HELD

Here it is, my latest scrapbook page, and the beginning of a new remembrance album. This is the first page I've been able to scrap of Amelia. When I was doing Ava's pages, I was eager to begin the process and I started working on those pages almost the week after I had her. I felt as though all my impressions and images of her tiny being were still fresh in my mind and I wanted to capture all of that before I felt her slip away... not that my memories of her will EVER disappear, but I guess it was more-so a feeling of anxiety of wanting to do her memory justice!

It's now going on 3 months since we've "held" Amelia, and I am just now getting the motivation I need to start her pages. We immediately got the photos developed the very next day, afterall pictures were all we would now have. Again, no bringing a baby home from the hospital. There is nothing so lonely as being wheeled out of the hospital without our baby being held in my arms, and even more torturous, the ride home!

I'm glad to be scrapping these photos though! It is therapy to me, and brings me a comfort that can't even be explained. A sweet, sweet friend, Wendy Rago who's in charge of the Bad Girls site, was gracious enough to send me one of her luscious kits after she heard about Amelia. She had hoped that the kit would help me to preserve some of our memories of our lil' girl. I was absolutely thrilled to have gotten her package and I assured her that it would all be put to good use to document our time with Amelia. So, Wendy if you come across this post, I just want to again say thanks! You really do have a big heart, girl! ;)

So here's the first page! It is my most favorite photo of her too. She's so tiny, yet so perfect and amazing. Most of the yummy ingredients used to create this came from the June Bad Girls kit, Malibu Pop Shop...

Remember to click on the photo to view it larger. Other products that I added to the page that were not included in the kit include pink Stickles, black ink, dimensional medium (Aleene's), a floral acrylic stamp from Fancy Pants and the vellum quote from http://www.pregnancylossribbons.com/.

Here are a few more close-up views of the details...

I cut out the above flower from the Tinkering Ink paper (Giardino flower), and added bling to it with dimensional medium and pink Fruit Punch Stickles.

For the "Held" title I used the BasicGrey Undressed chipboard letters (Middleset) that came in the kit, and I painted them with Making Memories Honeydew green paint, also from the kit. The floral accents I then stamped onto the letters with black Staz-On ink and a Fancy Pants floral stamp. I then cover the letters with dimensional medium and extra-fine glitter.

Thanks for letting me share this page with you all! I expect to be working on others real soon, but I may not get the chance until after the big move, which is fast approaching (at last)! Our closing date on the house is scheduled for the 29th of this month, so I have been quite busy packing boxes. Of course I'm trying to avoid packing up the scrap-room until the last possible minute, lol!


Yesterday I had a Hysterosalpingogram test done at the hospital. It's a test performed to detect problems in the size or shape of the uterus that may be the cause of repeated pregnancy loss. It has been determined that my uterus is normal! This is a very good thing to know, but now we still have to persue some further testing. For now this all remains a mystery, but we WILL get to the bottom of all of this... I'm determined!

Again, thanks to everyone for your continued prayers and blessings!