Darling Trevor,
2007 September 12th your 1st birthday would have been a very special day for you and your Mom & Dad.
We wish you could be here with us.
We can only imagine how you would look with your beautiful face and those blue eyes. Your chubby legs with dimpled knees which would by now be carrying you as you start walking and becoming even more active than you ever were.
It is wonderful to have an imagination.
We feel so fortunate to have had time with you and we try to be thankful for that time but it is very, very hard because we wanted so much more.
While trying to continue life positively after you left we do feel a hollowness and emptiness and struggle to find meaning and direction in what we now have and do. The spring in our step is not as high as it used to be.
The last time we saw you, is how we will always remember you.
Love Grandma & Granddad
2007 09 12
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Sunday, September 9, 2007
Monday, July 9, 2007
Our time with Trevor
March 2006 was when we the grandparents and the family in South Africa got the fantastic news from Paul that he and Tracy were expecting a baby.
As the months passed news of the pregnancy, the scans and the measurements of baby Hamilton’s arms and legs plus other test results were communicated to us and the family. No test gave any cause for alarm and each result was according to the book.
The telephone calls about the baby’s movements and how Paul placed his hand on Tracy’s tummy to feel these movements. The excitement bubbled over.
How uncertain Paul and Tracy were of this little person coming into their lives and all the questions they were considering about their ability to manage a baby. How will we know what to do and the usual things that parents to be ask themselves.
Then Paul telephoned us from his car to say he was on his way home as Tracy had called him to say her water had broken and they would have to go to the hospital. We as grandparents in South Africa were very excited but also very sad that we could not be there for the birth. After a long wait another telephone call was made and this time to advise that on the 12th September 2006 Trevor Howard Hamilton was born. He was a boy and gorgeous and healthy and perfect in every way. Also that Tracy was fine and very happy with her little bundle of joy.
What more could we as a family have asked for and shortly after the birth we proudly advised the other family members in SA and UK. Then the photographs arrived and as we had heard we now saw that Trevor was beautiful to the core.
The pride and expression of love of the new parents was just unbelievable as was reflected in their voices and actions and rightly so.
In October and Paul and Tracy telephoned to invite us to spend time at their home with the new family, we were thrilled and arrived in Dallas on the 8th November 2006. We thank them for a truly wonderful two and a half months at their home and with their family.
At the airport Tracy managed the video camera as Paul introduced their son to his parents, the grandparents. The photographs we had seen had not prepared us for what it would be like to see our grandson for the first time. He was the image of his father, the likeness uncanny and it was striking. Trevor was actually a good mix of mother and father as he had his mother’s soft beautifully shaped mouth and her huge blue eyes. He of course was ecstatic to meet his grandparents from Cape Town.
Our time spent with Trevor was so very special. Waking up in the morning to the sounds of Trevor, Tracy and Paul going about the morning chores and then going to sleep at night knowing that tomorrow we would again hear those same sounds, like music to our ears. He was such a happy and contented baby and a delight to be with.
Our days were filled with Trevor. Feeding, babysitting him and just watching his character grow and grow more beautiful each day. It was such a pleasure to see his facial expressions and to hear his sounds, both of which changed almost daily as he grew.
We are sure you have heard the saying ‘life is short’ well we did not realize just how short Trevor’s life would be and having had the opportunity to hold him and love him even for that short time that we were with him was just so eventful with many memories to savor, thank you Paul & Tracy.
Bath time was wonderful as Paul and Tracy worked together to bathe their son and Trevor just loved the water especially when Tracy let it run over his head and down his face to rinse away the lather.
Every morning normally around 8 was an extra special time between grandson and granddad as they spent time talking about things that they were going to do in the future. Granddad did the talking and Trevor smiled and listened and he listened with such enthusiasm it was just fantastic. Those occasions watched over by grandma are forever cherished and clearly imprinted in our memories.
Being a grandparent is such a joy, without the responsibility.
As long as we live Trevor will always be close to our hearts as he is in our thoughts daily and we love him dearly.
Sleep well Trevor our darling baby angel
Granddad and Grandma in SA
2007 07 08
As the months passed news of the pregnancy, the scans and the measurements of baby Hamilton’s arms and legs plus other test results were communicated to us and the family. No test gave any cause for alarm and each result was according to the book.
The telephone calls about the baby’s movements and how Paul placed his hand on Tracy’s tummy to feel these movements. The excitement bubbled over.
How uncertain Paul and Tracy were of this little person coming into their lives and all the questions they were considering about their ability to manage a baby. How will we know what to do and the usual things that parents to be ask themselves.
Then Paul telephoned us from his car to say he was on his way home as Tracy had called him to say her water had broken and they would have to go to the hospital. We as grandparents in South Africa were very excited but also very sad that we could not be there for the birth. After a long wait another telephone call was made and this time to advise that on the 12th September 2006 Trevor Howard Hamilton was born. He was a boy and gorgeous and healthy and perfect in every way. Also that Tracy was fine and very happy with her little bundle of joy.
What more could we as a family have asked for and shortly after the birth we proudly advised the other family members in SA and UK. Then the photographs arrived and as we had heard we now saw that Trevor was beautiful to the core.
The pride and expression of love of the new parents was just unbelievable as was reflected in their voices and actions and rightly so.
In October and Paul and Tracy telephoned to invite us to spend time at their home with the new family, we were thrilled and arrived in Dallas on the 8th November 2006. We thank them for a truly wonderful two and a half months at their home and with their family.
At the airport Tracy managed the video camera as Paul introduced their son to his parents, the grandparents. The photographs we had seen had not prepared us for what it would be like to see our grandson for the first time. He was the image of his father, the likeness uncanny and it was striking. Trevor was actually a good mix of mother and father as he had his mother’s soft beautifully shaped mouth and her huge blue eyes. He of course was ecstatic to meet his grandparents from Cape Town.
Our time spent with Trevor was so very special. Waking up in the morning to the sounds of Trevor, Tracy and Paul going about the morning chores and then going to sleep at night knowing that tomorrow we would again hear those same sounds, like music to our ears. He was such a happy and contented baby and a delight to be with.
Our days were filled with Trevor. Feeding, babysitting him and just watching his character grow and grow more beautiful each day. It was such a pleasure to see his facial expressions and to hear his sounds, both of which changed almost daily as he grew.
We are sure you have heard the saying ‘life is short’ well we did not realize just how short Trevor’s life would be and having had the opportunity to hold him and love him even for that short time that we were with him was just so eventful with many memories to savor, thank you Paul & Tracy.
Bath time was wonderful as Paul and Tracy worked together to bathe their son and Trevor just loved the water especially when Tracy let it run over his head and down his face to rinse away the lather.
Every morning normally around 8 was an extra special time between grandson and granddad as they spent time talking about things that they were going to do in the future. Granddad did the talking and Trevor smiled and listened and he listened with such enthusiasm it was just fantastic. Those occasions watched over by grandma are forever cherished and clearly imprinted in our memories.
Being a grandparent is such a joy, without the responsibility.
As long as we live Trevor will always be close to our hearts as he is in our thoughts daily and we love him dearly.
Sleep well Trevor our darling baby angel
Granddad and Grandma in SA
2007 07 08
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Aunty Lisa, Uncle Bevil, Meggan and Kayla
Meggan Liebenberg age 11 (cousin) (South Africa) 2007 08 01
So beautiful and calm, so sweet and amazing. Oh how I wish I could have met you. Such things do happen; we do not understand and ask why??? why?? why???
Our hearts were full of joy when we heard the great news of your birth but when the bad news came, our hearts wept with sorrow.
I had come home from school and I could see that something was wrong. I asked: "what's wrong?" but tears fell from my mom's face. She explained everything to me. My tears fell too. Nothing could ever be the same without Trevor in our life. Oh how I wish he was still here.
Kayla Liebenberg age 9 (cousin) (South Africa) 2007 08 01
You were so sweet. I wish I could have got to know you. I wish you were still alive, but you are gone. I will always miss you. You were so hamsome and charming that I will never forget you. You must be the coolest and cutest angel in heven. I loved the way you looked at everyone. I love every moment that you were alive. I love you
Uncle Bevil and Aunty Lisa (South Africa) 2007 08 01
Our darling Trevor,
12 September 2006 is a day we will never forget. Your mommy and daddy were beaming in that photo with you in their arms.
We never got to meet you but know you - we did. Your mommy and daddy would tell us all you did, how fast you were growing and how beautiful and incredibly clever you were.
Grandma and Granddad would tell us how precious and adorable you were and so we got to know you!!
The day the tragic news came out hearts broke and we just couldn't understand why. Slowly but surely we are understanding, sometimes harder than others, that God needed you in heaven to watch over all of us.
You will always be in our hearts and thoughts and a day doesn't go by without us thinking of you, our darling little angel.
So beautiful and calm, so sweet and amazing. Oh how I wish I could have met you. Such things do happen; we do not understand and ask why??? why?? why???
Our hearts were full of joy when we heard the great news of your birth but when the bad news came, our hearts wept with sorrow.
I had come home from school and I could see that something was wrong. I asked: "what's wrong?" but tears fell from my mom's face. She explained everything to me. My tears fell too. Nothing could ever be the same without Trevor in our life. Oh how I wish he was still here.
Kayla Liebenberg age 9 (cousin) (South Africa) 2007 08 01
You were so sweet. I wish I could have got to know you. I wish you were still alive, but you are gone. I will always miss you. You were so hamsome and charming that I will never forget you. You must be the coolest and cutest angel in heven. I loved the way you looked at everyone. I love every moment that you were alive. I love you
Uncle Bevil and Aunty Lisa (South Africa) 2007 08 01
Our darling Trevor,
12 September 2006 is a day we will never forget. Your mommy and daddy were beaming in that photo with you in their arms.
We never got to meet you but know you - we did. Your mommy and daddy would tell us all you did, how fast you were growing and how beautiful and incredibly clever you were.
Grandma and Granddad would tell us how precious and adorable you were and so we got to know you!!
The day the tragic news came out hearts broke and we just couldn't understand why. Slowly but surely we are understanding, sometimes harder than others, that God needed you in heaven to watch over all of us.
You will always be in our hearts and thoughts and a day doesn't go by without us thinking of you, our darling little angel.
Love you and always will.
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