Dear Rebecca,
Hello, my beautiful baby girl. Right now I am trying to type quietly because you are sleeping here in the living room in your bouncy. You look so sweet. Today you are getting your 3 month pictures taken, I cannot wait to see how they turn out. I hope you flash that beautiful smile of yours in them. It is so sweet when you grin and stick your little tongue between your lips. Daddy has picked you out a very cute little outfit for your new pictures. It has a mauve sweater and a cream turtle neck with pink trim and pink and mauve flowered pants. It's really rather adorable. I picked out the first outfit you took your first professional photos in so I decided it was Daddy's turn to pick it out this time. Ok, just now back from switching out the laundry. Anyway, I know the pictures will be great because you are such a beautiful baby. I am going to end this post for fear of waking you. More this evening after your photos. I LOVE YOU!
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Monday, September 27, 2004
Sunday, September 19, 2004
Dear Rebecca,
Hello my beautiful baby. Right now you are upstairs sleeping in your crib. You went to sleep at 8:00 so I would wager you will wake up for a bottle around two am. That is why I am going to post this blog and then do a couple of little things that need to be done, then scoot to bed.
You really are the sweetest thing, do you know that? I couldn't ask for anything more in life right now. I have a great husband and a beautiful, sweet, adorable baby. You! You just get better and better every day. Even your little cry is cute. Of course I hate when you cry though because I never want you to be unhappy.
We had a pretty good day today. It amazes me at how you are all smiles at your Daddy. Even when you are upset you are still smiley at him. You must love him very much. He was talking to you today in your bouncy just saying off the wall silly stuff and you were just so sweet & smiley at him. I tried the same jazz & you just looked at me like "What? No Bottle?". Ha, Ha. I am only kidding. You smiled at me some, but not nearly as much as you smiled at Daddy. Maybe Daddy is just funny looking. I think that is what it is.
Well, little girl, I hate to cut this blog post so short, but Mommy is EXTREMELY tired. I love you so much, Rebecca Lynn Lanham!!
Hello my beautiful baby. Right now you are upstairs sleeping in your crib. You went to sleep at 8:00 so I would wager you will wake up for a bottle around two am. That is why I am going to post this blog and then do a couple of little things that need to be done, then scoot to bed.
You really are the sweetest thing, do you know that? I couldn't ask for anything more in life right now. I have a great husband and a beautiful, sweet, adorable baby. You! You just get better and better every day. Even your little cry is cute. Of course I hate when you cry though because I never want you to be unhappy.
We had a pretty good day today. It amazes me at how you are all smiles at your Daddy. Even when you are upset you are still smiley at him. You must love him very much. He was talking to you today in your bouncy just saying off the wall silly stuff and you were just so sweet & smiley at him. I tried the same jazz & you just looked at me like "What? No Bottle?". Ha, Ha. I am only kidding. You smiled at me some, but not nearly as much as you smiled at Daddy. Maybe Daddy is just funny looking. I think that is what it is.
Well, little girl, I hate to cut this blog post so short, but Mommy is EXTREMELY tired. I love you so much, Rebecca Lynn Lanham!!
Dear Rebecca,
Great news, Little Girl. Your mother got the last of her settlement money this past week. We have been spending money like it was turning into confederate script. We had a whole lot of fun this weekend. We left early Friday morning to pick up the check and then we went to put it in the bank. A girl named Lisa Rose was the bank teller. I know her because she is the daughter of a man I worked with before he retired. We were very lucky to have her instead of someone else. She didn't hold the rather large check like someone we didn't know would have done. So we began spending that morning. We went to Daddy's favorite restaurant, Cracker Barrel for a late breakfast. I ate a huge breakfast. I had a piece of sausage, a piece of bacon, a piece of country ham, two over medium eggs, three biscuits with gravy, two helpings of grits with sugar and butter, two helpings of hash browned potato casserole, a small bowl of fried apples, a big glass of orange juice and 2 and a half cups of coffee. Your mother had the same meats I had, two scrambled eggs, one biscuit with gravy, a bowl of apples, orange juice and coffee. We also bought a clean cotton Yankee Candle car jar from the Cracker Barrel gift shop.
We then went and picked us out a wedding ring set. We've been married eight years but our original rings were stolen by some not very nice people. We left them there to be sized. We then went to Sam's Club for some odds and ends. Then we went to Babies "R" Us and bought your next car seat. It's still very early but since we had the money we figured we'd go ahead and get it. You'll probably be able to use the new one until you can sit in the seat like a big girl. Also we bought you 18 big cans of formula. Our hope is that we won't have to buy much more of that. You also got a halloween costume. I reckon you're going as a duck.
We then went looking for a new Tivo for daddy. We found one but didn't buy it then. We then took you down to Mamaw & Papaw's while we went out some more. We went to pick up our rings and they screwed them up so we had to leave them for another day. We then went to Mi Mexico, one of your mother's favorite restaurants. I like it as well. We then went to buy a brand new mattress. We really need one of those. I have had the mattress that we are using now for 15 or so years. That's a long time. Then we went to Walmart and got some stuff that people usually get at Walmart. Then we went and picked up you and we all went home. I stayed up way to late, kinda like I'm doing tonight.
We started out kinda late Saturday morning. We went to the bank and got some money and then had a burger on the road from Wendy's. We finally got our rings. Your mother was very happy. She also bought a mother-daughter necklace. Then we went to Best Buy so I could buy my Tivo and some networking equipment that I needed for the computer. We looked at Target for your Disney Princess TV & DVD player, but they only had the TV. So we decided to go to Circuit City. We got them there. Your mother went into the Yankee Candle store in the Hamburg pavilion while I stayed in the truck and fed you. You spit up on me. We then went to H.H. Greggs and bought us a freezer. Then we rushed to Frankfort to attend a cookout hosted by your Aunt Louise. Our family is very gifted musically and your Uncle don & Aunt Louise were playing some classic country, bluegrass and gospel on their guitars while Mamaw, Aunt Linda, your mother & I sang along. You were fascinated with the guitar playing. You stared and laughed and wiggled around like you were dancing. We came home and you went to bed while I set up the new Tivo and tried to set up the new wired network between the Tivo and our computer. They sold me a wrong piece. I reckon it was my own fault because I didn't know what to ask for. I'm gonna try to get the piece I need, a usb to ethernet adapter, at Radio Shack tomorrow.
Right now I'm going to record some information from the old Tivo so I can set up the new Tivo in a similar fashion. I love you, Little One. Your mother says that's what I call you all the time, Little One. I also call you Little Girl and Girly Girl. Anyway, whatever I call you I love you so very much. Nighty-night, Sweety. Daddy loves you.
Great news, Little Girl. Your mother got the last of her settlement money this past week. We have been spending money like it was turning into confederate script. We had a whole lot of fun this weekend. We left early Friday morning to pick up the check and then we went to put it in the bank. A girl named Lisa Rose was the bank teller. I know her because she is the daughter of a man I worked with before he retired. We were very lucky to have her instead of someone else. She didn't hold the rather large check like someone we didn't know would have done. So we began spending that morning. We went to Daddy's favorite restaurant, Cracker Barrel for a late breakfast. I ate a huge breakfast. I had a piece of sausage, a piece of bacon, a piece of country ham, two over medium eggs, three biscuits with gravy, two helpings of grits with sugar and butter, two helpings of hash browned potato casserole, a small bowl of fried apples, a big glass of orange juice and 2 and a half cups of coffee. Your mother had the same meats I had, two scrambled eggs, one biscuit with gravy, a bowl of apples, orange juice and coffee. We also bought a clean cotton Yankee Candle car jar from the Cracker Barrel gift shop.
We then went and picked us out a wedding ring set. We've been married eight years but our original rings were stolen by some not very nice people. We left them there to be sized. We then went to Sam's Club for some odds and ends. Then we went to Babies "R" Us and bought your next car seat. It's still very early but since we had the money we figured we'd go ahead and get it. You'll probably be able to use the new one until you can sit in the seat like a big girl. Also we bought you 18 big cans of formula. Our hope is that we won't have to buy much more of that. You also got a halloween costume. I reckon you're going as a duck.
We then went looking for a new Tivo for daddy. We found one but didn't buy it then. We then took you down to Mamaw & Papaw's while we went out some more. We went to pick up our rings and they screwed them up so we had to leave them for another day. We then went to Mi Mexico, one of your mother's favorite restaurants. I like it as well. We then went to buy a brand new mattress. We really need one of those. I have had the mattress that we are using now for 15 or so years. That's a long time. Then we went to Walmart and got some stuff that people usually get at Walmart. Then we went and picked up you and we all went home. I stayed up way to late, kinda like I'm doing tonight.
We started out kinda late Saturday morning. We went to the bank and got some money and then had a burger on the road from Wendy's. We finally got our rings. Your mother was very happy. She also bought a mother-daughter necklace. Then we went to Best Buy so I could buy my Tivo and some networking equipment that I needed for the computer. We looked at Target for your Disney Princess TV & DVD player, but they only had the TV. So we decided to go to Circuit City. We got them there. Your mother went into the Yankee Candle store in the Hamburg pavilion while I stayed in the truck and fed you. You spit up on me. We then went to H.H. Greggs and bought us a freezer. Then we rushed to Frankfort to attend a cookout hosted by your Aunt Louise. Our family is very gifted musically and your Uncle don & Aunt Louise were playing some classic country, bluegrass and gospel on their guitars while Mamaw, Aunt Linda, your mother & I sang along. You were fascinated with the guitar playing. You stared and laughed and wiggled around like you were dancing. We came home and you went to bed while I set up the new Tivo and tried to set up the new wired network between the Tivo and our computer. They sold me a wrong piece. I reckon it was my own fault because I didn't know what to ask for. I'm gonna try to get the piece I need, a usb to ethernet adapter, at Radio Shack tomorrow.
Right now I'm going to record some information from the old Tivo so I can set up the new Tivo in a similar fashion. I love you, Little One. Your mother says that's what I call you all the time, Little One. I also call you Little Girl and Girly Girl. Anyway, whatever I call you I love you so very much. Nighty-night, Sweety. Daddy loves you.
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Dear Rebecca,
We think you have begun teething. It seems a little early. You took a frozen teething ring that I, your ever loving father, has been using for an ice pack for lunch. Maybe you are simply fascinated with the cold. That was the very first time you've ever experienced a cold sensation in your mouth. Or maybe you're hungry. We just don't know and you can't tell us yet. We'll figure it out eventually. We always do. I think we're fist rate parents, if I do say so myself, especially your mother.
Your mother took her very first driving test today. And she's gonna have to take her second driving test next week. She failed. She accidentally run up on the curb as she parked on the street. No big deal. Daddy has had his drivers license since he was sixteen. I passed it the very first time but only barely. I'm sure your mother will get her license very soon. The test examiner said she was passing up until the point when she hit the curb.
Your mother looks very cute in the pony tail she's wearing right now. It's not really a pony tail. She has the pony tail part held with sort of a kind of clip type thing. I don't know what it's called but it's real cute. Of course your mom is real cute period.
Well, I reckon I'm done. I'm gonna watch some television here in a minute. You make it hard to watch television. Well, not you really but your mother is always buzzing about being such a great mother & wife. I am so very proud of her. I have the best wife any man has ever had the privilege to have. I'm tired and want to go to bed early tonight so I'd better start watching television now or I won't get to look at any at all.
We think you have begun teething. It seems a little early. You took a frozen teething ring that I, your ever loving father, has been using for an ice pack for lunch. Maybe you are simply fascinated with the cold. That was the very first time you've ever experienced a cold sensation in your mouth. Or maybe you're hungry. We just don't know and you can't tell us yet. We'll figure it out eventually. We always do. I think we're fist rate parents, if I do say so myself, especially your mother.
Your mother took her very first driving test today. And she's gonna have to take her second driving test next week. She failed. She accidentally run up on the curb as she parked on the street. No big deal. Daddy has had his drivers license since he was sixteen. I passed it the very first time but only barely. I'm sure your mother will get her license very soon. The test examiner said she was passing up until the point when she hit the curb.
Your mother looks very cute in the pony tail she's wearing right now. It's not really a pony tail. She has the pony tail part held with sort of a kind of clip type thing. I don't know what it's called but it's real cute. Of course your mom is real cute period.
Well, I reckon I'm done. I'm gonna watch some television here in a minute. You make it hard to watch television. Well, not you really but your mother is always buzzing about being such a great mother & wife. I am so very proud of her. I have the best wife any man has ever had the privilege to have. I'm tired and want to go to bed early tonight so I'd better start watching television now or I won't get to look at any at all.
Monday, September 13, 2004
Dear Rebecca,
Hello, my beautiful little baby girl. It is almost one a.m. It took you forever to go to sleep tonight. In fact, you only went to sleep an hour ago. I would be in bed by now except for the fact that Mommy is rather blonde. I had bought your Daddy some meat snacks he did not really like because they were too salty. So I decided to eat on them since they are quite expensive and I don't really mind the salt because well, I just don't. I suppose I am used to it. On a low carb diet that is the only way you can add any sort of flavor to anything. Well I grabbed one of the bags I had not eaten yet and ripped it open and munched it down without even looking on the front of the bag. When I was finished I looked at said bag and it said "Marinated in KIKKOMON'S BOLD SOY SAUCE". Why is that a problem, you ask? Well. I shall explain. I am allergic to a million catrillion bunch of things. One of those things being MSG. Which is what KIKKOMON'S Soy sayce is flavored with. So now here I sit. Itching from head to toe. Especially in my eyes. How can Mommy sleep like this? Mommy can't. I just hope because you stayed up so late tonight that you will sleep late tomorrow. Fingers crossed.
You are doing so fantastically well sleeping in your bed. I am so proud of you. Aww you just stirred in your room. I heard you. I have the monitor downstairs with me so I can keep an ear on you. I like when you stir a bit. It lets me know you are ok and I do not run to check you every twenty minutes. Daddy and I love you to pieces. I hope you know that. Your room is nearly finished. Now all we need is the desk Aunt Lynn refinished and painted from her and Daddy's old school Mortonsville Elementary and we will have it nearly licked. We want to get some wooden letters at Micheal's or a craft store of sorts in your name REBECCA and paint them and hang them on your wall. We may or may not do that. We are getting 3 more frames for 3 more pictures that I think your father is going to wind up making himself because as of late he does not like anything I do. Picture wise for your room that is. Actually we have to make five more pictures. Two to go in your two pink frames we bought at Big Lots. I have one already made that I am going to use and I really do not care what your father says because I LIKE IT. Darn it, I am itching.
Well, little girl, it is now ten after one and I am tired even though I am itching. I think I will take a shower and see if that helps. It probably won't help afterward but at least I wont be itching in the shower. Then I will lie in bed and scratch myself raw next to your father. Hope I do not wake him up. I love you, little girl!
Hello, my beautiful little baby girl. It is almost one a.m. It took you forever to go to sleep tonight. In fact, you only went to sleep an hour ago. I would be in bed by now except for the fact that Mommy is rather blonde. I had bought your Daddy some meat snacks he did not really like because they were too salty. So I decided to eat on them since they are quite expensive and I don't really mind the salt because well, I just don't. I suppose I am used to it. On a low carb diet that is the only way you can add any sort of flavor to anything. Well I grabbed one of the bags I had not eaten yet and ripped it open and munched it down without even looking on the front of the bag. When I was finished I looked at said bag and it said "Marinated in KIKKOMON'S BOLD SOY SAUCE". Why is that a problem, you ask? Well. I shall explain. I am allergic to a million catrillion bunch of things. One of those things being MSG. Which is what KIKKOMON'S Soy sayce is flavored with. So now here I sit. Itching from head to toe. Especially in my eyes. How can Mommy sleep like this? Mommy can't. I just hope because you stayed up so late tonight that you will sleep late tomorrow. Fingers crossed.
You are doing so fantastically well sleeping in your bed. I am so proud of you. Aww you just stirred in your room. I heard you. I have the monitor downstairs with me so I can keep an ear on you. I like when you stir a bit. It lets me know you are ok and I do not run to check you every twenty minutes. Daddy and I love you to pieces. I hope you know that. Your room is nearly finished. Now all we need is the desk Aunt Lynn refinished and painted from her and Daddy's old school Mortonsville Elementary and we will have it nearly licked. We want to get some wooden letters at Micheal's or a craft store of sorts in your name REBECCA and paint them and hang them on your wall. We may or may not do that. We are getting 3 more frames for 3 more pictures that I think your father is going to wind up making himself because as of late he does not like anything I do. Picture wise for your room that is. Actually we have to make five more pictures. Two to go in your two pink frames we bought at Big Lots. I have one already made that I am going to use and I really do not care what your father says because I LIKE IT. Darn it, I am itching.
Well, little girl, it is now ten after one and I am tired even though I am itching. I think I will take a shower and see if that helps. It probably won't help afterward but at least I wont be itching in the shower. Then I will lie in bed and scratch myself raw next to your father. Hope I do not wake him up. I love you, little girl!
Thursday, September 09, 2004
Dear Rebecca,
Hello, my pretty little girl. Today you are not feeling very well. Yesterday you got your very first set of shots. You got five different shots in three different needle pokes. You got your Hib Vaccine, which is a shot to prevent bacterial menengitis, and you got your Hepatitis B vaccine, which you also got one of those at birth, which is to prevent a disease causing loss of appetite, muscle pain, tiredness, jaundice, nausea, on a short term basis, and liver damage or liver cancer on a long term basis. You also got your Pneumonococcal Conjugate vaccine, which is to prevent you from getting streptococcus, or strep, menengitis, pneumonia, deafness or brain damage from those particular germs. In other words, it was a polio vaccine. You also got your Diptheria Tetanus & Pertussis vaccines, which keeps you from getting lockjaw, whooping cough, a thick covering on the back of your throat which can lead to breathing problems, paralysis, heart failure, etc. I felt so terrible when the nurse poked you in your precious little legs, and you screamed. I knew she was hurting my precious baby and there was nothing I could do about it, because you need all of these vaccines to be healthy and prevent getting any of these horrible germs. I cried when you screamed and all I wanted to do was hold you close to me and get you away from that woman. It took every thing I had in me not to hit her.... I know that sounds odd but one day you will know just what I mean. I love you so much that I never want you to suffer anything or feel any sort of pain...even it if is necessary I wish it felt like fluffy clouds and not like sharp burning needle pokes. It really broke Mommy's heart. It's breaking Mommy's heart just thinking about it, because now I am crying again. I love you little girl. I can't believe how much I truly, deeply, honestly do.
The doctor said you may run a little fever and you have been. I have been giving you infant's tylenol and watching it closely. Right now you are sleeping in your swing. You really did not want to sleep in your crib last night and I did not want to force you to do so with you feeling so terribly bad. So I brought you down here and slept on the couch next to you. I moved your swing so that you would kind of roll to the left because the doctor said you are getting a flat spot on the right side of your head. We are going to have to turn you around in your crib to fix that, too.
Well you were 22 3/4 inches long yesterday, weighed 12 lbs and 1 oz, and the diameter of your head was 40 1/4 centimeters. Doctors said you are ahead of 75% of all babies in all aspects. That is great! You are really doing well. Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you. We love you so very, very much. Well, I can hear you starting to stir, so I will end this post for now and go and tend to you. I love you my baby!
Hello, my pretty little girl. Today you are not feeling very well. Yesterday you got your very first set of shots. You got five different shots in three different needle pokes. You got your Hib Vaccine, which is a shot to prevent bacterial menengitis, and you got your Hepatitis B vaccine, which you also got one of those at birth, which is to prevent a disease causing loss of appetite, muscle pain, tiredness, jaundice, nausea, on a short term basis, and liver damage or liver cancer on a long term basis. You also got your Pneumonococcal Conjugate vaccine, which is to prevent you from getting streptococcus, or strep, menengitis, pneumonia, deafness or brain damage from those particular germs. In other words, it was a polio vaccine. You also got your Diptheria Tetanus & Pertussis vaccines, which keeps you from getting lockjaw, whooping cough, a thick covering on the back of your throat which can lead to breathing problems, paralysis, heart failure, etc. I felt so terrible when the nurse poked you in your precious little legs, and you screamed. I knew she was hurting my precious baby and there was nothing I could do about it, because you need all of these vaccines to be healthy and prevent getting any of these horrible germs. I cried when you screamed and all I wanted to do was hold you close to me and get you away from that woman. It took every thing I had in me not to hit her.... I know that sounds odd but one day you will know just what I mean. I love you so much that I never want you to suffer anything or feel any sort of pain...even it if is necessary I wish it felt like fluffy clouds and not like sharp burning needle pokes. It really broke Mommy's heart. It's breaking Mommy's heart just thinking about it, because now I am crying again. I love you little girl. I can't believe how much I truly, deeply, honestly do.
The doctor said you may run a little fever and you have been. I have been giving you infant's tylenol and watching it closely. Right now you are sleeping in your swing. You really did not want to sleep in your crib last night and I did not want to force you to do so with you feeling so terribly bad. So I brought you down here and slept on the couch next to you. I moved your swing so that you would kind of roll to the left because the doctor said you are getting a flat spot on the right side of your head. We are going to have to turn you around in your crib to fix that, too.
Well you were 22 3/4 inches long yesterday, weighed 12 lbs and 1 oz, and the diameter of your head was 40 1/4 centimeters. Doctors said you are ahead of 75% of all babies in all aspects. That is great! You are really doing well. Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you. We love you so very, very much. Well, I can hear you starting to stir, so I will end this post for now and go and tend to you. I love you my baby!
Sunday, September 05, 2004
Dear Rebecca,
Hello again, Rebecca Lynn Lanham. How goes it with you, Silly Monkey Piggy? Mama has taken to calling you that. It's such a cute little name for you. You have a onesie with all kinds of animals on it and she just picked two out, or at least you used to have such a onesie. You've probably grown out of it by now for all I know.
Your mother & I are both very tired right now. You are in your kick & play bouncy watching the light show things it does. We all had a huge weekend. You have just returned from your very first trip to Mommy's home town of Hazard Kentucky. We left Friday after I got off from work. We drove for two and a half hours to get down there. We got lost going to our Super 8 hotel because the directions said go west on the Daniel Boone Parkway and I had forgotten that the state of Kentucky had foolishly changed the name to the Hal Rogers Parkway. I know what you are thinking, "I know who Daniel Boone is but who is this Hal Rogers person?". I felt the same way. Anyway, Hal Rogers was just an eastern Kentucky politician. Now, back to the story at hand. We got lost. We ended up in front of Hazard's most famous landmark, the Mother Goose building. We called the Super 8 from there and got directions. We finally arrived and went up to our room. Your very first hotel room. It was pretty nice for a Super 8. It had a fridge, microwave, ironing board, iron and a coffee pot. We called Aunt Mary and she came over and showed us how to get back to her trailer. We then went......I can't remember what we did then. I reckon I'm gonna have to ask your mom. Plus you are starting to fuss in the bouncy.
Well, I still don't know what we did then but you no longer fussy in the bouncy. You are in my left arm being fussy while I type with my right hand.
I just now got done trying to feed you some bottle. You didn't seem to want it much at all. Momma stuck it in your mouth and then you were a happy piggy. Back to the story. Your mother said that Friday night we just hung around down to Aunt Mary's place and visited with Mary and your Papaw Lawrence. We then went back to the hotel and fell out into bed around midnight. We woke up around 8:30 in the morning. Your mother and father had their morning coffee and packed up. Mamaw & Papaw came down to see the mountains. We went to the Huddle House and to the nice new Wal-mart in Hazard and then we all went to Aunt Mary's. We then went to the Magic Mart to see if they had any sales. We bought a few things but I think everyone was a little disappointed with that place. Mamaw & Papaw left us at that point for a tour of the mountains. Your Aunt Mary, Momma & I then took you to see your cousins, Melissa, a.k.a. Tweety and her three little girls, Ashley, Carol and Amy. We stayed there for quite awhile. Then we went to see Tweety's sister, Marietta, a.k.a. Smurf, also your cousin and her new baby, Arionna Shelby Marie. You are older than her by a whole month. She was awful cute but maybe I'm kinda partial but I thought you were still much cuter than her.
Back to Mary's to get Papaw Lawrence and to let Mary take care of some business. We then went to see Linda Gail, another cousin. She wasn't home so we had to set on her front porch and wait for Mary to show up. Linda Gail lives in a kinda rough part of town so your mother & I weren't to happy about that situation. Mary finally showed up. We then went to Ponderosa and then realized that Mommy left her purse with our check book, all her important papers and $150 in cash. Mary rushed back and found it. Mamma was quite upset until Aunt Mary returned with her purse. We then had a nice supper at Ponderosa. We had originally planned on returning home that evening but since we missed Linda Gail and didn't even have the chance to visit with your half Aunt Carolyn we decided to stay one more night. We stayed at Mary's house the second evening. Your mother & Aunt Mary then went out to buy you some formula and I watched a video of the movie, Gladiator. They were late returning because of the heavy fog in the mountains. We all slept very well, including you.
We woke around 8:00 in the morning. Aunt Mary fixed us a breakfast of scrambled cheese eggs, polish sausage, blueberry pancakes with Karo syrup and Pepsi. Mary stayed at the house to shower while Papaw Lawrence took us to see Linda Gail. She still wasn't home. We went back to Aunt Mary's to drop off Papaw Lawrence and pick up Mary. We then went to see your aunt Carolyn. She wasn't there so we went to an incredibly crappy restaurant called Rax and took Mary to a teeny bopper clothing store. Your Aunt Mary is a 28 year old teenager. Her tatses are the same as a teen aged girl. Even her taste in men. She's dating an 18 year old. We then took Mary home. Said goodbye to Papaw Lawrence and made the two and a half hour trip back home. We stopped at the Dairy Queen before we returned to our domicile. I had a mocha moolatte while your mom had a small hot fudge Sunday with nuts. You didn't have anything. You were still much to young to have big peoples food.
We arrived home. I unloaded the Explorer while your Momma fed you. Then your mother unpacked all of our stuff while you bounced in your bouncy and I typed away on this blog. We are both very tired and I am gonna watch a little television before bed. I'm just glad that I don't have to go to work tomorrow. It will be Labor Day. We plan on working on your room tomorrow. I love you, Rebecca. Nighty-night, Sweety.
Hello again, Rebecca Lynn Lanham. How goes it with you, Silly Monkey Piggy? Mama has taken to calling you that. It's such a cute little name for you. You have a onesie with all kinds of animals on it and she just picked two out, or at least you used to have such a onesie. You've probably grown out of it by now for all I know.
Your mother & I are both very tired right now. You are in your kick & play bouncy watching the light show things it does. We all had a huge weekend. You have just returned from your very first trip to Mommy's home town of Hazard Kentucky. We left Friday after I got off from work. We drove for two and a half hours to get down there. We got lost going to our Super 8 hotel because the directions said go west on the Daniel Boone Parkway and I had forgotten that the state of Kentucky had foolishly changed the name to the Hal Rogers Parkway. I know what you are thinking, "I know who Daniel Boone is but who is this Hal Rogers person?". I felt the same way. Anyway, Hal Rogers was just an eastern Kentucky politician. Now, back to the story at hand. We got lost. We ended up in front of Hazard's most famous landmark, the Mother Goose building. We called the Super 8 from there and got directions. We finally arrived and went up to our room. Your very first hotel room. It was pretty nice for a Super 8. It had a fridge, microwave, ironing board, iron and a coffee pot. We called Aunt Mary and she came over and showed us how to get back to her trailer. We then went......I can't remember what we did then. I reckon I'm gonna have to ask your mom. Plus you are starting to fuss in the bouncy.
Well, I still don't know what we did then but you no longer fussy in the bouncy. You are in my left arm being fussy while I type with my right hand.
I just now got done trying to feed you some bottle. You didn't seem to want it much at all. Momma stuck it in your mouth and then you were a happy piggy. Back to the story. Your mother said that Friday night we just hung around down to Aunt Mary's place and visited with Mary and your Papaw Lawrence. We then went back to the hotel and fell out into bed around midnight. We woke up around 8:30 in the morning. Your mother and father had their morning coffee and packed up. Mamaw & Papaw came down to see the mountains. We went to the Huddle House and to the nice new Wal-mart in Hazard and then we all went to Aunt Mary's. We then went to the Magic Mart to see if they had any sales. We bought a few things but I think everyone was a little disappointed with that place. Mamaw & Papaw left us at that point for a tour of the mountains. Your Aunt Mary, Momma & I then took you to see your cousins, Melissa, a.k.a. Tweety and her three little girls, Ashley, Carol and Amy. We stayed there for quite awhile. Then we went to see Tweety's sister, Marietta, a.k.a. Smurf, also your cousin and her new baby, Arionna Shelby Marie. You are older than her by a whole month. She was awful cute but maybe I'm kinda partial but I thought you were still much cuter than her.
Back to Mary's to get Papaw Lawrence and to let Mary take care of some business. We then went to see Linda Gail, another cousin. She wasn't home so we had to set on her front porch and wait for Mary to show up. Linda Gail lives in a kinda rough part of town so your mother & I weren't to happy about that situation. Mary finally showed up. We then went to Ponderosa and then realized that Mommy left her purse with our check book, all her important papers and $150 in cash. Mary rushed back and found it. Mamma was quite upset until Aunt Mary returned with her purse. We then had a nice supper at Ponderosa. We had originally planned on returning home that evening but since we missed Linda Gail and didn't even have the chance to visit with your half Aunt Carolyn we decided to stay one more night. We stayed at Mary's house the second evening. Your mother & Aunt Mary then went out to buy you some formula and I watched a video of the movie, Gladiator. They were late returning because of the heavy fog in the mountains. We all slept very well, including you.
We woke around 8:00 in the morning. Aunt Mary fixed us a breakfast of scrambled cheese eggs, polish sausage, blueberry pancakes with Karo syrup and Pepsi. Mary stayed at the house to shower while Papaw Lawrence took us to see Linda Gail. She still wasn't home. We went back to Aunt Mary's to drop off Papaw Lawrence and pick up Mary. We then went to see your aunt Carolyn. She wasn't there so we went to an incredibly crappy restaurant called Rax and took Mary to a teeny bopper clothing store. Your Aunt Mary is a 28 year old teenager. Her tatses are the same as a teen aged girl. Even her taste in men. She's dating an 18 year old. We then took Mary home. Said goodbye to Papaw Lawrence and made the two and a half hour trip back home. We stopped at the Dairy Queen before we returned to our domicile. I had a mocha moolatte while your mom had a small hot fudge Sunday with nuts. You didn't have anything. You were still much to young to have big peoples food.
We arrived home. I unloaded the Explorer while your Momma fed you. Then your mother unpacked all of our stuff while you bounced in your bouncy and I typed away on this blog. We are both very tired and I am gonna watch a little television before bed. I'm just glad that I don't have to go to work tomorrow. It will be Labor Day. We plan on working on your room tomorrow. I love you, Rebecca. Nighty-night, Sweety.
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