Yesterday

Yesterday was a hard day, there is no other way to say it. But we got through it and now we are left with trying to deal with what is next. We knew that it was going to be hard to go through no matter when it happened, but in my mind if there was going to be one week that would be the harder than the rest it would have been this one. This time last year Dev and I were in the hospital marveling over our beautiful baby girl Peyton. Fast forward one year and we are getting over the loss of another beautiful baby girl. The tears come and go as I am sure they will for awhile. But being able to have Peyton has helped us a lot, I am not sure how we would be doing if we did not have her.

After Elizabeth was delivered we were able to be with her and hold her for about an hour, and all of our family that was there at hospital were able to come in and see her. It was surprising to me how perfectly formed she was. She had little fingers and toes, and a little mouth, eyes and nose and little tine fingernails and toenails. While she was small and the problems that she had made her look a little different than most babies would at 20 weeks, she was and is our perfect little girl. Our nurse at the hospital and my Dr. are amazing, they are both so nice and we couldn't have asked for anyone better. After we were done holding Elizabeth our nurse took her to go get weighed and measured and to try and get some hand and foot prints made. When she came back she had this little heart shaped box full of things for us to remember our baby. On top of the box, instead of hand and foot prints she had made perfect clay molds of Elizabeth's hands and one of her feet. It was the nicest thing that anyone could have done for us and it is something that we will always treasure. We will be having a burial for Elizabeth on Tuesday of next week up in Smithfield, she will be buried next to her Great Grandpa, and her Uncle Steven. Now we face the task of moving on. Peyton's 1st birthday is tomorrow, so we are going to spend the day with her and take her shopping and we will also be getting things ready for her big birthday party Sunday. We want to thank everyone for their kind and thoughtful comments and phone calls, we really appreciate everyone and we would not be able to get through this without you.

Elizabeth Hope Sorensen

September 3, 2008

04:01 pm

7 ounces

9 inches long

"Let thy child rest in hope, and rise in glory"

These are the little molds of her little hands and her foot. They did such a good job with them, you can see her little finger nails and toe nails on them.

This is the blanket that Dev's mom made for her, and the one that she will be buried in.