Our Story
William Hunter Hopkins was born on August 13, 2001 at 2:31 am. He weighed 8 lbs and 1 oz. He was 19 inches long. He was so cute and perfect. I was so happy to have him I felt like a I could be a real mother to him since I was so young when I had his older brother. I was now married and had a good job to support him. Little did I know that he would leave me so soon. Hunter went to heaven on October 4, 2001. We had a nightly routine. His father and him would take a bath together since Hunter hated to have a bath. Then he would get tired and I would feed him and he would go to his dad and lay on his chest to fall asleep then he would get in his bed. That night was no different, we did all that but when Adam had him laying on his chest Hunter kept spitting up and Adam would tell him if you do it again he was going to his bed, so he kept doing it, and he got put in his bed. Dominic our 7 year old at the time thought it was so funny cause Hunter was not listening. So he got in his bassinet around 10:00 pm. We found him at 5:15 am the next morning. My husband was getting up to go to work and went to hand me Hunter and he put him back in bed not saying a word to me he ran out of the house. I got up wondering what in the world is going on and picked Hunter up and since I worked at the Hospital I knew what had happen. We were so blessed to have Hunter in our lives for the 7 weeks and 4 days before he went to heaven due to Sid's. You know no one ever told us about Sids. They just told us to put him on his back and not to over heat him and that is what we did. You know when this first happened I often wondered why he was not the one that was at such a high risk. My 7 year old at the time was at more risk. I was very young when I had him. He was smoked around, he was 6 weeks early, I had not a lot of prenatal care. He slept on his belly. I could go on and on. Hunter is buried out by my Grandma and family. I did not want him in a baby cemetery. I want to be by him when I pass on. He will rest between my husband and I. Hunter's head stone is a teddy bear. It stands about 4 feet tall. I wanted it to be big and that away when you pull in you see it. I will include pictures of it in the photo center. Hunter I want you to know we love you and will never forget you. |
