Our city's leading art gallery hosts a Christmas House Tour fundraiser every year. They team up with shops that do home decor/weddings etc. and homeowners to have homes professionally decorated, then over a weekend the homes are open to the public (ticket holders) to tour the homes.
This year we were asked to participate, with decorators from a shop I do photography/advertising work for. The decorators are all friends of mine - so it's pretty fun.
I was so touched yesterday that they found a way to work Finn's photo into the decorations. They're doing that throughout the house - not removing all the photos, but adding them as part of the decor.
It's so sweet of them... and now despite the place beginning to look like some Better Homes and Gardens spread its still personal and doesn't do anything to hide our loss (some areas are sort of shrine like, & obvious)..
This is one of the mantle's - it's so pretty and Finn looks precious peeking through it all ❤️
Re: friends remembering & respecting loss
TTC since 11/2009; Lap/HSG/Hysteroscopy: 5/2011 (endometriosis - removed; endocervical polyp - removed; high pressure in bilateral tubes - cleared)
BFP #1: 8/4/11; DS1 born sleeping on 11/16/11 at 19w1d
BFP # 2: 5/7/12, EDD 1/10/13, DS2 born 1/4/13
BFP # 3: 11/8/13, EDD 7/17/14, mmc 10wks
BFP # 4: 5/16/14, EDD 1/15/15, praying for our 2nd rainbow baby
BFP #2: m/c at 7w, February, 2014
BFP #3: It's a BOY! Please be our rainbow! Due February, 2015
*everyone always welcome*
Married April 9, 2011
TTC since October 2011
Me 34, DH 40
IUI #5 w/ Tamoxifen+Ovidrel+Acupuncture Oct 24, 2014-->BFP!!! EDD July 17, 2015. Panorama=low risk...and it's a GIRL!
DD born July 10, 2015
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Trying for baby #2!
IUI #1 w/ Tamoxifen+Ovidrel+Acupuncture July 10, 2017-->BFP!!! EDD Apr 2, 2018. Panorama=low risk...and another GIRL!