08.21.08
Zakys
In his short 8 weeks, Logan had several “true loves” . . . Mommy & Daddy, his pacifier, and his blue Zaky. All of Logan’s aunties and uncles in the NSCU knew about his Zaky and knew NOT to mess with it! 
On the day that Logan left us, we were both in shock as we left the NSCU. As we neared the van, a thought came to me . . . I wanted to use the money that people had given us for Logan’s birth to buy Zakys for the rest of the babies in the NSCU. Lance wholeheartedly agreed with the idea . . . we think that was Logan’s first “message” for us!
About 2 weeks after Logan left us, we went to Makana Mother & Baby to buy more Zakys. Sandy went with us because Cathy (the owner of the store) is a long-time patient of hers. If you’ve never been to Makana Mother & Baby, you should definitely go . . . it’s a great little boutique! Cathy is such a wonderful person and sells the cutest things!
Before we went to the store, Sandy had called Cathy to tell her about our idea . . . she was very touched by it and was eager to help. Cathy had already set aside 6 blue Zakys and 6 pink Zakys for us to purchase. We mentioned to her that we also wanted to buy some preemie and newborn-sized outfits for the NSCU. As soon as we said this, Cathy started pulling outfits off of the shelf to show us. As she was ringing up our bill, we noticed that she did not charge us for any of the clothes . . . instead, she generously donated 12 super-cute outfits to the NSCU! THANKS CATHY!!
We had labels embroidered to sew onto the Zakys . . . they say “In Loving Memory of Logan Shinsato – June 1, 2008″. Jen, Sandy, Lance, and I got together one night to sew on all the labels. Lance and I took the Zakys and all the clothes to the NSCU last week . . . needless to say, our NSCU family loved the gifts! We’ve heard that a lot of babies are loving the Zakys . . . we know that Logan is smiling down at them!