How thrilled we were when we heard you were coming into the family. How devastated we were at your loss.My pride knowing my name was part of yours was replaced with the grief of losing you. Zachary, you were blessed with a wonderful family and an incredible pair of parents. Watch over them, little man, until, God willing, we are all together again. Love, Poppop

There is an old Irish legend that all infants are on loan from Heaven. They are the gifts given to parents from the angels, and are returned to heaven after death. Zachary was so special that angels could not bear to part with him. They took him back before we even got to know the wonder of him, of his smiles, and of his beautiful soul. We feel his loss so deeply, and offer Jamie and Leanne and the children our prayers for a way to find some peace from their pain at his passing. The beauty and strength and love of the Ketelsens' would have been the perfect place for an angel like Zachary to grow. God Bless and comfort you.

My dear Zachary

I was so happy to hear about you. And was so happy for your mom and dad and your family. It was a very sad day when I heard from your mom that we have had lost your little soul. We sure wish that you could of come to stay but God has digger and better plains for you. I hope to meet you someday and tell you some great stores about your wonderful family. We love you Zachary.

Sweet Little Zach-I don't even know where to begin. I am sure you can see from above that you have such an amazingly strong family. Your mommy is a beautiful woman with a beautiful soul and your daddy is such a strong and caring man. Then you have all of your amazing siblings. So many hearts are broken and so sad but we will all have such a fantastic reunion one day. You are looking down on us all from heaven and if I had to guess you are there with some pretty amazing people. My little girl I am sure has welcomed you and I bet the two of you are smiling, laughing, and playing together. This is a families (especially a parents) worst nightmare. You were such a handsome little man. We love you so much buddy and we shall meet again one day. In the mean time I promise to be there for your mommy.

My son zach, I wish I could have got the oportunity to teach you so many things. I was so excited to find out that I was finally getting my boy. The worst thing I ever had to do was making the decision we had to make. But as your dad I couldnt live with the fact you would have a very rough life. I will never go through a day without first looking at you in your little brass heart and wishing I could just wake you up and take you with me to work. I will meet you again some day and we will then be together forever. You are never forgotten. Remember your father loves you, daddys little boy, bye for now

Sweet little angel... please know that there are alot of broken hearts down here, and your mommy and daddy love you very much. So you have a big job little man please watch over them <3 sissy>

Love, Net, John, Amber, Ashley and Autumn

Life is always much too short, but in this case it seemed unfair. There are so many things that i would have loved to have shown you and so many memories i would've loved to have shared. I would have gotten you the loudest noisiest toys of all time for Christmas just to annoy mom and dad (probably a toy guitar just so we could get a good start on the whole music thing). i would have been one of the last ones to hold you because i have this weird fear of breaking a baby. I would have thrown you in the air just to see how worried mom would be. There are a lot of "I would have" or "if i had the chance" but in the end there is one thing that we did get to share.... that's the love of our family. The fact that even through few months you spent in this world you were loved from the moment you started to exist and missed every second you were gone. There are so many things that we wont be able to do yet, we'll catch up later though. Although there are many things that cannot be... one thing is for certain: You will always live in our hearts and we wont forget you Zach. I promise!

Hey lil man... I am very sad I never got to meet u and u never got to play with your many sisters n two brothers or play with my kids. You would of loved them all. Your family loved u so much from the start. Infact I think I knew before your big sister caryn. Well buddy, someday we will meet and ill be able to see your smiling face. Just know ur mom and dad love u very much.

I know how happy they were to have you in there lives, if only for a little while and how much love they have for you.

We all love you and will miss you. Till the day we meet

Love Biz

Little Zach, i have no words to express the loss we all feel because we never got to know you. You would've been Zach Attack. I just know it. And you would have been loved so much more than words could ever explain. God has you now and I know you will be loved. Your cousin Erik is up there too. He'll keep an eye on you until we get there. God bless your mom and dad. I know how this feels for them. I promise I will be there for them, Zach Attack.

Zach~ No words can explain the sorrow that we feel for your family. They are one of the strongest families I know.

Even though you were only with them for a short time, you touched the heart of so many. God must of had pretty big plans for you to take you so soon. To know that you will not hurt and will be watching over all of us makes it alright, it still hurts but its a little easier.

I have a son Wyatt, it would of been you a him against the world because this family has a lot of girls. I'm sure that you two would come up with all kinds of plans, if one didn't think of it the other would. If you two little guys didn't, it wouldn't be worth doing.

I remember when your mom found out she was shocked. Your big sister Jamiee, I remember her saying how much she was amazed that very first time she saw you on the monitor. I know how happy and how much your whole family loves you.

We love you and will miss you each and every day.

I wish so desperately that I could wave a magic wand and change what has happened and you wouldn't have had to suffer such a loss to your family. Zachary would have made a wonderful addition to a wonderful, loving family and would have known more love than any one person could imagine. But even though he is gone, he will live on in the hearts of all that love him and as he looks down from Heaven he will know that he was and is loved and always will be and that one day he will be able to be with his Mom and Dad again and be held in their arms.

My love and prayers are with you all always

Dearest Zachary,

dear Zach,

i might have only seen you once, but you will be in my heart forever. i will see you again one day little buddy. ill make sure to take care of the family and help them get strong again. we all miss you so so much, and just know that this big sister, is very very proud of her little brother. i love you with all my heart

dear Zach,

even though i didn't get to meet you i still loved to feel you kick inside of mom!! i love you so so much and i hope one day i will meet you and you should know that i was the one who was supposed to watch over you but i guess things have changed and your the one watching over me . i love you with all my heart <3><3>

I am so very sorry for your family's loss.

Zachary,

We wish we had a chance to meet you. We will love you and cherish the joy, even so briefly, you gave your family. One day you will be able to take your mommy and daddy in your hands and show them the true reason you were brought to them. You were so special God had greater plans for you and some day the hearts of all that loved you will be healed when you show them the reason God needed you more than us. We will love you and cherish you forever. PS....we will hold your parents when they need us and we will love them everyday for you.

Jeremy, Kama, and family...

Dear Zachary, I never had the honor of meeting you, But you will always be a special person in my life. You've shown a lot of courage And touched many hearts. Another perfect addition to this amazing family. Love, your unofficial sister -Ashes

my dearest little brother...I know i never got the chance to officially meet you but I want you to know I miss and love you like crazy. I'll never forget the first time I saw you at moms ultra sound and I was completely amazed. I literally couldn't take my eyes off that monitor. seeing you wiggle around, and seeing your little face was the most amazing thing that I will never ever forget. you have melted the hearts of a lot of people little guy, and everyone fell in love with you the minute they saw the pictures or heard the news of your arrival. I don't think it was fare that you were taken from our world so suddenly, but you will forever live in the hearts of many people and I know your up there watching out for all of us, as our handsome little angel. I'll see you some day buddy. just never forget how loved you are, and always will be.

love, (one of your many big sisters) ; Jamiee. <3>

When I found out that your mom was pregnant with you it was a joy. You were the piece of the puzzle that was missing. As we grew to unconditionally love you and so very anxious to meet you, we had also found out the difficulties you were having. You may not be here physically, but you are still here in are hearts. You are the puzzle piece in are hearts that will never be forgotten. We will all love and miss you forever. Even though I never got to meet you, you touched my heart. I love you like my brother, and one day we will meet. We all know that you are watching over us.

I love you Jamie and Leanne and im so very sorry for your loss.

--Tiffany

Jamie, Leanne, and your beautiful family... I am so very sorry for your loss. Many people don't get the chance to hold their babies, kiss them, and tell them they were loved. Although it may not seem like it,you received a blessing in getting that chance. Let that renew your faith if any was lost when your sweet baby boy passed. He brought you strength in facing opinions about your pregnancy, he gave you joy in the thought of having another child, he brought you closer together in grieving your loss, and he brought love to your heart that only a parent can know. So for such a short time in your lives he left you with many gifts. Now he will forever be with you in spirit. Let those gifts he left you with help you in your healing. He is now a gift to God, a tiny little angel. Bless you all.

I am very sorry for your lose! It is very heartbreaking to see your son didn't make it! He had a great family that would have loved and adored him! I'm very sorry that this had to happen to such a wonderful family! My sincere condolences! wish I could have seen your beautiful son! Lots of Love!!!

I know that nothing I say will take away the pain of this beautiful baby boy leaving us all too soon. Just know that you will see him again and he is smiling down at his wonderful family ♥

We all love you and mom loves you the most and me hailey does too. We love you zach. Dad misses you. Mom misses you when she touches the heart that has you in it.

My beautiful little baby boy, where do I even begin?

I was nervous but thrilled when I found out there would be a new addition to our family. Feeling those little kicks and wiggles made me smile every time.

When the doctors sat us down and informed us that there was something wrong my heart sank, but mommy was determined to do what I could to make you all better so that things would be ok again.

When you love something so much you never want to let it go. You want to fight until you have no fight left in you, and that is exactly what I did.

When we lost you my heart felt like it had stopped along with yours. I tried to listen to everyone say that there was nothing we could have done to save you, but all I heard was the beating of my heart without yours.

When the doctor delivered you and finally placed you in my arms I cried and just held you close. You were simply beautiful and so perfect in my eyes. I kissed your little face and told you how much I loved you and held your tiny little hands. Yes mommy even kissed your tiny little toes.

Zach you have made my life wonderful and I am so honored I was chosen to be your mommy, even though I had to return you to heaven, you will always be here in my heart.

Each day is still a struggle to be without you but I never wanted you to suffer. I know God will make things easier and I will try to heal one day at a time. To say I love you is an understatement. I adore every tiny inch of you now and forever.

I love you my beautiful baby boy! Forever and a day, and mommy will never forget you.

Little Zach.

(Sorry for shaking Mom's belly while you were still in there. It wasn't an earthquake. Just me.)

I am so happy to have met you. You are so precious. I've never cried so much in my life when I got to see you. So many emotions mixed together.

My heart dropped but I was still so happy that I got that one chance to hold your little hand, touch your beautiful face and just look at you.

You should know that you have Dad's ears and I'm pretty sure you would've had Mom's nose. All the kids do except maybe LT ;)

We all love u very much.This was probably the hardest thing this family has ever been through. We've been through a lot but I know that you coming into our lives and leaving such a lasting impression will bring us together stronger than ever. You will never be forgotten. You will remain perfect in our eyes and nothing and no one could ever make us think otherwise.

I don't want to cry about what could've been. Instead I will be thankful that you're an angel in Heaven right now and for the past 22 weeks, you made our parents so incredibly happy as you kicked and wiggled your way into their hearts deeper than any of your siblings could ever imagine :)

Leanne, Jamie, and family....... I know nothing I say will ease the pain, just please know that I am here if you need me. All of you are in my prayers, thoughts, and heart. God Bless you. Tina

I'm Very Sorry for your loss.... I know no Words will help but know that I am here if you ever need to talk..... We Love you !!!!!

Love and prayers to all of you. I am so sorry for your loss.

Jamie, Leanne and Family,

So sorry for your loss brother n sis in law. Our hearts go out to u along with our thoughts n prayers. I love u guys very much. I love all my neices n nephews also.....including u little zach. Aunt Pootsie will always keep u in her heart.

God Bless and keep you Zachary. My your wings spread as you soar thru heaven. Love & Prayers to all. I am so sorry for your loss.

To my dear little brother im so sad that I couldn't meet you. But ill never forget you and I can't wait to meet for the first time when my time comes. Im so sorry mom n dad for your loss I can't even imagine how hard this has been for you guys but Zach would have been so lucky to have amazing parents like you guys. I love you mom and I love you dad. My heart aches for the loss of my little brother....love you guys.