Our Forever Family: Today is the Day..January 16th...Our Due Date..

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Today is the Day..January 16th...Our Due Date..

Today is a hard day. Today was to be our Due Date....what a happy day this could have been. Today resembles the day I actually delievered Landon...rainy and dark. Landon lived for only a couple of hours. Those hours were the most precious to Travis and I. I recieved his birth certificate the other day, such a bitter sweet moment. The lady at the office tried to talk to me but I could not get any words out.... the bright side on it was I got his certificate for free! Today we are taking the day to celebrate Landon. He has brought so much to our family. He has helped us depend on God like we never have before. Our faith has grown stronger and we have become closer as a family. We miss Landon so much but we know he is having a wonderful time in Heaven! So thankful we have our 2 little angels in Heaven looking over our family!

Thank you so much for everyone's kind words and thoughts! They have helped me so much. Many people forget. If you ever think of Landon or our family please leave a comment, send us a message through facebook, text, or give us a call. It feels so good when we know people are thinking of our precious angel, Landon and ourselves.

We miss you baby boy!

Love,

6 comments:

Deidre BridgesJanuary 16, 2010 at 2:21 PM
I can't see you WITHOUT remembering your others. I know today is a sad day. I'm so thankful Landon did live a little while. Love you all.
Deidre
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John & CrystalJanuary 16, 2010 at 5:52 PM
I thought about you today! I went to a birthday party and thought of Landon. Although he may not be at any of his parties, I know that he will be celebrated every year. You and Travis have gone through a nightmare of pain and trying times. I pray that today you feel Landons love from heaven and his touch. That he somehow lets you know how much he thinks about those 3 people that he got to know for almost 5 months while in your belly. I sure that he misses your voices.
Today such a hard day. I pray love and peace over you and Travis and comfort to find you in some strange way.
Love You!
Crystal and John
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The Blue SparrowJanuary 16, 2010 at 5:54 PM
Remembering your sweet Landon with you today. *HUGS*
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AnonymousJanuary 17, 2010 at 5:56 AM
Hey sweet girl! I said a prayer for you and your family.

Thinking of you on this oh so special day, Shauna
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akhbryantJanuary 18, 2010 at 8:06 AM
Melissa,
I just wanted to let you know I was thinking about you Saturday! Your posts never cease to amaze me! You are such a special person! I look forward everytime I check to read such inspiring words. I know my heart will be changed whenever I read your stories!
Love ya girl!
Angie
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AnonymousJanuary 28, 2010 at 8:48 PM
Melissa,

I know this is a little late reading this, but I wanted you to know that I think abour your family alot! I know there really aren't any right words to say, but please know we think and pray for you often! I know God has a mighty plan for your family even though I don't understand why some people have to lose so much!!

We love you!!

Laurie Bradshaw
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The Journey!

I have been married 7 years to my best friend and the love of my life!! We started trying for a family soon after marriage, but to our dismay things were not going as we planned. We went down the fertility road for about 2 ½ -3 years. Then we turned to Adoption to plan for our forever family! This is how our journey begins with our boys! We got the phone call November the 8th, 2007 and to our surprise we were chosen by a Birthmother to parent her 2 boys!! Our first son, Van Ericson, came home to us November 12th, 2007 when he was 14 months old! I cannot begin tell you how excited and in awe we were to finally have a family! Van is our first miracle! He just turned 3 years old September the 9th. On January the 9th, 2008 our second son, Spencer Travis, was born. We got a phone call the day before we were going to bring him home telling us his Birthmother decided to parent him. Our hearts were extremely broken! For a very long time afterwards I found myself waiting for a phone call telling us to come pick up Spencer. I am still hoping to this day we get that phone call! In late January 2009, Travis and I decided to put our paperwork in for the 2nd adoption. Then a miracle happened! I was pregnant!! I was pretty far along when we found out. Due to my conditions I had nothing to go by to tell me I was pregnant except God telling me to take a test! We were shocked and so excited! Then everything started going wrong. I started to bleed, but to our surprise our baby seemed to be ok. Two days after seeing the doctor and being reassured everything seemed to be good, it happened. I started to miscarry. The miscarriage was a horrible experience in so many ways. We tried making it to the hospital but I lost too much blood and started passing out. The ambulance had to take me the rest of the way. We lost our precious baby around 1 am March 18th, 2009 at 17 weeks. About 2 months later I became pregnant AGAIN! Another miracle! My pregnancy was going perfect! I had no bleeding and nothing major to be concerned about. But to our dismay our 4th child did not make it to term. I went into pre-term labor. Our precious son Landon Thomas was born September 17, 2009 at 4:51pm. He was 24 weeks gestation. He was so early and could not make it on his own. Landon was 1 lb 2 oz, 11 ½ inches long. He went to be with Jesus that same day. We miss him so much and not a moment goes by that we don't think of him. What we would give to hold him one more time! Landon will be forever missed! Then in April of 2010 we found out we were pregnant AGAIN! Another Miracle! I was on bedrest for almost my entire pregnancy, a cerclage was placed and I had weekly doctor visits and shots. Our little GIRL, Eva Faith arrived safe and healthy December 3rd 2010!! A week after given birth to my daughter I had to be admitted back into the hospital with breathing problems.I had to be placed on the ventilator. My family was told I wasn't going to survive and if I did it would be a very long recovery. Well my GOD is bigger and He healed me and I was albe to be home for Eva's first Christmas!!This is not the journey that Travis and I would have chosen for ourselves but God has given us this journey and we are trying to learn from it everyday! In the beginning we would ask the question “Why God?” but now our question has changed to “what purpose God?” (To know more about the day Landon went to be with Jesus click below on 10/28/09- The Day it Happened.)