little green beans

The last few weeks of our lives have been kinda hard. My sister Tammy has been battling different kinds of health problems for several years now. and so the latest issue was a kidney that wasn't functioning and needed to be removed. anyway, she had the surgery, it all went good, Logan (her 19 year old) and i go down there a week afterwords (it was in Houston, so she and my mom where at my brothers house) we took her shopping, to get a hair cut, go to the circus, just stuff to try and get her back on her feet and then we leave on Sunday because i needed to get back. the next day, Monday, she finds out her (removed) kidney had cancer all in it, Wednesday she finds out its also in her lungs, the next Wednesday she finds out its all over her upper torso, lungs, liver, stomach, exc.. and then one week later, Wednesday, she was gone. she died at age 47. so within two weeks it was... no words can describe.

anyway, everything is over now and it all went well. Logan is leaving for college this next week, Nelson (her 21 year old) is still trying to figure out what he wants to be in life. and we've all kinda gone back to the way things where before, but its not the same :) it just all happened so fast. anyway, i'm doing pretty good, i seem to deal with death better than alot so i guess that is something i need to be thankful for. but if you have time, send a prayer up for my mom and Tammy's boys, they need them badly.

on a happier note, eric and i are expecting again, i know surprise, surprise. it was planned, although not very well, Auburn and this one are going to be even closer in age than the first two. oh well. and the due date (not that i plan on having one of my giant babies on the due date) is my dad's birthday, March 7th, so that's kinda neat. we are excited, and scared, i don't really know how i'm going to handle three, but i guess i'll figure it out :) (just so you don't have to do the math i'm 12 weeks, tomorrow) and for some strange reason i feel all this pressure for it to be a boy, go figure. :)

anyway, there's a little update on life. and here are some pictures of kids, what this blogs really all about :)

the following photos are of Auburn eating, its disastrous! especially after having a dainty clean one like Ayelan...

these potatoes were apparently very good...

she literally licked the plate clean.

Angela, Tammy's ex-step daughter (confusing relationship, but Angela and i grew up together after my sister married her dad), came down for the funeral, here is her daughter Ashlyn (8 months) with Auburn

and with Ayelan... Ashlyn is so cute you just want to squeeze her.