Due date

Today was Elisa's due date. Although we are sad she isn't here with us, we did our best to make this a day of celebration.

When we woke up we made some whale sugar cookies, And we took them along with some sandwiches and had a picnic up at the cemetery. 

We sat under the tree by Elisa's plot on a blanket and talked to her and reminisced about all the good times we had with her. 

Luca's plot is just a few spaces down so we could also see her from there. We wish the girls could have been buried closer but unfortunately the holy innocents section at our cemetery is actually filling up :(

After we had our picnic, my parents, brother and sister in law, nephew and niece (P's family) came by the cemetery.  It was so very nice having them all there and it was the first time the kids had come to the cemetery.  I was so grateful my brother and sister in law wanted to come and bring the kids, validating that Luca and Elisa really are our children in their eyes.

Each of us had a whale cookie in honor of Elisa 

We spent the rest of the day at home. We made another batch of cookies and this time decorated them with frosting.