May 9th, 2010

Its Mother's Day! For most moms this a fun filled day of breakfast in bed, cards, hugs, kisses and all of that good stuff you wait all year to get from your children. Well my day was not much different I got the cards and hugs and kisses and all that jazz except someone was missing a very important part of our family, Ashton.

Ashton would be 7 months old today I wonder what he would be doing??? Would he be crawling yet, would he be a giggly baby, how much would he weigh??? See my sweet little man passed away on January 11th, 2010 at only 3 months old. He was a perfectly healthy baby but SIDS is what took my little man.

This blog is dedicated to him and my families journey through the grief of losing our little Ashton to SIDS. I'm doing this mainly for me to help me through the pain and to tell my story.

Let me introduce myself. My name is Melanie and I have been married to my soulmate, Zeb, for almost 5 years! We were blessed with three children, Olivia who is 3 going on 16, a baby that we miscarried in the first trimester and Ashton our sweet baby boy. Olivia and Ashton both weighed in at 9 pounds at birth and they were both born on the 9th of the month. 9 must be our lucky number!

We live in a very small town in Wisconsin where my husband farms with his father and I work outside of the home in human resources. We live a simple life but we love it! We have all we need and more.

We survive everyday by our faith in God. He has brought us through a lot so far and we are sure we would not be this far without Him.

Roman 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him.

Do I believe that of course I do! Have I had doubts of course I have but that is what the beauty of God is all about. He loves us no matter what.

So welcome to our journey......