Creating memories

This week, I would have been 37 weeks pregnant - officially full-term and anticipating the arrival of my baby. Instead, we held a small, private funeral to say goodbye to our little boy.

We have created a memory box to hold the few keepsakes we have of Monty:

• scan photos
• hand and foot prints
• a few locks of hair
• the yellow baby-gro I bought for him
• ankle and wrist bands from the hospital
• cot card
• certificate of stillbirth
• photos we took after he was born
• a beautiful felt heart, embroidered with his name and birth date, made by a friend
• order of service from the funeral
• a copy of Monty's entry in the babies' book of remembrance at the hospital

We have bought two matching frames to keep a photo of each of our children on the windowsill, next to our wedding photo. I also bought a necklace with a heart pendant to wear every day in memory of my precious baby boy.

With Monty's due date in mid-December, I've had a silver Christmas bauble engraved with his name and the year. It will be hung on our tree so that we can think of him during the season of family togetherness.