Guardian Angels & Keepsake Boxes

Today is exciting for more reasons than one!  This morning, while at the doctors office, I received an email telling me I was officially Layton's Guardian Angel!  I really, really, wanted to jump up and down, and maybe squeal a little, but I figured the entire waiting room full of moms, and small children wouldn't appreciate that.  So I sat, and smiled at my phone, I probably looked quite silly, but it was for good reason! ;)

Today was not only wonderful because I'm Layton's official GA, but also because I was able to buy Livvy, and Layton their keepsake boxes! :)  "What is a keepsake box?" is probably the question you're currently asking yourself, so let me tell you!    My best friend (who advocates over here at Unlocking Lyubov) came up with the idea of a keepsake box, a few months ago while advocating for a precious boy (who is now HOME FOREVER) that she loves dearly.  She was thinking about how mama's usually save little things from their kiddos childhood, and tuck them away in a keepsake box.  Well the little one she was advocating for didn't have a mama at the time, so Kaitlyn created a keepsake box for him.  She bought little things that made her think of this sweet boy, and tucked them away for him to have once he went home with his family.

I love, love, love, creating keepsake boxes for the kiddos that I advocate for, and I'm so thankful that Kaitlyn thought of this idea!  It makes it easier to create a bond between you and the special little ones that you shout for. :)   So what do we put in these boxes?  Well like I said above, anything that makes you think of the child.  Sometimes you see a doll, or a lovie (stuffed animal) and your immediate thought is the little one you advocate for.  You start to think about how they've never had a lovie, or a doll, a hot wheels car, or the experience of bubbles, and you tuck those things away a long with a little piece of hope that one day they'll make it out, and into the arms of a family.

Today while at Target I passed a kiosk with different styles of children's sunglasses, I browsed the different options and one pair caught my eye!  I immediately thought of Livvy, these sunglasses were in the shapes of flowers, they were pink, and oh so cute!  I could literally see Livvy wearing them, and flashing her adorable grin at her mama on 'Gotchya Day' enjoying every moment of being free.  I just *had* to buy them for her, so I did.  Livvy is now the "owner" of an adorable pair of pink flower sunglasses. :)

Layton and Olivia's keepsake boxes are just clear bins (the size of a shoe box.) with plain white lids.  I wanted to do something to give them "personality", I thought about drawing/painting on the lids, I thought about doing letter cut-outs of their names, I also thought about putting their pictures on the tops of the bins, but nothing was "jumping" at me.  A little while ago, while putting the bins away I got the idea to write little notes to them on the lids, and date each note, this way their new mama's and papa's could see every moment that I thought about their baby!  So the notes start today, 4/17/14, the memories, moments of these little ones will be remembered from today on forward. :)

Can't you just picture Livvy, rocking those sunglasses?  I know I can! :)

I love these two so much.  Livvy, and Layton's mama?  Your babies need you, please rescue them soon.