When A Baby Dies

A friend shared this video. I hesitated to share it. It is so brutally honest, and true, that it hurt knowing that's exactly how I feel, even today. But this is a good video to watch if you've lost a baby or any child, or if you know someone that's lost a child. It can help to understand what they are going through. I can't believe we've almost hit the year mark since Graham was here with us, and my heart still aches for him everyday, but I'm grateful to know that we'll be with him again.

Easter Sunday

This last week I've thought a lot about Easter and it's importance in my life. I couldn't help but think about last Easter. My heart was tender, knowing that our baby's life would be short, and really trying to understand Heavenly Father's plan for us. We were asked to speak in church that week and our topic was on the Atonement. I was a bit frantic, how could I speak about a topic that really I was trying to grasp myself. But I found that it was a good thing for me, a time for me to study that Atonement and more fully understand it. To understand that Christ made it possible not only for our sins to be forgiven, but also that we can be resurrected and live as eternal families. As the last year has gone by, I've had greater gratitude for our Savior and his sacrifice for us. As we apply the Atonement in our lives in different aspects, it makes the reality of the Savior's sacrifice and love for me even more real.

Mitch and Libby's List of Baby Names

Mitch and Libby have quite the list of names going on for this baby. I thought I better write them down before I forgot.

Mitch's List

• Dillon
• Wyatt
• Tinka
• Vivianna
• Alfredo
• Mitchell
  
• Claire

Libby's List

• Stacy
• Charlie
  
• Joseph Smith
• Marlin
• Rylin
• Libby Jo

I guess we'll see if any of these names make the final cut once the baby's here. As for mom and dad, we still have to duke out the name battle, and I always have to see my babies before I can settle on a name.