Well, Mother's Day ended up being rather unusual this year. Last Sunday (May 4) we were all saddened by a phone call informing us of the sudden death of Brenda's Grandmother - this is the Grandmother that we name Claire after (Brenda's Father's mother). We were on a plane with our little girls just 2 days later for the rest of the week. This ended up being Aspen's first round trip flight. She was a jewel on all 4 airplanes, as was Claire. Aspen slept most of the way, (which was a blessing so I could finally catch a few moments of sleep) and was cute and awake only for a brief 30 minutes. I was so glad to get there a few days before the funeral so I could spend some quality one on one time with my Grandfather, now that he is a widower.
My Uncle Stan (my Dad's only brother) told me that while they were in the hospital with Grandma immediately before she died, they would occassionally hear a bell. He inquired what the bell was for, and it turns out that whenever a baby is born in this hospital, a bell rings, and a bell rang the moment after my Grandmother passed on. Grandma had previously decided she wanted 8 of her Granddaughters (including myself) to be her Pall bearers, and the other granddaughters and Great-granddaughters were her Honorary Pallbearers.
Here are a couple more photos from the funeral: David and Aspen with family at the graveside, and Claire placing a rose on Grandma's coffin.
On a final happy note, we just got a phone call that David's sister just had a baby boy on Mother's Day!
On the bright side, the rest of Brenda's family got to meet Aspen and all of David's family that lives in Utah got to meet her as well :-) Everyone just fell in love with her - I started to look forward 
to her fussy moments so I could get a chance to hold little Aspen!...
to her fussy moments so I could get a chance to hold little Aspen!...
My Uncle Stan (my Dad's only brother) told me that while they were in the hospital with Grandma immediately before she died, they would occassionally hear a bell. He inquired what the bell was for, and it turns out that whenever a baby is born in this hospital, a bell rings, and a bell rang the moment after my Grandmother passed on. Grandma had previously decided she wanted 8 of her Granddaughters (including myself) to be her Pall bearers, and the other granddaughters and Great-granddaughters were her Honorary Pallbearers.
Here are a couple more photos from the funeral: David and Aspen with family at the graveside, and Claire placing a rose on Grandma's coffin.
On a final happy note, we just got a phone call that David's sister just had a baby boy on Mother's Day!Here is a photo Claire took of Aspen in the airport on the way home yesterday:
We would like to wish all the wonderful women in our lives our most fondest wishes! Love, the ABCD Family!
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