Jacen decided this year that he didn't want presents for his birthday, but rather he wanted his friends to bring stuffed animals or books to donate to Covenant Children's Hospital. He has a heart for sick kids. He still talks about Nathan being in the hospital and even talks about NICU.
He got to deliver the books, stuffed animals, and extra puzzles we had for the party favors to one of the Child Life Specialists at Covenant named Katie. She even let him go to the Pedi floor and deliver a puzzle to a patient. She took pics for us to see, but for confidentiality reasons we won't post those here. Thank you to all who donated books and stuffed animals!! We appreciate your helping our precious son who has such a kind heart.
We also celebrated Nathan with three balloons. One from each of us, but of course Jacen wanted to let them all go :)
And a cupcake with four candles
And Jacen left him a car because he wanted to give Nathan a present too. Unfortunately, he was frustrated with us because he has figured out leaving it at the gravesite it won't get to Nathan. He wanted to figure out how to get it to Nathan like the balloons do :(
I also spent time reading books to Nathan and Jacen like I used to get to.
As always, their birthday is bittersweet. Thank you to all who helped make it special again this year!
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