My Grandson of the Week: Taylor Bates

Taylor came into our lives when he was about 6 months old. Our Son Chris was living with his dad Keith. So when Christy brought Taylor down for Keith's weekend he would ask Chris to watch Taylor while he went to get a pack of Cigarettes and would not return for the whole weekend. So Chris would take Taylor everywhere he went, and he came over here alot with Taylor. Of course we fell in love with him. He was so cute and had the cutest little personality. Taylor is now 19. It is hard to believe that he is 19 soon to be 20 in October. Last June 14, 2010 was one of the worst days of my life as well as Taylors too. I got a phone call from UAB hospital saying he had been in an accident and they needed his mom, so knowing he was old enough to sign his permits for any medical care I knew that he was not conscious or worse. When I got down to UAB Chris, Christy, Kayce and I all walked in at the same time. They let us see him before they took him to surgery. He ended up losing his right leg below the knee, and they had to completely rebuild his left ankle. He has plates, screw, and all other kind of hardware to keep him from losing his left foot. He came home July 6, 2010 and while he was in UAB caught a bacterial infection in his blood so he came home on antiobiotics for 6 weeks. It has now been over a year since that dreadful day, He is on his 2nd prostectic leg and walks amazing and has the best attitude and outlook on life. He is an amazing young man. I am so proud of him, he lives with Dean's Mom taking care of her (Alziemers) and makes sure she takes her medicines. We will probably never know why this happened but I do know God did everything he could to keep hime with us, and I thank him for that. Taylor wears shorts is not ashamed of his prosetic leg and people will stop and ask him what happened and he tells them. I thank God for Him Daily and I know God has great plans for this young man known as Taylor Bates, My grandson.

Saturday, July 23,2011 Meredith Leaving

Today Saturday, July 23rd 2011 was a bittersweet day, Meredith and her children, Tyler, Bella,and Finley left this afternoon for their home in California. My the month has flew by. One of the many high lights of their visit was last nite I got to keep 6 of my 8 Grandchildren! All my children went to dinner together and so I got all the grands! We had a good time, we ate pizza, play outside on the porch, played I spy, rode ride toys, and then came in and watched two movies, The girls picked out Cat in the hat movie and Chase picked out Thomas the train. They were delightful! Finley just played around and squielled loving all the cousins. The oldest two (13)
Tyler and Kayce sat on the love seat and talked. It is so awesome to have grands that love their cousins like my do. The Adult Children, Chris, Cori, Meredith and Megan and Angela and Deanna had dinner at Jackson's in Homewood, they seemed to enjoy themselves.

I know Jason was ready for his family to come home and I completely get that. but you don't know how hard it is for me to say good bye to them till they come again at Christmas. I miss them so much! I gave Finney(Her nickname) a book that I recorded about how much I will miss you. Hopefully when she hears the story I read in the book she will remember that is Nana.

Megan (our youngest) will celebrate her 26th birthday on Monday!! My how the time flies. She is a very responsible young woman who I am very proud of. I would love to meet her for lunch but I'm not sure if that will be possible. (A tree Fell on our house June 26th and We have not been able to get a roofer out to fix the hole it knocked in the roof and rains are coming in and causing problems. A man is suppose to come Monday to fix the roof (fingers crossed). Maybe this week I can get my life and brain in order to write about the grandchildren dedicating each day to one. So that will take up 8 days...Then I 'm sure I will find something else to write about.
Hope you all have a wonderful Sunday and Worship the Lord in the Church of your choice. Until then.....

Rainbows over Nana's House

Rainbows are a gift from God and described in Websters' dictionary as an array of color. My life is a rainbow especially when the grandchildren are here. God has blessed me with the most awesome grandkids. Each one is so special in their own way.... From my Oldest Taylor who is 19 all the way down to our youngest Finley who is 18 months. I think since I have been blessed with 8 grandchildren I will take one at a time and use them as my Feature Grandchild of the Day. Because they are so special I would love to share some of my joys with you in hopes that it will bring a smile across your face. Every time my "Grans" come it is special.
This is my first time blogging and I'm sure I have already made many mistakes. But those of you who know me know that is par for the course!

Tuesday July 19 th 2011 PM
I am sitting here in my den and just LOVING being with Tyler, Kayce and Bella watching Justin Bieber movie. How much more could I possibly want? NOT A Thing but maybe having all my grands with me. On Saturday my Bunch from California will be going back home, Gosh this month has flown by and it is sure going to be hard to see them leave. Most of you that know me, know that Dean and I have been Married 41 years this October 30th. My how time flies. We have 4 children, Chris our oldest is 39, divorced and father to Taylor Bates and Kayce Love Gohn, Cori is our second son is 37 he is married to Angela and They have 3 children, Blake Gray is 18 and Caroline Marie is 5 will be 6 in November, and little man Chase Hudson Gohn born on Cori's birthday is 4 years old. We have 2 daughters, Meredith Nichole Gohn Carter is our oldest at 29, is married to Jason Carter, they have three children Tyler Mason 13, (will be 14 in Oct), Isabella (Bella) 7 years and Finley Madden Carter 18 months. Megan Nakia Gohn is our baby girl turning 26 on July 25th. My time has flown.That is my family and I am so proud of. I will post again tomorrow, until then....