Six.
I’m hanging out washing. Taking in the crisp of the air and the blue of the sky which today seem strange and new and amplified. Only a little bit earlier on this clear August morning, it seems my waters broke. Not in a dramatic dear God get an ambulance the baby is coming kind of broke but enough to make me gather my pink rose pyjamas and clary sage oil. I ring her Daddy at kindy. Come home quickly, I say. And quickly, he does.
We travel down the highway. Forty minutes of excited chatter & nervous imagining. The knowing that we’re leaving our home a family of four for the last time. It’s my due date but more significantly, it’s the date Crayton’s mum left us, three years earlier. It feels right that I would be birthing on this day. I’ve waited so long to meet her. I am ready.
“You’re not ready”, the midwife tells us. Not yet. And still not after seven hours of walking and talking and willing and wishing. I ring my far away sister. “Please come. Please bring your blue cohosh and your massage hands and your calm. I need you. Come quickly”. And not very quickly at all it seems, she comes.
We walk that entire hospital. Inside and out. Moon shining bright, up stairs and down hills. With gritted teeth and willpower, real labor begins. It’s ten pm.
I sway. In her Daddy’s arms I’m rocking and breathing and almost believing I can do this. I’ve forgotten to unpack the oil. The soft music has been switched off. It’s one am.
The waves come and go and I’m not very sure any more and when I reach a point where I can no longer do this, I move to the bath. Angie tells me how well I’m doing while I’m pleading for it to be over, for her to be out, for anything to make it stop. I contemplate drowning myself. It is six am.
And then she is. Black hair, olive skin, eyes wide open. Finally, she is. I can barely hold her, I can barely believe. My dear, darling girl. My Ava.
Today, you would have become six. I can not greet you with a special hug. I cannot sing to you this day. I will not make your favorite breakfast nor see you open your gifts. It the day of your birth, but not a birthday, as we know it. You can not celebrate beside us but even still, we will forever cherish the day you came to be.
Happy Birthday, Superprincess Ava.
Love Mummy.
xxxxxxx
Happy Birthday, Ava. :’/
I learned about you a while after you left earth, yet you’ve made such an impact on me. Thank you! I am glad I can believe you are in heaven, looking down on all this with a smile and a warm heart.
Bless you, Sheye. :)
That is a beautiful rememberance…we are all wishing Ava a happy birthday up in heaven :-)
-Desiree
happy day of birth, ava!
i’ll be enjoying my own tea party in celebration of our shared birthday. ;)
Your words are so full of life…my thoughts with you on this day.
Happy Birthday Ava.
Happy BIRTHday Sheye xxxxxx What a wonderful way to remeber Ava with joy in your heart, such a bittersweet day.
Happy Birthday sweet Ava. You’ve touched my life more than I could possibly say.
Prayers and hugs to you, Sheye.
Oops, I somehow commented under Michelle’s name.
Happy Birthday sweet Ava. You’ve touched my life more than I could possibly say.
Prayers and hugs to you, Sheye.
And even though I have never met your family and never even talked with you, Sheye, I feel such an overwhelming spirit when I visit your blog. Your words and experiences make me stop and change direction in life every time. Realizing how short life is, how fragile and fleeting these moments are.
That day, 6 years ago, you birthed the most gorgeous little girl. She will never be forgotten. She brought joy and and meaning in her short years here.
Thank you for sharing her with all of us.
May God bless you on this day Sheye…grant you peace and sweet memories! Lifting you and your family up in prayer today! xxoo
Happy Birthday Superprincess Ava. Dance on angel’s wings!
God bless.
beautiful.
Jenn
Sheye,
Your words touched my heart and my thoughts are with you and your family as you remember the many happy blessings and memories sweet Ava brought to you and yours.
Prayers and Hugs!
Dawn
Happy Birthday Ava, and hugs to your dear family as they think about you on your special day.
Happy Birthday Super Princess! Thinking of you today, and always!
Happy Birthday Ava……
Sending love and hugs on this special special day.
xo
Perfect in every way xx
We held our Tea Party in our honour and wished, with all our hearts, that you were here xxx
http://vanessatuau.blogspot.com/2009/08/without-sheye.html
Happy 6th Birthday Ava x thinking of your beauty ‘full’ family today. Enjoy all the tea parties in your honour around the world xx
thank you for making me a better mommy and happy birthday ava…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/inaboxofpaint/3842266925/
happy birthday sweet ava.
I know Ava’s Tea Party will be bitter sweet for you and your family Sheye. My heart just rips apart just at the thought of loosing my little girl Amber, I know I cannot even try to understand that kind of pain. I hope you feel the love and support coming your way from all over the world and that the sunshine you spread to so many shines down on you today and embraces you all in warm loving hug! I know it cannot bring her back but I know she will be looking down on you all today and spreading the love, sunshine and joy that Ava shared and filled your lives with for that brief but special moment.
Thank you for allowing us to share and celebrate such a special day with you and your family. Here is to cupcakes, pink milk and everything that is beautiful.
I know we have never meet but sending you a big hug Kylie and Amber xx
Sending you our love and hugs and wishing sweet Ava a Happy Birthday. Pink sparklies and butterfly wings.
xx
Happy Birthday sweet, darling Ava.
Happy Birthday :) Im in Canada, so Ava’s birthday is tomorrow for me. It’s August 21st, noon. Tomorrow, I will celebrate. Me and my friend have planned a private party. This can be a good thing. Ava doesnt get one birthday party, she gets lots.
What we can hope for in life, is to leave the earth just a little bit better than we found it. Ava surely did that. Happy birthday to your Superprincess Sheye, and thank you for sharing.
How very touching – Happy birthday wishes sent to heaven :)
Saturday is still a few hours away for us, but we shopped for all the necessary ingredients for the perfect tea party today, so that tomorrow we can join your tradition of having a tea party for the SuperPrincess, your sweet Ava.
Happy Birthday Ava. Wear your 7 skirts and your spotties and go catch some fairies…
Thinking of you and your family Sheye.
Love,
Tania
Hugs and Kisses to you!!! Happy Day of Birth Ava!! You are missed!! We’ll have a tea party for you xoxo. Mandy, Ariana & Ivy
Oh Sheye, I’m in tears. I remember once emailing back and forth with you and we talked about the relationship between birth and death, and you talked about Ava’s birth and how you felt that day.
As always when I read you write about her, my heart breaks and soars all at the same time.
Thinking of you on this day
J.
I’m thinking of you all and sending birthday hugs and kisses to your beautiful Ava.
Thinking of you and sending hugs from across the ocean.
Happy happy birthday sweet Ava! My daughter Mari and I will celebrate with a little tea party of our own.
xo
Happy Birthday little Superprincess!! Love&hugs from switzerland to you and your family!
Superprincess Ava,
You touch a special place in my heart, and I will forever hold you dear to it,
and love my life more because of you.
Happy Birthday beautiful Ava.
Love,
Tara Pollard Pakosta
Happy Birthday, darling Ava!
Thank you for touching all these lifes you left behind.
You are missed and loved dearly.
Love,
McKenna
Happy Birthday to a most beautiful little angel.
Love,
Linda
Happy birthday sweet Ava.
Happy Birthday darling girl.
Sheye, your words always express so much so perfectly. My heart breaks for your loss. But of course she is not lost & will always be a part of you all. Happy birthday Ava darling xo I will cherish every moment with our boys today.
Happy Birthday Superprincess and Happy Birthing day Sheye. Love, Inger
Happy Birthday for Ava. It’s a silent screaming kind of day and a day that marks the arrival of one of your four greatest gifts. Her birth deserves to be remembered with all things pink and pretty. I hope she has the best heavenly tea party ever and all the pretty angel girls get their pretty dresses on and make it special for her.
Love has no limits,
Thinking of you always,
Dxxxx
I am weeping for you Sheye, and for Ava. Tears of joy, tears of loss. I remember my Amalie’s birth, the terrible tearing of my heart as it left my body and found a new home in such a tiny fragile shell, my baby. Tears of joy, and pain mingled forever more. Tomorrow is the 22nd for us, and Amalie and I shall have our Tea Party, with pink cupcakes, and a pretty dress. We will save one cupcake for Ava, and light a candle on it, for a very special birthday princess.
In one of my birth classes I remember someone saying that the day a mother gives birth is one of the most vivid memories she carries with her in life. Thank you for sharing that magical day, your memories and Ava. I often think how amazing it is that I think of Ava almost everyday although we’ve never met. I can’t wait to see pictures of all the lovely tea partys around the world for Ava!
Happy birthday sweet Ava, I think of you so often, but especially today. You and your mummy have touched my life & my heart in so many ways. Sheye, thank you for sharing your heart with us. You are such a beautiful person, my heart breaks for you when I think of what you’re going through. Even though we’ve never met, you have become such a presence in my life, & I will always hold a special place in my heart for you both.
Love & many, many hugs,
Ali xx
Happy Birthday sweet angel!
from Italy i send you love and light to your hearts
I don’t have a little longed for girl to share my tea party with. ( You know I wish so very much I did).
I am holding a tea party in my heart though. My 4 boys have all seen your photos and ohh and ahhed and they know your story very well now.
Know that you are thought of so very much and how much you have made us all become better parents.
I will hug my boys extra tight tonight and think of you when I see them sleeping tucked up in their bed.
Happy Birthday Princess XX
what a beautiful reccolection of her birth. It brought me to tears. So sweet. Through your blog- and because of Ava I am a different mother.. Thank you to Ava.
Sheye, your words about Superprincess Ava absolutely amaze me. Every time you post about her I am moved–usually to tears. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings about her as well as your sweet memories of her. What a beautiful beloved girl! I am so sorry that she was taken away from you so soon. Happy Birthday to sweet, sweet, beautiful, lovely, Ava! XO
Happy Birthday to the gorgeous gorgeous SuperPrincess.
We are having a teaparty for you and I hope you have some time to smile down on us.
Much love xxx
Happy birthing day Sheye and birth day to Ava. We too are having a special tea party today, complete with three little girls of varying ages – excitement plus and a chocolate cake I’m adding rich-thick chocolate ganache to. You are always thought of even though we’ve never met. Karen, Sunshine Coast.
Happy Birthday sweet sweet child.
Big hugs and love to you all on this special day. May the sun shine and the heavens smile at you.
We raise a toast to you with our pink milks (and pink moustaches!!!!)wishing you love.
Megan, Rohan, Maddy, Lily and Oscar xo
i am with you, sheye, in my thoughts and heart and prayers, i am with you. happy birthing day to you and birth day to ava. we will be eating scrumptious pink cupcakes tomorrow morning (our 22nd) for sweet ava super princess.
emily
Happy Birthday Super Princess Ava.
You and your famiy are in my thoughts today and everyday Sheye.
We will be soon eating and drinking all sorts of pink goodies for our own special party for Ava.
Emma
xxx
Happy birthday darling Ava, you are in our thoughts today as we share a special tea party in your honour
xxx
thank you Ava for changing my life… for showing me what is important… for teaching me to laugh more, love more and live more.
many kisses for you, your beautiful mummy and your family.
today and always…
jules xo
Ava…. happy birthday sweet princess and to you Sheye, Happy Birthing Day xxxxx
Six sparkly candles are burning all day today for you princess. You are forever in our hearts.
Love Vanessa and Kara xxxxxx
thinking of you today, more than ever. wishing you peace and a celebration of sorts. love to Ava and all of you on her special day…
xx
Sheye, thinking of you and your family so much today. We are going down by the water this afternoon for our pink tea party where we will honour Ava. I have a feeling there will be a magical sunset on this day with lots of splashes of pink. Sending lots of love. xx
Thinking of you today. Thank you for sharing your sweet Ava with us. She has made a difference in so many lives. {{{HUGS}}}
Happy birthday miss ava, thinking of you and your family at this time XXXXX
Thinking of you Sheye–happy birthday sweet Ava. xoxo
Thinking of you and Ava today. I’m grateful she did have a Happy birth-day. And that she is now a part of your family into the eternities because of that special day. Of course, I wish you could be drinking HER in the way she was drinking YOU in that day six years ago! Just tangibly holding her. I hope you’ve felt a special comfort today as a little gift.
What a lovely remembrance of your daughter.
God is celebrating with her today :)
Hugs, Jenny
Even though I’ve been following your blog for about 2 years (??), I never realized that 8/22 was Ava’s birthday. It’s my birthday too. I am honored to be able to share the day with your precious girl. May she always be remembered with tea parties and hearts full of love <3
If I have a little girl, we will have a tea party on this day every year. I hope parents keep this tradition going strong for many years to come.
Happy 6th Birthday Princess Ava.
Thinking of you,all our love.
Dee,Chris,Ty,Niki,Matty and Sascha xxxx
Thinking of you and your family on this bitterweet day. You are a beautiful person Sheye.
Happy Birthday Super Princess
You will never be forgotten.
With all our love, Sylvia
my heart is broken almost each time I come here … so I do not very often .. but I hold a special place for you and Ava in my heart … love
Happy Birthday Ava, thinking of you and your family Sheye on this bittersweet day. We have had a tea party in Ava’s honour and we only wish your little super princess was here to celebrate her sixth birthday with you. Our hearts go out to you, we have never met, but your blog has touched me in a way I never expected and has made me stop and cherish the moment more often…
xxxx
(((hugs))) I’ll be keeping you in my thoughts today.
happy birthday sweet princess ava!!! ive been thinking of you alot this week and today we will have a tea party to honour your gorgeous spirit…
thanks for your beautiful words sheye, touching as always!
hugs and kisses,
rowe and audrey x
I will carry You in my thoughts today…
Thinking of you and yours here in Oregon as I sip my cup of tea today, Sheye.
I’ll be thinking of you and your family today. I’m planning to have pink tea and a pink sweet with my daughter. I gave her an extra big morning hug and thought of Ava. She gets an extra Ava hug everyday now, but today was a special birthday hug for your beauty full girl.
Happy Birthday sweet Ava!!! Beautiful words & as always…. so touching!! Sheye you have been in my thoughts so much today, we had an afternoon tea in honour of Ava, a tradititon I plan on doing for many years to come…. & today more so than ever…. I am truly grateful for my beautiful family & I treasure every moment I have with them & never take those moments for granted!
Much love to you Sheye & your beautiful family…
Love,
t. xxxx
you are an amazing and brave woman, my mother heart reaches out to you at this timeXX
Happy Birthday to Ava! Thinking of you and Ava much today.
We had the most beautiful tea party this afternoon in honor of Ava. Sofia asked who we should sing happy birthday to and when I told her Ava, she proceeded to sing the entire song three times, complete with “happy birthday to eeAva”. A few minutes later she said, “Mommy, I love eeAVA”.
Here a few pictures from our party this afternoon.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/partybella/sets/72157622108439762/
Sheye, along with celebrating Ava’s birthday with a pink filled tea party’
I also made her this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzf1iqB0kkc
Happy Birthday again Ava.
xoxo
Happy Birthday dear Ava. The girls had a 4th birthday party to attend today so lots of fairy bread, bickies, and cupcakes were on hand and lovingly eaten. Thinking of you and your familiy. Hugs and kisses Sheye. Love, Kylie x
Happy Birthday Swwet Beauty full girl. You made an enormous amazing impact on this world in you short time. We are forever gratefull and full of love for you. Comfort your Mummy & Daddy today. xxxxxxxxxxx
Much love to you & your family on this special birthing day Sheye.
Be proud of what you gave to this world in your amazing little girl.
Wishing you peace.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BEAUTY FULL SUPERPRINCESS!!!!
xxx
Happy Birthday to precious Ava! Thinking of you and Ava much today. Please know that you have made such an impact on our life!
We had the most beautiful tea party this afternoon in honor of Ava. Sofia asked who we should sing happy birthday to and when I told her Ava, she proceeded to sing the entire song three times, complete with “happy birthday to eeAva”. A few minutes later she said, “Mommy, I love eeAVA”.
Here a few pictures from our party this afternoon…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/partybella/sets/72157622108439762/
Happy birthday darling girl xxxx
Wishing Ava a happy heavenly birthday and some comforting memories for your family of the times you did share with her here on earth. What a beautiful birth shot of darling Ava, I love those kinds of photos so special!
Happy Birthday Ava! we’ll be having a little teaparty in your honour this afternoon in our playroom here in Brazil. xxxx
Happy Birthday beautiful Ava. I will be thinking of you and your family. Today is my son’s 4th birthday as well. There will be an extra piece of cake today.
Mandy
Happy day of birth, Ava…
My daughter and I shared extra special cuddles today. We had a tea party with pink play dough cakes today, for you.
I just gave my own two princesses a tearful hug…. Gonna have our tea and muffins for breakfast. Big hugs to you and your family x
Happy birthday beautiful Ava.
Happy birthing day, Sheye. I’m left without words and lots of tears. Many many HUGS.
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Happy birthday Ava! I hope your cake is very, very pink today.
I had a tiny little tea-party for you.
Smiles, tea, cuddles, pink cupcakes, tears, and prayers on the agenda today in honor of your sweet Superprincess, Ava and your whole beautiful family!! So happy we know you and your post just made my morning! Absolutely the most precious picture of brand new Ava. What a birth too! I smiled when you talked of Blue Cohosh… at some point we are ready to try it all to get our dear ones out!! :) Love to you Sheye!!!! (will send pictures later)
Happy Birthday gorgeous Ava! Hope you lvoe all the pin tea parties. YOu have inspired me more than anyone can possibly do. Thank you Sheye for sharing your thoughts and memories with us. May God bless the superprincess and your family on this day.
Much love,
Karen
Thinking of you and yours and your darling Superprincess.
Happy Birthda Ava.
Thinking of you all x
i am thinking of your family today sheye, and may your heavenly birthday be beatiful miss ava!
Having a daughter named Ava and a similar birthstory (born september 2003), I cannot extend enough to you and your family how inspiring and strong I think you are and how blessed I feel that you have shared this story with me. I will be wishing you peace today and avery, merry, happy birthday to your Ava!
super hugs!!!!!!
danielle
whoops!! not sure how it signed me in under the Sarah Wheeler above-weird!!!
I’m Danielle at cococricketsmama.typepad.com
Happy Birthday dear sweet Ava. I hope that you are looking down on your Mommy and family today. They are going to need your strength today so please guide them along and sit upon their shoulders and lift the heavy burden they carry in their hearts.
God bless you beautiful girl.
Happy Birthday sweet little Ava!
Your sweet family and your darling superprincess have been on my mind so much these past couple of days. Thinking of ya’ll and keeping you close at heart and in prayer. Happy Birthday to the sweet girly girl. Love, Jenna
Happy birthday Superprincess!
Happy Birthday Superprincess. Sheye, I borrowed a picture of Ava for my tribute to her on my blog. I hope you don’t mind. Thinking of you and your family today and always.
Much love from NJ,
Sue
xoxo
http://3peasinapod-suz.blogspot.com/2009/08/avapink-sparkly-superprincess.html
I’ve only recently found your blog but Ava will forever be in my heart. Hugs and prayers to you Sheye and Happy Birthday sweet Superprincess!
We waited til it was August 22 here, and just celebrated Ava’s birthday with a special red velvet cupcake and caramel tim tam tea party. Love and hugs from PA USA. Sherri & Gaby XOXO
Thinking of you and your family today. http://www.flickr.com/photos/12384282@N03/3846710322/ We had a small pink tea party in her honor.
Happy Birthday Ava! Today, my son Lyrik and his friend Chloe, had a tea party in your honor; we also remembered our baby girl Libby, who we lost on August 16th 07, due to extreme prematurity. We ate pink frosted cupcakes (with Ava and Libby on them) in the park, and thought of you, our little angels.
Sending hugs from afar,
xoxo
Here’s a few images from our day……
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35966352@N04/3846732796/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35966352@N04/3846735458/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35966352@N04/3846733898/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35966352@N04/3846732796/
Happy birthday sweet Ava. We had a beautiful little tea party in the garden with pink cupcakes and milk. We baked & iced and threw sprinkles all around the kitchen and then ate and drank, sang and remembered, and just cherished this wonderful family time. Thank you for reminding us how simple it is to spend time like this together. My thoughts were with you all yesterday as always.
Happy birthday, Ava. May our Father in Heaven keep you close as you light the way for your family to be with you for all eternity. You are clearly loved and missed.
You are a magnificent mother!
I have tears in my eyes of the recollection of the day she was born!
Take care!
You are a magnificent mother!
I have tears in my eyes of the recollection of the day she was born!
Take care!
http://www.stamatellosphotography.blogspot.com
Happy Birthday Super Princess!
With love, from Buenos Aires, Argentina :)
It´s difficult to write something that may touch your heart as you don´t know me, but please be sure that I can feel I know you, and I also feel some strange kind of love for you and your family, and I also strangely miss Ava. Maybe this is because you write in your blog with your heart, and I read it also with my heart.
It´s sadly true that you can´t celebrate her birthday, but it´s absolutely worth to celebrate the day she came to you, and changed your lifes forever.
Lots of love and millions of (((hugs)))
Our tribute to Ava on our blog: http://apparentlybirdies.blogspot.com/
Thinking of you today especially! Happy Birthday Sweet Ava girl…may you be dancing on the floors of heaven!
Happy Birthday to you darling Ava, and to Sheye Happy Birthing Day. We think of you both most every day.
Hearts and kisses xxx
Happy Birthday Ava, you are so missed by so many people…..Sheye, thank you for sharing your daughter with us, you are in my thoughts and prayers today.
I enjoyed cupcakes and pink milk with my beautiful baby girl today in honor of Ava, thank you for letting us share.
I send you my pictures from Canada….http://doublel-paperprincess.blogspot.com/
My heart aches once again for your family…Happy Birthday to your sweet Angel.
oh sheye. with so much love to you i send you and your family a big hug. annie released pink balloons for ava today. http://bluelimephoto.blogspot.com/2009/08/pink.html
we think of you so often. xo m.
Happy birthday to sweet Ava,
a little tea party celebration was in order today..
http://domiblurbs.blogspot.com/
xoxo
Happy Birthday to dear Ava. Your words, as usual, brings tears to my eyes. Thank you so much for sharing her with us. I’m always thinking of you xxx
happy birthday ava. thank you for sharing her birth story. you are an amazing women and mother. blessings xxx
your words are beautiful and moving and amazing.
thank you for making Ava a part of our lives too.
my son and niece had a tea party in honor of the sweet princess….
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28024587@N07/3847900755/
much love,
tricia
Hi Shaye, I first read through your blog one year ago and throughout the year have thought of Ava almost daily. Your words describe her so distinctly that my 2 year old reminds me of Ava. I mother differently because of your sharing of Ava and your family’s story. My family had a party for her today. My girls had so much fun and they call Ava their friend. We hope you like it. I especially wished a certain peace for you today. Even if only a moment.
http://yourangil.blogspot.com/2009/08/birthday-tea-party-for-ava.html
oh, Happy Birthday, sweet Ava! May you always be a part of all of our hearts.. I thank God for letting your Mommy share your wonder with us… you are so loved…
hugs to you, sweet Sheye…
I wanted you to know we celebrated Ava, on her birthday.
Thank you for sharing your story, it’s constantly in the back of my mind. Ava is never far from my heart.
http://www.mdawsongallery.com/funfamily/?p=676
i wanted to bring more awareness about Ava’s story and the danger of hot cars.
I must admit Sheye that I forgot about celebrating yesterday. But in a way, I did celebrate too, just indirectly.
I cherished the memory of my best friend, dead this month six months from suicide, by spending the late evening talking about him with his brother, for the first time since he died. It was the first time either of us felt strong enough to sit and speak about him. And it was just lovely, though quite emotional. Six months…gone so fast, but seems like just yesterday.
I’ve had three deaths of people I loved dearly in the last year. I know grief and healing all too well lately. So, my virtual friend, I can relate to these memories and keeping her in your heart. And though I did not know her, I feel your joy and pain…because that is all that matters.
What I would not give for my loved ones to be back here with us…but slowly, and surely, the magic and importance of when they were and how I loved them is making me realize I can live without them here…though I hate it unbearably. The lesson in life of the impact of the person, versus just the person…is, well, life changing. I think you know what I mean, especially as a mother. The pain is being replaced, slowly but surely, with gratefulness for the time shared…not just overpowered with the desperate desire to have them here. Havine seen you walk this path before…and now me walking it along behind you, it makes it all the more impactful.
God bless you and Ava. I’m sending belated blessings to her this morning…I’m buying a copy of her tea party print to hang in my daughter’s new bathroom.
Love to you all
Your words touched my heart and my thoughts are with you and your family on this special day.
Happy 6th Birthday, Ava!
dearest ava,
happy birthday sweet beauty. xx
we released balloons for dear Ava on the 22nd. Amaya wished her Happy Birthday as they went up. I swear it looked like the clouds were coming down to grab them. Amaya said it was Ava reaching for her pretties. Happy birthday Super Princess!!
Happy birthday to you darling Ava…
Happy birthday to you darling Ava…
the light of your life still shines so beautiful and bright Ava…thank you for coming…. We are so blessed by your precious life.
Happy Birthday to the Super Princess.
We had pink cupcakes too, and I shared one with my daughter in memory of Ava.
I blogged it here http://thecruetset.blogspot.com/
All my love Sheye, Jo x
Happy Birthday Ava! You have touched so many, especially me. Thank you!
Happy Birthday Ava!!!!!!!! Hugs to you darling Sheye!!!!!
just wanted to share with you the blog post of our ava celebration…
http://www.dillowayfamily.blogspot.com
hope you and yours are surrounded by love always but especially during this tougher time.
hugs
emily
All I can say is Ava has changed the world so much in her short life …. every time I think of her story, I hug my children tighter and say a little prayer for your heart and your family … Happy Birthday, Ava …you will spend the birthday dancing in the arms of Jesus… what a beautiful celebration of your sweet soul.
Happy birthday to the Super Princess Ava.
My heart goes out to you and your family. May God continue to bless your family with peace and wonderful memories.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweet-emotions/
Sharing…
http://littlesweetheartsblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/tea-party.html
Happy Birthday to your sweet sweet princess ~ thinking of you and yours –
xoxo
oups seems it never submitted…
Dear Sheye, again thank you so much for sharing Ava’s Birth Celebration with us. How amazing to know that pink milk, tea, cupcakes and most of all love was shared around the world.
Here are the pictures of our little celebration http://vanessadeane.blogspot.com/
Would have like to apply my newly purchase candy actions, but was having some tech difficulties with my PC. will edit soon.
With much love and admiration – Vanessa
Happy Birthday Ava :) I thought of you & your Mummy, Daddy & brothers & sister often. We still send balloons up to you after we get home from every party – I hope they colour your world up there & giggle a little louder because of it :) xox
Happy birthday Ava!! What a princess indeed. You will have tea parties in heaven, I’m sure of it!!
Beautiful Sheye!..Sorry I missed it, but I was having beautiful thoughts for you all that day :)
My daughter turns 6 at the start of August…at the end of August I will think of your Ava and smile…