Intro (Re-intro?)

[stefuge]

Hi ladies,
I think I'm going to attempt moving over to this side again - I haven't been inolved here or on TB in quite a few months, and have missed all of you!  

I was stefuge on TB as well, and for those who don't remember our story, our second son, Colton, was born still in August 2013 at 31 weeks due to a complete placental abruption. We are nearing his second birthday and it is just so hard to believe that that much time has passed!

Thanks for letting me join you all again! I will be lurking to see what all has been going on with everyone these past few months. 

[cheesypeas]

Hi, stefuge! I'm happy to see you made the leap! I hope all is going well for you.

[flutterfly88]

Hi stefuge. Glad to have you join us over here. Do you have plans for Colton's birthday?

[heartpresidents]

Hello! It's good to see you! I was mel&john before. I hope all has been well!

[stefuge]

flutterfly88 - no plans for sure yet. I know I want to do something in his memory - donations to a children's charity, donate books to the library, something. Trying to figure that out in the next month. We plan to continue a couple traditions we started last year - take the day off work/school and spend it together as a family, take a family photo in front of his tree in our backyard, send him a balloon with birthday wishes, and probably make cupcakes. I figure it will be hard - as more time passes, family and friends talk about him less and less, so I suspect it will be less important to others this year than it was last year.

[mrswheelo]

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Welcome to the board. I understand your feelings about others not talking or acknowledging Colton as much. It's only been 7 months for me and ppl already try to avoid talking about Lane and Lydia. It's a hard place to be. You have some great ideas to do in his memory! I'll be thinking of you

[cheesypeas]

Do you think DS would enjoy picking out a gift for his little brother that you in turn could donate? My coworker takes her three kids shopping to buy gifts for their sister who passed away at one week old, and they then donate those toys. I really like the idea and think I'm going to do that with DS for Layla's birthday next week. I'm not sure where to donate yet and need to do a little more research but I really like the idea of getting DS involved in that way.

[littleowl913]

Welcome! I will be thinking of you as Colton's birthday approaches.

[shandorfml2]

Welcome back stefuge, Thinking of you and Colton as his birthday approaches...

[runcici]

Hi there I'm new around here, so saying welcome back doesn't seem right. I love the ideas you have about honoring Colton on his birthday and I love the ideas that cheesypeas mentioned. Thinking of you as Colton's birthday comes up

[sandandsea110]

Glad to "see" you here. I just joined here from TB too... ilkrystal.

[stefuge]

Jul 29, 2015 13:35:38 GMT -5 sandandsea110 said:

Glad to "see" you here. I just joined here from TB too... ilkrystal.

Hi!! Yeah, I missed all my ladies, and half were here and half were still there, so... Trying to make it work. This board isn't much more active than TB, BTW.