Dear Rebecca,
I suppose I told you something that turned out not to be true in my last post; I said I was going to post a longer blog later in the week but I let the week expire without posting at all. This is the beginning of a brand new week. Well, anyway, I am posting now.
Yesterday your Mother took you down to Aunt Lynn's to visit. She drove you down there all by herself. I am very proud of how your Mother's driving skills have been progressing. I drove down there after I rolled out of bed. I visited with my sister for awhile and then your Mother drove you back home in her Taurus while I followed her in the Explorer. We got home and then we took the Taurus for a trip to McDonalds for lunch. We decided to go to Lexington for lunch at the Cracker Barrel. I had the Sampler platter; it had chicken & dumplings, meatloaf and country ham with three vegetables. The veggies I chose were carrots, green beans and mashed potatoes. Your Mother had Chicken strips with fried apples, mac & cheese and steak fries. You shared your Mother's mac & cheese and my mashed potatoes. While we were there your Mother purchased a Yankee Candle Car Jar. The scent was "Touch of Rain". After Cracker Barrel we headed back home but the day was so nice we decided to have a little drive. We drove through downtown Lexington and all over Woodford County before coming home. You had a really great nap in the car. We got back home and we watched an episode of Las Vegas and then you went to bed. Then your Mother & I watched an episode of Investigative Reports on A&E and then I went to bed early at eight. I was very tired. Your Mother stayed up and played her computer game, Sims 2. That's what yesterday was like.
The rest of the week was pretty much like any other week. We all woke up early and I went to work while you and your Mother stayed here. I get home from work and your Mother and I watch you play in the floor and try to watch a little television as we eat a little bite of supper. You go to bed and we watch one more television show and then your Mother and I go to bed. The next morning we all get up early and it all starts again.
Well, you probably will be waking up here in a little bit so I will sign off of here and play around a little before you wake up. I love you very much, Rebecca.
Sunday, February 27, 2005
Friday, February 25, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Good morning? It's almost eleven o'clock, and it's still the a.m., but since you and I get up at five o'clock or five thirty, it hardly seems like morning nearly six hours later. Right now you are upstairs napping in your bouncer. I really don't like using it; you are getting a little too big for it, but since you refuse to nap in your crib, I have no choice it seems. We'll have to figure out something real soon, though. You're getting quite big; at the doctor they said you weighed in at 20 lbs... and 14 oz. Wow! You really are getting to be a big bird.
We've had a pretty good morning together so far, save the fact you almost gave me a heart attack by making me think you had swallowed your hairbow. I called Aunt Lynn in a frenzy and she said not to worry about it, that I would get it back later. She didn't reccomend me using it, though. Ha, Ha. She said the only danger from you swallowing something like a hairbow would be that you would choke. You weren't choking but I continued to look for the hairbow anyway; I am a crazy Mama. It seemed you hand't swallowed it after all; youre nimble little fingers pulled it out and threw it behind your crib. I guess that tells me what you think about hairbows. You won't be wearing too many of them anymore, I am afraid. I don't want to risk you choking or swallowing them. Anyway, all was well except now your hair is sticking straight up. But that's usual. You need a haircut really bad but we have to wait until your first birthday. I don't know why. It's bad luck or something or damaging to your hair. Anyway, we are waiting. For one reason or another.
This morning when you got up you ate a little and played a while in the floor then I took you upstairs to your bouncer for your first nap. I turned the monitor on and layed down in my room and drifted off to sleep, too. that was around 6:55 a.m. You slept until a little after eight o'clock; that means I did too. I got up to check on you once but you were just fine so I went on back to sleep. I heard you wake up just as I was waking up and when I went in to get you, you were sitting straight up messing with your bouncer belt. You shined a big smile at me and got all excited when I came to scoop you up. My bones were still lazy, so we went and climbed up into my bed, where you played with the teddy bear I keep there to decorate it, and well mostly for you to play with, and we played peep-eye with my blanket. We layed there and watched an episode of "Dragon Tales" and you really enjoyed it. So did I. After Dragon Tales I put you in your crib and came downstairs to fix you a bottle. You ate on it, I won't say you ate it. You had about four of six ounces and the bottle had cereal in it. Babycenter says now is a good time to start you on things like cut up grilled cheese, cheese cubes, cereal-o's, fresh ripe fruits peeled and seeded, among other many things you can grasp with your little hands and feed yourself with. I found out you weren't supposed to give eggs until twelve months, but you had them quite late, near seven months, and you've had them more than once so I think you're ok there. It seems they need to keep people a little better informed; one article I read said to start giving you scrambled eggs - the other said wait until twelve months. I guess it's just up to Mommies and Daddies to decide what they want to do in the end. Anyway, today for lunch when you wake up, we are going to have some grilled cheese together. I have you a "Gerber Graduate" chicken stew that you can "eat" - you'll spoon at it, and make a mess, but that's what babies do - what they NEED to do- and you can grab at your grilled cheese pieces and eat up good. I hope you enjoy it; grilled cheese as a child is a wonderful thing.
Well I am going to let you go for now, I have to use the restroom and it sounds like the dishwasher is finished running. I want to empty it before you wake up. I love you, my little baby bird! Or, should I say, my BIG BECCA BIRD!
Good morning? It's almost eleven o'clock, and it's still the a.m., but since you and I get up at five o'clock or five thirty, it hardly seems like morning nearly six hours later. Right now you are upstairs napping in your bouncer. I really don't like using it; you are getting a little too big for it, but since you refuse to nap in your crib, I have no choice it seems. We'll have to figure out something real soon, though. You're getting quite big; at the doctor they said you weighed in at 20 lbs... and 14 oz. Wow! You really are getting to be a big bird.
We've had a pretty good morning together so far, save the fact you almost gave me a heart attack by making me think you had swallowed your hairbow. I called Aunt Lynn in a frenzy and she said not to worry about it, that I would get it back later. She didn't reccomend me using it, though. Ha, Ha. She said the only danger from you swallowing something like a hairbow would be that you would choke. You weren't choking but I continued to look for the hairbow anyway; I am a crazy Mama. It seemed you hand't swallowed it after all; youre nimble little fingers pulled it out and threw it behind your crib. I guess that tells me what you think about hairbows. You won't be wearing too many of them anymore, I am afraid. I don't want to risk you choking or swallowing them. Anyway, all was well except now your hair is sticking straight up. But that's usual. You need a haircut really bad but we have to wait until your first birthday. I don't know why. It's bad luck or something or damaging to your hair. Anyway, we are waiting. For one reason or another.
This morning when you got up you ate a little and played a while in the floor then I took you upstairs to your bouncer for your first nap. I turned the monitor on and layed down in my room and drifted off to sleep, too. that was around 6:55 a.m. You slept until a little after eight o'clock; that means I did too. I got up to check on you once but you were just fine so I went on back to sleep. I heard you wake up just as I was waking up and when I went in to get you, you were sitting straight up messing with your bouncer belt. You shined a big smile at me and got all excited when I came to scoop you up. My bones were still lazy, so we went and climbed up into my bed, where you played with the teddy bear I keep there to decorate it, and well mostly for you to play with, and we played peep-eye with my blanket. We layed there and watched an episode of "Dragon Tales" and you really enjoyed it. So did I. After Dragon Tales I put you in your crib and came downstairs to fix you a bottle. You ate on it, I won't say you ate it. You had about four of six ounces and the bottle had cereal in it. Babycenter says now is a good time to start you on things like cut up grilled cheese, cheese cubes, cereal-o's, fresh ripe fruits peeled and seeded, among other many things you can grasp with your little hands and feed yourself with. I found out you weren't supposed to give eggs until twelve months, but you had them quite late, near seven months, and you've had them more than once so I think you're ok there. It seems they need to keep people a little better informed; one article I read said to start giving you scrambled eggs - the other said wait until twelve months. I guess it's just up to Mommies and Daddies to decide what they want to do in the end. Anyway, today for lunch when you wake up, we are going to have some grilled cheese together. I have you a "Gerber Graduate" chicken stew that you can "eat" - you'll spoon at it, and make a mess, but that's what babies do - what they NEED to do- and you can grab at your grilled cheese pieces and eat up good. I hope you enjoy it; grilled cheese as a child is a wonderful thing.
Well I am going to let you go for now, I have to use the restroom and it sounds like the dishwasher is finished running. I want to empty it before you wake up. I love you, my little baby bird! Or, should I say, my BIG BECCA BIRD!
Monday, February 21, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
We just now got back from the doctor's office. You have a little virus. You haven't been feeling very well and you have been rubbing your ear so Mommy called the pediatrician and they said to bring you on in. You will be fine but you are a little uncomfortable. We had supper at Cici's Pizza Buffet before we went to the doctor. We used your portable booster chair today for the first time. We all really liked it.
Sorry I haven't posted lately. I have been doing things after work to get the Taurus in good working order. It works great but I just want to make it as safe and dependable as possible for Mommy & you. Plus I have been playing with my new feature on Tivo called Tivo ToGo. I can burn television shows to DVD. If you're like Mommy you couldn't care less but if you're like Daddy you're probably wondering why I am so excited about such ancient technology. Well, it's new to me.
I'm gonna let you go for now, Hon. I love you. I will post a longer blog post later in the week.
We just now got back from the doctor's office. You have a little virus. You haven't been feeling very well and you have been rubbing your ear so Mommy called the pediatrician and they said to bring you on in. You will be fine but you are a little uncomfortable. We had supper at Cici's Pizza Buffet before we went to the doctor. We used your portable booster chair today for the first time. We all really liked it.
Sorry I haven't posted lately. I have been doing things after work to get the Taurus in good working order. It works great but I just want to make it as safe and dependable as possible for Mommy & you. Plus I have been playing with my new feature on Tivo called Tivo ToGo. I can burn television shows to DVD. If you're like Mommy you couldn't care less but if you're like Daddy you're probably wondering why I am so excited about such ancient technology. Well, it's new to me.
I'm gonna let you go for now, Hon. I love you. I will post a longer blog post later in the week.
Saturday, February 19, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Little girl, you sure are expensive! Yesterday, which was Friday, we went shopping while Mamaw kept you. We like taking you with us and seeing people make a big fuss over you because you are so pretty and sweet, but getting our shopping done takes a lot less time when we have a babysitter. First we went to Sam's Club, where we bought things like huge boxes of oatmeal and granola bars for Daddy's breakfast and snacks, and toothbrush heads for our one hundred dollar toothbrush. Daddy and I need a really good toothbrush because we both have what is called Periodontal disease. It's a disease which causes your gums to pull away from your teeth. You may never need a toothbrush like that if you continue to take really good care of yours. Of course when you are old enough you will have your own very nice electric toothbrush. We also bought you a "My First Colors" book at Sams Club; it will teach you all about the pretty colors you see and play with around you every day. I can't wait to see how you like it. We've been doing My First Animal flash cards and board books; I still think you might be a little young for that, but it's interactive between the two of us and you seem to enjoy it. I hope you will enjoy this new book as well. We saw some old neighbors of ours at Sam's Club. They are moving away from this neighborhood, so you may never know them.
After we went to Sam's Club, we went to Babies R Us, where we traded in your booster seat that I so stupidly purchased four months ago. I thought it was a car seat; I don't know what I was thinking. I guess I just wasn't paying enough attention to the specifications. I am going to have to learn to do that more often. It's important that you are always safe and secure in the car, along with everywhere else. We've gotten started on a few things as far as baby proofing; Daddy and Papaw are going to have to put up your baby gates very soon. You are so close to crawling that you, and Daddy and I, can taste it. It won't be long before you are zooming all around the house on all fours. I am so proud of you. You are growing up so big and strong.
We bought a car seat in exchange for the booster; the car seat was much more expensive but I would imagine that would be the case. There are more safety features for little tiny babies in a car seat. We look at one that cost nearly $140.00 but realized the one that was twenty dollars cheaper was the same car seat without all the hooplah. Let's face it, quite frankly, a seven month old does not need a cup holder. They just don't. We also bought you another case of milk; this may very well be the last one. Of course I said that four cases ago, and now it's come down to the fact that we have spent almost $2000.00 on cases of formula. That's not even counting the can or two we have bought here and there. We also bought you a tubside seat to make bathtime safer for the both of us. You are getting to where you want to try and crawl in the water and you are too big for the sink now so you often fall and konk your noggin. That upsets you so much so in turn, upsets me, and causes me to yell at Daddy to call the Pediatricians, which are by no means needed. We tried the seat out tonight and it worked just fine; you liked bathtime just as much as you did before, if not more, because you bounced up and down in your seat and made the water slosh all around. You think sloshing water is big fun. We also bought some more doorknob covers, to keep you in safe places and out of dangerous ones, and a Fold-N-Go booster seat made by Fisher Price. It's just like your high chair, only it's portable. It's a fantastic piece of equipment, and you enjoyed just sitting in it and playing with your toys. It will be very handy at restaurants, where their high chairs are never clean and always germy, and it will be especially handy for Mamaw's and Aunt Lynn's whenever you are down there. We bought a few more toys and a car mirror with Elmo and Cookie Monster on it so that I will be able to check on you while I am driving. We're going to have to do some figuring as to where to place it. As it is right now I can't see it or you because your car seat sits so high. The car seat works right nice as well; It has a five point harness on it, which I like A LOT. It makes me feel a lot more comfortable than just an over-the-shoulder strap. That might have been OK when you were tiny, but now you are big enough to move about and wiggle right out of that getup. All in all at Babies R Us, we spent over three hundred dollars. But, like Mamaw said, and like Daddy and I firmly believe, you are the best investment we have ever made. I would spend my last dime on you and then some. Anything to keep you healthy and happy.
After we picked you up at Mamaw and Papaw's, (little girl, you got Papaw wrapped around your pinky finger. He drove you home with him the other day) we came home and you were so sleepy that you went right to sleep. You must have had a big day of fun and play there with all of them. I was tired myself so I wandered into the bedroom and went to Pogo land. Daddy stayed up and played on the computer and you woke up in the night for a feeding. He fed you but he said you were bright eyed and bushy tailed and that you wanted to play and you just did NOT want to go back to sleep. He finally got you back to sleep and made it to bed late. That's why he's in bed now and I get to stay up tonight. I am going to play The SIMS 2 and fiddle about; but I would wager I will be heading to bed myself quite shortly. I love you little girl, and I am not complaining about spending all of our money on you. Not at ALL. You are the one who deserves it the most. You're an angel who has blessed our lives in a way we never thought possible and we will try to give you everything we ever had and then some.
Today we went to get Daddy's haircut and he got butchered by the serial barber. That's a running joke we have because there are tons of little boys wandering about with bad haircuts in this town. I am afraid Daddy and I finally found out who she was today. She is some lady who works at Great Clips. I was going to get my hair trimmed too, but I decided against it because by the time they got around to me everyone was busy except for her and if she had messed up my hair well quite frankly, I would have had to kill her. Really. It has taken me over a year to get my hair back in decent condition. I don't want anyone flubbing it up. You don't get to have a haircut until you are one. I am wanting to do it now because you have little mini-wings... Like Daddy gets. Daddy doesn't want to though and I really don't want to either so we are going to wait. You have pretty, thick , blonde hair. Everyone at the haircut place made a big fuss over you and how good natured and pretty and sweet you were. One lady held you for a while and talked to us. She told us she and her husband never had any children because he did not want any. That made me sad for her because Daddy and I just don't know what we would do without you. We'd take three or four more just like you. Ok maybe one more just like you. Three or four I would wager we would go broke. After we got Daddy's haircut we went to Kroger and picked up hamburger buns and an onion and tomato so I could fix bacon cheeseburgers tonight on the George Foreman for dinner. Daddy and I watched you play in the floor and play in your new booster seat and in your walker. You took a nap and I started working on supper about the time you woke up. Daddy fed you your bottle and after Daddy and I ate I fed you a number 3 baby food that was Turkey Rice and Garden Veggies. You really like the chunks that you can chew with your big and pretty teeth. We watched some Tv and then you got to try out your new tub seat. As I mentioned earlier, you liked it. Daddy got you dressed after your bath and did a fine job of it, even though I complained about the way he snapped your diaper. I guess I am just picky. I hear you stirring in your room. Your ear has been bothering you lately; If its not better by Monday I will call the pediatrician. After your bath I fed you a nice warm bottle of milk with rice baby cereal in it and rocked you a bit to get you to sleep. You fell asleep but you woke up as I lay you in your crib and I came downstairs anyway. I want you to learn to get to sleep by yourself; one day you will be too big for me to rock you. And the way you keep gaining weight, well sweetie, that day is soon. You didn't go to sleep again and eventually I had to rock you a bit to get you that way. But you are doing better and going longer and longer each time and easing you into it is the way to go - not just shocking you with it all at once. Daddy and I watched a couple more shows after you went to sleep and now he is in bed. That puts me at the end of my post for now. I will write you another nice long post as soon as I can. I love you, Rebecca!
Little girl, you sure are expensive! Yesterday, which was Friday, we went shopping while Mamaw kept you. We like taking you with us and seeing people make a big fuss over you because you are so pretty and sweet, but getting our shopping done takes a lot less time when we have a babysitter. First we went to Sam's Club, where we bought things like huge boxes of oatmeal and granola bars for Daddy's breakfast and snacks, and toothbrush heads for our one hundred dollar toothbrush. Daddy and I need a really good toothbrush because we both have what is called Periodontal disease. It's a disease which causes your gums to pull away from your teeth. You may never need a toothbrush like that if you continue to take really good care of yours. Of course when you are old enough you will have your own very nice electric toothbrush. We also bought you a "My First Colors" book at Sams Club; it will teach you all about the pretty colors you see and play with around you every day. I can't wait to see how you like it. We've been doing My First Animal flash cards and board books; I still think you might be a little young for that, but it's interactive between the two of us and you seem to enjoy it. I hope you will enjoy this new book as well. We saw some old neighbors of ours at Sam's Club. They are moving away from this neighborhood, so you may never know them.
After we went to Sam's Club, we went to Babies R Us, where we traded in your booster seat that I so stupidly purchased four months ago. I thought it was a car seat; I don't know what I was thinking. I guess I just wasn't paying enough attention to the specifications. I am going to have to learn to do that more often. It's important that you are always safe and secure in the car, along with everywhere else. We've gotten started on a few things as far as baby proofing; Daddy and Papaw are going to have to put up your baby gates very soon. You are so close to crawling that you, and Daddy and I, can taste it. It won't be long before you are zooming all around the house on all fours. I am so proud of you. You are growing up so big and strong.
We bought a car seat in exchange for the booster; the car seat was much more expensive but I would imagine that would be the case. There are more safety features for little tiny babies in a car seat. We look at one that cost nearly $140.00 but realized the one that was twenty dollars cheaper was the same car seat without all the hooplah. Let's face it, quite frankly, a seven month old does not need a cup holder. They just don't. We also bought you another case of milk; this may very well be the last one. Of course I said that four cases ago, and now it's come down to the fact that we have spent almost $2000.00 on cases of formula. That's not even counting the can or two we have bought here and there. We also bought you a tubside seat to make bathtime safer for the both of us. You are getting to where you want to try and crawl in the water and you are too big for the sink now so you often fall and konk your noggin. That upsets you so much so in turn, upsets me, and causes me to yell at Daddy to call the Pediatricians, which are by no means needed. We tried the seat out tonight and it worked just fine; you liked bathtime just as much as you did before, if not more, because you bounced up and down in your seat and made the water slosh all around. You think sloshing water is big fun. We also bought some more doorknob covers, to keep you in safe places and out of dangerous ones, and a Fold-N-Go booster seat made by Fisher Price. It's just like your high chair, only it's portable. It's a fantastic piece of equipment, and you enjoyed just sitting in it and playing with your toys. It will be very handy at restaurants, where their high chairs are never clean and always germy, and it will be especially handy for Mamaw's and Aunt Lynn's whenever you are down there. We bought a few more toys and a car mirror with Elmo and Cookie Monster on it so that I will be able to check on you while I am driving. We're going to have to do some figuring as to where to place it. As it is right now I can't see it or you because your car seat sits so high. The car seat works right nice as well; It has a five point harness on it, which I like A LOT. It makes me feel a lot more comfortable than just an over-the-shoulder strap. That might have been OK when you were tiny, but now you are big enough to move about and wiggle right out of that getup. All in all at Babies R Us, we spent over three hundred dollars. But, like Mamaw said, and like Daddy and I firmly believe, you are the best investment we have ever made. I would spend my last dime on you and then some. Anything to keep you healthy and happy.
After we picked you up at Mamaw and Papaw's, (little girl, you got Papaw wrapped around your pinky finger. He drove you home with him the other day) we came home and you were so sleepy that you went right to sleep. You must have had a big day of fun and play there with all of them. I was tired myself so I wandered into the bedroom and went to Pogo land. Daddy stayed up and played on the computer and you woke up in the night for a feeding. He fed you but he said you were bright eyed and bushy tailed and that you wanted to play and you just did NOT want to go back to sleep. He finally got you back to sleep and made it to bed late. That's why he's in bed now and I get to stay up tonight. I am going to play The SIMS 2 and fiddle about; but I would wager I will be heading to bed myself quite shortly. I love you little girl, and I am not complaining about spending all of our money on you. Not at ALL. You are the one who deserves it the most. You're an angel who has blessed our lives in a way we never thought possible and we will try to give you everything we ever had and then some.
Today we went to get Daddy's haircut and he got butchered by the serial barber. That's a running joke we have because there are tons of little boys wandering about with bad haircuts in this town. I am afraid Daddy and I finally found out who she was today. She is some lady who works at Great Clips. I was going to get my hair trimmed too, but I decided against it because by the time they got around to me everyone was busy except for her and if she had messed up my hair well quite frankly, I would have had to kill her. Really. It has taken me over a year to get my hair back in decent condition. I don't want anyone flubbing it up. You don't get to have a haircut until you are one. I am wanting to do it now because you have little mini-wings... Like Daddy gets. Daddy doesn't want to though and I really don't want to either so we are going to wait. You have pretty, thick , blonde hair. Everyone at the haircut place made a big fuss over you and how good natured and pretty and sweet you were. One lady held you for a while and talked to us. She told us she and her husband never had any children because he did not want any. That made me sad for her because Daddy and I just don't know what we would do without you. We'd take three or four more just like you. Ok maybe one more just like you. Three or four I would wager we would go broke. After we got Daddy's haircut we went to Kroger and picked up hamburger buns and an onion and tomato so I could fix bacon cheeseburgers tonight on the George Foreman for dinner. Daddy and I watched you play in the floor and play in your new booster seat and in your walker. You took a nap and I started working on supper about the time you woke up. Daddy fed you your bottle and after Daddy and I ate I fed you a number 3 baby food that was Turkey Rice and Garden Veggies. You really like the chunks that you can chew with your big and pretty teeth. We watched some Tv and then you got to try out your new tub seat. As I mentioned earlier, you liked it. Daddy got you dressed after your bath and did a fine job of it, even though I complained about the way he snapped your diaper. I guess I am just picky. I hear you stirring in your room. Your ear has been bothering you lately; If its not better by Monday I will call the pediatrician. After your bath I fed you a nice warm bottle of milk with rice baby cereal in it and rocked you a bit to get you to sleep. You fell asleep but you woke up as I lay you in your crib and I came downstairs anyway. I want you to learn to get to sleep by yourself; one day you will be too big for me to rock you. And the way you keep gaining weight, well sweetie, that day is soon. You didn't go to sleep again and eventually I had to rock you a bit to get you that way. But you are doing better and going longer and longer each time and easing you into it is the way to go - not just shocking you with it all at once. Daddy and I watched a couple more shows after you went to sleep and now he is in bed. That puts me at the end of my post for now. I will write you another nice long post as soon as I can. I love you, Rebecca!
Thursday, February 17, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Hello there, little girl. Did you know that you have seven big and beautiful teeth? Yep, you sure do. That's a tooth for each month you've been here with us. I won't say alive because you were alive from the moment of conception, so that would make you being alive 17 months, and you do not have seventeen teeth yet. I am so proud of you! Your teeth are in great shape. Now just STOP grinding them! You have a terrible habit of that. Anyway!
As your Daddy stated before we did buy the 99 Ford Taurus and I am enjoying it.Tuesday I took you to the park in it after we went to get the tire leak fixed at S&S tire. Everyone at S&S tire thought you were very cute and made a big fuss over you like people always do (you really are a beautiful baby) but I was glad to get out of there because you were tired and starting to fuss and it was quite stinky what with all the rubber tires being worked on. We finally left there and by the time we got to the park you were sound asleep. I let you doze for a minute then I woke you up. I gave you a few bites of your lunch there, which was Apples with Sweet Potatoes, but you really weren't interested so I got you out of your seat. I was excited to see you swing in the baby swing at the park for the very first time. You seemed to like it but were still too sleepy to enjoy it so I got you out of the swing and brought you on home. When we got here your Aunt Mary and Papaw Lawrence showed up and they played with you a while and we all took a ride in Mommy's car over to see one of Mommy's old friend's mother. That particular friend of Mommy's passed away. Her name was Nancy and I am sure you will hear all about her over the years. She was a very good friend to me. All of Nancy's mother's friends and family made a big fuss over you as well. We left there and Aunt Mary and Papaw Lawrence had to go home because Aunt Mary had to work on Wednesday. Wednesday I didn't really want to go out. Daddy had taken the car to get the oil changed and get it washed but it was supposed to rain so Daddy wanted to come on home. I don't blame him. We had to go out on Wednesday though and use Daddy's Explorer. You were almost out of milk and I figured since we were there I would do my grocery shopping for the week. I bought some things for the house at Kroger and then we went to KMart where we bought your milk and some pampers and a brand new Umbrella stroller for you. It's tan and it has Sesame Street Characters and little animals on it. I fixed Daddy a big steak dinner for a belated Valentine's gift yesterday. He says he really enjoyed it and I am glad. We had a romantic dinner, just the three of us. You actually napped through most of it, and while I was putting you down for that nap Daddy did the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen. He is a good husband and father and we are lucky to have him.
Today Daddy did go and get the oil changed and the car washed and then he brought Subways home for dinner. We were invited up to your Great Granny's house where Mamaw was going to fix dinner but I am not feeling well today so I did not want to go near Granny. Tonight when Daddy got home after we ate the dinner he brought us he took you on up to see your Great Granny and Mamaw.I did not go, I stayed here to write this blog to you. I am sick with something; I don't know what. I just know that I am nauseated and sniffly. I actually threw up this morning. And no, I am not pregnant. We had a good day though, you are a super great baby and you really enjoy reading Bible Stories with Mommy. Today we read the story of Moses and Pharoah. You like to paw at the book and look at the pictures while I read. You really love playing with your toys and rolling around in the floor. This afternoon I looked up and before I knew it you were grabbing at Winnie the Pooh, which is under the entertainment center. I had actually sat you up in front of your toys in front of the chair, which is across the room. You actually crawled a little bit to the phone towards Daddy's voice yesterday. I had a movie but I accidentally erased it. I was so mad because I really didn't have any proof, but Daddy saw you do it today. You are getting so big and independent; we are really going to have to work on baby-proofing this place. Your safety is the up most importance. Well little girl, I am going to let you go for now. I am tired and I feel queasy again... I will write you a nice long blog again soon. I love you, Rebecca!
Hello there, little girl. Did you know that you have seven big and beautiful teeth? Yep, you sure do. That's a tooth for each month you've been here with us. I won't say alive because you were alive from the moment of conception, so that would make you being alive 17 months, and you do not have seventeen teeth yet. I am so proud of you! Your teeth are in great shape. Now just STOP grinding them! You have a terrible habit of that. Anyway!
As your Daddy stated before we did buy the 99 Ford Taurus and I am enjoying it.Tuesday I took you to the park in it after we went to get the tire leak fixed at S&S tire. Everyone at S&S tire thought you were very cute and made a big fuss over you like people always do (you really are a beautiful baby) but I was glad to get out of there because you were tired and starting to fuss and it was quite stinky what with all the rubber tires being worked on. We finally left there and by the time we got to the park you were sound asleep. I let you doze for a minute then I woke you up. I gave you a few bites of your lunch there, which was Apples with Sweet Potatoes, but you really weren't interested so I got you out of your seat. I was excited to see you swing in the baby swing at the park for the very first time. You seemed to like it but were still too sleepy to enjoy it so I got you out of the swing and brought you on home. When we got here your Aunt Mary and Papaw Lawrence showed up and they played with you a while and we all took a ride in Mommy's car over to see one of Mommy's old friend's mother. That particular friend of Mommy's passed away. Her name was Nancy and I am sure you will hear all about her over the years. She was a very good friend to me. All of Nancy's mother's friends and family made a big fuss over you as well. We left there and Aunt Mary and Papaw Lawrence had to go home because Aunt Mary had to work on Wednesday. Wednesday I didn't really want to go out. Daddy had taken the car to get the oil changed and get it washed but it was supposed to rain so Daddy wanted to come on home. I don't blame him. We had to go out on Wednesday though and use Daddy's Explorer. You were almost out of milk and I figured since we were there I would do my grocery shopping for the week. I bought some things for the house at Kroger and then we went to KMart where we bought your milk and some pampers and a brand new Umbrella stroller for you. It's tan and it has Sesame Street Characters and little animals on it. I fixed Daddy a big steak dinner for a belated Valentine's gift yesterday. He says he really enjoyed it and I am glad. We had a romantic dinner, just the three of us. You actually napped through most of it, and while I was putting you down for that nap Daddy did the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen. He is a good husband and father and we are lucky to have him.
Today Daddy did go and get the oil changed and the car washed and then he brought Subways home for dinner. We were invited up to your Great Granny's house where Mamaw was going to fix dinner but I am not feeling well today so I did not want to go near Granny. Tonight when Daddy got home after we ate the dinner he brought us he took you on up to see your Great Granny and Mamaw.I did not go, I stayed here to write this blog to you. I am sick with something; I don't know what. I just know that I am nauseated and sniffly. I actually threw up this morning. And no, I am not pregnant. We had a good day though, you are a super great baby and you really enjoy reading Bible Stories with Mommy. Today we read the story of Moses and Pharoah. You like to paw at the book and look at the pictures while I read. You really love playing with your toys and rolling around in the floor. This afternoon I looked up and before I knew it you were grabbing at Winnie the Pooh, which is under the entertainment center. I had actually sat you up in front of your toys in front of the chair, which is across the room. You actually crawled a little bit to the phone towards Daddy's voice yesterday. I had a movie but I accidentally erased it. I was so mad because I really didn't have any proof, but Daddy saw you do it today. You are getting so big and independent; we are really going to have to work on baby-proofing this place. Your safety is the up most importance. Well little girl, I am going to let you go for now. I am tired and I feel queasy again... I will write you a nice long blog again soon. I love you, Rebecca!
Sunday, February 13, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
We all had a very busy weekend this weekend. We did buy the 99' Taurus on Saturday. Your Mother was and still is very excited about it. It's a real good looking automobile. Saturday night we had Jon, Jacob & Allison over while Uncle Rodney & Aunt Lynn had a romantic breakfast at Cracker Barrel and some hot and heavy paperwork at Rodney's father's house. You can tell they've been married a few years, can't ya? We didn't get to watch our movies; the boys wouldn't allow that at all. Saturday night I got an update to my Tivo that I have been looking forward to. Now I can transfer shows I record with my Tivo to my computer and then burn them to a DVD. That is so very cool.
Sunday I got up with you and fed you six ounces of formula three baby spoons of cereal and a half a jar of oatmeal with pears and cinnamon and played with you but you got super fussy real quick; you woke your Mother up and she knew exactly what was wrong with you; you were already hungry again. She fed you and then I had to go down to Mamaw & Papaw's so he could look over our new car for us. I was down there for about four to five hours. We have an exhaust leak that we have to take care of and eventually we'll have to get rear brakes but there wasn't anything major wrong with the car. After we were done there I went to Granny's because you & your Mom were there; so was Mamaw and Aunt Louise. After I got there Papaw and Uncle Tommy showed up. We all had salad and pizza and watched you entertain us on Granny's rug. After we left your Mother wanted to take a short ride in her new car so we drove around Versailles for a little bit and then came home. It was really late by that time so your Mother took you directly upstairs and I posted this blog while I waited for her to get done so we could watch a little television before bed. Well, it looks like you are asleep so I will let you go for now. I love you, Rebecca!
We all had a very busy weekend this weekend. We did buy the 99' Taurus on Saturday. Your Mother was and still is very excited about it. It's a real good looking automobile. Saturday night we had Jon, Jacob & Allison over while Uncle Rodney & Aunt Lynn had a romantic breakfast at Cracker Barrel and some hot and heavy paperwork at Rodney's father's house. You can tell they've been married a few years, can't ya? We didn't get to watch our movies; the boys wouldn't allow that at all. Saturday night I got an update to my Tivo that I have been looking forward to. Now I can transfer shows I record with my Tivo to my computer and then burn them to a DVD. That is so very cool.
Sunday I got up with you and fed you six ounces of formula three baby spoons of cereal and a half a jar of oatmeal with pears and cinnamon and played with you but you got super fussy real quick; you woke your Mother up and she knew exactly what was wrong with you; you were already hungry again. She fed you and then I had to go down to Mamaw & Papaw's so he could look over our new car for us. I was down there for about four to five hours. We have an exhaust leak that we have to take care of and eventually we'll have to get rear brakes but there wasn't anything major wrong with the car. After we were done there I went to Granny's because you & your Mom were there; so was Mamaw and Aunt Louise. After I got there Papaw and Uncle Tommy showed up. We all had salad and pizza and watched you entertain us on Granny's rug. After we left your Mother wanted to take a short ride in her new car so we drove around Versailles for a little bit and then came home. It was really late by that time so your Mother took you directly upstairs and I posted this blog while I waited for her to get done so we could watch a little television before bed. Well, it looks like you are asleep so I will let you go for now. I love you, Rebecca!
Saturday, February 12, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Here it is on a Saturday morning, 9:33 to be exact. Your Mother is upstairs putting you down for your nap and I just got up. I stayed up late last night playing on the computer and am up relatively early but I feel okay so I reckon I did get enough sleep. Last night your Mother went to bed around ten o'clock, after we watched a movie with Kim Basinger in it called Cellular. It was a pretty good little movie. It wasn't a ten or even an eight but it was probably a seven in my own personal film scoring system; maybe a six point five. We also have Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow & Friday Night Lights to watch this weekend, plus a bunch of television that we tivo'ed over the course of the week.
As your Mother has mentioned, we have been looking for an automobile for her. That and some perfume from Victoria's Secret is going to be her Valentines Day present from me to her. We looked at that Taurus yesterday and made an offer that the guy selling the car didn't take. Papaw was worried about a leak in the exhaust somewhere in the auto. We liked it a whole lot. We are still discussing whether or not we would like to have that car. I hope we don't screw up and buy a piece of crappola. Only time will tell though.
I changed the names that we use to sign these blogs. It's been Danny & Kristie since the beginning but now it's Mommy & Daddy. It just seems right and I think you'll know us by those names more than our given names, at least you had better know us by Mommy & Daddy. There'll be none of that progressive first name calling of your parents in this ole' home. Your Momma just burped. She's folding laundry as we speak so apparently you have gone to sleep upstairs. Your Mother moved you out of your swing for your naps because you are setting up so well that she was afraid you would set up and lean forward so far that you would tip the thing over.
Allison and the boys are coming over tonight so that Aunt Lynn and Uncle Rodney are going out for Valentines Day. Valentines Day is not until Monday but no one wants to do anything romantical on a Monday. I really need to do something really nice for your Mother. She's such a great wife and mother and I am so in love with her. I am as contented in my life as I have ever been. After so many years of stress and worry it's nice to be at ease in my life. Anyway, we may save the Sky Captain film so the boys can have something to watch tonight. Aunt Lynn also rented the Friday Night Lights film; it's a football movie. The boys like sports movies. Speaking of movies, I wish you were a little older because there's a new movie in the theater called Pooh's Heffalump Movie. I'd love to take you to see a film like that. We are going to purchase that film on DVD when it comes out. Your Daddy likes Pooh anyway, as you well know by the ugly tattoo of pooh that he has on his leg. Why is your Father writing all of this in the third person; he's a silly man. A silly and good looking man.
I told you once that I was going to tell you how your Mother & I met. I think now would be a good time to do that since it's so close to Valentines Day. Well, I'm going to wait until your Mother is off the phone with Aunt Lynn so she can help me out with the details. As you know, I'm not real great at remembering stuff. I have hard time remembering when our anniversary is. I know it's either the sixth or the seventh of July, I think. She's off the phone so here goes. Ten years ago in March I was watching a Kentucky basketball game that I had taped on video when I decided that I wanted a soda. I didn't have any soda at the house; I had to go to the store. I got in my 88' Ranger that I had bought new when I was younger and could afford such things. I was going to go to Kroger but as I passed Dairy Mart I saw the vehicle of a girl that I had recently been pursuing; this girl was evil to your Father. She told him to bug off after I had spent lots of cash on her. Anyway, I wanted to see how she would react if she saw me. I walked into Dairy Mart and she ran into the back of the store. I was highly amused by that. I purchased my soda and probably some candy and went back outside to go home. This girl walked up to me and asked me if I was going to Lexington. I said I hadn't planned on it. This girl, your Mother, said she would give me five dollars if I would take her to her housekeeping job at the Campbell House Inn at the corner of Broadway & Mason Headly. The light wasn't so great so I couldn't exactly see what she looked like but she had a nice voice and I could see that she did have a nice figure so I told her that I would give her a ride and she didn't have to pay me. She got into this perfect strangers automobile for the ride to Lexington. We talked a little and I could now see that she was very pretty and we were getting along so well that I thought I might ask her out on a date. She sensed that I was about to do that so she then mentioned the was engaged to a truck driver. My bubble had been burst even before I had let it go. I was glad that I didn't ask her and get turned down though. We talked some more and come to find out that a few years earlier I had asked out her sister, your Aunt Mary and had been turned down by her as well. I remember how pretty Mary had been when I asked her out, she was a high school cheerleader and she was very attractive, so I gave your Mother my telephone number and told her to have her sister call me. She took the number and said she would have her sister call me. We eventually arrived at the hotel and I let her out and drove back home where I drank my soda as I watched Kentucky win yet another basketball game.
A few days later I called my answering machine from work and I had a message from a girl. I really never got that many calls from girls in my life so I was extremely intrigued. I couldn't place the voice. I thought it might be a girl from K Mart that I had been flirting with even though she was way to young for me. I called the number left on the machine and I asked who it was. It was your Aunt Mary, the hot cheerleader had called me, I was blown away. She called to find out who I was. She remembered me from Long John Silvers where I used to go get an item that I liked that they have since quit selling. I don't remember her waiting on me at Long John Silvers, I remember her from Arby's; she had changed so much that I didn't even recognize her even though I still thought about how pretty she was when I asked her out at Arby's. The next day she called again. It seems that her and her sister, your Mother needed a ride home because she had been to the doctor and wasn't feeling well and her car was broken down. Broken down cars have always been the way your Aunt Mary rolls or rather doesn't roll. I came out and was shocked at how different she looked from years earlier. She actually a mess compared to the hot cheerleader but she used to be a cheerleader and I had always wanted to date a cheerleader and even a washed up cheerleader would have fit the bill. I took Mary and your Mother to a restaurant called Sweet Potataoes here in Versailles.
Over the course of the next few months it seems like I fed both girls almost everyday while I pursued Mary. I wasn't having much luck with her and I didn't know why. I began to hang out more and more with her sister and she would give me encouragement it my pursuit of Mary. I enjoyed hanging out with Kristie but my heart was set on the cheerleader, being the foolish man that I am. Kristie and I got very close and even kissed but still I wanted Mary. Eventually I could see that Kristie was the girl I wanted to be with but by that time she didn't want to be with me. I pursued her over the course of the next year. We hung out together all of the time. Everyone thought that we were a couple but as your Mother made a point of telling me, she was not my girlfriend. Still we did everything together. Your Mother had a few boyfriends during that time and that just about drove me to distraction. Eventually, she wrote me a letter; I had had letters from her before and they had never been good things so I didn't want to read it. I eventually did read the letter. In it she had said that I had been chasing after her for such a long time and that I could now quit chasing. I really didn't know what she meant by that; maybe she was telling me that she didn't want to see me at all anymore. I asked her what she meant by that and she kissed me. I asked her if this was for real and she said it was and we have been together ever since. We've had more than our share of rocky times but we've came through them because we love each other so very much and now that you are here things just couldn't be better. Well, that is the story of how your Mother & I became the loving couple that we are. I'm just glad that I don't have to go through courting her again. It was quite stressful on me but I'm glad I did and I'm sure you are too or else you wouldn't be here.
Well, I think we're going to go see about that car now. We're still undecided about it. I'm leaving it up to your Mother. I hate purchasing cars. I'll let you go for now.
Here it is on a Saturday morning, 9:33 to be exact. Your Mother is upstairs putting you down for your nap and I just got up. I stayed up late last night playing on the computer and am up relatively early but I feel okay so I reckon I did get enough sleep. Last night your Mother went to bed around ten o'clock, after we watched a movie with Kim Basinger in it called Cellular. It was a pretty good little movie. It wasn't a ten or even an eight but it was probably a seven in my own personal film scoring system; maybe a six point five. We also have Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow & Friday Night Lights to watch this weekend, plus a bunch of television that we tivo'ed over the course of the week.
As your Mother has mentioned, we have been looking for an automobile for her. That and some perfume from Victoria's Secret is going to be her Valentines Day present from me to her. We looked at that Taurus yesterday and made an offer that the guy selling the car didn't take. Papaw was worried about a leak in the exhaust somewhere in the auto. We liked it a whole lot. We are still discussing whether or not we would like to have that car. I hope we don't screw up and buy a piece of crappola. Only time will tell though.
I changed the names that we use to sign these blogs. It's been Danny & Kristie since the beginning but now it's Mommy & Daddy. It just seems right and I think you'll know us by those names more than our given names, at least you had better know us by Mommy & Daddy. There'll be none of that progressive first name calling of your parents in this ole' home. Your Momma just burped. She's folding laundry as we speak so apparently you have gone to sleep upstairs. Your Mother moved you out of your swing for your naps because you are setting up so well that she was afraid you would set up and lean forward so far that you would tip the thing over.
Allison and the boys are coming over tonight so that Aunt Lynn and Uncle Rodney are going out for Valentines Day. Valentines Day is not until Monday but no one wants to do anything romantical on a Monday. I really need to do something really nice for your Mother. She's such a great wife and mother and I am so in love with her. I am as contented in my life as I have ever been. After so many years of stress and worry it's nice to be at ease in my life. Anyway, we may save the Sky Captain film so the boys can have something to watch tonight. Aunt Lynn also rented the Friday Night Lights film; it's a football movie. The boys like sports movies. Speaking of movies, I wish you were a little older because there's a new movie in the theater called Pooh's Heffalump Movie. I'd love to take you to see a film like that. We are going to purchase that film on DVD when it comes out. Your Daddy likes Pooh anyway, as you well know by the ugly tattoo of pooh that he has on his leg. Why is your Father writing all of this in the third person; he's a silly man. A silly and good looking man.
I told you once that I was going to tell you how your Mother & I met. I think now would be a good time to do that since it's so close to Valentines Day. Well, I'm going to wait until your Mother is off the phone with Aunt Lynn so she can help me out with the details. As you know, I'm not real great at remembering stuff. I have hard time remembering when our anniversary is. I know it's either the sixth or the seventh of July, I think. She's off the phone so here goes. Ten years ago in March I was watching a Kentucky basketball game that I had taped on video when I decided that I wanted a soda. I didn't have any soda at the house; I had to go to the store. I got in my 88' Ranger that I had bought new when I was younger and could afford such things. I was going to go to Kroger but as I passed Dairy Mart I saw the vehicle of a girl that I had recently been pursuing; this girl was evil to your Father. She told him to bug off after I had spent lots of cash on her. Anyway, I wanted to see how she would react if she saw me. I walked into Dairy Mart and she ran into the back of the store. I was highly amused by that. I purchased my soda and probably some candy and went back outside to go home. This girl walked up to me and asked me if I was going to Lexington. I said I hadn't planned on it. This girl, your Mother, said she would give me five dollars if I would take her to her housekeeping job at the Campbell House Inn at the corner of Broadway & Mason Headly. The light wasn't so great so I couldn't exactly see what she looked like but she had a nice voice and I could see that she did have a nice figure so I told her that I would give her a ride and she didn't have to pay me. She got into this perfect strangers automobile for the ride to Lexington. We talked a little and I could now see that she was very pretty and we were getting along so well that I thought I might ask her out on a date. She sensed that I was about to do that so she then mentioned the was engaged to a truck driver. My bubble had been burst even before I had let it go. I was glad that I didn't ask her and get turned down though. We talked some more and come to find out that a few years earlier I had asked out her sister, your Aunt Mary and had been turned down by her as well. I remember how pretty Mary had been when I asked her out, she was a high school cheerleader and she was very attractive, so I gave your Mother my telephone number and told her to have her sister call me. She took the number and said she would have her sister call me. We eventually arrived at the hotel and I let her out and drove back home where I drank my soda as I watched Kentucky win yet another basketball game.
A few days later I called my answering machine from work and I had a message from a girl. I really never got that many calls from girls in my life so I was extremely intrigued. I couldn't place the voice. I thought it might be a girl from K Mart that I had been flirting with even though she was way to young for me. I called the number left on the machine and I asked who it was. It was your Aunt Mary, the hot cheerleader had called me, I was blown away. She called to find out who I was. She remembered me from Long John Silvers where I used to go get an item that I liked that they have since quit selling. I don't remember her waiting on me at Long John Silvers, I remember her from Arby's; she had changed so much that I didn't even recognize her even though I still thought about how pretty she was when I asked her out at Arby's. The next day she called again. It seems that her and her sister, your Mother needed a ride home because she had been to the doctor and wasn't feeling well and her car was broken down. Broken down cars have always been the way your Aunt Mary rolls or rather doesn't roll. I came out and was shocked at how different she looked from years earlier. She actually a mess compared to the hot cheerleader but she used to be a cheerleader and I had always wanted to date a cheerleader and even a washed up cheerleader would have fit the bill. I took Mary and your Mother to a restaurant called Sweet Potataoes here in Versailles.
Over the course of the next few months it seems like I fed both girls almost everyday while I pursued Mary. I wasn't having much luck with her and I didn't know why. I began to hang out more and more with her sister and she would give me encouragement it my pursuit of Mary. I enjoyed hanging out with Kristie but my heart was set on the cheerleader, being the foolish man that I am. Kristie and I got very close and even kissed but still I wanted Mary. Eventually I could see that Kristie was the girl I wanted to be with but by that time she didn't want to be with me. I pursued her over the course of the next year. We hung out together all of the time. Everyone thought that we were a couple but as your Mother made a point of telling me, she was not my girlfriend. Still we did everything together. Your Mother had a few boyfriends during that time and that just about drove me to distraction. Eventually, she wrote me a letter; I had had letters from her before and they had never been good things so I didn't want to read it. I eventually did read the letter. In it she had said that I had been chasing after her for such a long time and that I could now quit chasing. I really didn't know what she meant by that; maybe she was telling me that she didn't want to see me at all anymore. I asked her what she meant by that and she kissed me. I asked her if this was for real and she said it was and we have been together ever since. We've had more than our share of rocky times but we've came through them because we love each other so very much and now that you are here things just couldn't be better. Well, that is the story of how your Mother & I became the loving couple that we are. I'm just glad that I don't have to go through courting her again. It was quite stressful on me but I'm glad I did and I'm sure you are too or else you wouldn't be here.
Well, I think we're going to go see about that car now. We're still undecided about it. I'm leaving it up to your Mother. I hate purchasing cars. I'll let you go for now.
Dear Rebecca,
Here it is on a Saturday morning, 9:33 to be exact. Your Mother is upstairs putting you down for your nap and I just got up. I stayed up late last night playing on the computer and am up relatively early but I feel okay so I reckon I did get enough sleep. Last night your Mother went to bed around ten o'clock, after we watched a movie with Kim Basinger in it called Cellular. It was a pretty good little movie. It wasn't a ten or even an eight but it was probably a seven in my own personal film scoring system; maybe a six point five. We also have Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow & Friday Night Lights to watch this weekend, plus a bunch of television that we tivo'ed over the course of the week.
As your Mother has mentioned, we have been looking for an automobile for her. That and some perfume from Victoria's Secret is going to be her Valentines Day present from me to her. We looked at that Taurus yesterday and made an offer that the guy selling the car didn't take. Papaw was worried about a leak in the exhaust somewhere in the auto. We liked it a whole lot. We are still discussing whether or not we would like to have that car. I hope we don't screw up and buy a piece of crappola. Only time will tell though.
I changed the names that we use to sign these blogs. It's been Danny & Kristie since the beginning but now it's Mommy & Daddy. It just seems right and I think you'll know us by those names more than our given names, at least you had better know us by Mommy & Daddy. There'll be none of that progressive first name calling of your parents in this ole' home. Your Momma just burped. She's folding laundry as we speak so apparently you have gone to sleep upstairs. Your Mother moved you out of your swing for your naps because you are setting up so well that she was afraid you would set up and lean forward so far that you would tip the thing over.
Allison and the boys are coming over tonight so that Aunt Lynn and Uncle Rodney are going out for Valentines Day. Valentines Day is not until Monday but no one wants to do anything romantical on a Monday. I really need to do something really nice for your Mother. She's such a great wife and mother and I am so in love with her. I am as contented in my life as I have ever been. After so many years of stress and worry it's nice to be at ease in my life. Anyway, we may save the Sky Captain film so the boys can have something to watch tonight. Aunt Lynn also rented the Friday Night Lights film; it's a football movie. The boys like sports movies. Speaking of movies, I wish you were a little older because there's a new movie in the theater called Pooh's Heffalump Movie. I'd love to take you to see a film like that. We are going to purchase that film on DVD when it comes out. Your Daddy likes Pooh anyway, as you well know by the ugly tattoo of pooh that he has on his leg. Why is your Father writing all of this in the third person; he's a silly man. A silly and good looking man.
I told you once that I was going to tell you how your Mother & I met. I think now would be a good time to do that since it's so close to Valentines Day. Well, I'm going to wait until your Mother is off the phone with Aunt Lynn so she can help me out with the details. As you know, I'm not real great at remembering stuff. I have hard time remembering when our anniversary is. I know it's either the sixth or the seventh of July, I think. She's off the phone so here goes. Ten years ago in March I was watching a Kentucky basketball game that I had taped on video when I decided that I wanted a soda. I didn't have any soda at the house; I had to go to the store. I got in my 88' Ranger that I had bought new when I was younger and could afford such things. I was going to go to Kroger but as I passed Dairy Mart I saw the vehicle of a girl that I had recently been pursuing; this girl was evil to your Father. She told him to bug off after I had spent lots of cash on her. Anyway, I wanted to see how she would react if she saw me. I walked into Dairy Mart and she ran into the back of the store. I was highly amused by that. I purchased my soda and probably some candy and went back outside to go home. This girl walked up to me and asked me if I was going to Lexington. I said I hadn't planned on it. This girl, your Mother, said she would give me five dollars if I would take her to her housekeeping job at the Campbell House Inn at the corner of Broadway & Mason Headly. The light wasn't so great so I couldn't exactly see what she looked like but she had a nice voice and I could see that she did have a nice figure so I told her that I would give her a ride and she didn't have to pay me. She got into this perfect strangers automobile for the ride to Lexington. We talked a little and I could now see that she was very pretty and we were getting along so well that I thought I might ask her out on a date. She sensed that I was about to do that so she then mentioned the was engaged to a truck driver. My bubble had been burst even before I had let it go. I was glad that I didn't ask her and get turned down though. We talked some more and come to find out that a few years earlier I had asked out her sister, your Aunt Mary and had been turned down by her as well. I remember how pretty Mary had been when I asked her out, she was a high school cheerleader and she was very attractive, so I gave your Mother my telephone number and told her to have her sister call me. She took the number and said she would have her sister call me. We eventually arrived at the hotel and I let her out and drove back home where I drank my soda as I watched Kentucky win yet another basketball game.
A few days later I called my answering machine from work and I had a message from a girl. I really never got that many calls from girls in my life so I was extremely intrigued. I couldn't place the voice. I thought it might be a girl from K Mart that I had been flirting with even though she was way to young for me. I called the number left on the machine and I asked who it was. It was your Aunt Mary, the hot cheerleader had called me, I was blown away. She called to find out who I was. She remembered me from Long John Silvers where I used to go get an item that I liked that they have since quit selling. I don't remember her waiting on me at Long John Silvers, I remember her from Arby's; she had changed so much that I didn't even recognize her even though I still thought about how pretty she was when I asked her out at Arby's. The next day she called again. It seems that her and her sister, your Mother needed a ride home because she had been to the doctor and wasn't feeling well and her car was broken down. Broken down cars have always been the way your Aunt Mary rolls or rather doesn't roll. I came out and was shocked at how different she looked from years earlier. She actually a mess compared to the hot cheerleader but she used to be a cheerleader and I had always wanted to date a cheerleader and even a washed up cheerleader would have fit the bill. I took Mary and your Mother to a restaurant called Sweet Poataoes here in Versailles.
Over the course of the next few months it seems like I fed both girls almost everyday while I pursued Mary. I wasn't having much luck with her and I didn't know why. I began to hang out more and more with her sister and she would give me encouragement it my pursuit of Mary. I enjoyed hanging out with Kristie but my heart was set on the cheerleader, being the foolish man that I am. Kristie and I got very close and even kissed but still I wanted Mary. Eventually I could see that Kristie was the girl I wanted to be with but by that time she didn't want to be with me. I pursued her over the course of the next year. We hung out together all of the time. Everyone thought that we were a couple but as your Mother made a point of telling me, she was not my girlfriend. Still we did everything together. Your Mother had a few boyfriends during that time and that just about drove me to distraction. Eventually, she wrote me a letter; I had had letters from her before and they had never been good things so I didn't want to read it. I eventually did read the letter. In it she had said that I had been chasing after her for such a long time and that I could now quit chasing. I really didn't know what she meant by that; maybe she was telling me that she didn't want to see me at all anymore. I asked her what she meant by that and she kissed me. I asked her if this was for real and she said it was and we have been together ever since. We've had more than our share of rocky times but we've came through them because we love each other so very much and now that you are here things just couldn't be better. Well, that is the story of how your Mother & I became the loving couple that we are. I'm just glad that I don't have to go through courting her again. It was quite stressful on me but I'm glad I did and I'm sure you are too or else you wouldn't be here.
Well, I think we're going to go see about that car now. We're still undecided about it. I'm leaving it up to your Mother. I hate purchasing cars. I'll let you go for now.
Here it is on a Saturday morning, 9:33 to be exact. Your Mother is upstairs putting you down for your nap and I just got up. I stayed up late last night playing on the computer and am up relatively early but I feel okay so I reckon I did get enough sleep. Last night your Mother went to bed around ten o'clock, after we watched a movie with Kim Basinger in it called Cellular. It was a pretty good little movie. It wasn't a ten or even an eight but it was probably a seven in my own personal film scoring system; maybe a six point five. We also have Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow & Friday Night Lights to watch this weekend, plus a bunch of television that we tivo'ed over the course of the week.
As your Mother has mentioned, we have been looking for an automobile for her. That and some perfume from Victoria's Secret is going to be her Valentines Day present from me to her. We looked at that Taurus yesterday and made an offer that the guy selling the car didn't take. Papaw was worried about a leak in the exhaust somewhere in the auto. We liked it a whole lot. We are still discussing whether or not we would like to have that car. I hope we don't screw up and buy a piece of crappola. Only time will tell though.
I changed the names that we use to sign these blogs. It's been Danny & Kristie since the beginning but now it's Mommy & Daddy. It just seems right and I think you'll know us by those names more than our given names, at least you had better know us by Mommy & Daddy. There'll be none of that progressive first name calling of your parents in this ole' home. Your Momma just burped. She's folding laundry as we speak so apparently you have gone to sleep upstairs. Your Mother moved you out of your swing for your naps because you are setting up so well that she was afraid you would set up and lean forward so far that you would tip the thing over.
Allison and the boys are coming over tonight so that Aunt Lynn and Uncle Rodney are going out for Valentines Day. Valentines Day is not until Monday but no one wants to do anything romantical on a Monday. I really need to do something really nice for your Mother. She's such a great wife and mother and I am so in love with her. I am as contented in my life as I have ever been. After so many years of stress and worry it's nice to be at ease in my life. Anyway, we may save the Sky Captain film so the boys can have something to watch tonight. Aunt Lynn also rented the Friday Night Lights film; it's a football movie. The boys like sports movies. Speaking of movies, I wish you were a little older because there's a new movie in the theater called Pooh's Heffalump Movie. I'd love to take you to see a film like that. We are going to purchase that film on DVD when it comes out. Your Daddy likes Pooh anyway, as you well know by the ugly tattoo of pooh that he has on his leg. Why is your Father writing all of this in the third person; he's a silly man. A silly and good looking man.
I told you once that I was going to tell you how your Mother & I met. I think now would be a good time to do that since it's so close to Valentines Day. Well, I'm going to wait until your Mother is off the phone with Aunt Lynn so she can help me out with the details. As you know, I'm not real great at remembering stuff. I have hard time remembering when our anniversary is. I know it's either the sixth or the seventh of July, I think. She's off the phone so here goes. Ten years ago in March I was watching a Kentucky basketball game that I had taped on video when I decided that I wanted a soda. I didn't have any soda at the house; I had to go to the store. I got in my 88' Ranger that I had bought new when I was younger and could afford such things. I was going to go to Kroger but as I passed Dairy Mart I saw the vehicle of a girl that I had recently been pursuing; this girl was evil to your Father. She told him to bug off after I had spent lots of cash on her. Anyway, I wanted to see how she would react if she saw me. I walked into Dairy Mart and she ran into the back of the store. I was highly amused by that. I purchased my soda and probably some candy and went back outside to go home. This girl walked up to me and asked me if I was going to Lexington. I said I hadn't planned on it. This girl, your Mother, said she would give me five dollars if I would take her to her housekeeping job at the Campbell House Inn at the corner of Broadway & Mason Headly. The light wasn't so great so I couldn't exactly see what she looked like but she had a nice voice and I could see that she did have a nice figure so I told her that I would give her a ride and she didn't have to pay me. She got into this perfect strangers automobile for the ride to Lexington. We talked a little and I could now see that she was very pretty and we were getting along so well that I thought I might ask her out on a date. She sensed that I was about to do that so she then mentioned the was engaged to a truck driver. My bubble had been burst even before I had let it go. I was glad that I didn't ask her and get turned down though. We talked some more and come to find out that a few years earlier I had asked out her sister, your Aunt Mary and had been turned down by her as well. I remember how pretty Mary had been when I asked her out, she was a high school cheerleader and she was very attractive, so I gave your Mother my telephone number and told her to have her sister call me. She took the number and said she would have her sister call me. We eventually arrived at the hotel and I let her out and drove back home where I drank my soda as I watched Kentucky win yet another basketball game.
A few days later I called my answering machine from work and I had a message from a girl. I really never got that many calls from girls in my life so I was extremely intrigued. I couldn't place the voice. I thought it might be a girl from K Mart that I had been flirting with even though she was way to young for me. I called the number left on the machine and I asked who it was. It was your Aunt Mary, the hot cheerleader had called me, I was blown away. She called to find out who I was. She remembered me from Long John Silvers where I used to go get an item that I liked that they have since quit selling. I don't remember her waiting on me at Long John Silvers, I remember her from Arby's; she had changed so much that I didn't even recognize her even though I still thought about how pretty she was when I asked her out at Arby's. The next day she called again. It seems that her and her sister, your Mother needed a ride home because she had been to the doctor and wasn't feeling well and her car was broken down. Broken down cars have always been the way your Aunt Mary rolls or rather doesn't roll. I came out and was shocked at how different she looked from years earlier. She actually a mess compared to the hot cheerleader but she used to be a cheerleader and I had always wanted to date a cheerleader and even a washed up cheerleader would have fit the bill. I took Mary and your Mother to a restaurant called Sweet Poataoes here in Versailles.
Over the course of the next few months it seems like I fed both girls almost everyday while I pursued Mary. I wasn't having much luck with her and I didn't know why. I began to hang out more and more with her sister and she would give me encouragement it my pursuit of Mary. I enjoyed hanging out with Kristie but my heart was set on the cheerleader, being the foolish man that I am. Kristie and I got very close and even kissed but still I wanted Mary. Eventually I could see that Kristie was the girl I wanted to be with but by that time she didn't want to be with me. I pursued her over the course of the next year. We hung out together all of the time. Everyone thought that we were a couple but as your Mother made a point of telling me, she was not my girlfriend. Still we did everything together. Your Mother had a few boyfriends during that time and that just about drove me to distraction. Eventually, she wrote me a letter; I had had letters from her before and they had never been good things so I didn't want to read it. I eventually did read the letter. In it she had said that I had been chasing after her for such a long time and that I could now quit chasing. I really didn't know what she meant by that; maybe she was telling me that she didn't want to see me at all anymore. I asked her what she meant by that and she kissed me. I asked her if this was for real and she said it was and we have been together ever since. We've had more than our share of rocky times but we've came through them because we love each other so very much and now that you are here things just couldn't be better. Well, that is the story of how your Mother & I became the loving couple that we are. I'm just glad that I don't have to go through courting her again. It was quite stressful on me but I'm glad I did and I'm sure you are too or else you wouldn't be here.
Well, I think we're going to go see about that car now. We're still undecided about it. I'm leaving it up to your Mother. I hate purchasing cars. I'll let you go for now.
Friday, February 11, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Hello there, my sweet baby bird. Right now you are playing in the floor with your toys while you watch a Baby Einstein video called "Baby Da Vinci". It's all about the body parts. It's teaching you to identify them; at least I am hoping is helping to teach you identify them. Mommy is busy on the internet looking for a vehicle for you and I to get around safely in. Quite frankly, it's driving me insane. What is a girl to do? I wish I was a man who knew stuff about cars, like your Papaw, just for today. Ha, ha, I somehow don't think God had it planned to work that way. Oh well, one can wish. It's been almost forty five minutes since I started this post; your Aunt Linda called and so did your Daddy and I had to put you down for a nap. I'll be glad when this whole car buying business is over. One because I will have a car, and two, because I won't have to hunt for one anymore. All this hunting is brutal. I still like the Ford Taurus that Daddy and I saw at Standish Motors; if he still has it and it's a good vehicle, per your Papaw, then that is the one we may get. I hope the answer is yes on both counts. I don't know, though, I called the owner of that car lot this morning at 8 a.m. and left a message and he has yet to call me back.
You're sleeping quietly in your room right now and I am doing my best to catch the laundry up and hunt down a flippin' vehicle. I will let you go for now and post you a nice long, drawn out, boring post at a later time. I love you, little one!
Hello there, my sweet baby bird. Right now you are playing in the floor with your toys while you watch a Baby Einstein video called "Baby Da Vinci". It's all about the body parts. It's teaching you to identify them; at least I am hoping is helping to teach you identify them. Mommy is busy on the internet looking for a vehicle for you and I to get around safely in. Quite frankly, it's driving me insane. What is a girl to do? I wish I was a man who knew stuff about cars, like your Papaw, just for today. Ha, ha, I somehow don't think God had it planned to work that way. Oh well, one can wish. It's been almost forty five minutes since I started this post; your Aunt Linda called and so did your Daddy and I had to put you down for a nap. I'll be glad when this whole car buying business is over. One because I will have a car, and two, because I won't have to hunt for one anymore. All this hunting is brutal. I still like the Ford Taurus that Daddy and I saw at Standish Motors; if he still has it and it's a good vehicle, per your Papaw, then that is the one we may get. I hope the answer is yes on both counts. I don't know, though, I called the owner of that car lot this morning at 8 a.m. and left a message and he has yet to call me back.
You're sleeping quietly in your room right now and I am doing my best to catch the laundry up and hunt down a flippin' vehicle. I will let you go for now and post you a nice long, drawn out, boring post at a later time. I love you, little one!
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
As your Mother mentioned in the previous post, you came out to work yesterday so everyone I, your Daddy, could see just what a beautiful baby I have. They were not disappointed. You put on such a show and I was so very proud of you. I felt like my chest would explode I had it poked out so far from pride. You are the best thing I have ever done. I still am in awe that you are my daughter; you are so beautiful and smart.
Your Mother had a follow up at the dentist yesterday, as she mentioned, and while she was seeing the dentist you & I went over to Meijer for baby wipes, floor cleaning formula for your Mother's little spot lifter and milk. While I was there I picked up a couple of packs of those Yobaby yogurts your Mom mentioned and I got myself a couple of boxes of fresh strawberries; they were on sale for two dollars a box. I certainly do love strawberries. You can't have strawberries just yet because of the tiny seeds on the skin. We had a grand ole' time together, just you & I. We played peek-a-boo while I pushed you around the store. You love that game, only you like to be the one hiding. You are such a smart baby.
Your Mother told me that you tried a number three baby food and you did real well with it. I am so proud. It was banana-strawberry, you can have strawberry baby food but not real strawberries; poor baby.
Well, your Mother & I are going to watch a horror movie she's been looking forward to. I love you very much Rebecca!
As your Mother mentioned in the previous post, you came out to work yesterday so everyone I, your Daddy, could see just what a beautiful baby I have. They were not disappointed. You put on such a show and I was so very proud of you. I felt like my chest would explode I had it poked out so far from pride. You are the best thing I have ever done. I still am in awe that you are my daughter; you are so beautiful and smart.
Your Mother had a follow up at the dentist yesterday, as she mentioned, and while she was seeing the dentist you & I went over to Meijer for baby wipes, floor cleaning formula for your Mother's little spot lifter and milk. While I was there I picked up a couple of packs of those Yobaby yogurts your Mom mentioned and I got myself a couple of boxes of fresh strawberries; they were on sale for two dollars a box. I certainly do love strawberries. You can't have strawberries just yet because of the tiny seeds on the skin. We had a grand ole' time together, just you & I. We played peek-a-boo while I pushed you around the store. You love that game, only you like to be the one hiding. You are such a smart baby.
Your Mother told me that you tried a number three baby food and you did real well with it. I am so proud. It was banana-strawberry, you can have strawberry baby food but not real strawberries; poor baby.
Well, your Mother & I are going to watch a horror movie she's been looking forward to. I love you very much Rebecca!
Dear Rebecca,
Little girl, you never cease to amaze me. Apparently Creamed spinach is the cat's meow to you. You finished off half a jar in under five minutes. If I were to try and eat creamed spinach I would hurl it up in under five minutes. I'm so proud that you like so many things that are good for you. You love green beans and peas and tons of other green veggies as well. You like fruit and you love yogurt, of which I gave you too much last night. It's a new kind we are trying called Yobaby and it's made with whole milk. I think it was a bit much on your digestive system because you spit up quite big all over your PJ's and I had to change you before I put you to sleep. Of course you ate an entire container of it, too. Right now you are playing in the floor with your toys and you are getting tired so I am going to pause this post and put you down for a nap. It's now 2:13 p.m.
It's now 2:49 p.m. Yup. It took a while to get you down that time. You must have been a little hungry because you took four ounces of formula and you had just eaten three and a half ounces at 1:10 along with your creamed spinach. I just had to pause again for a few minutes to get you back to sleep. I put you in the kitchen to keep from disturbing you and you sneezed and apparently that woke you up. I think (at least I hope) you are back to sleep now.
Big happenings this weekend and Monday. Saturday we had a birthday dinner for Granny. Your great-granny Annetta, that is. Mommy had made her a scrapbook with pictures of all her family & some poems and trinkets in it and she really loved it. However, as always, you were the hit of the party. You are so pretty and sweet, how could you not be? Everyone just made over how adorable you are. Your Great Granny loves you very much. As does everyone. Great Granny turned 88 Saturday. She's lived a long and fruitful life and I hope she has many more years to share with us. And you.
Monday your Mamaw picked us up and took us up to GE to meet Daddy because Mommy had a dentist appointment that afternoon. She brought us a little early so that everyone at Daddy's work could see just how cute you are. She's not feeling very well so she did not stay with us to watch the good folks up there squawk and make a fuss over you. Your Daddy was so excited that he ran to get you from me right after he got off work. He really loves you very much and is very proud of you. I can't blame him. So do I and so am I. You really put on a show for the folks at the factory, laughing and babbling and waving and smiling. Yep, you were waving. Everyone thought you were super cute and Daddy was highly impressed with your waving ability. I kept telling everyone that was the little thing you were doing with your hand and they did not believe me. You know who taught you that? Me and Super Grover, that's who. You really liked one particular lady at Daddy's work, a lady named Mary Brown. She is a nice black woman that works with Daddy and she has a gold tooth. I think you wanted to get a closer peek at that shiny gold thingy. I could be wrong, though.
At the dentist Mommy got the other side of her mouth cleaned and I sent Daddy to the store with you and he picked up things we needed like baby wipes and milk. It took him a while because he was not familiar with the store he was in and I was done before the two of you got back. We stopped at McDonald's on the way home and I tried to eat a burger with a numb mouth but I kept biting my tongue. Mommy decided that was too difficult and gave up. I finished my milk shake and that was enough to get me full anyway. You have a special parfait in the fridge right now that you are going to get as a treat when you wake up from your nap. We got it when we got our other food yesterday. You really love McDonald's fruit and yogurt parfaits. Of course you just eat the yogurt part. Mommy or Daddy finishes the fruit.
It's Tuesday now and I think we've had a pretty good day. We hung out in the chair a lot while I watched old Maury episodes and you played with the remotes in my lap. Mommy has not felt very good today. I sure hope I did not catch Mamaw's bug. If I did that might mean you did, too. Mamaw did her best to keep away from you so if you get it, well it will be my fault. We'll keep our fingers crossed. You've also played a lot in the floor with your toys that Santa brought you, like your "Touch N Crawl" Winnie The Pooh and the cute little Snow Tigger that your great Aunt Louise got you for Christmas. As always the blocks and the rings kept you good company while I read you the store of Joseph and his Coat out of the Bible Storybook you also got for Christmas. We looked through your book of animals but did not do your flash cards today, because I wanted to read you another book. The one I got you for Valentine's day. It's called Happy Valentine's, Peter Rabbit. In it, he gives his mother a Valentine. I think that is very sweet. I can't wait to get my very first Valentine from you. We sent out Disney Princess Valentine's from you (Mommy helped you write them) to our family and friends. I put them in the mailbox today. I know that everyone will love to get them.
Well, little girl, your sleep is restless and there are things I need to do real quick before you wake up, like go use the restroom and pick up some of your toys. Now it's nearly time for your Daddy to get off work, and I have to think of something for dinner. I love you, my sweet baby bird.
Little girl, you never cease to amaze me. Apparently Creamed spinach is the cat's meow to you. You finished off half a jar in under five minutes. If I were to try and eat creamed spinach I would hurl it up in under five minutes. I'm so proud that you like so many things that are good for you. You love green beans and peas and tons of other green veggies as well. You like fruit and you love yogurt, of which I gave you too much last night. It's a new kind we are trying called Yobaby and it's made with whole milk. I think it was a bit much on your digestive system because you spit up quite big all over your PJ's and I had to change you before I put you to sleep. Of course you ate an entire container of it, too. Right now you are playing in the floor with your toys and you are getting tired so I am going to pause this post and put you down for a nap. It's now 2:13 p.m.
It's now 2:49 p.m. Yup. It took a while to get you down that time. You must have been a little hungry because you took four ounces of formula and you had just eaten three and a half ounces at 1:10 along with your creamed spinach. I just had to pause again for a few minutes to get you back to sleep. I put you in the kitchen to keep from disturbing you and you sneezed and apparently that woke you up. I think (at least I hope) you are back to sleep now.
Big happenings this weekend and Monday. Saturday we had a birthday dinner for Granny. Your great-granny Annetta, that is. Mommy had made her a scrapbook with pictures of all her family & some poems and trinkets in it and she really loved it. However, as always, you were the hit of the party. You are so pretty and sweet, how could you not be? Everyone just made over how adorable you are. Your Great Granny loves you very much. As does everyone. Great Granny turned 88 Saturday. She's lived a long and fruitful life and I hope she has many more years to share with us. And you.
Monday your Mamaw picked us up and took us up to GE to meet Daddy because Mommy had a dentist appointment that afternoon. She brought us a little early so that everyone at Daddy's work could see just how cute you are. She's not feeling very well so she did not stay with us to watch the good folks up there squawk and make a fuss over you. Your Daddy was so excited that he ran to get you from me right after he got off work. He really loves you very much and is very proud of you. I can't blame him. So do I and so am I. You really put on a show for the folks at the factory, laughing and babbling and waving and smiling. Yep, you were waving. Everyone thought you were super cute and Daddy was highly impressed with your waving ability. I kept telling everyone that was the little thing you were doing with your hand and they did not believe me. You know who taught you that? Me and Super Grover, that's who. You really liked one particular lady at Daddy's work, a lady named Mary Brown. She is a nice black woman that works with Daddy and she has a gold tooth. I think you wanted to get a closer peek at that shiny gold thingy. I could be wrong, though.
At the dentist Mommy got the other side of her mouth cleaned and I sent Daddy to the store with you and he picked up things we needed like baby wipes and milk. It took him a while because he was not familiar with the store he was in and I was done before the two of you got back. We stopped at McDonald's on the way home and I tried to eat a burger with a numb mouth but I kept biting my tongue. Mommy decided that was too difficult and gave up. I finished my milk shake and that was enough to get me full anyway. You have a special parfait in the fridge right now that you are going to get as a treat when you wake up from your nap. We got it when we got our other food yesterday. You really love McDonald's fruit and yogurt parfaits. Of course you just eat the yogurt part. Mommy or Daddy finishes the fruit.
It's Tuesday now and I think we've had a pretty good day. We hung out in the chair a lot while I watched old Maury episodes and you played with the remotes in my lap. Mommy has not felt very good today. I sure hope I did not catch Mamaw's bug. If I did that might mean you did, too. Mamaw did her best to keep away from you so if you get it, well it will be my fault. We'll keep our fingers crossed. You've also played a lot in the floor with your toys that Santa brought you, like your "Touch N Crawl" Winnie The Pooh and the cute little Snow Tigger that your great Aunt Louise got you for Christmas. As always the blocks and the rings kept you good company while I read you the store of Joseph and his Coat out of the Bible Storybook you also got for Christmas. We looked through your book of animals but did not do your flash cards today, because I wanted to read you another book. The one I got you for Valentine's day. It's called Happy Valentine's, Peter Rabbit. In it, he gives his mother a Valentine. I think that is very sweet. I can't wait to get my very first Valentine from you. We sent out Disney Princess Valentine's from you (Mommy helped you write them) to our family and friends. I put them in the mailbox today. I know that everyone will love to get them.
Well, little girl, your sleep is restless and there are things I need to do real quick before you wake up, like go use the restroom and pick up some of your toys. Now it's nearly time for your Daddy to get off work, and I have to think of something for dinner. I love you, my sweet baby bird.
Saturday, February 05, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Well, we've all had a pretty busy weekend so far, and we still have another day to go. Friday night you were supposed to go down to Mamaw & Papaw's while we went grocery shopping. We love having you with us but sometimes we can just get things done a whole lot quicker if you are somewhere else. We had to spend nearly three hundred dollars on groceries and a few cleaning items and that does not even include your formula, which is nearly twenty five dollars a can. As I was saying, you were supposed to go down to you Mamaw & Papaw's Friday evening but Mamaw became ill so we took you with us on our trip to Lexington for food. We first went to a video store called Movie Gallery. It's in Lexington but I drive by every day so it's really no more inconvenient than the video stores in Versailles.
Totally off topic, by the way, why are they still called video stores? Video is a format that has seen its better days. Mostly video stores carry DVDs. They may stock a few video cassettes but primarily it's DVD.
Anyway, we rented us a few films, The Forgotten and Alien vs. Predator. Then we went to the grocery store and spent tons of money. We were almost out of food at our place. We then went to McDonalds and then home. It was real late by your standards and you went to sleep right away.
Tonight we went to Granny's eighty-eighth birthday party. I know that Granny was the honored guest but as is always the case, you were the star of the show. It got late on us again and you were so very tired but you didn't cry at all. Everyone was so in awe of just how even tempered a baby you are. I was so proud of you.
Well, your Mom just gave you a bottle and I know you are asleep and she is finishing up brushing her teeth and we want to watch a little TV before I go to bed. I'm getting up with you in the morning and your Mother is going to stay up a little while and play her computer game, Sims 2. I'll let you go for now. I love you, Rebecca!
Well, we've all had a pretty busy weekend so far, and we still have another day to go. Friday night you were supposed to go down to Mamaw & Papaw's while we went grocery shopping. We love having you with us but sometimes we can just get things done a whole lot quicker if you are somewhere else. We had to spend nearly three hundred dollars on groceries and a few cleaning items and that does not even include your formula, which is nearly twenty five dollars a can. As I was saying, you were supposed to go down to you Mamaw & Papaw's Friday evening but Mamaw became ill so we took you with us on our trip to Lexington for food. We first went to a video store called Movie Gallery. It's in Lexington but I drive by every day so it's really no more inconvenient than the video stores in Versailles.
Totally off topic, by the way, why are they still called video stores? Video is a format that has seen its better days. Mostly video stores carry DVDs. They may stock a few video cassettes but primarily it's DVD.
Anyway, we rented us a few films, The Forgotten and Alien vs. Predator. Then we went to the grocery store and spent tons of money. We were almost out of food at our place. We then went to McDonalds and then home. It was real late by your standards and you went to sleep right away.
Tonight we went to Granny's eighty-eighth birthday party. I know that Granny was the honored guest but as is always the case, you were the star of the show. It got late on us again and you were so very tired but you didn't cry at all. Everyone was so in awe of just how even tempered a baby you are. I was so proud of you.
Well, your Mom just gave you a bottle and I know you are asleep and she is finishing up brushing her teeth and we want to watch a little TV before I go to bed. I'm getting up with you in the morning and your Mother is going to stay up a little while and play her computer game, Sims 2. I'll let you go for now. I love you, Rebecca!
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Hello there, my pretty little baby bird. So far, we have had a fantastic day together. This morning after Daddy left you took a short nap while I dusted the bedrooms & made the beds. When you woke up you had a dirty diaper so I cleaned you up and then you and I took a bath together. It was big fun for the both of us. We played with your bath toys and I sang the "Duck" song and "Rubber Duckie" and "Down in the Meadow". After we got all dried off I put a onesie and some socks on you and sat you in the middle of mine and Daddy's bed. I flipped our little TV over to "Dragon Tales" on Cartoonland and gave you the teddy bear I keep in the middle of the bed to play with. You sat and played with that teddy bear and one of my hair ties while you half watched Dragon tales and half watched me blow drying my hair. Then I brought you downstairs to get you dressed in your very cute (if I do say so myself) Minnie mouse overalls and matching pink shirt. You really do look so cute in it. Then you had your second bottle of the day and after that a little bit of Oatmeal with Bananas baby cereal. After that you played in your walker some then we got in the floor and played with your toys and I read you a story from your book "5 Minute Bible Stories" that Santa brought you for Christmas. Today we read about Adam and Eve. Yesterday we read about Creation. I want you to know all about Jesus and how much God loves you. After that you took a little nap and when you woke up we played some more with your toys in the floor and you watched your baby Neptune video a bit. We played a lot more in the floor and I took some pretty pictures of you in the floor there and in Daddy's chair. I really had you laughing when we were playing in the floor; you love grabbing a hold of my pony tail and feeling it tickle your face.
After we were done playing you had lunch. You must have been very hungry because at first I only fixed you four ounces with a baby spoon of cereal in it and you sucked it down in under three minutes. You had not been taking six ounces at a time so I did not want to waste any of your formula. That stuff is expensive! I made you two more ounces and you drank it down and after I gave you a good burp and we finished up an old Maury episode I took you in the kitchen and you ate an entire Stage 1 container of Gerber Sweet Peas. You are on Stage 2s now but I still give you ones in some things like peas and green beans and bananas because the consistency really is not that much different. In addition to that, if I have coupons for ones I am going to buy them. Hey, it's good and good for you - and good for me too. And my wallet. Anyway, the Stage 1 containers are a little smaller than the Stage 2 but not by much so you eating all of it after your six ounces of formula with cereal is really saying something. After that you seemed tired so I put you in your bouncy and let you watch 'Kids Favorite Songs 2" and you started to fuss like you were tired so I bounced you to sleep and put you in the kitchen. You just now woke up so I took a 20 minute break to get you settled into your walker and put on Sesame street and give you a cookie and now you are munching happily and banging your "Maraca" Santa bought you for Christmas. It's a little rattle that makes noise and says "Bravo" and "Ole" when you bang and shake it. In between banging and shaking and munching and taking a sip or two from your sippy cup you take a peak at Sesame Street periodically. You are a great multi-tasking little girl. Well I am going to let you go for now because I want to play with you some more. I love you, little girl!
Hello there, my pretty little baby bird. So far, we have had a fantastic day together. This morning after Daddy left you took a short nap while I dusted the bedrooms & made the beds. When you woke up you had a dirty diaper so I cleaned you up and then you and I took a bath together. It was big fun for the both of us. We played with your bath toys and I sang the "Duck" song and "Rubber Duckie" and "Down in the Meadow". After we got all dried off I put a onesie and some socks on you and sat you in the middle of mine and Daddy's bed. I flipped our little TV over to "Dragon Tales" on Cartoonland and gave you the teddy bear I keep in the middle of the bed to play with. You sat and played with that teddy bear and one of my hair ties while you half watched Dragon tales and half watched me blow drying my hair. Then I brought you downstairs to get you dressed in your very cute (if I do say so myself) Minnie mouse overalls and matching pink shirt. You really do look so cute in it. Then you had your second bottle of the day and after that a little bit of Oatmeal with Bananas baby cereal. After that you played in your walker some then we got in the floor and played with your toys and I read you a story from your book "5 Minute Bible Stories" that Santa brought you for Christmas. Today we read about Adam and Eve. Yesterday we read about Creation. I want you to know all about Jesus and how much God loves you. After that you took a little nap and when you woke up we played some more with your toys in the floor and you watched your baby Neptune video a bit. We played a lot more in the floor and I took some pretty pictures of you in the floor there and in Daddy's chair. I really had you laughing when we were playing in the floor; you love grabbing a hold of my pony tail and feeling it tickle your face.
After we were done playing you had lunch. You must have been very hungry because at first I only fixed you four ounces with a baby spoon of cereal in it and you sucked it down in under three minutes. You had not been taking six ounces at a time so I did not want to waste any of your formula. That stuff is expensive! I made you two more ounces and you drank it down and after I gave you a good burp and we finished up an old Maury episode I took you in the kitchen and you ate an entire Stage 1 container of Gerber Sweet Peas. You are on Stage 2s now but I still give you ones in some things like peas and green beans and bananas because the consistency really is not that much different. In addition to that, if I have coupons for ones I am going to buy them. Hey, it's good and good for you - and good for me too. And my wallet. Anyway, the Stage 1 containers are a little smaller than the Stage 2 but not by much so you eating all of it after your six ounces of formula with cereal is really saying something. After that you seemed tired so I put you in your bouncy and let you watch 'Kids Favorite Songs 2" and you started to fuss like you were tired so I bounced you to sleep and put you in the kitchen. You just now woke up so I took a 20 minute break to get you settled into your walker and put on Sesame street and give you a cookie and now you are munching happily and banging your "Maraca" Santa bought you for Christmas. It's a little rattle that makes noise and says "Bravo" and "Ole" when you bang and shake it. In between banging and shaking and munching and taking a sip or two from your sippy cup you take a peak at Sesame Street periodically. You are a great multi-tasking little girl. Well I am going to let you go for now because I want to play with you some more. I love you, little girl!
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
It's Tuesday night right now. You are upstairs getting six ounces of Similac Advance with a baby spoon of cereal in it, probably rice. After that your Momma will rock you to sleep and then lay you down in your crib and then she'll come downstairs and we will watch Fear Factor together and hopefully one other show; I wouldn't count on the second though. Then off to bed and up again and away to work I shall go. I'm looking forward to the weekend. We are having a birthday party for Granny this weekend. I think she will be 88 years old. I could be wrong but it's got to be close to that.
Your Mother & I almost had a little tiff but you woke up and we laughed at you being so cute that we forgot all about whatever it was that we were about to have our tiff over. You woke up a little early and fussed for a little bit but when we put you in your bouncy and set up the activity bar you had a grand old time. You babbled and giggled and screamed. We really do enjoy you. You are a very good baby. Your Mother commented just this evening how you just open your mouth and let her brush your little teeth and don't fuss at all. Of course it helps that your toothpaste is strawberry-banana flavored.
Our tax refund was accepted by both the federal government and the state government, so that is really good news. We're getting back a whole lot of money this year; over twice what we got back last year. We're going to get your Mother a car with the tax refund which should be directly deposited in the bank by the eleventh of this month. We're also going to get a new printer so we can print out more pretty pictures of our cute little daughter.
Oops, I almost posted this under your Mother's name but with the magic of cut & paste everything is okay. I'm gonna let you go for now. I want to do one or two more things on this computer before your Mom comes downstairs. I love you, Rebecca.
It's Tuesday night right now. You are upstairs getting six ounces of Similac Advance with a baby spoon of cereal in it, probably rice. After that your Momma will rock you to sleep and then lay you down in your crib and then she'll come downstairs and we will watch Fear Factor together and hopefully one other show; I wouldn't count on the second though. Then off to bed and up again and away to work I shall go. I'm looking forward to the weekend. We are having a birthday party for Granny this weekend. I think she will be 88 years old. I could be wrong but it's got to be close to that.
Your Mother & I almost had a little tiff but you woke up and we laughed at you being so cute that we forgot all about whatever it was that we were about to have our tiff over. You woke up a little early and fussed for a little bit but when we put you in your bouncy and set up the activity bar you had a grand old time. You babbled and giggled and screamed. We really do enjoy you. You are a very good baby. Your Mother commented just this evening how you just open your mouth and let her brush your little teeth and don't fuss at all. Of course it helps that your toothpaste is strawberry-banana flavored.
Our tax refund was accepted by both the federal government and the state government, so that is really good news. We're getting back a whole lot of money this year; over twice what we got back last year. We're going to get your Mother a car with the tax refund which should be directly deposited in the bank by the eleventh of this month. We're also going to get a new printer so we can print out more pretty pictures of our cute little daughter.
Oops, I almost posted this under your Mother's name but with the magic of cut & paste everything is okay. I'm gonna let you go for now. I want to do one or two more things on this computer before your Mom comes downstairs. I love you, Rebecca.
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