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…living everyday afterwards…I spent the evening of June 9th with this sweet family. Deidrah & Ryan were 34 weeks pregnant, family in town for baby Sawyer’s baby shower and then the worst nightmare came true…Deidrah hadn’t felt Sawyer move. She went to the hospital and baby Sawyer no longer had a heartbeat. With broken hearts, […]

We are the All American Family of four. The four of us are tight knit, loving the outdoors, history and travel. Road trips are our specialty, covering most of the Western United States by car, and even hitting spots on the East coast. Last fall, our oldest, Tyler, started to experience leg pain. He had […]

This is beautiful…please take the time to read this letter to Sarah. Sarah is kind of a big thing.  smile emoticon Love you Sarah and family!! To our sweetest Sarah, This is, in fact, one of the hardest letters that we’ve had to write in our lives. Nevertheless, we need to have the peace in our hearts […]

Meet Karsten… Check out his amazing story below and those battle wounds on his chest. He is a little stud! This story is to raise awareness for congenital heart defects, where anyone is at risk and many times there is no genetic link to these defects. At Karsten’s 20 week ultrasound, he was diagnosed with […]

Elise… When Megan was a child, she received a doll for Christmas. She named her doll, Elise. Now Megan is a married mother of two and named her baby girl, Elise. Elise is my hero… Please read her story told by her beautiful, amazing and brave mother: We found out we were pregnant with her […]

Baby H For the privacy of the family I will not be mentioning any names. This beautiful family has three children. They were completely shocked and in a bit of denial when they found out they were pregnant with their fourth child. From the beginning, she felt like something just wasn’t right. You know, that mommy […]

Tueday, January 13th 1:47am. My phone rings and it’s a call from the amazing nurses at St. Als. Labor & Delivery. They have an angel baby that needs photographed with his parents. Baby H was stillborn at 28 weeks.  These sessions are never easy, but I am so thankful that I got the call to […]

Camryn was just 14 when she had her first Raynaud’s attack. It was a little frightening for her, but did not last more than a few hours. One year later, Camryn had a Raynaud’s attack that was very aggressive and involved her hands, feet, arms and face that lasted almost a week. Along with turning […]