2024 update 

It’s been a few years since I have been able to commit to raising money for The Lullaby Trust so I’ve signed up for the February Fifty 2024 and as always I will be running in Lexi’s memory.

This February marks the 9th year of her passing, she would be 11 this year and although time has passed she is very much apart of our family and thought of every single day. Not a day has passed in 9 years where I don’t think of her and miss her beautiful face. 

I shall be running 50k throughout February with my biggest target of actually getting myself out on her anniversary.

Over the years we have had the most amazing support from our family and friends and even strangers. Donations have been amazing with some donating on her birthday and anniversary’s which fills me with so much happiness to know she is still thought of outside of us.

The past few years have been very tough financially for lots of people but If you can spare anything to donate to the lullaby trust I would be eternally grateful. Knowing that we are helping someone else not go through what we have is exactly why I do this and to find out why our precious babies are put to bed to never wake up again.

I have a very small circle of people I love and trust that help me when it’s really hard so thank you to them for the shoulders to cry on, the listening, the cuddles and trying to help navigate life without our girl.  No matter what I say to you, you will never understand how much it’s needed and appreciated and how much I love you, always. As always thanks so much everyone for your donations, messages of support they really do help on the darkest days. 

Time to get out there 🏃‍♀️

Lots of love Emma xxxxxx

**********************************************************  Update 2022

As some of you may know Scott ran the 2021 London Marathon in October and raised an amazing £2,787.70.

Due to the pandemic I have been unable to hold our yearly bake sale so I'm taking on a new challenge this year. My first half marathon along with Scott who I'm hoping will be able to drag me around when needed. This is my first run for charity but also both mine and Scott's first joint event for our girl so it's extra special.

This year we will be running The Royal Parks Half Marathon in October and we are hoping to raise as much as possible. I know it's been a tough few years for most but if you could spare even £1 every little will help.

I haven't set up a new fundraising page but have extended the target on my original page that was set up when Lexi passed away. I find it really comforting being able to keep adding to the page and also to look back at how far we have come and see all the kind messages that played a part from the beginning.

We are truly amazed by how kind people were and still are now in donating in Lexi's memory. 24th February marks our 7 years without her but it still feels like a minute ago we had her with us. She is included as much as possible in birthdays, Christmas and special occasions and we talk and think about her all the time. She is missed more now than ever especially after the arrival of our baby Freddie in 2020.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support so far and if you cannot donate please share our page with family, friends and colleagues so we can hopefully prevent this happening in the future. 

Love Emma, Scott, Mason, Millie and Freddie xxxxxx

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In memory of our beautiful, funny, cheeky Lexi Elsie-May Wickes. 

Our precious daughter was put to bed on the 23rd February 2015 a happy, cheeky girl in what we thought was the safest place in the world but to not wake up the next morning. 

Our hearts are broken and will forever be broken not only because we are her parents but for her twin sister and big brother that have to live without her.  

Lexi was the real baby of our family, the last baby to arrive after her twin, the tiny girl who was born at 2lb 9oz and fought her way through various problems but was always so strong. We never imagined we'd get her to 1 month let alone nearly 18 but we did and we all worked hard as a family to make sure we were all looked after and loved. She was just starting to get her own little character a cheeky, sometimes naughty, but so loving little girl. She made us laugh with her tantrums and  stubborn streak and made us melt with her opened mouth kisses and tight squeezed cuddles. 

We miss her dancing to Barneys I love you, or the look on her face when frozen was on. Her throwing herself on the floor when she was told off and the way she dropped everything she was doing when her daddy came home because he always came home with a bag full of rubbish, her favourite being cookies. 

We have had a lot of messages regarding flowers but we would much prefer a donation to this charity. I know this happens everyday and if we can help just one person not feel the pain we feel at the moment and what we will feel forever then this page will be worth it.  I never thought for a moment that at her age this could happen I always thought it was before 12 months not an 18 month old baby. I now know this can be up to 2 years.

Our lives have changed forever, we don't have our little Pip, our Lex Lex and we have no reason for it. Her twin sister kisses her photo and her big brother is so confused why he now only has one sister. Our healthy, beautiful girl has been taken away from us and if a donation can help find out why this happens then it has to be worth it. 

Thanks for your support 

Emma, Scott, Mason and Millie. X

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