This is my dear sweet maternal grandmother, Reba Jones. We called her Mamma and this is my favorite picture of her. She died of Alzheimer's in '98 and I miss her so much. I have never met anyone who loved their family so much. I have many very fond memories of her. Miss you, Mamma.
This was the day I gave birth to Blaze and this particular picture brings a tear to my eye because we weren't able to get any pictures of his birth or right after his birth because they whisked him away to NICU before we could take any pictures. He spent eight long days in NICU. I wonder how I did that...makes me so sad to think I couldn't hold my newborn son for the first five days of his life. I guess we handle what God gives us and He sees us through it all. You can't see Kellyn's shirt in this picture but it read, "I'm the Big Sister." We all anticipated this day so much and it makes me sad that the only pictures I have of Blaze's birth are these pictures without him in it. Thank God he is a healthy ball of fire today.
I am sure most of you know my eighteen year-old niece, Kristin, was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma when she was nine. This is picture of her doing the Macarena. As sick as that little girl got, she never quit living. That hat was such a significant part of the two years she was sick. I rarely saw her without it on. She was and still is an amazing girl!
This is a picture of Hays taking Kellyn to the nursery right after she was born. Notice Toya in the background looking so proud of her son. It was such a neat and emotional time in our lives...I can't believe it's been 8 1/2 years since this picture was taken. Time flies!
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Man...those made me cry! I remember Hays that day. He was shaking and sweaty!
I can't beleive Kristin is 18. I remember when that all happened.
I remember coming to see you when Kellyn was born...barely...that does nto seem that long ago either. Why are we getting old so fast?
All in the 90's huh!! I love it b/c these were all big things in your life and are who you are today...esp. the baby ones...and Kristin, that was crazy times and she was so strong...look at Hays looking at that baby girl...aghhhhh!!!
And you and Kellyn, man how did you pull through those 8 days?? ahhhh monet!!!
great pics great stories!! Love it!!
I don't know HOW you did it with Blaze in NICU?! I was going crazy when they needed to do all the tests and stuff at first just for the first few hours! All great pics. And one of my faves that will be on my blog is of Kristin, too. I love that she's doing the macarana...just like her!
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