And then they said the words that changed everything: There is no longer an active pregnancy.

We were told our baby girl had a severe neural tube defect called anencephaly and she likely wouldn’t survive birth, if she even made it that far.

Easton was born sleeping at 5:43 a.m.

And we know we are missing so much more than just an "idea."

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