Jakayla Bullock

Our beautiful little girl began teaching us lessons about love, faith, and strength even before she was born.

At 19 weeks pregnant, we learned that our daughter had anencephaly. Even after receiving this heartbreaking news, we continued to pray and hold on to hope that the doctors were wrong. She was such a fighter, always happily moving and grooving. It was hard to believe that anything could be wrong with our sweet girl.

After an appointment the day before, when her doctors were unable to find her heartbeat, we scheduled her delivery for the following day. On February 23, we finally got to see our beautiful daughter’s face. She was the first little baby we had ever seen with bangs, a special detail we will always remember.

I cannot imagine what that day would have been like without our Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (NILMDTS) photographer, Jamie, by our side. She was incredibly professional and gentle as she captured these precious moments with our daughter. During one of the hardest days of our lives, she helped us preserve memories that we will treasure forever.

The support we received from NILMDTS means more to us than words can express.

Our family is so grateful to have these remembrance photographs, allowing us to see our daughter’s beautiful face and keep her memory close. My husband and her sister look at her pictures every day, and I am thankful that we …