My Bobby 13

On August 30th, Lindsay's brother, Taylor turned 21! She says "My Bobby 13"though.

There is a four year difference between them and she is the oldest. From day one of meeting him, she loved her "bobby"! She took the role of big sister very seriously, wanting to help bathe him, feed him, hold him and love him. I still vividly remember the day when Taylor was one week old. Jerry and I were in the kitchen and we heard this call, "ma". We went to the stairs to see her holding Taylor with her arm around his neck. Jerry and I looked at each other and simultaneously thought, "how did she get him out of his crib"? His little body was dangling, with his head held firmly in her arm. He wasn't crying and she had the proudest grin! She must have felt he needed our attention. To this day, we don't know how she managed to climb up into the crib, get him and get out of the crib! Yikes, the thought still scares me. Over the next few years, he watched and learned from her and she did the same.

It was when Taylor started talking that we noticed a change in her vocabulary. At that time too, we had started trying some sign language to help her express her needs and of course, Taylor learned some as well. They were buddies. Taylor called her Dede and she called him Tay. As time went along, Taylor seemed to know that Dede wasn't able to do some things and that she wasn't talking like he did. He showed patience and acceptance even at a young age and I know that although his mind wondered why, he seemed to know that Lindsay was who she was and loved her!

Taylor became involved in sports and Lindsay, one of his biggest fans. He also supported her as well when she played in the Challenger Baseball league. As many ball games as she has attended, she never hardly complained, except for a few times when she said, "no ball", as in, not another one! Nevertheless, she watched him in cold weather, hot weather, in sweaty gyms, in grassy fields, from golf carts to bleachers. She has been there, cheering him on! We played golf yesterday to celebreate with Taylor and Lindsay was there cheering him on! "yeah Bobby, get the ball.....oh, my Bobby"! If the video downloads correctly below, it is Taylor warming up to pitch in a game with Lindsay cheering in the background....."Oh,my Bobby"!