Our Precious little boy

Saturday June 27 Evan passed away that afternoon. Joel and I were completley caught off guard since Evan had had such a great week after being in the hospital. He had started cooing and smiling and we were able to hold him and even lay him on his back for a few minutes without him dropping. Towards the end of the week he had some congestion due to the tubes being in his nose and the oxygen blowing in constantly. Friday night he was a little cranky but nothing that hinted that he wasnt going to make it. Joel slept downstairs with Evan that night and Sat. morning when I came down Evan looked very bad. His temp. was only 92 and he just slept. He gave out some wimpers but that was about it. Thanfully our nurse lived in our neighborhood was able to come to check on him right away and she agreed that we needed to get hospice. By the time they got to the house Evan was not really responding and was gone within minutes of taking his oxygen off.

I want to thank all of the nurses that we've worked with from the beginning of little Evans birth. The care that we received made our journey so much easier and we were able to rest in knowing that he was in excellent care and a ton of spoiling. You deserve so much more than just a thank you with all that you did for us!

We want to thank our friends and family for all of the prayer, love ,support. Also a thank you is not enough for what you all did for us. You were all a great help and encouragement.

To our Harvest church family- What an encouragment to recieve so much love, gifts, support, meals and time away from their own families to a couple who's barely been in the area a full year. A huge thank you for demonstrating God's love to us during this time. We greatly appreciate your help at the house so that Joel and I could enjoy some time as a couple and your cards, visits and calls. We are so thankful that we are a part of your family.

To MOPS - what a blessing. Joel and I were taken back at the abundant amount of meals that were brought by some people that I knew from working in the nursery but a lot that were complete strangers. What a blessing to know that people were willing to give of their time to someone they didnt know. We want you to know we appreciated it. Little did I know at the beginning what a huge difference it made in my day knowing that a meal was coming and that time could be spent with my little man.

Again, thank you all for your time, prayers, love, support & gifts - we are truly blessed!

These are the last of the pictures that I have of our precious boy. I have over 300 but it's hard to think that this will be it. Most all of these were taken last week when he was doing so well. I am so thankful that we had such a great week with him.

Thank you again for all that you did. I cannot put into words how thankful and greatful Joel and I are to everyone who's been with us through all of this. Love Joel and Nancy