Baby Alex

Warning: This post contains some sad news. You may want to read it later. If you know us well, I'm sure you've already heard.

We said hello and goodbye to a second baby on August 20th. Alex made it to about 15 weeks before passing early on to be with the Lord. This baby will be just as dearly missed as his slightly older sibling.

This little one also had his or her mother's beautifully unique hands, which raises quite a few more questions we hope to have some answers about in time. Because of additional testing we've opted to pursue, it will likely be confirmed in the coming weeks if this was Alexander or Alexandra.

We've been learning and researching more about "Brachydactyly Type C", and what it could possibly mean when mom has these hands along with two miscarried babies after having four relatively normal kids.

But, while we wait for more on that, we remember and appreciate our short time with little baby Alex. We buried him today, next to his brother Gabriel. The incredible weather allowed us to linger a little longer in the "Garden of Angels" and brought us some different memories.

If that second picture in particular brought as many tears to you as it did me while creating this post, I apologize, I just had to include it, I warned you. Even though I was standing right there at the time, the, um, 'drama' of the moment didn't even hit me until I saw this picture tonight. ...here, let me hand you a kleenex.