Not a bubba anymore eh! Thanks for sharing.

Thinking of you DFL, glad you got together as a family .
to you too tammy

Gosh the kids have grown DFL

Glad you had a nice family dinner

You know coming back here brings back so many memories and makes me feel so incredibly sad yet it is the one place that I feel like others actually understand

Bubba got a haircut today so he looks even less like a bubba...

He keeps making the list for his birthday party and adding Chloe to it.

Paper and Tammy and PinkLady too.

DFL...glad you had a nice dinner for your Chloe! 5 years...there seem to be quite a few of you guys around here that are reaching the 5 year mark! to you all!!!

And no, your DS sure isnt a bubba anymore is he! You have beautiful kids!

to everyone else too!

He's still my bubba though

I bet your eldest daughter is too... I know mine is!!!

Yeah, there was a few of us at once, me and Fleur (MrsSloppers) in July, then Lauriel and Tammy not long after; we were all on TTC together at the time.

I feel terribly 'guilty' at times that I have gone on to have my gorgeous family, but Fleur is still hurting so badly with two more stillbirths since then

And then others like Trudes too, who whilst I don't "know" her so well, her story resonates with me, and I just feel terrible that she still has empty arms too

Yes, I feel like that sometimes too... to all the gorgeous ladies!!

And yes, you're right, Eloise is still my bubba too!!

I know exactly what you mean Emily, it's so unfair for those ladies and I wish there was something I could do and I did check out the surrogacy site thinking that may be a route I'd like to take but it just didn't *seem* right maybe because those ladies aren't Fleur or someone I feel like I know well enough to do it for & of course I'm not exactly an ideal surrogate with my crap history

I'm plodding on. I was thinking I'd quite like to get a tattoo (gulp never thought I'd say that) to mark Chloes 5th year in heaven was thinking of little angel wings on my shoulder with her name & date but want to make sure I get a really good tattoo artist doing it and don't know where to start...............

Two of my friends (Handy and her DP) SWEAR by a lady in Hamilton, she has won heaps of awards. Is that too far for you to travel? I can get the details if you want

Surrogacy is such a lovely thing for you to think of doing I think I could only do it for my sister, or if it was someone else really close to me, but thats for my own selfish reasons and how difficult pregnancy is (I get bad MS til 20-22ish weeks) and how freaking hard it must be to give the baby up at the end. I really admire those that have the strength to do it!

Oh that sounds lovely Tammy!

It is very sad I agree I often feel guilty when I read about what others have gone through...and STILL going through! Life sure can be extremely cruel!

I wish there was something more I was able to do/offer to those suffering still...but sadly am unable to!

I know the ones you mean too Emily...they are fantastic! not by personal experience...but by close friends...

I got a sunflower and the date for my Chloe And then I added butterflies for Eloise and Aidan and then a ladybug for my m/c so I have all my babies with me all the time.

Hi DFL Thanks for your well wishes for our angel Maia.

Thinking of you as Chloe is now 5. Ill light a candle for her tonight.
(even though its past her birthday I think shell love having a post birthday celebration )
XXx