Coming up on 1 year anniversary.

A year ago we were secretly elated.  Scott and I were sharing with only ourselves and few select family members that we were expecting our third child in December 2011.  We had been sitting on the information for nearly 3 months and were coming up on the date that we had determined to be "the date" that we would share our good news.  We even had started an IMOVIE to post on our blog, Facebook and to email to friends and family to share our great news.

Then May 1st hit and our whole world came shockingly crashing down.  Finding out that we had lost our future child was devastating-that word doesn't even do it justice to be honest.  Every day became approached with a new outlook, a new perspective and a less naive way about things.  Our miscarriage took away so much innocence.

Knowing we were moving into our new home two weeks later, coupled with having then a 3 year old and 1 1/2 year old girls required us to be strong and face the reality that life would go on, it had to, but in a different fashion.

We have yet to tell the girls about our loss, but will, when they are older and when we the feel the time is right.  We will share that information for it is a part of who we are, that lost life has shaped us as parents, allowed us to treasure all of our children even more than we did before (if that was possible) and also has permitted us to value the life we are expecting, our first son, due to arrive within the next three weeks-possibly into May 2012.  A year later...

Attached is the movie we began to share our good news and profiles the turn things took, so suddenly, so sadly.  Please take the time always to honor those important to you, remember to tell them and know that we are truly so blessed to have whatever and whomever we do have in our lives.