New Pics

Here are some recent pictures of our little munchkin. He is ALL BOY let me tell ya. He wants to be outside all the time- can't ya tell from the farmer's tan he has got going on! If there is a ball anywhere around then he is throwing it. He still loves the water and playing all sports.

When it rains it pours...

Well, so much has happened to our family in the last couple months that I thought I would catch everyone up. I started my new job and I really like it, except I have so much work that it overflows into family time alot, which I do not like. But, when has anyone ever found the perfect job? Jimmy and Natalie got married and it was beautiful! Kyle made the cutest little ring bearer I have ever seen. He was able to make it down the stairs (with his cousin Morgan's help) without falling and then went and sat with his Mommy after he got to the end. He was so adorable in his little tux! I will try to get pics posted soon.
Then, on April 25 George's Dad passed away suddenly in the middle of the night at home. We tried to do CPR on him, but he was just gone. It was a shock to all of us because he had been doing so well. He even umpired baseball games two nights that week prior to his passing. It has been very hard to deal with. We miss him so much and it still sometimes seems like a dream. We are just doing the only thing we can and taking it one day at a time. Our family could definately use any prayers we can get if you wouldn't mind sending up some for us. Then, that same week George's Dad's oldest brother passed away. Next, my little Chihuahua that I have had for fourteen years-Valerie-got really sick with congestive heart failure that same week. We put her on medications for about two weeks, but she continued to get worse and was so swollen and miserable, so we had to put her to sleep last weekend. We have experienced so much loss recently and are just so sad. We miss George and Valerie daily and are just hoping our hearts will someday be able to heal from it all.
George made a big decision this past week also. He applied for a scholarship through the school and found out on Friday that he got it. He will be starting in September to get his Master's and principal certificate from Lamar University online. It will last 18 months and I am sure it will be difficult for us all-especially with it starting during football season and me having this busy job and having to be on call for weeks at a time and trying to be like a "single" parent through it all. But, it will be worth it in the end.
Kyle has been sick this past week. I took off work today and took him to the Pediatrician and they thought he had strept throat, but the culture came back negative so they decided he has some kind of virus. He is getting so big and is so smart (not that I am biased or anything). His hair is so blonde now too! He has this beautiful tan, olive skin tone and then bleach blonde hair. Who would have ever imagined I would have a bleach blonde kid! He talks all the time too! His favorite thing to say right now "Whats that?" and "Where is it?" The most awesome thing in the world too now, is that he tells us he loves us too now! We will say "I love you Kyle" and he will say "love ya!" In fact, he has even initiated it and told us before we tell him sometimes. It just means so much and is so sweet. For Mother's day Kyle got me a new digital camera and as soon as I can figure out the software I will post a bunch of new pics. Until the next post......God Bless you and yours...

A New Beginning....

Guess what?! I interviewed with Signature Health Services (a home health company out of Baytown) on Tuesday the 26th and that same day, a few hours later, I received an offer that I couldn't refuse! I got a pay raise, a sign on bonus, and many other great perks. Plus, most of all, it is an established business with a knowledgeable CEO and Administrator that can teach me the business and there is room for advancement. I really enjoy the home health side of nursing and am looking forward to learning more. I turned in my two weeks notice that day with the company I am with now, so I will end my current job on March 11th and start the new one on March 12th! Thanks so much for all the thoughts and prayers. I feel they have been answered!
-Heather Taylor, RN, COS-C

Recent pics of our litte man

Could he be a little coach in training?

Playing with his Valentine present from Nanny and Papa

Our champion Zebra rider!

He's trying to be cool like his Daddy with his hat on backwards.

He figured that whistle out quick!

Updates again!

Well, I guess it is time for an update. We have been really busy lately and with Kyle walking, or should I say running now, it is hard to find the time to actually get to the computer. When he naps it is my time to rush around the house and do all the laundry, dishes, cleaning up, etc...but other than that I am following him around constantly and trying to watch his every move so he doesn't hurt himself. Since he has become a toddler he seems to be really accident prone. He gets an "accident report" from school almost everyday. But, he is such a little joy and so much fun! He jabbers all the time! George and I feel like we live with a chatterbox and we only wish we knew what he was saying. He does say alot that we can understand though. Lets see- he says--
bye-bye, Momma, Daddy, CoCo (what he calls Toby), football, ball, touch down, Nonna, Apa, Meme, Papaw, Boo, and MUAH (he says this everytime he either gives a kiss or blows a kiss! It is really cute), and one of his favorites is Uh-Oh even when he did something on purpose. He also repeats things we say sometimes and even answers our questions with a yeah occasionally. He can point to his nose if I ask him where it is and can even do it if I ask him in spanish. I have been trying to teach him all the spanish that I know.
George is doing great. Powerlifting is almost over, he just has the regional and state meets left. Track started this week and George was really excited that our boys won the meet this week (apparently that haven't won much in the recent past). George has lost a total of 65 lbs on his diet program and the Doctor told him this week that he is pretty much done with the program and now just has to continue doing what he is doing to keep it off. I am so proud of him! He is eating better and runs 2 miles every night.
I am doing ok too. I am hoping to start the diet program that George did in the near future to try and shed some weight also. I had a great Valentine's day! My boys spoiled me rotten. George gave me a sweet card, my favorite candies, a gift card to tan for a year, and took me out for a romantic weekend. Kyle (with his daddy's help) had a dozen roses delivered to me at work and I had lunch with him at his school. My professional life is still in a bit of a turmoil though. I am not liking the business I work for (for many reasons) and so I have begun searching for a new job. I actually have an interview this Tuesday (Feb. 26th) with a different home health company in this area. We will see how it goes. Lately I just haven't felt real happy with my "work life" and have been considering even getting out of nursing....but, I really don't want to go back to school and losing my income would be impossible at this time.....so, I will just keep praying something better will come along.
We have so much coming up the next couple months! George has powerlifting and track meets and George's brother Jimmy is getting married in April and I am hosting a babyshower for one of my bestfriend in March....so, probably won't be posting again with updates for awhile. I will post some new pics soon~

A few of his Favorite things...

Kyle loves walking/running, taking baths, and eating spaghetti with his hands!

Houston Ballet

For one of my Christmas presents George took me to the Houston Ballet to see The Nutcracker. It was so nice! He took me to a ritzy restaurant to eat prior to the Ballet and then afterwards we went to a Jazz club. We had a great time and it was fun to get all dressed up!

Christmas 2007

We had a great Christmas Season! Our Christmas' started on Dec.22nd and didn't end until Jan. 2nd! This was because we attended Christmas with all of our families and drove all over the place! It was fast and furious, but fun. The best part was getting to have our "first" Christmas as a family (just the three of us). Kyle was too little to really have it seem like Christmas last year. George and I had a great time playing the role of "Santa" and we stayed up until 1:00 am putting stuff together and playing. Before putting Kyle to bed George read us The Night Before Christmas and then we were going to read the story of Jesus' birth in the Bible all together, but Kyle passed out before the end of the first book. So, just George and I read it together. It is so awesome to have our own little family and be able to make our own traditions. It was/is a dream come true for us. I hope one day Kyle will think of our family and all our little "traditions" we had even when he is all grown up with his own family. I know I still think aobut it every year.

Kyle's First Birthday

We celebrated Kyle's first birthday on December 15th and we had a fun party! Of course whats a party though without a little drama......right? It was a construction themed party. The cakes and cupcakes were beautiful (ok, cute, whatever you say for a boy's party) and we had lots of family and friends show up. I was holding Kyles cake near his highchair and everyone one was singing happy birthday and then.... to make a long story short Kyle's hand got near the flame of the candle (because I had turned my head when someone called my name) and everyone (ok most of the older people) screamed "OH MY GOSH" which in turn scared Kyle and he began to cry. Then he proceded to throw a fit and wouldn't touch his cake, and then I had to go into another room because I started crying because I felt like I had just showcased to the world how horrible of a Mother I was by letting my child get burned. WHEW! Anyways, when we reviewed the video tape at home we saw that his hand was no where near the candle and he didn't have a mark on his hand anywhere. But, we later discovered that Kyle doesn't like cake anyway. We tried it again at home later when it was just the three of us and he just didn't seem to like the taste of icing or cake. SO.....we didn't have any cute pictures of him with cake all over the place, but it turned out ok. I learned my lesson though, I don't really think big parties are the way to go, atleast until he is older.

The Holidays are here!

Things at the Taylor household have been going great. Kyle hasn't been sick (knock on wood) since his surgery. He started a new "school" this week and so far is doing really well there. He is just a little socialite, must get it from his Daddy. We had a great Thanksgiving. We got to see all sides of the family and it was nice. George is still doing great on his diet and has now lost 49 lbs in the 8 weeks he has been on the program! We are so proud of him. I am enjoying my new job, but quickly found out that all jobs have stress, just different kinds.....anyway, thats another story in itself! We worked at our Church Christmas Bazaar this weekend and had a good time. Kyle got to meet Santa for the first time and he seemed to really not know what to think about him. He never cried, but he kept making a funny face and holding his arms out to us to come pick him up. We also took a pic with a longhorn! I know, I know, how could we do that? Well you will just have to look closely at the picture to see...hehe! George and I are busy this week! We are playing in a softball tournament on Saturday benefitting the Toys for Tots Foundation and then one Sunday it will be Kyle's first birthday party!! Yay! We are so excited!

Recent Pics

Post Surgery

Kyle is doing ok after surgery on Monday. Thanks to everyone for the prayers. I stayed home with him today and he was a very kranky little man. He didn't want to sleep and kept rubbing his nose and ears. His left ear was bleeding a little bit and he vomited this evening, so I decided to stay home with him again tomorrow. George's Dad is going to the hospital in the morning to have cardioversion to try and get his hear rhythm back to normal. So again, asking for prayers. I will post some of the most recent pics of Kyle........sorry so bad at keeping up lately!

Keeping up with the Taylors...

Well....again I haven't been staying up to date on things. Football season is over for us. We won two district games this season. George will be coaching powerlifting next and he is looking forward to it. He already set up a league and is planning meets. I think the meets will start in January. He is also doing great on his lifestyle change! He has now lost 22 lbs in 6 weeks. He exercises daily and makes much healthier food choices, which is rubbing off on me too! We are very proud of him.

I have been working two jobs for about two months now. I have been working full time at the hospital and part time for a home health agency in Anahuac. I finally was offered the home health job full time and I am very excited about it! So, I will be working regular hours with no holidays for the first time ever! I can't wait. Also, the office is only a couple blocks away from our house and a few blocks from Kyle's daycare. I even get a lunch hour! SO AWESOME!

Kyle has been so sick lately. He keeps ear infections and no antibiotics were working for him! We had to take him for Rocephin shots the last two weeks to try and clear up the infections, so we were referred to a ENT. We took him to see the ENT on Tuesday and after a hearing test that wasn't wonderful and taking a look at his ears and his history he scheduled Kyle for surgery on Monday, November 12th. He will be getting tubes in his ears and possibly having his adenoids removed also. We are very nervous to know our little man is going to have to go under anethesia and be intubated and have an IV, etc...but, we are hoping it will help in the long run. Please pray for us this week. Kyle is still a sweetie, even when he is sick! He is trying so hard to walk and has taken about 5 or 6 steps alone. But, he is very off balance due to the fluid in his ears, so he falls easliy. WEll, now we are caught up for a while. I will try to post some pics soon!

Gatorfest 2007

Gatorfest was this past weekend and Kyle had a blast! George had to work in the morning and I took Kyle early so it wasn't too hot for him. Then, about 2pm George and the other coaches got to judge to gator cook off contest. My mom and Vince came down and so did Jimmy and Natalie and our friends Matt and Kim and their son Preston. Here are a few pics.....it was a fun time.

Prayers Please

Just wanted to write a quick blog to ask for your prayers. My father-in-law George had cardiac bypass this past Monday. He had a triple bypass and a defibrillator with a pacemaker put in. He is currently in ICU recovery and still on a ventilator and aortic balloon pump. He is responding though and we are hoping to get him off the ventilator by Friday.

Curious Kyle

We don't have a baby anymore!! He has suddenly become this busy, always on the move little boy that is into everything. He amazes us daily. We love to sit back and watch as he discovers what things are and how they work. Who knew how entertaining an 8 month old could be! Here are some pics to help you see my point...You'll notice in some of them that his onesies are not buttoned at the bottom. This is because we usually can't hold him down long enough after a diaper change to get them buttoned again before he takes off.

Oh Happy Day!

On August 19th George and Kyle were baptized and we all became members of the First United Methodist Church of Anahuac. I am very proud of my husband for setting such a great example for our son. We are excited to now have our own "church family" to be a part of and to have such a wonderful place to help support us as we try to raise Kyle in the way that God intends.

My Awful Beautiful Life

I am so blessed! Have you ever had one of those days??...Well, I was having one. I spent the whole day cleaning house and trying to keep watch over a fussy teething baby. I asked George to watch him while I ran to the store to get a few things to cook for supper. Well, when I walked in the house after being gone only about 15 minutes this is what I saw!! Was I mad about the mess you ask....how could I be?? That was all I needed to make my day much better and realize how extremely blessed I really am!

BUSY BUSY TAYLORS!!

Ok, Ok. So, I have been falling way behind on the blog front! Sorry. So much has been going on! It seems every weekend we have either been out of town or I have been working. My other excuse is that now that Kyle is so mobile I have to watch him 24/7 at home. He is now crawling (the correct way), pulling up, bear crawling, and can even stand some on his own for a few moments and then will fall. He got his first bloody lip last night after a bad fall and his head seems to stay bruised!! I feel so terrible about it, but really he is just so fast and into EVERYTHING! It is so much fun though. I love watching his little brain work. See his totsite for more updates on him and new pics (as soon as I get home I will do it I promise!)

George and I celebrated our 3 year wedding Anniversary on July 10th. George surprised me by calling my boss and getting me off of work and taking me to San Antonio for the weekend. He even lined up his Mom to babysit. It was a great time. The weekend before that we were in College Station for a Ferrarra family reunion. We had a great time there also and saw alot of family we haven't seen, or in Kyle and George's case had never even met. George's Dad was going to have cardiac bypass two weeks ago and it ended up getting called off for about 6 weeks until he gets over an infection, so please try to remember him and our family in your prayers. Oh, we also got great news! Brent and Kelley are pregnant! This is their first baby and they are due sometime in Feburary. We are so excited to welcome another little Taylor into the world.

What else....hmmm.... I am still working on the Pedi/Surgical floor at San Jacinto Methodist for now. It seems to be getting better, that or I am just getting used to it. But, I do have a job lead in the Anahuac area doing home health care and I am going to start doing that part time to see if I like it. George is still LOVING being a coach. He is excited about his new staff and he just got back yesterday from Coaching School in Forth Worth. He had a great time and we are all optimistic about the coming panther football seaon. They will start two a days on the 6th. School starts August 27th. Oh, and we have a big day coming up. George and Kyle are going to be getting baptised on August 19th and we are all going to join the church. This is a big decision we have been praying about and finally feel ready to make this step! Yay! I will officially be a Methodist now.

This weekend Kyle and I will be traveling to Brownwood to see Mom, Vince, and Heidi. George has to stay behind to work. Well, that catches you up for now on our fast and crazy lives. With football season and school starting things should be slowing down soon, or atleast all the traveling will. God Bless!
~The Taylors