Trae and I talked for weeks about what we wanted to do to make the day special and both agreed that the most important things to do were things that made us feel good in remembering the boys.
One thing we knew we wanted to do was see the medical staff that took care of Sawyer & Tristan in their 6 days here on earth while in NICU. While Trae and I wish we could have taken the boys home from St. David's NICU, we feel very grateful to have had the medical staff we had while there. Both boys had dedicated nurses that cared for them so dearly that Trae and I felt they were always cared for and loved as if they were their own babies. Trae and I picked up a "Happy Birthday" Box of Tiff's Treats and delivered it to St. David's NICU with a note of thanks & celebration in Sawyer & Tristan's name. We got to visit with 2 of the nurses we got closest to, share stories from the last year & give lots of hugs to one another. Walking back down those halls to NICU was so difficult as it brought back all the hard memories from a year ago, but we felt so proud to overcome those fears and hard feelings to see the professionals that brought so much to our life in that hard time. It felt good to celebrate the boys lives with them & share the good news of their little sisters on the way in less than a month!
Saturday we ate bean & cheese tacos for lunch in memory of the boys.. I craved them & ate them throughout my entire pregnancy with them, so knew I had to have them on Saturday. We then picked up 6 blue balloons that we brought home & wrote messages on them to the boys that we could release. We released 2 at home (after Colbie & George gave each balloon a kiss, of course), 2 at our church and 2 in front of the UT tower where we know the boys would have had many good times.
We attended Saturday night church at St. Martins which is held in the chapel, where the boys urn lies in their columnbarium. While we visit the boys in the chapel every time we're at church, it's special to attend church in the chapel and feel close to them.
We then went to dinner with close friends, Kindra & Jack Poage where we had a birthday "cheers" to the boys & remembered fun times we had while pregnant with them and fun times we'll have in the future continuing to remember our sweet boys.
We had many friends reach out to us remembering our boys birthday, which we were so grateful for.
Our sons continue to be so loved and remembered, which means everything to us.
We miss and love our sons so much and promise to continue their birthday celebrations every year with thier little sisters who will know all about their strong big brothers who fought so hard in their 6 days on earth.
Happy Birthday, sweet Sawyer & Tristan. Until we meet in Heaven, you're forever in our hearts.
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