Happy Moment Monday on Friday!

So I'm doing my "Happy Moment Monday" post today, I know, I know, it's Friday you say!! We are going on a little family long weekend trip to Glenwood. Taking the train...the whole nine yards! Soooo I won't be around Monday and wanted to get my happy moment post in before we left so here are some of our fun moments from this week!

I have been wanting to get a tattoo for a long time so I finally bit the bullet this week...I love how it turned out, I just love it.

While I was on the phone Jaimison told me she was going to use her lizard for a phone and she "called" Grandma Kristi...."Shhhhh Mom, I'm on the phone." Little sassy thing.

These shades just make me happy. :)

Don't let them say...

I found this poem on a blog and thought it was beautiful....

Don't let them say I wasn't born
That something stopped my heart
I felt each tender squeeze you gave
I loved you from the start

Although my body you cant hold
It doesn't mean i'm gone
This world was worthy not of me
God chose that I move on.

Although I've never breathed your air
or gazed into your eyes
That doesn't mean I never was
An angel never dies.

Happy Moment Monday

Here are some of our Happy Moments from this past week....

Spending some time out on the farm....Terry and I went on a date, *GASP* it's been forever! It was so nice...had some sushi, some wine, and an absolutely HIGH-LARIOUS movie, 21 Jump Street! I love my hubby... :)

Jaimison and I went to the zoo and stopped by the bench we are adopting for Harper...it was a beautiful day and we just spent some time eating a snack and just sitting...it was so peaceful. The bench is in the perfect spot. I can't wait to see the finished plaque...I'll keep everyone updated when it's finished.

Who doesn't like pigtail braids?! These braids just make me happy. It's the little things... :)

Jaimison

Absolutely hands down Jaimison has been our saving grace. She is an amazing little girl. She makes us so happy and we are so lucky she is our daughter. She is sweet and sassy and so smart. One thing we have really noticed since Harper passed away is that she is so empathetic...she is really intuitive. She knew "mommy had a baby in her belly", but I was never sure how much she really understood. When we came home from the hospital and she saw us crying and upset she knew something was wrong. We were very honest with her about what happened and that it was okay for us to be sad about missing Harper because we wanted Harper to be apart of our family. She had named Harper "Cupcake" and she says she misses Cupcake a lot. Jaimison is a thinker and she will bring things up she had clearly been thinking about. While laying in bed looking at the glow in the dark stars on her ceiling she asked me, "Mom, what is heaven?" Such a hard concept to explain to a three year old, but she really wanted an answer. One of my besties had shared a really thoughtful explanation of what heaven could be with me and I shared it with Jaimison...."look up at the stars and the sky...
only its NOT the sky or the starts, but a giant silk blanket and to give us hope little angles have poked holes in the blanket and that LIGHT we see on earth shinning through is HEAVEN. We just get to see tiny pin holes because if we saw how truly wonderful it was, none of us would want to be stuck on earth anymore." I did a little preschooler editing with her, but she seemed to understand this explanation.

Yesterday we were cleaning out some closets and we came across all of our little momentos we have of Harper. The nurses gave us some imprints of Harper's footprints and Jaimison loves to look at them and touch them....after looking at them for a while she looks at me and says, "Mom...I want to visit heaven." She kind of caught me off guard so I thought for a minute and told her we couldn't go to heaven because it was really really far away. She looked at me again and said, "But mom, we could take a plane and get there!" This broke my heart....a lot of the hardest moments I have had since we lost Harper have been when innocent little Jaimison has just been so honest and open about her feelings. I'm so sad she won't have Harper as her little sister...I'm so sad she doesn't get to be her big sister. We always thought she would be a great big sister and now I know for certain that when we do get lucky enough to bring a sweet little baby home someday that Jaimison will be the best big sister ever!!!!

Happy Moment Monday

Here are some of our fun moments from this past week! :)

Happy Moment Monday

Here are some of our happy moments from last week! :) I love staying home with Jaimison and making an effort to capture these moments has been really great for me....

There are always happy moments with Happy Cakes!

We spent a lot of time at the parks around our house...thank goodness for nice weather!

Jaimison started soccer classes this past weekend and holy cuteness! She had a great time and Terry and I had a great time watching her! I can't believe she is so grown up!!!! :)

We headed to the zoo to visit the animals and we couldn't pass up the carousel. We also wanted Jaimison to help us finalize our decision for the bench we are adopting in honor of Harper. It was a great family moment...

Dear Harper...

I miss you. I think about you every moment of everyday. I wish I knew why you weren't able to stay with us here, but I hope you are somewhere more beautiful and more peaceful. I hope you know how much we love you. My heart aches for you. I wish things could be different and I could hold you in my arms and kiss your sweet face. I wish so many things for you my baby girl, for us. We will love you forever...