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  • 2010
    • February
      • Edward's Health (Jacob's Daddy)
        02/28/10
        A personal note, my husband Edward has had an increasingly difficult time breathing, starting about a year ago, but it really got bad during the summer and we ended up down in the ER a couple of times. Due to a shortage of family doctors in our area, we didn't have one and had to either go to a

      • Overdue Update
        02/28/10
        It's been a long time since I've made an update. I really had the wind knocked out of my sails last year when the site disappeared, things haven't worked right since and it makes me sad every time I try to do anything. My mailboxes fill to the brim with spam, it's difficult to f

  • 2009
    • November
      • Holiday of Angels
        11/02/09
        I apologize, I emailed all the groups and the list on the site but forgot to post here that the Holiday of Angels form was up and running! Sorry about that. I was going to take the form down now but realized I'd forgotten to post on the blog so I'll be taking it down tonight instead. If

    • October
      • Finally it's working!
        10/23/09
        I have SO much to update about, wow.

        Earlier this year, right around Jacob's angel day, the site went down. It had been completely deleted due to an issue over billing. I believed I had paid for the year and had a receipt for it, but for some reason unknown to me they never actuall

    • February
      • Nursery Additions
        02/12/09
        Added to page 148 in the nursery
        Christopher Matthew Morrow
        Theodore Douglas Lee-Staveley

      • Happy 10th Birthday to Jacob in Heaven
        02/12/09
        We sure do miss our boy. Please keep us all in your prayers today, Edward and I and the children have all been missing Jacob lately. Ten is such a big number, Jacob's into the double digits now, usually such a time of celebration, but instead, we can't help but cry as we miss him and won

      • Nursery Additions
        02/11/09
        These babies were added to the nursery today:

        Cooper Culling Campos
        Brietta
        Graysen Nicole Sousa
        Steven Arnold Steven
        Myah Brianne Schmidt
        Caitlin Bailey Becker
        Gabriel Lawrence Plourd
        Kaileigh Pearl Joyce
        Rachael Victoria Franks
        Isaiah John Ki

    • January
      • Nursery Additions
        01/07/09
        These babies were added to the nursery:

        Jaizon Maraad Raymond Boyd
        Dauntay Evans
        Tristan Ronald Franz Blum
        Johnathan Richard Miller
        Isaiah Cole Jellema
        Christian Dominick Berryhill
        Ayden Levi Wilder
        Triston Chance Reynolds

      • New Mailing List
        01/05/09
        I've added a new mailing list to the site for the Holiday of Angels. As of this year, anyone participating in the annual gift exchange will also have to be subscribed to the HOA mailing list so that I can be in touch with all participants at once.

        You can join the mailing list from

  • 2008
    • December
      • Christmas
        12/26/08
        I hope that everyone had the best possible Christmas this year. This was our 9th without Jacob and I really missed him. As it turned out, it was just Edward and I at home alone Christmas morning. Jesse flew out to Edmonton to spend Christmas with his uncle. Katie went to her paternal grandparent

      • Nursery Addition
        12/21/08
        Daniel Coda Wall was added to the nursery today

      • Nursery Addition
        12/20/08
        Morrison Daniel Teves was added to the nursery today.

      • Nursery Changes
        12/19/08
        Photo added to the pages for:
        Madisen Hope Hackett
        John Daniel Fry

        New page added for:
        Aden Rick Johnson

        Story changed for:
        Alexander Caelan Sowder

      • Nursery Additions
        12/18/08
        Added to the nursery:

        Grady Louis Yatsko
        Joel Benjamin Taylor
        James Walter Lee Robinson

      • 2008 T-Shirt Slogans
        12/18/08
        Every life has a story wins for the General designs with 53% - 74 votes

        I simply wish for one more day won for this year's Personal shirts with 56% - 77 votes

        I have one collage finished for 2008 and a little over 60 photos already for the second collage. If you would lik

      • Nursery Additions
        12/16/08
        These babies were added to the nursery today:
        Pilet Rhett Hanson
        Fletcher Leonard DeSchepper

      • Holiday of Angels
        12/12/08
        The day for opening presents has finally arrived YAY! PLEASE remember to THANK the person who sent you a gift using the handy dandy guestbook on the site. There are some people who have participated for years and NEVER been thanked for the gift they so lovingly selected and sent out and that'

      • Nursery Additions
        12/12/08
        Finally got caught up adding a page for these little ones from the guestbook entries:

        John Robert Rybolt V
        Ryan Patrick Peter Lawrence
        Alexzandrea Faith Munoz
        Gabriel Christian
        Gaden Allen Klein
        Jayden Shawn Nowaczyk
        Jaylynn Elaine Zaring
        Aaron Gunner Cr

      • Nursery Additions / Changes
        12/11/08
        Photo added to the page for:
        Isaac Scot Hemmestad
        Austin Frank Clough

        Nursery page added for:
        Joseph Anthony Jennerich

      • Nursery Additions
        12/10/08
        Added to the nursery:

        Isaac Hemmestad
        Julian Jamaal Alexander
        Mason Robert Neu
        Jonathan Alexander Tillman
        Joseph Michael Milano
        Benjamin Matthew Phillips
        Timothy Jayceon Covington
        Haley Elizabeth Johnson
        Robert Richard Dale Hope
        Kairi
        Aar

      • Round 2 Voting
        12/09/08
        I have put up a second round for voting already and because it was so soon, I thought it only fair to post here to the blog as well as to the T-Shirt mailing list. The first round had a slogan choice to vote on which was almost identical to one we had already used a few years ago so I removed that

      • Nursey Additions / Changes
        12/09/08
        As I've been going through my emails saving out the t-shirt photos I've found a lot of emails I missed in previous months. My apologies to all the families who've been waiting for an update to their baby's nursery page. I believe I'm all caught up now so if you don't

      • Book for Sibling Grief
        12/09/08
        I received an email a while ago and like Kathy's, I forgot to get it posted on here. It's about a book on sibling grief. I don't have the book myself, but thought there may be many others out there interested in getting a copy.

        Here's what I received:

      • Sketches from the Heart Portraits
        12/09/08
        Kathy emailed this to me a while ago and I kept forgetting to add a note to the blog (sorry Kathy!) She has made many beautiful sketches for SIDS families, including one for us of Jacob smiling (he only smiled once, and we don't have a picture of it, so that was a real treasure for us to get a

      • Helping Hands Site Sponsorship
        12/08/08
        I haven't been running the Helping Hands site Sponsorship program for a couple of years now. Joanne had sponsored the site by special request back in May in memory of her son Nicolas, and if there's enough interest I would be glad to run the sponsorships again. It helped with the website c

      • Nursery Additions
        12/08/08
        These babies were added to the Nursery:
        Stefanie Marie Carucci
        Maxwell Clay Kerr
        Payton Gabriel Kelly
        Enzo William Fiore
        Charles Henry LaFayette
        Niamh Reardon

        A photo was added to these existing pages:
        Marcus Battle
        Mason Blaine Hendrix
        Abigail

      • 2008 T-Shirts
        12/08/08
        I've been working on the 2008 collage and hope to have it finished up soon. This year has flown by so fast!

        Please ensure you're subscribed to the T-Shirt mailing list to receive further updates about the 2008 T-Shirts.

        Judging by the number of pictures I already ha

      • Nursery Additions
        12/08/08
        These babies were added to the nursery tonight on page 143

        Conelly Michael Alexander Andrae
        Alexander Lee Thomas
        Devin Issac Davis
        Aiden Anthony Kelly
        Jason Patrick Schulz

      • Heaven's Nursery
        12/02/08
        The following babies have been added to the nursery :(

        You can find them on pages 141, 142 and 143

        Jacob David Rodriguez
        Tyler Roy
        Brianna Marie Phillips
        Tyler dewayne Shinn
        Roy Cody Stapp V
        Ghayde Karen Perkins
        Roy Cody Stapp V
        Garland Dorrou

    • November
      • CafePress
        11/17/08
        I thought that this announcement from CafePress might interest some others here.

        Nov 12th, 2008
        11/13: Localized Sites for U.K., Canada, and Australia

        We’re thrilled to launch CafePress sites localized for the
        following markets: United Kingdom, Canada, Australia. Vis

      • Site being down
        11/16/08
        Thankfully the site is back up and running after a payment mix-up with Network Solutions, where the domain name is registered. Sorry for any inconvenience it caused to anyone!

    • October
      • Candle Lighting
        10/13/08
        I received an email from Mikka Brennan today about an upcoming candle lighting. The message follows:

        "I'm having a candle lighting and would like anyone who wants their child's name read aloud to email me and I will make sure the name is read and a candle is lit."
      • Holiday of Angels
        10/10/08
        Matches have been sent out for all those who signed up for this years Holiday of Angels Gift Exchange. If you signed up and can't find your match email, please email me at holidayofangels2008@sidsfamilies.com and I'll sort it out and resend if necessary.

        The Holiday of Angels

      • Heaven's Nursery
        10/01/08
        These little ones were added to the nursery today:

        Braedyn Joe Sandoval
        Jayla Ranee Sny
        Alexis Hope Dickson
        Tristan Riley Marie Latham
        Landen Lee Stamper

    • September
      • Parents TV Video
        09/28/08
        Many of you will likely remember the request from earlier in the year for photos to be used in a SIDS awareness commercial to be broadcast at www.parents.tv. (To find it, visit the link and use their search feature at the top of the page. Just search for "sids awareness" and then click &

      • Tina's Collage
        09/28/08
        Thanks to all those who shared their baby's photo for the collage for Tina's SIDS presentation. I did it differently than I do the t-shirt collages because of limited time and not knowing how many photos I would receive in total.



        I thought it turned out really nic

      • Nursery Update
        09/28/08
        I've updated the nursery and added the following babies to Nursery pages 140 and 141:

        Anthony Evan Carvalho
        Hailey Jean Gallagher
        Clayton Michael Levis
        Benjamin Thomas Dowding
        Sabastien Joseph Scott Olson
        Joshua David Collier
        Andrew Joseph Musse
        Cae

      • Kaycee’s Walk to Remember
        09/16/08
        Julie (Kaycee's Mom) has asked for help in getting baby photos for an upcoming SIDS walk. She would really appreciate it if other SIDS families could be a part in their awareness event. Below is from her email to me:

        "We have started a foundation in Kaycee's memory (Kayce

      • Nursery Additions
        09/11/08
        The following babies were added to nursery page 140:

        Marquis Allen
        Benjamin Buraq-el Stanford
        Jensen Karstens
        Madison Elizabeth Spence
        Isaiah Derick Wright-Morgan
        Skylar Jo Fleming
        Marcus Wayne Jarratt
        Blair James Hawes
        Corey Dwight Cunningham

      • Photos Needed for a Presentation on SIDS
        09/09/08
        Over the past couple of days I've been corresponding with Tina, a nursing student who is working on a project that she will soon be presenting which will include information on SIDS. She would love to have a collage of SIDS baby photos to use in her presentation and I offered to make one for h

      • Sketches from the Heart
        09/09/08
        Kathy is back up and running with making beautiful portraits again. I've put her page back up here [click to visit], and it now includes a link to her own webpage where you'll find more information and see other portraits she has sketched. We have the portrait she sketched of Jacob hangin

      • Site Updates
        09/09/08
        Nursery updates:
        Photo added to Kobe Mosby's page
        Name correction for Haylee Janice Bates
        Homepage changed for Brady Charles Widman

        The Holiday of Angels form is now available, click here to visit the main Holiday of Angels page.

        The Angel Room posts have b

    • August
      • Nursery Update
        08/14/08
        The following babies were added to the nursery on pages 139 and 140

        Harmonie-lea Saphire Hayes
        Connor Michael David True
        Santiago Eduardo Ramos
        Christian Robert McDonald
        Kaitlyn Heather Davis
        Avery Grace
        Braedyn Joe Sandoval
        Abigail Lynn
        Justin Thom

      • Forum URL Change
        08/13/08
        Yesterday I changed the directory name for the forum in the hopes it'll slow down the number of spam memberships. It's so time consuming deleting all the fake accounts, hopefully this will at the very least slow them down. I updated the links at the side, you now find the forums here htt

    • July
      • Nursery Update
        07/16/08
        I started updating the nursery at 1:13 pm, and have just finished at 1:06 am. I still have some updates to make that were sent into my email, but I've added all the new pages that were pending. Pages were added to the nursery for the following babies:



        Jayden Jeffkyns Da

    • February
      • Parents TV SIDS Awareness Webcast
        02/28/08
        I cried when I saw the video tonight, it's so beautifully done. Thanks so much to all the families who participated by sending in their baby's photo.

        To view the commercial, visit www.parents.tv and you'll see a big video area, just to the right of that you'll find a

      • Nursery Updates
        02/22/08
        Updated:
        Amber Holly Stocks

        Added:
        Jason Jack Ramos
        Logan Lee Senters
        Meadow Elizabeth Nell Sister
        Jariel Alfonso Cotto
        Jessica Lynn Santiago
        Natasha Marie Beltran
        Anthony David



        There are still some others yet to be added. I&

    • January
      • Nursery Additions
        01/08/08
        These babies were added to the nursery:

        Tristen David McKissick
        Elizabeth Marie Ousley
        Laccie Lynn Brooks
        Kai Joseph James Bloom
        Elliott James Brown
        Christian Thomas Hromada
        Dylan Westyn Price
        Ethan William Lee Jackson
        Aubrey Lynn Klausing

  • 2007
    • December
      • Update from our little corner
        12/27/07
        I hope everyone had the best possible Christmas. I never know how I'm going to be over the holidays, some years I'm able to get through without many tears, but this year was a rough one and I had a pretty big cry missing my boy Christmas day. We were in Toronto with my husband's fam

      • Nursery Updates
        12/22/07
        Story added to: Bryson James Apple

        Pages added for:
        Gracie Jeaune DeSoto
        Adrianna Marie Armentia-Braxton
        Trevor Paul Lee

      • Nursery Addition
        12/14/07
        Sa'nyah Mechell Gonzalez was added to the nursery

      • Nursery Addition
        12/14/07
        Added to the nursery:
        Matthew George Alexander Stewart

      • Holiday of Angels
        12/13/07
        The Holiday of Angels is over for another year. This was the 7th year for it and already many people have signed the guestbook. Several people showed up in chat last night too. It was really nice to connect with people again!

        My gift this year came from Stephanie Wilcox and she sent

      • Nursery Updates
        12/13/07
        Added to the nursery:
        Cory Antoine, Jr Buffinet

        Updated pages:
        Jacob Valentine Rivera

      • Holiday of Angels
        12/12/07
        Today is gift opening day! As usual, whoever would like to is welcome to join me in a Yahoo Chat room to open our gifts together. Since we're literally spread out around the world, it's the only way we can join together to open our gifts. As in years before, once you have opened your gi

      • Nursery Updates
        12/12/07
        Added:
        Geneva Evelyn Johnson
        Kiean Daniel Smith
        Jordan Lee Erskin

        Updated:
        Martin Harold Green

      • Nursery Additions
        12/10/07
        Two more pages were added today:
        Bryson James Apple
        and
        Evan Michael Baker

      • Snowflakes
        12/10/07
        A bunch of us made snowflakes a couple years ago, many in memory of our little ones, and I thought some of you might like to make snowflakes too, (or if you have before, to make one again). You can leave a little note with your snowflake too if you want. Over 5,000,000 snowflakes have been made at

      • Photos are Sent
        12/10/07
        As I realize it's now past 2 am, the Golden Earring "Twilight Zone" song starts to play in my head... it's definitely time for some sleep!

        I wanted to post a quick update that I have just sent out the photos off to Tara. I'm hopeful they'll somehow be able

      • Nursery Additions
        12/09/07
        Pages were added for:
        Isabella Lynn Cornejo
        Bryson James Apple
        Olivia Nora Aikey
        Josephine Jaden Bublitz-Powell
        Johnathan Micheal Swavely
        Joshua Micheal Swavely
        Nathaniel Edward Locklear
        Meliza Joe Fowler

      • Greeting Cards Temporarily Removed
        12/09/07
        Since that first post I've been going through folders and the damage done to the greeting card program is quite extensive. I can't even login to the administration panel. Via FTP I've removed some of the horrid links left behind, but I also discovered javascript that doesn't be

      • Greeting Cards Program
        12/09/07
        I have just noticed that the greeting card program was attacked in the same manner that the guestbooks had been. Since I'm swamped with trying to get the photos sent in for the video, it will be a little bit before I'll have time to sort out the mess someone managed to make of my pages fo

      • Video Update
        12/08/07
        I have received photos for 132 babies since sending out a notice about the video. It took me about 5 hours just to get all the pictures sorted out and saved. Some sent multiple photos, and sometimes more than one family member sent in photos of the same baby too. Thanks so much to those who had r

      • Packrats Rule!
        12/08/07
        I found the Holiday of Angels guestbooks from 2001, 2002 and 2003 conveniently packratted away on my external hard drive. I've uploaded all three. The only remaining guestbook that I haven't been able to fix is the one from last year. I may have a database backup in my old email, if so

      • Photos for Video
        12/07/07
        Until Saturday at noon (EST) I'll accept photos emailed to me for possible inclusion in an upcoming video about SIDS. It will be available on www.parents.tv and on the Comcast Cable video on demand channel in January. I can't guarantee that all photos submitted will be used, as I was tol

      • Third 2007 T-Shirt
        12/07/07
        I've taken down the form for adding a baby to the collage because I've received so many that I believe I have enough photos now to complete a third collage for this year. As always I'll update the T-Shirts mailing list with the progress. I hope to have this collage available before

      • Nursery Updates
        12/06/07
        Added to the nursery:
        Ethan Edward Lombard
        Dylan Jonathan Martin
        Kadie Joe Wilcox
        Nicholas Kent Jaeckel
        Kaden Lynn Willis
        Tyshaun Scott Cross

        Photo added to these babies' pages:
        Molly Brooke Hebert
        Jason Nicolas Talamante
        Saige Shayne Ston

    • November
      • Nursery Additions
        11/29/07
        Pages added for:
        David Keith Ash
        Elijah Patrick James Ray Johnson
        Isaiais Evan
        Thinus Schoeman
        Thomas James Mills
        Isaac T Ford Jr
        Adriana Nicole Blackshear
        Gabriel Nichole Faye
        Nicholas Michael Slack
        Aaron Richard Lessard Jr.
        Blake Edward

      • Guestbook.. again..
        11/28/07
        :what:

        It's worse than I'd thought. The older guestbooks which were just a flat HTML file were also hit. All data but the top few entries was wiped out. The files were all changed October 13th. These were the old Holiday of Angels guestbooks that had all the "thank you&q

      • Guestbooks Hacked
        11/28/07
        Today I noticed that several of the guestbooks on the site have been somehow hacked, adding links to disgusting websites right on the pages themselves, and wiping out virtually the entire database of entries. The Holiday of Angels guestbooks were affected, so was Jacob's guestbook and the Ange

      • Nursery Updates
        11/28/07
        Josiah Samuel Thomas Levac - date corrected
        Haley Marie West - photo and story added
        Kaleb Joseph Fraser-Butler - date corrected

      • Nursery Additions
        11/09/07
        Pages were added for
        Gabriel Dane Kober
        Martin Harold Green
        Christopher Louis Teems
        Caleb Ikaika Ballesteros
        Katie Elizabeth Wiedemann
        Samuel Cory Davies

      • Nursery Additions
        11/06/07
        Nursery pages were added for
        Aaron and Kayla Ann Carbone

      • Nursery Update
        11/06/07
        I've finally just finished updating the nursery.

        Changes that had been requested via email:
        Arianna Olivia Olson
        Logan Phyllip Jarman
        Kylee Marie Donald
        Avery Ann Humphries
        Melody Rose Huber
        Jonathan Darel Bowman
        Riley Sura
        Brooke Fern Donogh

    • October
      • Holiday of Angels Matches
        10/22/07
        This year's matches have now all been sent out. If you signed up and verified your information that you still wanted to participate, but haven't received your match, please contact me at holidayofangels2007 AT sidsfamilies.com.
        Thanks and have fun shopping!

      • Suzette Gripp's Global 2000 SIDS Questionnaire
        10/15/07
        I received a request from SIDS Mom Suzette Gripp to add a link back on the site for her SIDS Questionnaire after the recent Scripps Howard News Service special report regarding SIDS. The questionnaire was on the site for years, and had completed last year, but there's been some more interested

      • Scripps News Service SIDS Related Articles
        10/09/07
        Some of you may remember recent requests for interviews from a couple of reporters from Scripps Newspapers. Lee Bowman phoned me recently to let me know everything was nearly ready and this morning I received an email from him with the link for the website containing the information he and others ha

      • Holiday of Angels
        10/05/07
        I've taken down the sign-up form for the Holiday of Angels for this year and have compiled a list of those who submitted it. There are 110 people on the list but I still have to go over it and make sure I didn't miss anyone. Four people who signed up did not submit a status report last y

      • Nursery Additions and Updates
        10/03/07
        Pages were added for the following babies:
        Jerem Allen Taylor
        Michael Ray Jablonskis
        Quinten Wayne Aguilera
        Brooklynn Nicole Smaluk
        Hailey Renae Henry
        Alina Nevaeh McConaughey
        Jenna Mae
        Aiden James
        Brandon Israel Holmes
        Robert Jaiden Patrick Wason
      • My dear friend Dave
        10/03/07

        Above is a picture from 2002 of my friend Dave and I while I was visiting him in Toronto.

        Dave was born on May 13th, and died Sunday the 30th of September. He was always secretive about his real age, which made me chuckle, so I'll skip posting years.

        Dave and I met i

      • Last call for Holiday of Angels
        10/03/07
        I'm a little behind taking down the form for the Holiday of Angels this year because a dear friend of mine passed away Sunday morning, so I thought perhaps some others might like to still sign up. I'll leave the form up today and tomorrow and take it down on Friday. If you want to join i

    • September
      • Nursery Additions
        09/02/07
        A page was added for:

        Nathan Robert Woodland
        Seth Allen McMurtry

    • August
      • Nursery Additions
        08/30/07
        Nursery pages added for:
        Jonathan Darel Bowman
        Jessica Ann Young
        Kylee Marie
        Arabella Lilly Rose Day
        Addalyn Brooke McEwen

      • Nursery Updates
        08/26/07
        Photo added to:

        Christian Andrew Greer
        Kenny Lee Poindexter

        Pages added for:

        Brodey Jay Saucedo
        Alexis Malissa Munro
        Avery Ann Humphries
        Matthew Daniel Ray Hafer
        Braxton Lee
        Maria Fernanda Fonseca

      • Nursery Addition
        08/20/07
        Travis James was added to the nursery

      • Nursery Additions
        08/19/07
        Pages were added for the following babies:

        Kiary Yanay Ortiz
        Owen Campbell Lovins
        Lauren McKenna Shepherd
        Sophia Elizabeth Bonnette
        Leah Brianne Morris

      • Heavenly Hugs Bears
        08/19/07
        I've moved the questions about Roxane's beautiful bears to the FAQ program and added some other questions and answers she had on her myspace blog about the bears. You can now find the FAQ on Heavenly Hugs Bears by Roxane along with all the other site FAQs, or by using the related link bel

      • Holiday of Angels
        08/19/07
        In the past there have been people who missed the deadline but still want to join the Holiday of Angels. The sign up form is usually available in September for a couple of weeks, then matches are sent out in October, gifts are to be sent out in November and opened in December. This year I thought

      • Nursery Additions
        08/18/07
        Pages added for:

        Casey Lynne Lynch
        Jacobi Thomas Claud
        Madison Lynn Nesbitt
        Kevin Welch
        Trinity Eliana Carton

      • Nursery Additions
        08/14/07
        Nursery pages added for:

        Ross Lee Tiffany
        Brooklyn Ray Steakley
        Savannah Paige
        Brady Thomas Hay
        Micheal Allen Isaac, Jr.
        Shaun Alexander Ornum
        Caedon Speer
        Isabella Mary
        Kira Anne
        Noah David Moody
        Madison Jean McDowell
        Guillaume Vendi

    • July
      • Family Reunion
        07/16/07
        Edward and I hosted a family reunion this past weekend, it was a great time, it even poured rain on us, but I think a good time was still had by all who came. We had almost 50 people here. Most of us wimpy adults stayed underneath the tent nice and dry while the kids ran around the yard, swam in t

      • Nursery Additions
        07/16/07
        Nursery pages added for
        Conner Wayne Riley
        James Dominick
        Alan Alexander James Doherty
        JennyLee Tirado
        Cameron Fredrick Sanders-Dzidzienyo
        Aidan Luc Coutu

      • Nursery Addition
        07/06/07
        A nursery page was added for
        Elijah Joel Garrison

      • Nursery Additions
        07/04/07
        Nursery pages added for
        Noah James Cleveland
        Christopher Michael Goss
        Joshua Anthony Scott
        Olyvia Mackenzie Pratt

    • June
      • Nursery Addition
        06/30/07
        Nursery page added for Mark Anthony Phillips Jr

      • Photo Engraving
        06/29/07
        SIDS mom Susan Honaker had asked me to put something on the site to let everyone know about the photo engraving she does. If anyone's interested in having a photo engraved for either a necklace or a keychain, you can just click on the related link below. Please remember to direct your questio

      • Nursery Updates
        06/29/07
        Photo added to the nursery page for Elizabeth Rose Edwards

        Story updated for Jaiden Arien Glen Tallent

      • Summer is here
        06/28/07
        Today is the last day of school for my younger kids, my high school kiddos have been done school for a week and a bit now. Jesse has a summer job as a counsellor at a children's camp not too far from here. I bet he'll have an awesome summer.


        I have sad news. Our littl

      • Nursery Additions
        06/28/07
        A nursery page was added for
        Jacob Edward Scott

      • Nursery Updates
        06/27/07
        Story added to the page for Bradley Rodger Perry

      • Nursery Additions
        06/27/07
        Nursery pages added for
        Owen Andrew James Lingnau
        Ethan James Williams
        Austin Richard Coe
        Tayller Elizabeth Cole
        Hunter Wyatt Ard
        Ashley Patricia Hall
        Isaac Scott Krieger
        Jaiden Arien Glen Tallent
        Arleyna Jayne Zelanko

      • Nursery Additions
        06/20/07
        Nursery pages added for
        Drew Patrick Harding
        Liam Harvey Harris

      • Photo Contest & Webring
        06/19/07
        I've put the photo contest back on the site. It was a fun way to share photos of our angels and our families. I'm on the lookout for a better program for sharing photos, but for now I thought it'd be nice to have it on the site again. I've also put the webring back up for anyo

      • Nursery Addition
        06/19/07
        Nursery page added for Joel Parker

      • Email Address Change
        06/19/07
        I had recently created 2 new email addresses to try and help me combat spam, "edits" and "unlisted" at sidsfamilies.com, and spam has already found its way into those email boxes, so I've deleted them and will just go back to using my original jacobsmommy@sidsfamilies.com.

      • Nursery Additions
        06/19/07
        Nursery pages added for
        Trinity Arlene Jones
        Devaun Jordan Xavior Bartlett
        Maxwell Parker

      • Nursery Additions
        06/18/07
        Nursery pages added for
        Tessa May Dewhirst
        Christopher Michael Baker

      • Jacob's Guestbook
        06/18/07
        I've updated the progam for Jacob's guestbook. People kept leaving disgusting spam messages, spammers have zero respect. The program will now require the use of a code to post a message, like the other guestbook programs on the site already do.

      • Nursery Updates
        06/18/07
        Nursery pages added for
        Jacob Ryan Greene
        Tyler Adam Pritchett

        Photo and story added to
        Karissa Lynn Dixon

      • Nursery Addition
        06/16/07
        Nursery page added for
        Zachary Alexander McFarland-Williams

      • Comcast and Verizon Email Addresses
        06/16/07
        I submitted requests to both Comcast and Verizon to have sidsfamilies.com removed from their block list and both have removed it, so all mail from sidsfamilies.com should now go through without a problem. This means that folks who had been subscribed to the mailings lists with email addresses from

      • Nursery Addition
        06/16/07
        Nursery page added for
        Anderson James
        Bradley Rodger Perry

      • Nursery Updates
        06/15/07
        Nursery pages added for
        Mason
        Justine Marie Taylor
        Dylan James Cleveland
        Gabriella Rose Richter
        Lilith Ann
        Noah Jon Matthew Babcock
        Adelina Jacqueline Vinciguerra
        Mackenzie Grace
        Nicholas James
        Isobelle
        Isaac
        Sarin Jazlyn Peterson
        Zale

      • Nursery Addition
        06/15/07
        Nursery page added for
        Leo Michael Jasgur
        Michael Anthony Thompson

      • Nursery Addition
        06/15/07
        Nursery page added for Katie Robinson

      • Nursery Addition
        06/15/07
        Nursery page added for Ashley Mae Remark

      • Nursery Additions
        06/15/07
        Nursery pages added for
        Eloise Jayde Brown
        Janiya Jaide Carroll

      • Nursery Update
        06/14/07
        Photo added to the nursery page of Carl Matthew Tamburrino

      • Nursery Update
        06/14/07
        Photo added to the nursery page of Cody William Shelley

      • Polls about SIDS
        06/14/07
        I've put up a bunch of polls in the hopes of getting a big picture of what's typical of a SIDS death for families. I'm writing to a local newspaper to comment on an article they ran recently involving SIDS and I was hoping to have some statistics from all of you to back up the commen

      • Jack Sparrow
        06/14/07
        The evening of June 10th when we came home, there was a tiny little hatchling bird on our walkway. Not entirely naked, it had some fuzzy feathers, given what we've found online we figure it's about a week old. Given the pictures I found, I think it's a baby sparrow. I looked for a

      • New FAQ Questions
        06/14/07
        I added a couple of questions to the FAQ on SIDS on the site.

        My baby had blood coming from the nose, what does that mean?
        Can the event of SIDS occur if the child is awake?

        Hopefully the answers will be helpful to others.

      • Nursery Additions
        06/14/07
        Nursery pages added for:
        Dalton Wayne Ritchey
        Jamie Rayne Maddux Chase

      • Nursery Addition
        06/13/07
        Nursery pages added for
        Zander Cage Murphy
        Paije Lynn Whitley

        Pages also approved for the following babies:
        Brogan Sexton
        Amber Holly Stocks
        Vivian Puckett

        All of these pages have been pending for a long time because the dates entered couldn't ha

      • Personalized T-Shirt Update
        06/12/07
        I'm currently working on requests made on the 1st, (except in cases where I'm waiting on a photo or clarification on a request made prior to the 1st). If I've counted right I have about a dozen requests left to finish up.

        I've sent out quite a few coupon codes to the

      • Nursery Additions
        06/12/07
        Nursery pages added for
        Robert Horton Dunn IV
        Mikkel

      • T-Shirt Correction
        06/12/07
        I realized today that I had a duplicate on the collages so I've exchanged one of the duplicate photos with a different baby whose family had just barely missed participating in this year's collage. I've updated the collages at CafePress and have also updated the names on the back and

      • Nursery Additions
        06/11/07
        Nursery page added for:

        Lyndell Ana-Maria De Sousa
        Charles Perry Smith

      • 17 Requests To Go
        06/07/07
        I have 17 more personalized requests to finish and I'll be all caught up. Some are additional requests for a baby I've already done 2007 graphics for, and some I won't be able to complete until I receive a higher quality/larger photo from the families.

        I've left off

      • Personalized T-Shirts
        06/06/07
        I've finished quite a few designs now. I have one pending request from May 27th, then I'll be starting on the ones that were submitted on the 29th and onward. Currently there's about a week and a half gap between submission and completion, but that's just a guideline, it could

      • Nursery Addition
        06/06/07
        Nursery page added for Payton Wayne

      • Nursery Clean-up
        06/05/07
        I noticed a few duplicate pages today in the nursery and got those cleaned up. The result is that some pages shift a bit, if they were at the beginning of one nursery page list, they may shift to the end of another page. The links stay the same though, except for the duplicates, those are removed

      • Nursery Additions
        06/05/07
        Nursery pages added for:
        Paisley Nickole Och
        Ezekial Able Dill
        Nayeli Marie Jimenez
        Kaycee Elizabeth Williams

        Photo added to:
        Hunter Robert Thomas Feran


      • Nursery Additions
        06/04/07
        Nursery page added for:
        Jayden Michael Dosanjos
        Kaili Brook Carver

      • Personalized T-Shirts
        06/01/07
        I'm slowly working my way through the requests for personalized t-shirts. I have 42 pending requests right now and am currently working on the ones submitted on the 24th, so there's about a week's gap between when they were submitted and when they're available.

        I�

      • Nursery Addition
        06/01/07
        Nursery page added for Liam Scott Elmer

      • Nursery Addition
        06/01/07
        A page was added for Wyatt Nicholas Eknes

    • May
      • 2007 T-Shirts Available
        05/31/07
        The 2007 edition T-Shirts can be found in my CafePress shop here.

        So far I haven't received any coupon codes from anyone who's made a purchase at the shop but if I do get any I will pass them along to the T-shirt mailing list.

        If you wanted items with the first 200

      • Twins and Triplets
        05/30/07
        I finally got all the links entered in after the names in the list of twins and triplets on the forum. The list has been there for some time now, but not the nursery page links after the names. There are currently 90 nusery pages listed for babies who were a twin or a triplet. If anyone knows of

      • Petals for Pax
        05/30/07
        This was posted earlier this month the message board and I thought it may interest some of you...

        Hello, my name is Carrie and first I want to say that my most sincere condolences go out to everyone who is grieving.

        I have started a completely free service by which I send sympa

      • Nursery Changes and Additions
        05/29/07
        Nursery page added for Colten Jarrett Robertson

        Nursery page added for Ava Marie Stureski

        Photo added for Nathanial Leo Dooley


      • Children's SIDS Book
        05/28/07
        I just wanted to let you all know about a book I was recently made aware of called "I Miss Matthew". For more information or to buy the book you can visit author Judy Heath's website here.

        From the website:

        "I Miss Matthew" is designed to be shared b

      • Nursery Updates
        05/28/07
        Story added to Jacob Anthony Haberzettl

        Page added for Kenny Lee Poindexter

      • Nursery Update
        05/25/07
        Photo added for Bailey Madison Fletcher

      • Nursery Addition
        05/25/07
        A nursery page was added for Willie Lee Davis III

      • Nursery Update
        05/24/07
        Photo added for James Raymond Knowles

      • Design Winner for Personal Slogan
        05/24/07


        The above is the winning design for the Personal slogan for this year's T-Shirts. It had 41% (40 votes). The next closest one had only 36% of the vote.

        I'll get working on preparing everything at CafePress and will post again once I'm done.


      • Requesting Personalized Designs
        05/24/07
        I've received a pile of emails today from people asking me how they can get a personalized shirt.

        To request a personalized design, visit the T-Shirts page and look for the heading “Personalized T-Shirts” and follow the instructions from there to submit your request.

        P

      • Nursery Additions
        05/24/07
        Nursery pages were added for:

        Zachary Allen Coates
        Jagger Thomas James

      • Personalized Design Form Available
        05/24/07
        I've caught up on all of the requests I had received for personalized designs
        :yes:

        (with the exception of a few I'm waiting on information or a photo for), so I've put the form back up to receive new requests again. I'll do them up on a first-come, first-served

      • CafePress Coupons
        05/24/07
        If anyone has any CafePress coupon codes which haven't expired yet please let me know so I can share them with others. On that note, if you place an order at CafePress, please have it send a coupon code to me at tshirts@sidsfamilies.com. The coupon codes used to be good for about a month, but

      • Sample Personalized Designs
        05/24/07
        I've made a new spiffy page for folks to peek at to quickly see some of the custom-made designs I've done. You can see all of them by visiting the CafePress shop and browsing through the different folders, but this new page gives you 30 sample designs in one spot. To visit the new page,

      • Nursery Addition
        05/23/07
        A nursery page was added for Austin Christopher Lucas

      • Nursery Addition
        05/23/07
        A nursery page was added for Nyla

      • Design Winner for General Slogan
        05/23/07


        The above is the winning design for the General slogan for this year's T-Shirts. It had 53% (52 votes). The next closest one had only 23% of the vote.

        I'll be adding a new poll for the Personal Design since the winner isn't in the lead by much - only 2 votes

      • SIDS Grandmother Needs Baby Photos for Fundraiser
        05/23/07
        I'm posting this on behaf of Cheri Schleicher, SIDS Grandmother to Tiberius Schleicher. You can visit his nursery page here. Cheri is organizing a SIDS fundraiser to benefit the SIDS Foundation of Colorado. If you are interested in helping out please contact her directly at cherischleich

      • Nursery Addition
        05/22/07
        Roman Richard Inskeep was added to the nursery

      • Nursery Addition
        05/21/07
        Nursery page added for Alexia Danielle Santiago

      • Nursery Additions
        05/21/07
        Added to the nursery:

        Tyler James Koenen
        Tiberius James Schleicher

      • Design Vote
        05/21/07
        I've taken down the slogan polls, thanks to all those who voted! I sent out an email to the T-Shirt mailing list giving everyone the links to the design votes. If you're on the list, check your mailbox and participate in the vote!

      • Nursery Updates
        05/20/07
        Photo added to:
        James Andrew Clark

        Story added to:
        Joseph Alfred Moulton

        Story added to:
        Stacey Fayelee Bean

      • Collages are Finished
        05/18/07
        I've finished up the collages, so I won't be accepting any more photos for these ones. Once the votes are finished for the slogans I'll get some designs drawn up and we'll vote on those.

      • Nursery Additions
        05/18/07
        added to the nursery:

        Stacey Fayelee Bean
        Hailey Rayne Burrow

      • 1 Spot left and polls are SO close!
        05/17/07
        I have 2 spaces in the collage, but one picture is supposed to be coming in first thing tomorrow, so that leaves just one spot open in the collage.

        I just peeked in on the polls and wow the one sure is close!

        There is no footprint so small that it doesn't leave an impri

      • 4 Spots Left
        05/17/07
        I have space for about 4 more photos in the collage. I have already taken the forms down from the site because those four spots will most likey fill today. If you haven't mailed your photo to me yet, please send it in asap. Thanks!

      • List of Babies in Collages
        05/17/07
        I've uploaded the listing again. It is complete up to everything I have received as of this posting. I have room for maybe 5 more little ones so I expect by early tomorrow there will be enough babies to complete the collage.

        Click Related Link below to view the listing.

      • New Email List Program
        05/17/07
        I tested two of the mailing lists tonight - the site updates list and the t-shirt mailing list and it would seem it's working as it should. Only weird thing is that I don't receive the emails even though I have my address on the list. Oh well, people did respond to them so I know they wen

      • Nursery Update
        05/16/07
        Joseph Alfred Moulton has been added to the nursery

      • Nursery Update
        05/16/07
        Cameron Brian Phillips has been added to the nursery

      • My Family
        05/16/07


        The above is a photo of my family taken last December which was unusually warm, normally we'd have been buried in snow by then.

        In the photo are Edward and I, Jesse (15), Alyssa (14), Caitlin (12), Chelsea (8 at the time, now 9), Lilianna (6), Danielle (3) and Clara (5

      • Comcast and Verizon email addresses
        05/16/07
        Please don't sign up for any of the site mailing lists using a Comcast of Verizon email address. My site uses shared hosting and someone has spammed using the same server I do and as a result Comcast and Verizon have blocked any mail from this site, so if you sign up, it just bounces back to me

      • 2007 T-Shirts
        05/16/07
        I have very few spots left for the second collage and one collage is already finished. If you haven't submitted your baby's photo please do so as soon as possible so you won't miss out. Follow the T-Shirt link to the side of the main page, (or go here and just follow the instructions)

      • Personalized T-Shirts
        05/16/07
        When I changed my email program I found a bunch of personalized t-shirt requests I didn't know I had, dating back for months.
        :O
        I do intend to get these all finished up so in the meantime, the personalized t-shirts form is not available. I have a huge backlog of requests to get ca

      • Round 1 2007 Slogan Votes
        05/15/07
        We're in round one of votes for this year's slogans.

        * http://www.sidsfamilies.com/cgi-bin/pol
        * http://www.sidsfamilies.com/cgi-bin/pol

      • Scripps Howard News Service SIDS article
        05/14/07
        I've been contacted by a reporter who is hoping to hear from some families for an upcoming news article he's writing with Scripps Howard News Service.

        For more information and instructions on how to reach Lee, please visit the page I put on the site here.

      • Site Maintenance
        05/14/07
        They're changing my server for the site again, upgrading it which is great. Because of this, the site will be down on Tuesday 22nd May during what they call "out of core office hours".

      • Mailing Lists
        05/10/07
        I'm changing the mailing list program on the site so it's not available to sign up or unsubscribe right now. If you need to unsubscribe your address in the meantime, please email me and let me know what address to unsubscribe, and what list(s) you're subscribed to.

      • SIDS Walleye Classic Fundraiser
        05/09/07
        NOTE: This is not related to SIDS Families at all, I am merely sharing the information.

        A note from SIDS Mom Rachel Yerbich:

        We are also going to be holding a fishing tournament on Aug. 11th 2007 in Bemidji Minnesota. It is the very first of its kind. It is called the Sudde