ABOUT PROJECT FINNEAS

Finn’s story began in the fall of 2024, when Patrick and I decided we were going to try for another baby. On November 17th, we found out we were expecting our fourth child. Everyone was overjoyed, especially Killian, who had been asking for another sibling since Seamus was born.

We immediately began preparing for our new addition. We started buying a pack of diapers every week at the grocery store. In January, we bought a camper with a bunk room big enough to fit all four kids. In February, we traded in our truck for a Suburban.

On March 20th, We went into our 20-week anatomy scan like many parents do—excited to find out the gender of our new addition. The scan seemed to be going just like all of the others, until the tech told us that the doctor needed to talk to us. She conferenced in the doctor and left the room. The doctor told us our son had several abnormalities affecting his heart and brain, as well as a cleft lip and that we needed to head downtown to another hospital for further tests.

The rest of that day was filled with ultrasounds, tests, and consults. But mostly, it was filled with fear, tears, and exhaustion.

Our doctors told us they suspected he had Trisomy 13. We were given the option to terminate our pregnancy and we were told that most of these pregnancies don’t make it full term. Told that if he did make it full term, he would likely die during childbirth. The odds were not in our favor, yet we could never make the decision to give up on our son. He would always be wanted, he would always be loved, and we would take whatever time we had with him.

On July 10th, our beautiful Finneas was born.

We knew our time with him might be short, but nothing could have prepared us for just how precious those three days would become. For three days, we got to hold him, love him, talk to him, and introduce him to his brothers. We got to be his parents.

On July 13th, we said goodbye to our sweet boy.

Finneas lived for only three days, but his life changed ours forever.

Project Finneas was created in his memory—not because we want his story to be defined by the way it ended, but because we want his short life to continue making a difference.

Through Project Finneas, we hope to support families facing the unimaginable loss of a baby or child. We want to help provide meaningful resources, compassionate support, and memories for families during some of the hardest moments of their lives.

Finneas was here.

Finneas was loved.

And Finneas mattered.

This is his story. And this is how we choose to carry his love forward.

Welcome to Project Finneas.