Happy Birthday, to my beautiful angel..

Randi Elizabeth Hill, Our Precious Gift.

May 30th, 2007 - A day I will never forget. Seeing your cute little face, as they raised you up for me to see. Just moments in this world, yet you stole our hearts in that second. You're Daddy and I were beside ourselves with pride, love, and joy. Nothing will ever take that moment away from me. There are days I replay it in my head, just to keep it fresh. I keep your memory safe. As hard as it is to do, I picture you today. Who you would be, what we would have learned about you in these last two years. So many things happened just shortly after you were born. The fears set in, the terror, the nightmare. I had five perfect minutes with you in this world. In that time, I was allowed to dream, love, hope, wish, and feel complete happiness. As silly as it sounds to quote a movie ( as I'm sure you know already, you're mommy is silly anyway.) it reminds me of a quote from one of my favorite movies. Steal Magnolias. " I would rather have thirty minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special." We do not know why God choose to take you, we are sure he must have had a reason and that you are with Him, but regardless of unanswered questions, I wouldn't trade one second of your life to spare the hurt. As a parent, I proudly wear my scars. You may be with Him, but you never really left our hearts.

Happy 2nd Birthday, Randi Elizabeth Hill.

Abby's last day of preschool!

As much as I hate to believe it is true, it is... My "baby" is growing up! Today was a milestone in her life, and ours, as it was her last day of preschool! We couldn't be more proud of how far she has came in the last year. I would HIGHLY recommend preschool to any parents who question weather to enroll their child. It's given her the chance to express herself in a structured environment, learn to socialize, and make new friends. All which she desperately craved.


I asked Abby... what does this make you now? Here was her response...






Abby is looking forward to her summer now, and is ready to start " Big Girl School!" Till then, she would like you to enjoy one of her mini cupcakes she made herself for her preschool pals.

Congrats to my "baby" girl. Mommy & Daddy love you!

RIP Turtle.

This morning started out very poorly to say the least. After returning from dropping Abby at preschool, I pulled into my driveway and heard a "pop", I continued to pull up and parked, then got out to see what I had ran over. To my shock, a very good sized turtle lay smashed in my driveway. I lost it! I know how precious life is, and I can't handle the thought that I ended this creatures life. I know it was an accident, but I at least wanted to acknowledge this turtles life and death. Just this last Mother's Day, my family and I stumbled across a Turpin who we dubbed "Frank" while at a picnic shelter. Anyway, in short.... RIP Turtle. I'm very sorry.

".....and it's a great day to be alive."

We had a fetal echo cardiogram done on Sawyer this afternoon. The doctor said everything looks good at this point, and we will have a follow up in 4 to 6 weeks, for another echo. This will be just as a precaution to check again with more time/growth. I can't really put into words what today has given me. I know at any time, you can be faced with a complication during pregnancy,but this alone gave me the strength to indulge in my excitement more, which I very much feel I deserve. Given what we have had to overcome ( daily), even letting myself be excited is hard. When people make random comments about the future, it pains me that I can not do the same. Part of our pain remains to be and will probably always be , our lost hopes, dreams and future with Randi. But if I've learned anything through it all, I've learned you have to celebrate the good days, and take the scary ones in stride. So, I'm celebrating this wonderful day. Here are a few pictures of our son.

I see you!
His manliness.

You have to start somewhere!

Hi everyone. I'm officially a "blogger" now. Bare with me as I learn how this works. I wanted to create a place on a social network more geared towards my family. I'm finding myspace, and facebook to be more for the individual. This way, I can blog about the one thing I love more than anything.. that's right... chocolate. ( jk) MY FAMILY! I'm really looking foward to digging in and becoming an active blog mama! For now, I'll give my friends and family a quick update on what's going on with the WV Hills...

For those who hadn't heard already, we are blessed and excited to announce we are having a baby boy!



I still can't believe it. Can we say I'm one lucky chick-a-dee? I would have been excited either way, but I can say though, this makes it "different" and honestly, it really helps Doug and I cope with our anxiety, and stress. The difference is "new" which takes some of the focus off the fears.. ( SOME.... but we'll take any.) Doug is so very pleased with himself needless to say. :) He loves his "girls" to an unbelievable degree, but boy oh BOY is he excited to meet his son. Sawyer Aries Hill - We are waiting patiently for you... till Sept. :) Abby is almost finished with Pre-school. I can't believe it. May 28th will be her last day. I am mixed with emotions, excited, sad, but very proud. She's geared up for big girl school, and already wants to pick out her new back pack and lunch box! ( It's going to be a long summer!) Doug started working out again, and if I don't say so myself, is really kickin' tooshie with his program. He's doing the P90X challenge. He say's it kicks him, but I've watched him do it, and it blows me away. I wanna take a nap just watching it.. LOL He is approaching his first month, and I'll be taking his progress pics then. He works 10 -12 hours a day, comes straight home, does an hour workout ( that is NOT for the weak), eats a late dinner, and is off to bed. Wish him luck, he's doing great!