Brooklyn Elizabeth Chavez
June 10th, 2009
Held by few…
Loved by many….
Until we are together again sweet girl….
Our precious daughter, Brooklyn Elizabeth Chavez, went to heaven on June 10th, 2009. Our entire pregnancy was normal and healthy and the anticipation of our little girl arriving was tremendous. Our family had waited for a daughter, little sister, granddaughter, cousin, niece and friend for a very long time. The boys were very excited about all the things they would teach their baby sister, most importantly, how to play “Star Wars”. Both of Brooklyn ’s wonderful grandmothers had taken the “shopping experience” for their newest granddaughter to new heights! I saw something very special moving in them that I had never seen before.
Our exciting journey came to an abrupt end when we hadn’t felt her as active on June 9th……the doctors confirmed our worst nightmare, Brooklyn would be born stillborn due to complications with the umbilical cord. We were only one week away from our delivery date! Had it not been for the knotted umbilical cord, she would have been born a perfectly healthy baby girl.
The OC Walk to Remember is a 5K walk, done in remembrance of all the babies lost to miscarriage and pregnancy and infant loss of any kind. Brooklyn had the largest team walking for her that day. Like Jen said in her email she was loved by many. The Chavez family is always in our hearts, always in our thoughts and always in our prayers.
Joe and Jens friends had shirts made for everyone that said "Team Brooklyn" with a daisy flower and on the back it said
Held by few…
Loved by many….
Until we are together again sweet girl….
Jillian showing Jen her shirt
Ashlyn didn't want to show hers she was all about her fingers
The girls at the end of the walk
Jeff and I at the end of the walk
They are lucky to have such great friends as you and Jeff! The girls have such good role models for life!
ReplyDeleteLuv ya,
Deb