The Burton's

February 22, 2009

Fun with Family...... (my side)

My sisters and my Mom

Lindsay, Jill, Me , Mom , Vincent and Shannon

Granny, Grandpa, Shannon , Me and Vincent

Lindsay, Jill, Me, Aunt Laure, Mom , and AnneMarie

The Sisters and The Boys

Me and Aunt Laure

Shannon and Lindsay

Jill and Vincent

VA and OH

Shannon and Zoey

Great Grandpa and Vincent

I finally got to see little Zach! I wanted to steal him ! He is so cute! And what a good baby!

Zoey and Vincent

Long trip from VA to OH to IL !

Hmm.... Whats in here??

Vincent had so much fun @ Uncle Billy and Aunt Gail's house!

Shannon and his side.....

Shannon and Vincent with one of Carolyn's sisters. Naomi and Vernon

Shannon and His Aunt Grace

Vincent, Shannon and His Uncle Gene

Uncle Billy and Aunt Carrie Mae

Shannon with his cousin Franny. (Franny is his Uncle Bryant's daughter)

Shannon , Uncle Mack, Little Mack and Vincent

We just got back from our trip to VA. We got in late Tuesday night(2/10) . We saw carolyn for just a few minutes that night before she went to bed. We then spent the whole day with her Weds (2/11) and we got a phone call Thursday morning that she had passed. It was so hard being there. But we thank God for letting us making it in time for her to see us . She will be dearly missed.......

February 6, 2009

2 Weeks

For all of you who know about Shannon's Aunt Carolyn. Here is an update. Back in October 2008 Carolyn was diagnosed with Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer. She had a large tumor in her stomach and stomach lining. After finding out the news, she went to VA to live with her sisters . There she decided to start treatment. Things were looking good. The tumor was shrinking and she was getting stronger. In the last 2 months she had took a decline. She started to get blood transfusions weekly and switched from a 6hr Chemo treatment to a pill form. We got some disturbing news last night. The doctors told her sister ( Ruth) that there isn't anything else they can do for her and that she doesn't have that much longer.
We were planning a 2 week road trip Feb14th-28th to see her and the rest of our family. We now bumped it up to this Monday(9th).
Carolyn is like a 2nd Mother to Shannon . She has no children and Shannon is like her son.
I just ask that you would keep her in your prayers. I just hope she holds out long enough for us to make it there.
Thanks you for all your warm thoughts and prayers!

Bowling for a Cure!

On January 25th, 7 of us got together and participated in Strike out with Alzheimer's! It was so much fun. Last year , some of us did the walk. So we wanted to change it up a bit and thought bowling for a cure would be fun too! Vincent sure loved watching the bowling balls fly!

January 18, 2009

VPB and BAS = Buds for life!

January 12, 2009

Jo Jo Sunshine

This past weekend, my Mom came to visit! Vincent loved every minute of her stay! Especially seeing how she brought Jo Jo! That is Vincent's new best friend!!!

Come here JoJo

Vincent took JoJo's bed!

January 6, 2009

Messy Messy Boy!

This is what happens when mommy has the flu and daddy makes dinner! It sure was good!! Yummy Pasta! I have the best daddy ever!!!

Take that KOTA!!!!

Finally! It took vincent til now to grow fond of Kota. We now can turn Kota on and Vincent will pet, feed, and even talk to him! The next step is to ride him! I have a feeling, that will not be too soon! But, we did however, put Kota in Vincent's room. The colors match perfectly!

Daddy's rocking chair

We got Shannon's rocking chair when we were prego with Vincent. He now shows interest in it! He thinks it is his cool new toy. Even though it has been in his room since birth! He thinks he is a super cool dude now! He will rock the night away if we let him!

Getting on it......

I will sit like this for a little bit.....

Cool dude!

He now pushes himself off with the step stool!

You wanna see my tricks??

January 2, 2009

Awe....

I finally found the picture of Vincent from his 1st Christmas with his matching Hat and Sweater. Too cute and then this year Auntie Lindsay got him the "Big Boy" version!!!