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I'm forwarding this blog post on. Chase Allen was a little baby boy who was born still born on Wednesday after his mother carried him for 8 months. His heart stopped beating on Sunday. In the post, "the girls" refers to his 3 expecting older (yet still very young) sisters that only got to hold their baby brother one single time.

Balloons for Chase Allen Jacobs

Chelsea has asked that I let everyone know about a very special "memorial" we are having for Chase on Saturday. The family will gather at my sister's house and release notes tied to balloons. The girls really wanted everyone to send notes up to Chase, and what better way than by balloon? Except paper airplanes, which was another request. But first Chelsea has to figure out how to get a paper airplane to fly through the clouds :)

One of Chelsea's amazingly good friends, Nicole, had the idea for friends' families to participate from their homes. How incredible! SO...

We're asking that if you are so inclined, you and your family release balloons (with notes if you'd like) in honor of Chase. We'd LOVE it if you'd take pictures of it, too! Send them to me (cassieandcompany@gmail.com) or Chelsea (if you know her email) and we will print them all off to show the girls just how many people love the Jacobs and wanted to honor Chase. What a special memory for the entire family! (AND if you have a blog, PLEASE post it and let me know about it!!)

Feel free to pass this along to anyone you think might be interested, whether we know you or not! Mark and Chelsea have been so blown away (and are SO grateful) by the outpouring of love and support. I would love for them to be blown away by the number of people releasing balloons, too. So spread the word!!