Happy 1st Birthday Haley-Bug!

Haley Stevelt-Mitchell, Born at 7:50 am 9-10-09, 6 pounds even, 18.5 inches long ~ our hearts were stolen instantly

Daddy got to hold her first - no fair! ;)

I can't believe it's already been a year since you were born, and at the same time it seems like you were here much longer than that.

We miss you every second of every minute of every hour of every day Haley-Bug. We love you more than anything in the world and would give anything to have you here with us right now. We've made you a birthday dinner and I can't help but wonder, would you like lasagna? I bet you would like birthday cake - it's chocolate cake with 7-minute frosting that we're going to dye pink just for you. We have flowers we're going to take down to your grave tonight and we're going to release 1 balloon for your 1st birthday. But there are no presents wrapped in pink paper here, and there is no 'happy' here, because you are not here. I know you are not sad, and I know you wouldn't want us to be sad, but we are - only because we love you so much there is no other way for us to be. This day last year was the happiest day of my life, besides maybe October 5th - the day we got to take you home from the hospital. And while I'm sad, sad, sad today, I am and always will be eternally grateful for the miracle that was you and the time we got to spend with you. We love you bunches and bunches, Haley-Bug. Happy 1st Birthday, I hope you're spending the day eating cake with Grandpa McMillan. <3