Aunt Becky

My Aunt Becky passed away this morning. From what I understand, she went peacefully in her sleep. She had been fighting ovarian cancer for the past year. It was already in stage 4 when it was discovered, so we all knew she wouldn't recover from it. We were lucky enough to celebrate her 72nd birthday with her last weekend. I'm just so glad she was able to meet my children and that we were able to spend lots of time with her in the end.

Adam's sister, Amy, came with us to Hospice about a month ago. She took some wonderful pictures of Becky with the kids. You can check out her other work here: Simple Moments Photography.

Becky's Portrait

She loved stuffed animals!

I'm in LOVE with this picture!

Talking to Grayson

Kissing Rogan

Thanksgiving 2010

Meeting Grayson for the first time.

Meeting Rogan for the first time.

Christmas 2009

Thanksgiving 2009

Thanksgiving 2008

Meeting Arden for the first time.

I know my kids won't remember her, but I hope these pictures are a testament to them of her love.

We love you, Becky! Give grandma and grandpa a hug for me. Rest in peace.

Mommy's Little Artist

Arden will draw on anything and everything if I'm not keeping a close eye on her. My mom says I did the same thing when I was little...like mother, like daughter, I guess!

A couple of weeks ago, Arden and I were coloring in her coloring book during the boys' nap time. They woke up, and I needed to go downstairs to make their bottles. Arden was so into her coloring book that I thought maybe...just this once...she'd stick to coloring in it while I went downstairs. I was so wrong. The next thing I knew, she was downstairs and the entire stairwell was covered in green crayon. Luckily, it was washable and came off easily with just water.

Oh, this girl is such a little monkey. She's lucky she's cute...and that she loves to clean!