Every love story begins before two people fall in love. Everything that happens in your life makes you who you are. Every mistake teaches you something. Every success teaches you something. You date different people. You find out what you like and what you don't like. You learn what is right and wrong for you. You gain expectations. Hopefully you set standards for yourself.
Ok, enough of that.. You came here to read our story!!
I started working at Target in March 2008. I befriended a lot of people that I worked with. Some of the guys were attracted to me. Some I cared for, others I didn't. I never really thought it was a good idea to date guys that I worked with.
September 2009, Tyler started working at Target, when he moved back down here Russellville after a serious breakup. He didn't catch my attention or anything. He was just a new guy. But I wasn't just another girl to him, apparently. He tried so hard to get my attention. All the time. He would always walk up to me at the Starbucks counter, where I generally worked, and ask "Girl, when you gonna let me take you on a date." My answer, ALWAYS, "Never, Tyler. Not interested." But he didn't give up. I didn't care for his type. Player. I was, at the time, just assuming that's what he was. Yeppp, I was right- Haaa!!
Time passed, and my boss kept telling me to just give him a chance. He gave me his number one night, and I "lost" it. Another night, when I finally decided to give him my number, he called me and wanted to come hang out. "Sure, I guess." I left. I went to see some friends. He ended up hanging out with my roommate. I come home about 2AM, and went straight to my room. When I turned on the light, there was a rose on my bed, one in a vase, and one taped to my bathroom mirror. I didn't come out and thank him or anything. No guy had ever done anything like that for me. I didn't know how to feel. It was all new to me. But at that point, I realized that he may still be a player, but he was a different kind than what I had ever dealt with. Bottomline, he dropped all the girls he was playing. All for meeee!!
On November 27, 2009, we started dating. I wanted to give him a chance. Like Brandee, my boss, had said to. Little did I know that it would lead to what we have now. We fell for each other preeettty fast. And have been crazy about each other since. We got engaged in March 2010.
Going back a little bit, I found out the next month that his ex that he had left was pregnant. I wasn't sure what to do. But, I didn't leave him. I had fallen for this guy, and wasn't giving up so quick. She made things a little difficult, but if I gave up every time I encountered a struggle, I'd have nothing. On March 1, 2010, Carter was born, and Tyler had never been happier. And I couldn't have been happier for him. He was an amazing daddy. The look in his eyes when he saw that sweet little baby boy.. :) Things were still difficult though being that he always had to go to Russellville just to see him. She wouldn't allow him to come down here. Another story.
On July 25, 2010, at about 4:30AM, we got a call that Carter quit breathing and was being airlifted to Arkansas Children's Hospital. Later on that morning, he was diagnosed with Shaken Baby Syndrome. A parent's worse nightmare. I tried to be as strong as I could for Tyler. He was shattered. (You'll never understand, and hope you never will, how hard anything like that could ever be until you go through it). Ten days later, on August 4, 2010, at 5 months and 3 days old, Carter escaped all pain and suffering, and entered utopia.
I believe that with everything that has gone on, big and small, that that is what made Tyler and I so perfect for each other. We never stop standing by each other. We have our moments, of course, but we always support each other.
