Grateful

     Throughout the past couple of months, if you are friends with me on Facebook, I am sure you have seen a few fundraisers being mentioned. A couple of really sweet ladies came to me, wanting to help out through the means of Mary Kay sales and Scentsy sales. J-Meg Signs had a Paint Party Fundraiser for us also. These fundraisers not only raised a lot of money for our IVF medicine, but they blessed our hearts! It has been so humbling to know that people care enough to give of their time, efforts and even monetarily to help us as we travel down this road of IVF with a Gestational Carrier.

     We are having one more fundraiser, a Photo Session Fundraiser by my sweet friend, Mrs. Amanda Hurst of Hurst Photo. The fundraiser will be this weekend, November 2 and 3. Follow the link above or click here to sign up and reserve your time slot. If you are reading this and you have had trouble accessing the link through Facebook, try going to the webpage outside of Facebook. Sometimes Facebook acts weird like that ;). 

Amanda does an AMAZING job! Here are some of the photos she took of me, Aaron, Ruby and Bingo a few months back:

Aaron & Abby

Ruby

Bingo (She even made this little stinker look innocent :)!

     The Photo Session Fundraiser is more than likely going to be the last fundraiser we do to raise money to help with our IVF/Gestational Carrier expenses. So, if you have considered signing up or doing any fundraiser and haven't, I encourage you to take advantage of this one, as again, there will probably not be another. You will get some beautiful pictures of your family in return for helping us grow our family!

     We have been so blessed and we are so grateful for all the love and support that has been shown to us. Words can't even describe what it has truly meant. We will never forget the great kindness that has been shown to us on this journey. Never.

One Year Without Harper

One year has passed since I gave birth and said goodbye to Harper. One. Whole. Year. That doesn't even seem possible. How can a year have passed when I can close my eyes and be back in Gainesville at Shands in such pain, holding sweet little bitty Harper? Just how in the world can it be?

My mind keeps going back to the traumatic events on October 18 and 19, 2012...and I still can't believe all that took place...and that I survived all of it. And I can't believe that my arms are empty and heavy at the same time. And I know that people can't understand what I mean when I say that.

Happy Birthday in Heaven, Harper...even though it is not a happy day down here for me and Daddy. Today we are broken more than usual and hurting just as much as we were hurting a year ago. I know you and Jonah are celebrating together and I can't wait until the day that I can hold you two close and we are all together again! It is much too hard without you two, especially on days like today...