Ok so you might be getting bored of my Christmas Tradition posts (sorry – there are bound to be a few more) but I just couldn’t not write this straight away.
Firstly I must put out a huge and very heartfelt thank you to Kerry from AndThenAllIThoughtOfWasYou because if it was not for her then I would not have just received one of the most beautiful christmas decorations I could ever have wished for.
As we were putting up our tree this year my heart sank. I gave B Lloyd her “special” bauble as we do every year to put on the tree. Its a “My First Christmas” bauble, and it was brought from Mama’s and Papa’s in 2006, it has its own special little box and B Lloyd gets excited every year when she see’s it. She loves going through the whole box of decorations because each bauble or decoration has special memories and stories behind them. The angel on top of the tree, that B Lloyd always (now) gets to put on as the first decoration onto the tree is the angel that was given to me 33 years ago by my Nanna – it will one day sit on the top of B Lloyd’s family christmas tree as it did at my home for many many years. There are smaller decorations that my brother and I had for many years and got excited about every year and there are the newer additions that B Lloyd has made over the last 6 years.
The whole time whilst with a smile on my face, my heart was sobbing, the tree felt very incomplete. There was no recognition of Harry Lloyd. I knew I wanted someway to remember Harry Lloyd every year as we go through the christmas tree tradition. I didn’t want to say anything to Daddy Lloyd, I didn’t want to bring back the dark cloud that hangs over us whilst he and B Lloyd were dancing around to the Christmas Spotify Music we had playing and spoil their laughter and giggling.
Then Kerry posted a picture of her beautiful bauble for her daughter Rhianna Lily, who she very sadly lost in March of this year, Kerry has been one of the many great lines of support to me, she gave me some of the best words of advice in the days following Harry’s birth and I have held onto them through some very very hard days. I know how difficult her family and her are going to find this christmas and to see how they have remembered Rhianna Lily brought me to tears.
Kerry then very kindly didn’t mind me stealing their idea, as it felt she had posted the picture in answer to my sadness. I ordered a bauble for both B Lloyd and Harry Lloyd on Sunday night and they have arrived this morning. They are stunning, and now, now I feel the Team Lloyd Christmas Tree is complete. Our two children have their very special baubles pride of place on the tree, and will do for every christmas to come.
That is such a wonderful idea and the baubles are beautiful. It’s a lovely tribute to a special little boy xx
A lovely tribute to both your beautiful children xx
I think that is a really lovely beautiful tradition to start. 2 beautiful baubles xx
Beautiful..and a fitting tribute 🙂
Beautiful!
You are an amazing family and those baubles are fab!
Lots of love xxx
What a lovely way of including Harry in a happy Christmas tradition. Merry Christmas to Team Lloyd. xxx
they are gorgeous, xx
Those are absolutely beautiful, and a wonderful idea. xx
beautiful x
A beautiful idea!
Never forgotten, a lovely idea.
What a beautiful tribute x
That is beautiful. What a lovely idea…
What a lovely tradition and you have marked Harry’s first Christmas beautifully x
Gorgeous baubles x
Such a lovely idea and so nice now your tree has a bauble for each of your beautiful children x
I am so pleased you love these as much as we love ours. I am also so pleased that I answered your sadness with Rhianna’s bauble picture that day. I totally get where you are coming from and her bauble has really made our tree complete, it really would not feel right without it on there! xxx
This is a beautiful idea, and a wonderful addition to your tree. Bless you all! xxx
What a lovely lovely idea, thank you so much for sharing!