Cade's Space

As we are packing our house, the one room we've avoided belongs to Cade.  It will always belong to him in a way that no other room in any other house will.  We collected things from lots of trips to create that nursery, and all of it is exactly the same as it was when we put it together.  The hardest thing about this move will be taking it down.  He, of course, will move with us, but I will sure miss his space.

Before his first shower, which was held at our house, I insisted that we have his name on the wall.  The only letters we liked were polka dots, and that simply wouldn't do...haha.  We skipped church the morning of the shower so Clint could paint over the dots with white paint.  We had a huge altercation about the "d" being crooked.  As you can see, Clint won that one...  :).

It's hard to see here, but there is a boat on the left side of the chest, and on the right side is a picture of Dilyn and Tyler with Cade's clay hand and foot prints.  The boat came from a little fishing village in Michigan called Fish Town.  How original, right?  We found it last summer as we searched shops up and down for the perfect addition.  The picture was a gift from Brent and Laura.  Even in this way, it is nice to have the three boys together.  

The Lake Michigan sign came from Traverse City, Michigan during our first trip in 2006.  We didn't intend to use it in a nursery, but it found its place there.

The last thing we added to this nursery is the angel you see hanging from the curtain rod on the left side.  They gave it to us when we left the hospital, and it broke my heart to put it in that room.  Beside it is a shelf.  On that shelf is a little blue frog from an artist that we got in Orlando.  Clint and I went there after we lost Cade.  The frog is handmade from bronze, and painted over in blue and black.  His name is Storm, and it captured that time in our lives perfectly.  I couldn't have asked for anything better.  The other thing that is the most important thing in that room to me is a painting that a local artist made for us.  One of my best friends, Beth, commissioned the painting.  It shows a sailboat sailing off into the horizon, and Cade's name is lightly drawn into the sky above it.  It includes stamps from all over the world.  It is the most moving thing in this entire house.  

I have shared a lot today that I haven't shared before.  A little part of this chapter of our lives is coming to a close, and that is overwhelming.  But, everything about Cade was beautiful, and I think he deserves the right for people to see what a cool room he had...haha... :).  Hope you guys have a great day!