SUYL-Halloween Costumes

Taking a break from the grief project to link up with Kelly's Korner and her SUYL series.  Today is Halloween costumes and I love any reason to show pictures of my sweet cutie in her past Halloween outfits...   Halloween 2009 Briley was a dalmatian in honor of her firefighter Daddy!!

  Halloween 2010 She was a traditional pumpkin...I loved this costume!!

Halloween 2011 She was the cutest Minnie Mouse ever!!

  Halloween 2012 This is the costume she will wear tomorrow at our church festival and next Wednesday....

She is going to be Izzy from "Jake and the Neverland Pirates" on the Disney channel.  I was SO suprrised she didn't pick a princess but she insisted on this.  Her Daddy loves it!! ;)   Yesterday she was allowed to dress up for her dance class and so I let her pick out a dress up outfit in her playroom and she picked Belle.  I thought she looked so pretty!!

I love that she can pick her own costumes out now...it makes it so fun!! ~Melissa

Our Heavenly Hadley

I am linking up with Kelly's Korner today on her SUYL-Mom's who have lost children.
I'm thankful to Kelly for choosing this topic and allowing us to connect with other Mom's who have lost. You can start here and read about our journey.  
We are now over a year out from the loss of our Hadley and even though the sting is less each day...the ache, the pain, the why's, the hopes lost for her future, etc. are all still very present.
I am SO thankful to have a Heavenly Father that loves us so much and will take away all of my heartache when I stand in His presence in Heaven one day with our Hadley.
We have done several things to keep Hadley's memory ALIVE and PRESENT in our family even though she is not.  I want to share a few with you in hopes you might get your own ideas to honor your sweet baby!!

Her Name Gallery
A Year of Balloons
MEND Walk to Remember
MEND Candlelight ceremony
Hadley's Birthday Part 1 & Part 2
Balloon Found
 

 I am looking forward to connecting with other Mom's through this post...I pray each of us have a moment of PEACE today and realize we are not alone.  

 

"And I know there'll be days, when this life brings me pain, but if that's what it takes to praise you, Jesus bring the rain!!" ~Mercy Me