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last updated: Oct 15, 2009

Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure..You are loved beyond words and missed beyond measure

Even from the womb, Matthew taught us that things were going to be done his way and he was a fighter.

Matthew was due September 24, but on June 2 (at 23 weeks and 5 days gestation) Matthew decided to try and break through! My water broke and contractions began. I was hospitalized and spent 9 weeks in the hospital before Matthew said enough was enough and tried to escape butt first! On August 6 (7 weeks before his due date), Matthew was born by emergency cesarean. The same doctor who said he wouldn't make it was there to hear his first cry. After nearly 4 weeks in the NICU, Matthew came home on September 1.

Matthew is a Hebrew name meaning "Gift of God" and that he truly was.

Matthew blessed us on this earth for 70 days before falling victim to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. He is our beautiful angel and we will always miss him. We will keep his website up to remember him and honor him.

While We were hoping for a lifetime of memories with him, I got his lifetime of memories with us. . .

When a child is born, so are parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. These people build the support system that a child can depend on their entire life. Matthew is incredibly loved by so many amazing people, even before birth. Everyday we are reminded of the importance of family and how fortunate we are to have the extraordinary family that we have.

Click on our family portrait to meet the grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and spectacular people that Matthew is honored to have as family.

I long to feel the soft weight of you
to welcome you home with kisses on round silky cheeks
Instead my arms ache with the weight of your absence
The empty places that were once meant for you to grow into
My love for you will last an eternity
My hopes and dreams now carried
on the fragile wings of each butterfly passing
compeling me to pause, to savor each moment,
each flutter in my heart - your wings

The story section was created to give regular updates on everything happening in Matthew's life. You can go here to read about his time in his womb, his delivery, his time in the NICU and the fun we had after he was born. It will be updated from time to time with the thoughts we have of our baby.

With Matthew's arrival, Kaitlyn is a big sister! Kaitlyn is a great big sister! She is already fascinated with all things baby and loves to help! Kaitlyn loves Matthew so much and can't stand to be apart from him for even a minute. She likes to be near him at all times. She pats him when he cries, hands me diapers and likes to show him all her toys.

Kaitlyn is a darling 4 year old and you can read all about her at her own website by clicking on her picture below!

The picture section is easily my favorite. Be sure to check out how much Matthew has grown! If you have any pictures of Matthew, please do not hesitate to e-mail them to us. They are all treasured beyond words. If you have pictures you would like us to upload, please let me know and I gladly will.

This is the only video we have of Matthew. It was his first trip to the park, which he loved, when he was about a month and a half old. It was 2 weeks after he came home.

Please don't hesitate to sign the guestbook. We love to read the ways Matthew has touched the lives of others. We know that while we lost a son, he was so much to so many others and you are more than welcome to use this site as an outlet. It is a great place to share stories, memories, thoughts and anything else you desire.

Please feel free to contact us at anytime.

Stories

10/15/09 Today marks the anniversary of the hardest day of our life. The day that we had to say good-bye to someone that was so special to us, so important to us, and who was a vital part of our lives. We did not say good-bye willingly, we did not let go without a fight, but at the end, we were not given a choi...

08/06/09 Two years ago today, a miracle happened. The unthinkable, according to medical science, happened. After 10 weeks of being told that he wouldn't make it, we should terminate the pregnancy, and he had no chance, our little prince was born, and he was born crying, determined to meet his family and leave his footprint on the world...

07/28/09Today, we are mailing out everything for Matthew's 2nd Birthday Balloon release. We're doing a Monkey Theme with blue and yellow :)If you want us to mail you the balloon tags, balloons and all of that, make sure I have your address :)You're also welcome to print your own balloon tags, or create anything you'd like :)This year, for friends...

06/06/09Matthew is 22 months old today! And I bet he'd be all boy. I can see him with a big cheesy grin, dark hair, beautiful gray eyes, playing with trucks and full of laughs.Matthew is missed so much on so many levels by so many. His life touched so many and forever left an imprint on our hearts.

05/06/09Today, Matthew would have been 21 months old. He'd be 1 3/4 years old. I can only imagine all of the things he would be doing, exploring, learning and sharing with us.There isn't a moment that goes by that Matthew isn't missed or thought of. There isn't a moment that goes by that he isn't longed for or his presence desired.Just the ot...

Guestbook

I can't believe it's been 2 years, precious Angel. You forever hold a special place in our hearts.
Love always, Camie
-Camie Gould Oct 20 2009

You are in our thoughts, precious angel. I know you are looking down on your Mommy, Daddy & big sister with a huge smile on that beautiful face.
-The Trepp Family Oct 15 2009

Dearest Matthew,

We see you everyday in our hearts. Sometimes it feel as if we held you just yesterday and sometimes it feels like forever since we held you, cuddle you listen to your baby grunts. We will love and miss you with all our hearts forever and ever
-Grandma and Grandpa Oct 15 2009

Matthew, we have been honored to celebrate your birthday with your family each year. Now they are in our thoughts and prayers on the anniversary of the day you became an angel.

Tomorrow we will light a candle in memory of your life. May the angels hold you close on this special day. May the memories that you blessed your family with sus...
-Love, Andrew, Andrea, Daniel, and Isabel Oct 14 2009

Matthew,
Tomorrow is such a bittersweet day.. So sad for all of us left behind to miss you and dream of you, yet so sweet for You to have gone Heaven to look down on us and wait patiently to be reunited with your loving family. I will never forget the way it felt to hold you.. or the way it felt to lose you.

You are forever in our heart...
-Auntie Jamie, Uncle Joel & Carmen Oct 14 2009

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