Let's show the family some love

So, I sit here and tell you guys all about my family. The light of my life, my son, Christian. My husband, Matthew. My friends. Sadly, my files are very unorganized at the moment and I'm having a hard time finding pictures of all the people I want to show you guys. So, I'll give it my best shot.

Well, you all know who I am. This was taken a month after my son's death and just before my mom's. The boot is very real. I broke my foot walking out of a CVS with Christian in my arms. Thankfully I was smart enough to sit down once I realized my foot was broken, so no one was hurt.


This is my younger brother, Kolton and my son, Christian playing after church one Sunday. Kolton is 14 and if I'm not mistaken, Christian is about 11 months old in this picture.


I know I talk a lot about Christian being sick. There was a 2 month period where he was getting fevers every single day. When I say fever, I'm talking about 104+. He had to make several trips to the ER due to dehydration and us not being able to keep his temperature down. It was after J.P. died, so it was a scary time for me. I didn't want to lose him too.

These are my son's ashes. The Coke can is for proportion measurements only. John Parker was born and died on May 22nd, 2009. He was a victim of Spina Bifida and Anencephaly.


And this would be my husband, Matt. This is probably the absolute most recent picture we have together, and sad thing is... it's about 4 or 5 months old. We had just gotten out of the Marine Corps and moved back home to Alabama. I'm not sure if John Parker had passed away yet or not but I do know that this was within 1 or 2 weeks of that time period.

An older picture, Senior prom to be exact. April 2007.

These are my friends :) Mine AND Matt's friends, actually. I'm pretty sure Matt was still in North Carolina while Christian and I made a 1 month trip to AL for a visit. I WAS pregnant in this picture. 16 weeks to be exact. So, I think I was pretty much the only sober one there, which was okay with me.