Our Christmas card was one of the more challenging things to put together. It felt like it had to be just perfect for our first year without Archer. We wanted to explain that his urn would be present in our lives, so please feel free to read why on our card.
The first picture is the beautiful memorial at my mother-in-laws.
The second picture is Archer with his Santa hat at my father-in-laws.
The third picture is my niece loving on Archer. We were setting up for a picture of Nana with her grand babies, and my niece quickly grabbed him and looked like she was hugging and kissing him.
My whole family went to the zoo lights, as we had started this tradition last year with the two grand-sons. We didn’t want to miss it with my niece, so we took Archer. Everyone was so gracious. Santa gave us a penguin plushy for Archer. We found Archer’s bench and took him there for his very first time.
We were adopted for Christmas by Bo’s Heavenly Clubhouse. We couldn’t have felt more loved by this organization. We cried a lot this day. These gifts were addressed TO Archer and they were all things that reminded us of him.
We took as many pictures with Archer as we could remember. While we miss him here on earth, taking pictures with his urn makes us remember him and all the things we would have loved him to actually be a part of.
Yes, that is a picture of him in a cup holder. He fits perfectly, and that is where he sits when we take him on car rides, specifically here during our road trip to Minnesota!
Some of our ornaments that we got. These two, Theo specifically set up because they reminded him of our little family. I definitely cried when I saw him doing this.
This Christmas was hard, and I honestly don’t know if it will ever be easy or as we had dreamed it would be. However, we are doing our best to make memories and include Archer in those, and I think he would be really proud of us.
If you haven’t yet, check out my last blog to read more on how our Christmas went.
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