Las Vegas Hospitals

I visited these four hospitals while Jess was at his conference. Again I can not say enough about these amazing Nurses who take care of the moms and the families of these special babies. I know it is not an easy job or even the best part of the job to take care of these special situations and circumstances but I have to say Thank You to all those amazing nurses who do their very best to take the very best care of moms and babies.

This is the first hospital we stopped by in Vegas. It had been a long day of driving but this was an awesome way to end the day. The nurses at this hospital were so sweet and very appreciative of the blankets. Most of these blankets were made by Jan and her group, Preston and his Eagle Project and my Aunt Pam, my Mom, Grandma and Me. Thank you to all who continue to donate blankets and help us out in our project.

Dixie Regional Blanket Drop

On our way down to Las Vegas we stopped blankets by Filmore Community Hospital and Aslo Dixie Regional in St. George. While at Dixie Regional the nurses (who by the way are SOOOO Amazing) told us about a new room being added to their wing. It is a Demise Room. A family who had a still born (I believe) in their hospital several years ago has been fund raising to pay for this special room. Any patient that they know whose baby will be still born, fetal demise or won't live long after birth will deliver in this room. It is not all the way finished just yet but they let us see it and take pictures of it. Jess and I loved it, I cried of course. Jess is now motivated to find out how we can fund raise and get more of these rooms in more hospitals. I am so excited to see it when it is finished and hopefully we will be able to post pictures when it's completed.

Pictures of the Demise Room.

The nurses all showing off the blankets.

Ammon's Birthday

We celebrate Ammon's birthday every year (his Angel Day).

My Easton and the Angel statue at the Salt Lake City Cemetery.

My sweet girls!

Every year we release blue and white balloons for our baby Ammon. The kids like to give the balloons hugs and kisses and send them to Heaven. Sometimes the kids will whisper I Love You's and other sweet messages to the balloons and then send them up into the sky.

Ashleigh sending her hugs and kisses to Ammon. I was so proud of our little girl. She has some issues with her brain and we are working through them. Balloons and flowers scare her to tears. Today she was able to smell the flowers with me holding them and even hold her own balloon and even give the balloon hugs and kisses to send to Heaven and our sweet Ammon.

Easton sending his hugs and kisses to Ammon.

Jax sending his hugs and kisses to Ammon.

Emma sending her hugs and kisses to Ammon.

Sending kisses on our balloons to our precious Ammon.

Jess and I letting our balloons go together. I was already sobbing by this point.

After letting the balloons go and us watching them float up to heaven.

Preston's Blanket Drop

The above pictures are from the University Hospital. They were so excited to receive these blankets. And even more excited that young men had made them in pursuit of their Eagle Award.

We dropped blankets off at the IMC Women's Center. It was so exciting to watch Preston deliver the blankets he and other scouts had made with the help of their awesome Mom's!! I am so impressed with Preston. His family gave me a CD with pictures of his project in the making. I am in the process of getting those pictures on the blog as well. So be watching for Preston's Eagle Project posts too. I know the hospitals were equally impressed with this amazing young man. Congratulations on achieving Eagle Scout. You are AMAZING!!!

Silent Night

I have always loved Christmas music. It fills my heart and home with such peace and joy that I can't wait for Thanksgiving to be over so I can play it all the time. I get away with playing it from time to time throughout the year but not as much as I would like. Silent Night has always been one of my favorites. Seven years ago I started having a hard time singing this song. I never really tapped into why until last year. One of the ways we have described the night our precious Ammon was born was silent. He only lived a few short minutes, he never made a sound and yes he was born at night. My sister and I love to sing together, especially Christmas music. Today someone asked me if we would be singing and where so they could come listen. She also asked if she could make the request to have us sing Silent Night. Every time I sing this song I can't stop the tears from flowing, but this year I am going to try. One of the ways we have described the night our precious Ammon was born is silent. He only lived a few short minutes, he never made a sound and yes he was born at night. We believe he was too perfect to have to live on earth and go through the trials of life and that all he needed was his mortal body. We view his "Silent Night" as a "Holy Night" and while all may not have been bright, we were very calm. That does not mean we weren't greiving but there was a calmness about the room, especially once the doctors and nurses left and Jess and I were alone. Ammon was our "holy infant" and it was a "tender" experience and now our baby boy "sleeps in heavenly peace". I know so many of you who talk about your babies who are born sleeping. They "Sleep in Heavenly Peace" and yes it is a "Silent Night" when they are born. There are no immediate cries and squeals and in our case most of the doctors and nurses said nothing. It is very silent. I think this is why I have such a hard time singing this song. But I do remind myself it is a song about our Savior and that He is caring for our son and loving our son in Heaven until the time we get to meet him there. How grateful I am for the birth of our Savior and Redeemer, Jesus Christ and for my personal belief in Him and in the plan of salvation and for my knowledge of families being together forever. I know so many of you come from different faiths and beliefs, but I truly believe that our precious babies are being cared for and watched over by Christ and Angels in heaven. And that our babies are watching over us; Angel Babies!!

Jan

I am finally getting pictures up on the blog :)!! This is Jan. She and her Relief Society group decided that their service project this year was going to be making blankets for us to send to hospitals. They donated over 730 blankets(7 boxes of blankets). I had the great opportunity of meeting Jan and her husband. Jan and I talked that morning for over an hour about all the wonderful miracles and things that happened to help this project continue to move forward. I am so grateful for all the many hands who helped make these blankets. Many of these blankets came from across the country too. One woman is on a sewing forum and several women joined in from there. I can not tell you how grateful the hospitals are and we hope and pray that they are giving hope, peace and comfort during difficult times. Love: Jess and Joleen Haag