Tell her about us

Got this from Averi Gaynor's blog. She was taken into God's loving hands at Christmastime from complications of CDH. Her mother put this into words so well. Of course, I'm putting Sylvia's name though...
Dear Lord,
We never got to hold Sylvia in our arms to tell her about You.
Now, please, would you hold her in Your hands and tell her all about us?
Love,
Sylvia's Mommy and Daddy
XOXO

We went to visit our friends in the hospital today. They had a little boy on Friday. They had the same room that I was in with Will! Bennett is a cutie and has more hair than any baby I've ever seen! Last weekend, I went shopping for their baby. As we didn't know what they'd be having, I bought girl and boy outfits. To my surprise, I found it actually "nice" to be buying clothes in the baby department--even the little girl ones. I felt like I was supposed to be in that department. For the last several months, I've felt like an outcast from that department--not because of others, but because of my own grief path and thoughts. I took the girl outfits back to one store, but kept the ones from another store. For some reason, I can't bring myself to take those back as they are so stinkin' cute! I did have some outfits bought for Sylvia. I feel like anything I do the same may jinx this pregnancy, but I also half realize that is all in my head. So, today after visiting Bennett, it occurred to me that it just isn't practical to not buy anything for a baby that is coming into your family. It probably isn't good either. When shopping for my kids, it is bonding even though they aren't with me much of the time when I shop for them. So, I did a little shopping for Baby Houselog today. I got he/she a baby book and some pacifiers. And, I'm keeping those girl outfits. If I don't have a girl, I know I'll know someone that has a girl in the winter sometime. They are those really soft fleece ones--hard to find as most stores are sold out now.
Well, I think I'm going to continue my photo album project. I'm working on photo albums. Does anyone do photo albums or do you have it all on computer/CD now? There's something so neat to me about looking through albums. (I also keep all the photos on CD and a few on our computer.) I'm doing my best to keep ours up to date. It would be so easy to fall way behind. Thanks to my mom for keeping my albums up! I looked through them all the time as a kid and I like having the baby one here to compare my kids to my baby pics! (Having the photo album makes up for the time I was supposed to do a project in 6th grade from my baby book. My baby book was blank! Mom started filling out things right away. None were probably very accurate though as it was several years PAST the firsts of my life :) Oh well! At least she HAD a baby book for me!) Someday my kids will also thank me for this! By the way, yesterday was really the first time I bought something for the new babe--a baby photo album!