december 19 is a day filled with a lot of emotion. 23 years ago today my brother was born. i have very few memories as a child but i remember the day he was born. i was staying at my "momma Teresa's" house and my daddy & grandpa came to get me. i was 5 laying across the chair watching the old timey rudolph cartoon, pretending i was a reindeer. they walked in and told me my brother was here and asked if i wanted to go see him. i told them NO! so momma Teresa told them to leave me again for the night and come get me in the morning. so that's what they did. i still wasn't too interested in meeting him the next day either haha. but he's ok, i guess i'll keep him around ;) Happy Birthday Peepmutt!
also one year ago today we got the call to come pick up Maci a few days early. the guy said he knew she was going to a good home and that even though she was tiny he knew we would take good care of her so he decided to let us have her almost a week early. she was momma's baby from the second i got her. she rode home on the back of my neck, under my hair asleep and has been spoiled rotten ever since!!
also one year ago today a very lovely lady passed away after dealing with alzheimer's for 5 years. while i never got to know the 'real' mamaw i've heard wonderful stories about her, her cooking, how she would never let anyone see her cry and go lock herself in the bathroom to cry. matt said she and aunt nanny reminded him so much of each other with their white hair and sometimes crazy attitudes. she was a very Christian lady and i really hate i didn't get to know the wonderful person she once was. she was 'here' briefly when matt and i first started dating and met branson several times before her mind completely went. she was the only grandparent matt's ever really had, all of his others were gone and he never knew them. but she had a lovely funeral and even though i didn't get to know mamaw well it definitely fit her well. there were beautiful pink flowers, a pretty pink casket with little pink roses on the sides and her suit was so pretty too. everyone agreed she looked the prettiest they'd seen her in a long time. that she actually looked like mamaw. it was really hard seeing matt be so upset that day. she was the first person he had ever lost. we took a pink rose from her spray and placed it in our Christmas tree that year and said that every year after we would place a pink rose in our tree on dec 19. so today we'll have to do that in honor of her as well as aunt nanny <3
and one year ago today i would have never expected to be pregnant and with a little girl either!!! so today i feel as a way to honor mamaw i have something i would like to share. ever since matt & i met and started discussing marriage and family we've always tossed around kids names. and he said if he ever had a daughter he would love to be able to name her partially after mamaw. i never had any strong desire or preference for a specific name, full name or anything so i had no objections when he said this and i like naming my kids middle names after someone who is important to us. so today i announce that little Miss A's middle name is none other than Carlene, after mamaw. i know she would be so proud to know she has a great granddaughter named after her!! i know it makes Kaye very happy, as well as Matt. and i love the name. it's very classy, old but not completely old fashioned and different. i am very happy that this is something Matt's always wanted and finally got the chance to do. Branson's middle name is Lane, after my sister Angie's little boy Preston Layne, just a different spelling because when i was pregnant with him she helped me SO much!! Jaxon's middle name is Keith after both uncles on both sides of the family. funny how that worked out too. after my Uncle Keith died i always said i wanted to somehow name a child after him because i loved him so much. and then turns out that Matt's brother, Brian is Brian Keith and he's so special to us too! everybody loves Weezie :) so it was the perfect combination of our first child and he was just meant to be a boy and have the name Keith. now with this little girl mamaw gets to be honored. so now you all know part of her name, which this part we don't mind sharing one bit but the rest WILL be kept a secret until she arrives. i was just waiting on the right time and it felt like there was no other perfect time than today. she was a very special lady to Matt & his family and if anyone would possibly want to 'steal' this name, then by all means be my guest because to you it would only be a name but to us it's a wonderful lady who embodied so many amazing qualities.
(part of Miss A's name on her wall. the rest will remain a secret until she arrives)
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