Dayton Matthew Hill is here!!!!

Wow....its been almost 2 months since I have posted anything. Sorry about that, Ive been a little busy! :)

Well, we are proud to annouce that our happy little family is now complete! Dayton Matthew Hill made is arrival on October 22nd at 10:19 a.m. He was 19" long and 7.2 pounds. And is perfect (exact words from all doctors who saw him in the hospital) We couldnt ask for any more than that! He will be 3 weeks old tomorrow and at his 2 week check up last week was already 7.11 pounds. He enjoys to eat!! He is a very happy and content baby, he sleeps a lot, which we dont remember Tate doing. Tate was always awake. He is also a very heavy sleeper, which is good. I was amazed on the day we brought him home- Tate was running through the house like a wild indian and Dayton didnt budge. Which is a blessing, because Tate is a wild indian most of the time. Tate is great with him. He is such a good big brother! He is an awesome helper (we just have to find things that he can do). And he is very protective already of his baby. Always has to make sure we arent going to leave him when we leave the house. :) He is only waking 2 times a night to eat, which I am happy with and he always goes right back to sleep after he eats. All in all he is a great baby and we are already enjoying him!!

I have been off work for 3 weeks now. Im officially supposed to go back next Thursday, but I called yesterday and offered to work half days Monday- Wednesday to get myself back in the swing of things and try and get used to being away from Dayton. (Not that I think I will ever get used to it). Then I will go back full-time on Thursday. It all worked out well because the next week is Thanksgiving so I only have 3 full days that week. Slowly working my way back in. Nervous- but a part of me is ready to be back.

Tate is doing great in school! We had a parent/teacher conference a couple weeks ago and his teacher just loves him and is very impressed with his progress. He was Student of the Week last week and since mommy was off work I got to go to the chapel service where they reconized him. He liked that a lot. I do wish I was off more often to do things like that with him. He still loves school....come April/May he will be ready for summer break though!

Austin is still working hard. He has put off school for now. It was too much. With his long hours he wasnt making it to class on time and he was gone all the time. We never saw him. So, he has decided to put it on hold and try to get a sales spot at his current job. Which is what he wanted to do originally but just didnt know how to go about it. He has talked to his district manager though, who has encouraged him to go in that route and to interview for the next opening. There is so much that they require you to know to be in a sales spot. So, his DM has also given him all the facts that he needs to learn so he knows everything he needs to. I am so grateful for him and all the hard work he does for us. He worked FL/GA again this year- it was an 18 hour day for him!! Thats unbelievable- I dont know how he does it! But, he loves his job.....I remember working retail and pulling those long hours, before I had kids....when its something you love it doesnt seem so bad. I kinda miss that- but wouldnt trade where I am for anything! :)

Austins mom and sister came for a visit last week. I was so nice to have them here. We dont get to see them often and the help was much appreciated. Its amazing how tired you actually are when you have time to sit down and think about it! So, it was great to have the extra hands. Austins Aunt Valerie and Grandma also came up on Monday and brought us lunch- which was delicious!! It was great to sit and chat with them for a while- we dont see them near enough!

Love and miss you all. I will try and keep up better.....I will attach some pics from the past couple weeks!

<3
Austin, Sarah, Tate and Dayton

33 Weeks.......Only 7 to Go!!!

Today, Dayton and I had our 33 week appointment. All is well. Dayton and Mommy are both growing right on track! I have been feeling great, other than my emotions are going crazy (and Im not very used to that). But the good news is, Dr. says Dayton seems as happy as can be! I believe that because he is very busy! Im pretty sure he knows the torture that awaits him (Tate and Andrew) and is preparing his defense moves. I just wish he wouldnt practice on his mommy! Since everything seems to be right on track with no problems my next appointment isnt until the 30th. We are getting very excited! Just about 6-7 weeks to go until we get to meet our sweet baby Dayton!

Trip to Orlando

So, over Labor Day weekend we decided to take a trip down to visit Jim and Linda. It had been Christmas since they had seen Tate. Austins work schedule doesnt work out for us to take weekend trips and with Labor day we just happened to both have Sunday and Monday off. We drove down on Sunday morning and Jim and Linda took us to the Sanford Zoo. We enjoyed seeing all the animals. The monkeys, of course, are always Tates favorite! Before we left Grandpa and Grandma even rode the train with him, which of course is a must on any train visit! After the zoo we headed to Margaritaville for a lunch/dinner. It is always one of our favorite places to eat when we go down. The atmosphere is just so fun! Tate loved all the different things to look at. And grandpa and daddy are already training him right to be a Jimmy Buffett fan! Monday morning we got up and had a good time just hanging around the house and cooking out for lunch. After lunch we headed home. We had such a great visit! Tate enjoyed seeing Grandpa and Grandma Hill.

Back to School....

So, Tate started back to school yesterday. Off he went with his Transformers lunchbox and backpack....and he of course had to wear his "school shirt" from last year! We had the meet and greet with his teacher last week, Ms. Lori, and learned that he has been placed in a "mixed" class this year. Basically, what this means is he (and a few other 3's) are in with one of the VPK classes (FL's pre-K for 4 year olds). They choose a few 3's to go in with the older kids. He does the same cirriculum as the 4's but they just don't put as much pressure on them to learn it by the end of the year. Next year he will be in a different VPK class with a different teacher as not to have the same activities and such. He has homework once a week and is learning so much!! This is great for him, he loves a challenge! I am excited that they thought he was capable of the work- and sad at the same time....kinda makes me feel like he is growing up quicker than he should be. Pray for him though as we continue to work on our biggest battle.....potty training! For the most part, hes a pro. But we have weeks that we have fall-backs and unfortunatly he will have to move back to his regular class if he cant get this under control. Accidents are not okay in the VPK class!
First day went great! Ms. Lori says he is so sweet and that when they sang the alphabet song and got to "T" he got so excited and said "T is for Tate"! He said he had fun, but when mom and I asked what he did his response was "Nothing". Its already starting....and hes only 3!! He was very excited to be going back again this morning. We have him going 3 days a week this year from 9-1. I think it is going to be good for him, especially with Dayton coming. He will have his own little "out". And then next year he will do VPK 4 days a week- at no cost to mommy and daddy!! YAY for that!! :) I will keep you updated throughout the year with activities and such at school. Its such a great little preschool and they do so much with the kids. Hope all is well....Love you all!!!

Daddy and Tate run the bases!

So, Sunday night we went to one of the last Suns games of the season. Tate had a blast, even though it wasnt possible for him to sit through the while thing. We watched the game, went to the playground, and ate corndogs, popcorn and peanuts. He had a good time. But by the end, I think we were all exhausted! After the games on Sunday nights the Suns let the kids run the bases. Tate was determined he was going to do this. Austin and I were doubtful that he actually would. When it was time I took him to the place that the kids were to line up on the field. Since he was so small, the staff said I had to run with him (there were a bunch a big kids). The only thing I could think of was "Great, 7 months pregnant, running the bases". Luckily, daddy came close enough for me to yell at him to come and run just in time! Tate said he didnt need to wait till the end with the little kids because he was going to "Go real fast mom". And he took off.....daddy even had a hard time keeping up! He LOVED it....and is already asking when we can do it again. Of course, when asked if he is going to play baseball when he gets older....the answer is still "Nope, just golf." Maybe we have a Tiger on our hands! Now if I could just find somewhere for a 3 yr old to play golf! :) ENjoy the pics...I wish some wouldnt have had so many other people in them...but what do you do?

Catching Up!!

I have been absolutly horrible at this....which I figured would happen! Life gets so hectic that sometimes I forget to slow down and keep people up to date with what is going on! I will try to do better, most of you keep up with us pretty well on Facebook, but for those of you who dont.....here's whats going on in the Hill House....

At the end of February we found out that we are expecting! Our due date is October 29th. Just in time for FL/GA!! :) Which Austins work is thrilled about! We found out in June that our little bean will be another boy to carry on the Hill name! Dayton Matthew Hill (Matthew is after my brother). I think we were a little disappointed at first, as bad as that sounds, we were hoping for our 1 boy and 1 girl. But we have quickly fallen in love with little Dayton and are excited each day that it is getting closer to his arrival. Tate has already labeled him a Power Ranger and a Ninja Turtle. Drew (my nephew), on the other hand, isnt as eager to give up being the "baby" and some days says he is going to "fight him". Other days he wants to love on my belly and feel him kick, we'll just have to wait and see how these boys truly like little man. Not that they really have a choice at this point! :) We have also been busy geting Dayton's room ready for his arrival. Slowly, but surely we are getting there....here are a few pics.....






Austin has also started back to school. He works during the day and then attends school Monday through Thursday nights from 6-10. He is going back to school to work with computers! He started back about a month ago and LOVES it! I am so proud of him. He had his first final last week and made an 89!

We have had a great summer. Tate is ready to start back to school....which he does 2 weeks from today. He will go three days this year instead of 2. But will still go from 9-1 and be with my mom the rest of the day. Other than that nothing too exciting going on in the Hill House. We are just hanging in there!! Here are a couple more pics from our summer. We love you all!!





I forgot to add that we did get to experience our first trip to the ER with Tate this year. Well, mommy did, daddy was at school. Luckily I had my mom and dad to keep me calm. Tate was running through the house and fell and his his head right on the corner of the walls- busted it right open. I was on my way home from work when I got the call. After a quick call to daddy we decided a trip to the ER was in order. We were lucky enough that it could be fixed with glue and no stitches....I cant imagine having to have gone through stitches with him. It was bad enough trying to convience him the bandaid was okay!! :) But we survived and he is proud of his battle wound...and it is healing very well!

Tates Three!!!

Tates third birthday party was a huge sucess, if I can say so myself. We had abt 12 kids that showed up, and their parents of course, which, I dont know what we wouldve done has parents not stayed, it was pretty crazy around here. Luckily we have decent size house, and it was a pretty day, so we could let the kids go outside. Tate had so much fun!! We had cupcakes (that mommy and sissy stayed up the night before making) and opened presents and had a pull-string pinata....which is a great idea, except Tate pulled the one string that opens it the first time!! Oh well, the kids didnt mind, it was FULL of goodies! Thanks to everyone who helped! And we missed everyone who couldnt make it!! I am attempting to get thank-yous out, sorry they havent made it yet, I hit a bump in the road.....Love to all!!!