Saturday, November 29, 2014

Thankful from A to Z


Though it's a difficult time for our family, we do also have a great deal to be thankful for and (fittingly I guess) Thanksgiving day spent with family was a nice reminder of that. Some highlights include the boys playing with their little cousin and Adler, accompanied by uncle Steve in his turkey hat, doing a performance of the dinosaurs a to z song.

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Elsie Sloan Campbell


Brian and I have struggled with this post.  How do we announce the birth of our beautiful baby girl, Elsie Sloan, while also having to share the devastating news that she died?  On October 29, 2014, at 38.5 weeks pregnant, I went into my Dr. because I hadn't felt our baby move.  Adler was a similar story and I went into the Drs. office not having felt him move, was hooked up to a heart rate monitor, read my book and went home.  I naively thought I would have a similar experience.  Little did I know our lives would forever change in a way we never anticipated.  Our little baby's heart wasn't beating, she had died.  I delivered her later that evening with nearly our whole family and my oldest and dearest friend by our sides.  We held our beautiful daughter, the boys met her, we had family photos taken and then we had to do the unimaginable, say goodbye, forever.  The boys lost their sister, we lost our daughter.
We are so thankful for the community that has reached out and supported us over the past 3 weeks.  This experience, while horribly difficult, has made us see how many amazing, caring friends and family we have supporting us.  Thank you, thank you to all our friends and family!