A long time in waiting, but it's finally set. We tried to get a headstone for Andee about 2 months after she passed away. J.D. was so determined to get it done, but our experience was horrible. The company was so rude and didn't treat J.D. like he mattered, and disregarded all of our ideas. The consultant had me in tears by the end because she wouldn't listen to us. So we cancelled the order and waited for awhile to figure it out again.
After moving to Orem, we went to Walker monument and it was so much better. They had so much patience with us in going back and forth with ideas and changes just to make sure we got what we wanted. We also took our time because we wanted to make sure we really were going to name Monty, Monty. Finally we had the design figured out. The two main things that we know about Andee, well her name and it's importance. Second, for some reason the gerber daisies always reminded us of her.
The back has her brother's names, and leaves room for more siblings in case we have more. It also has the size of her exact footprints from the hospital.
I texted J.D.'s mom the morning I got the email about her headstone being set, and she went up as soon as she could to take pictures and send them to us. J.D.'s mom, Destry, and Grandma Marjorie were the first ones to see the headstone. They put yellow daisies in the vase which couldn't have been more perfect because it's the flower that reminds us of Andee.
We really have such amazing family and these 3 are extremely special. The front right is J.D.'s Aunt JoAnn (Bryant's sister), then to the left is J.D.'s sister JoAnn, and in the back is Andee (Dawson and Monty's sister). We noticed how three generations of Stevens' lost a sister. I'm so grateful that we could bury Andee in Holden with generations of family, and also we got to bury her next to her Aunt and, great Aunt. :-) I love it.
We can't wait to see her headstone in person. I hope we can move back to Holden in a couple of years. I know Andee is with us wherever we go, but when we lived in Holden, Dawson and I would walk to the cemetery almost every day. We would sing to Andee, and Dawson would tell her all about his days. I miss it so much. I want Monty to have those same experiences. We were able to visit Grandma Marjorie and really get to know her. It's amazing how we've come to know what's really important and find what we really what by the experiences we've had.
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