Family Pictures

One of the Hardest issues for me that has come up is the idea of Family pictures... Those who know me know how much I love pictures and how much they mean to me. Well this year I didn't want to do them. How in the world could we ever do another family picture?!! It would always be missing Brayden and be so hard to look at.. Well all those who love me k now that I would regret not having them done so I was encouraged to try. Since my Brayden bears came in time we decided to use one of them in the picture in memory of Brayden. It is still not the same nor will it ever be and its still difficult to look at but I am glad that we had them done. Still haven't been able to hang them up at home yet.. but I think we will get there. I decided that last years pictures will stay up. This one and the ones to come will just be up with it. My "new normal"and "new family" will always make me think about things differently. But with lots of prayers and encouragement I will be able to celebrate the "now family" that God has given me. As we celebrate this year as the first Christmas and first family shot with Elliana we will also remember the missing void of Brayden. I am so glad to have our special bears at least to include his memory there. Enjoy the pictures.
My favorite was the Christmas background but Jake wanted the neutral one to keep all year... I had to get at least one of the Christmas though so here it is...

My Beautiful Children.... Thank you Jesus for my 3 precious gifts...