News at the Taylor House

We have had quite an emotional rollercoaster of a week at our house. I'll start with a little tribute to our Golden Retriever, Riggs, who passed the past Wednesday. It all happened very quickly, which we are so grateful for, but it made it very difficult to deal with, especially with having to make the decision we ultimately chose. Riggs was not himself on Tuesday night, which Brian first noticed when he didn't scarf down his dinner in less than 30 seconds, as he does EVERY meal. He began drewling quite a bit and was very lethargic. I ended up at the emergency vet late Tuesday night, and they found Riggs' lymph nodes swollen all over his body, the largest in his neck which made it difficult for him to eat or drink. We decided to leave him overnight so that he could see the internist the following morning, and upon her exam, she found that even his spleen was enlarged, which indicated stage 4 Lymphoma. Brian and I made the decision to take Riggs to our regular vet and let him go.

Riggs was the perfect dog for us! He was a great running buddy for Brian; loved camping and hiking with us; and most importantly, was the greatest companion you could ask for. He truly was "Man's Best Friend". He allowed Charleigh to crawl all over him and tug at his ears, and he was equally as fond of her as she was of him. We will miss Mr. Riggs very much, but we're so thankful that we had the 4 wonderful years we did with him!

Here are some of our favorite pictures of Riggs with Charleigh.

A rollercoaster always goes back uphill, and it did for us. Charleigh is going to be a big sister! God definitely threw us the best kind of surprise we could have asked for! We had our first ultrasound this past Friday, and Baby Taylor #2 has a great heartrate and things are looking good so far. We're due February 24...it'll be here before we know it!

Here are a few fun pictures of Charleigh from around the house recently that I wanted to share:

  Charleigh had some fun in the tupperware cabinet!

Playing with some balloons after her party

This is SO fun!

Pizza is yummy!

I found Charleigh in this position during one of her naps.

Charleigh has become very attached to a sweet stuffed dog from Great Aunt Wendy. It goes everywhere with us now, and it receives numerous hugs and kisses on a daily basis!

We'll keep you posted as the pregnancy progresses, and hopefully we'll have some pictures of Charleigh walking soon! We're headed to visit Brian's family this weekend, so I'm sure we'll have plenty of pictures to catch up on when we get back!