her name and dates. You can barely see it above the slippers on the top picture. We also had the open heart ornament to hang that was given to us from the Hospital. The smaller center heart was buried with Sarah...and we kept the open heart to remember our love for her.
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| Abi wanted to help hang Sarah's ornaments! |
