A very sad time in my life...

I just lost my paw-paw this friday. its a shock because he was doing so well. he was out to eat with some of the family earlier that night and everything was fine. we got a call friday nite about 9 pm that something was wrong with paw paw. we rushed to the house...uncle jr was already there and he did everything he could, it was already too late. I loved my paw paw so much, he was one of the most important men in my life and definitely the smartest! Paw paw i just want to tell you one more time that I love you and i would give anything just to hear you say... 'i love me too'. I will try to look out for grandma, its going to be hard on her, you were her very best friend and you two had been together for so long....its so unreal....i still can't believe it. i want you to come home so bad. Paw paw you were so important and the a huge part of our lives. I LOVE YOU PAW PAW i will miss you more than you can imagine. love, mit mit

Cole's Birth

Evan and I found out we were pregnant in February 2008. We were so excited, but at the same time so scared to get our hopes up because the year before I had a miscarriage. It was one of the hardest things I have ever had to go through. So I took a second test to be sure and it was then confirmed by the doctor's office. The pregnancy was great, I had no real serious problems...just the very often nosebleed, some pain in my "area", and terrible heart burn...38 weeks, Sept. 31, 2008...Evan and I went to bed as usual. Nothing was really different about that night, I was tired and Evan had to get up at 5 am for work. Well, I awake at 4 am and I feel like I am having somach cramps. I continued to lay there and wait for Evan to wake up cause I really didn't want to wake him up. My 'cramps' or contractions were about every 8-10 minutes. I was a little scared and Evan didn't believe me. Evan goes to work and I call my mama, she gets to my house about 6:30 am. I sleep off and on and we monitor my contractions, they were regular but not really consistant in frequency. I ended up heading to the hospital about 12 pm. The doctor thinks I am having false labor so he pushes fluids and makes me walk the halls. nothing helps...he tells me I can stay and try rest therapy or I can go home and try to rest. I was so upset cause i really didn't know what to do...i decide to go home because I was so hungry. We go to the sonic and to Amerigas and I am in labor for real. I'm in tears cause it hurts so bad. When I return to the hospital i tell them i want to do rest therapy because i was so exhausted and couldn't sleep. That worked for a few hours. then more meds and an epidural later i had my beautiful son, Cole Early Taylor at 6:38 am. I was in labor for 26 hours. It was very tiring on my body and because of the extended labor I had postpartum hemmorhage. I lost almost 2 liters of blood, but things were controlled. It was the hardest thing I have ever done but it was the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. I thank God every night for my beautiful, sweet angel. Every woman should experience child birth and being a mother. It's wonderful!!