Playing catch up

The past 2 weeks have been crazy. Trying to juggle our normal every day life schedule and make trips to Vanderbilt and back several times throughout the week last week has wore me out! I've also been slacking in blog posts. I'm sure you all understand. Anyways, I am BACK and playing catch up this morning. So let's start with my Nana...

THANKS to anyone and everyone who prayed for my Nana and my family over the past week and a half. As I said in my last post, Nana went to be with Jesus last Friday night around 10 PM. It was extremely sudden and unexpected. She had the accident the Saturday before (11/5) and was responsive for the first 3 days of being in the trauma unit. She started slipping away from us Monday night and never really came back after. It's complete chaos being in the trauma unit. It's up and down, up and down. Every time we thought she would be getting better, she would take a few steps back. Friday morning the doctors wanted to meet with the family. My older sister April and I decided we wanted to be there for this. I went into work and left around 9 thinking I would be back after lunch. We were thinking this meeting was just an update of how she was doing and maybe some options of where to go next... We were wrong. We met with my Nana's doctor and the palliative care nurse for Vanderbilt. The doctor told us that she was no longer fighting. They had her on the biggest vent in the US on the highest oxygen rate and she was not progressing. He told us what her conditions would be like IF she were to ever survive this and they weren't good. We were left with making the decision of taking her off of the life support. The doctor stressed that in her condition he was afraid something would give out and she would pass without her family being able to be with her. We didn't want that. She WOULDN'T have wanted that. They gave us time to get all of the family there, including her sister who flew in from Florida. We gathered around her bed side Friday night as they took her off the vent. We kissed her... we held her hands... we rubbed her arms/legs... we told her how much we loved her... we told her how much she mean't to us... and we even sang her favorite song as she went to be with Jesus... "Amazing Grace." It was so surreal. It was like nothing I've ever had to experience. It was sad but comforting all at the same time. We were comforted by the fact that she didn't have to be in pain anymore. We were comforted by the fact that she wasn't suffering anymore! Most of all, we were comforted because we knew exactly where she was going... straight to Heaven!!!

July 14th, 2009. The day Tuff was born.

Holding baby Tuff :)

and feeding baby Tuff ;)

October 2, 2010. My wedding day.

Again, with my hubby and her husband Ray.

Her wedding day, just 2 weeks later.

LOVE this picture. She looks SO happy.

My Nana was an exceptional woman who LOVED big!!! She loved her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren more than ANYTHING. She will be thought of daily until we are reunited again. I love you Nana. See you in Heaven!

So for some more catch up... Gunner Bear (that's my nickname for him lately) turns 3 months old TODAY! Our boy is getting big. We were behind on going to the doctor so we just had his 2 month check up last week on Tuesday (11/8). Here he is before seeing Dr and getting shots.

His stats looked like this:

age: 2 months

weight: 12 lbs. 13 oz.

length: 23.75

I will be taking his "3 month" photo shoot tonight so I will be back with his 3 month post tomorrow.

And just for fun, here is Tuff at his 2 month check up.

They aren't looking to similar in these pictures.

On to some more catching up. I hosted a sprinkle for my new niece Sophie and nephew Greer last Thursday night (11/10). My sister decided she didn't want anything too big so we just invited close friends and family to a local restaurant. We ate, enjoyed each others company and talked alot about the new additions coming soon! She got alot of sweet cards and gift cards from everyone who attended. Here are some pictures from our night.

Table 1

Table 2

I caught a fish face

My beautiful sister

The cake.

If you look closely, you can see the twin babies on top.

All the sisters, and Ada!

The whole crew.

Twin sock monkeys! I LOVE these.

We had a wonderful time celebrating the twins with my sister! They actually got their travel call Monday so they will be leaving THIS Friday to get the twins and returing home next Friday. I can't wait to love and smooch all over them!!!

Next on the catch up list... Tuff had his very FIRST picture day at school yesterday. I have to say, he was looking mighty cute before I sent him on his way. We had a little photo shoot before-hand.

My FAV of the "shoot"

Our baby is getting SO big. He's almost not a baby anymore. I'm in love with how handsome he is in ALL of these pictures.

Hope you're all having a wonderful week.

I will be back tomorrow with Gunner's 3 month post!

Happy Wednesday, Friends!!!