What did/are you doing on your DC's birth date or EDD?

Mjmksb04

My DD's first birthday is coming up next month. I know I will take the day off work, and want to do something in her memory, but I am not sure what. I know I don't really want to do a formal memorial or anything like that. What did you do?

magdalina.h

I worked on his birthday. We had a huge snow storm and we had a half day because it was so bad. We were supposed to go out to dinner with our families to celebrate, but ended up not doing anything because the weather was so bad. I sang happy birthday to him, I took a 1 balloon out to the cemetery the day before and we bought cupcakes and ate those at home.

dandywarhol

Sylvie's EDD is March 9th.  I expect to take the day off from work and be at home.  I assume that Hubby and I will go for a nice long walk as has been our way thus far of marking the milestones related to her birth. 

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weddedwife

My EDD is March 3, thankfully on a weekend as I don't know how I would get through that day at work. Although I never thought I'd make it that far- my daughter was born 3 weeks early.

His bday is so far away I can't even really think of that now. I'm just hoping to get through these milestones and keep breathing. If I'm not pregnant again by either one of them it'll be all the more depressing.

johnnys june

We were out of town the weekend of Logan's birthday.  Before we left we took him a couple of birthday balloons to the cemetery and tied them around his shepherd's hook.  While we were in NC with my family, we carved pumpkins (his birthday is just before Halloween and this was what DH was doing next to my hospital bed when I went into labor).  Our pumpkin said "Logan" with a moon and stars.  My mom bought 1 cupcake for him.  We kept it simple and informal.  Later that night when we went to bed and DH was already sleeping, I read Logan's favorite book (whispered it into thin air I guess) "Goodnight Moon" and I blogged a letter to him.  We'll probably carry over the "carving pumpkins" tradition on Logan's birthday with our future children. 

hewinked

All of my family and friends live in another state, so Adam's original funeral was not what I wanted.  It really bothered me when he passed away.  So on his birthday (just a week ago), we went back home and had a memorial/birthday party.  I invited everyone and over 80 people showed up.  We had food and cake.  I played a video of pictures of his life.  We sang happy birthday (more kinda privately), and then me, DH, and DD released balloons at the end.  I felt like he finally got the memorial he deserved. 

Petunia844

I unfortunately have two EDD's... there was my original one Dec 13th, and then when I was diagnosed with pre-e they were going to induce at 37 weeks... that day is tomorrow.  I already told my boss it's likely I won't be in tomorrow... I don't really know what I'm going to do yet, several people have offered to be with me if I want since H will be at work most of the day but I feel like I want to just be alone with Peyton.  I think I will walk up to the lake where we spread his ashes, I know I will cry a lot... and when H comes home I will curl up in his arms. 

His birthday seems so far away now..but I know I'll want to go visit Peyton at his lake... and if we're lucky hopefully we'll introduce him to his brother or sister, or maybe I'll still be carrying him/her in my belly?

Carolee

I'm a teacher, and Eliott's birthday falls during summer break, but if I had a different job, I probably would have taken it off.  DH and I went on a trip for a few days.  On his actual birthday, we went hiking and went to a beach, and I wrote his name in the sand.  We also made dinner reservations at a really nice restaurant (and our dear friends surprised us by paying for our dinner).  Another friend also had a small cake made for us that said "One year in our hearts" on it.  DH and I lit a "1" candle and sang happy birthday.  I would like to continue that tradition each year.

goillini823

We found out Gabe didn't have a heartbeat on 11/24/09. We just remembered him at home last year. It tgiving this year. I'll probably say something at the dinner table this year.

 My Csection for him was scheduled for 4/08/10. We go to a state park and release every year. My original edd was 4/18/10. DS was born 4/18/11.  

starrkitten89

I took the day off from work.Leading up to her birthday was very hard because she was born on 9/11,so we kept hearing stuff about memorials for 9/11 constantly and all I could think was "I don't care,my kid should be here to celebrate her birthday"(I know that's awful,but I can't help it).

We released a couple balloons and got a small cake.

erbarmywife

We had a party...we had cake, our friends who had been with us for the year, and we released balloons in their honor.  I cried, my friends cried.  It was a sad/emotional/good day.  It was one I needed.  I am going to do it every year.

krissywave

Well for us our 1st MC was due 4 days after our 2 MC and top it off 11/15 was also our 5th year anniversery.  So the month of nov has been really crazy.  We didnt do anything for our 1st mc but the 2nd mc was 19 weeks ao theres a chance we might do something in April for our little man!