Dear Rebecca,
We had a pretty good time yesterday. The three of us went to the Cracker Barrel for lunch. You had a scrambled egg and orange juice; Momma had the Sunrise sampler platter which includes two eggs which she had scrambled, biscuits and gravy, hashbrowns, baked apples, country ham, sausage, bacon and grits; I forgot what my breakfast was called but it included two eggs which I had over medium, hashbrowns, biscuits and gravy, bacon and grits. I ate your Mom's grits because she doesn't care much for them. Your Mom and I also had a large orange juice and coffee.
After lunch we went to the children's museum in the Victorian Square. It's called the Explorium now I do believe. You had a real good time. You got to sit on a statue of Barbaros, the horse that won the derby a few months back, you got to play in some water, crawl through a model of a human heart, sit on a big molar inside a huge mouth and a whole bunch of other fun things that you seemed to enjoy. Your Mom says that your favorite part was climbing inside a cave that was set up as a geology exhibit. You just liked climbing around inside the cave.
After that we went and had some ice cream and rented a few movies. We got Final Destination 3, Sin City and March of the Penguins. You watched the penguin movie with us and you seemed to like it a lot. You wanted to kiss the baby penguins on the screen. You had to get the penguin that we got you at the aquarium last week. I'm glad we rented that movie.
Well, I'm gonna close out for now. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Friday, July 28, 2006
Dear Rebecca,
Yesterday was your Mom's birthday as you already know. Your Mother & I had a very nice time. This morning when you saw your Mother's cake you were convinced that it was your birthday again and you kept pointing to yourself and telling yourself happy birthday. We told you that it was your Mom's birthday but you would have none of that nonsense. A little later we took you to Mamaw & Papaw's for the day so we could go out together and have some adult time together. We missed you as soon as we pulled away. We like getting time to ourselves but we hate not having you with us. You are such a part of who we are that we kind of feel incomplete if you are not around.
Your Mom & I went to Logan's Steakhouse for lunch and then we went and saw a movie at the new Cinemark Theatre at the Fayette Mall. We saw M. Night Shyamalan's latest movie Lady in the Water. The critics have been vicious in their opinions of the film. We really don't pay much attention to critics because they are oftentimes wrong. We both enjoyed the movie. We then went to Wal-Mart and bought a whole bunch of art supplies and some Flintstone gummie vitamins for you; we also purchased a necklace and a Dean Koontz paperback for your Mom for her birthday. We then went to get you from Mamaw & Papaw's. We enjoyed watching you play in the tent we got you for your first birthday that I just got around to setting up this week.
You do love tents. Every night recently after you give your good-night kisses you tell us you are going under your tent now and then you pull the blanket over your head. It drives your Mother crazy because she still has it in her mind that you will suffocate under your blankets. I tell her that you are old enough now that you can simply remove your blankets at any time you wish. If you can root your Momma & Daddy around in our big old bed like you do whenever we let you lay with us then you would have no trouble at all with a blanket.
The three of us went to the Kroger store after we got back to Versailles from Mamaw & Papaw's and bought some groceries and then we came home. Your Mom fixed you a supper of pizza poppers and an orange and after you ate we all had some of your Mom's birthday cake. I got up super early yesterday morning and baked her a cake for her birthday because she has always harped on the fact that I had never made her a birthday cake. Anyway after the cake I gave your Mother a Harry Potter book that she has been wanting. Your Mom gave you a bath and then we all watched some Little Bear and then you went to bed. Your Mom & I stayed up and watched a couple of episodes of House and an episode of a new show we enjoy on the USA network called Psych. Your Mom went to bed after that and I watched a professional wrestling show called TNA Impact. I know wrestling is absolutely fake and kind of white trash but I think it's funny.
Like your Mom said we went to the Newport Aquarium this past weekend. We all had a grand time. You even got to pet a real live shark. There was one place in the aquarium where there was glass floors with water underneath where you could look down and see the fish. When we cam up to it you just stopped in your tracks. You really weren't too sure about stepping on it. It looked just like a big pool of water. You looked down at it and up at me while I was standing on the glass and you took one hesitant step forward and then another and you smiled up at me like you thought it was all such a neat trick. You also enjoyed looking at the baby gators but as your Mom said your favorites were the otters and penguins. My favorite was the huge tanks with all the big sharks.
Like your Mom said, you took your first out of state trip that day as well. We had a fabulous adventure in Ohio. The last sentence is a reference to a line from Duck in one of your Little Bear episodes. We all stopped at Frisch's Big Boy in Georgetown and had almost comically bad service. Your Mom, Mamaw and Aunt Linda all had a go round with the night manager.
I have enjoyed spending these last two weeks with you. You are even becoming a little bit of a Daddy's girl which I love. We are both going to hate it when I go back to work the week after next. You have come to expect me to be asleep in the bedroom when you wake up in the mornings and when I go back to work I will be long gone by the time you raise your pretty head off of your pillow.
Well, it's getting late and I really should think about going to bed soon so I will close out this post for now. I will get your Mom to tell you in her next post about how you are becoming a little hypochondriac. Your knee hurts, your heart hurts, your head hurts, your toe hurts and even your nuffin hurts from time to time. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Yesterday was your Mom's birthday as you already know. Your Mother & I had a very nice time. This morning when you saw your Mother's cake you were convinced that it was your birthday again and you kept pointing to yourself and telling yourself happy birthday. We told you that it was your Mom's birthday but you would have none of that nonsense. A little later we took you to Mamaw & Papaw's for the day so we could go out together and have some adult time together. We missed you as soon as we pulled away. We like getting time to ourselves but we hate not having you with us. You are such a part of who we are that we kind of feel incomplete if you are not around.
Your Mom & I went to Logan's Steakhouse for lunch and then we went and saw a movie at the new Cinemark Theatre at the Fayette Mall. We saw M. Night Shyamalan's latest movie Lady in the Water. The critics have been vicious in their opinions of the film. We really don't pay much attention to critics because they are oftentimes wrong. We both enjoyed the movie. We then went to Wal-Mart and bought a whole bunch of art supplies and some Flintstone gummie vitamins for you; we also purchased a necklace and a Dean Koontz paperback for your Mom for her birthday. We then went to get you from Mamaw & Papaw's. We enjoyed watching you play in the tent we got you for your first birthday that I just got around to setting up this week.
You do love tents. Every night recently after you give your good-night kisses you tell us you are going under your tent now and then you pull the blanket over your head. It drives your Mother crazy because she still has it in her mind that you will suffocate under your blankets. I tell her that you are old enough now that you can simply remove your blankets at any time you wish. If you can root your Momma & Daddy around in our big old bed like you do whenever we let you lay with us then you would have no trouble at all with a blanket.
The three of us went to the Kroger store after we got back to Versailles from Mamaw & Papaw's and bought some groceries and then we came home. Your Mom fixed you a supper of pizza poppers and an orange and after you ate we all had some of your Mom's birthday cake. I got up super early yesterday morning and baked her a cake for her birthday because she has always harped on the fact that I had never made her a birthday cake. Anyway after the cake I gave your Mother a Harry Potter book that she has been wanting. Your Mom gave you a bath and then we all watched some Little Bear and then you went to bed. Your Mom & I stayed up and watched a couple of episodes of House and an episode of a new show we enjoy on the USA network called Psych. Your Mom went to bed after that and I watched a professional wrestling show called TNA Impact. I know wrestling is absolutely fake and kind of white trash but I think it's funny.
Like your Mom said we went to the Newport Aquarium this past weekend. We all had a grand time. You even got to pet a real live shark. There was one place in the aquarium where there was glass floors with water underneath where you could look down and see the fish. When we cam up to it you just stopped in your tracks. You really weren't too sure about stepping on it. It looked just like a big pool of water. You looked down at it and up at me while I was standing on the glass and you took one hesitant step forward and then another and you smiled up at me like you thought it was all such a neat trick. You also enjoyed looking at the baby gators but as your Mom said your favorites were the otters and penguins. My favorite was the huge tanks with all the big sharks.
Like your Mom said, you took your first out of state trip that day as well. We had a fabulous adventure in Ohio. The last sentence is a reference to a line from Duck in one of your Little Bear episodes. We all stopped at Frisch's Big Boy in Georgetown and had almost comically bad service. Your Mom, Mamaw and Aunt Linda all had a go round with the night manager.
I have enjoyed spending these last two weeks with you. You are even becoming a little bit of a Daddy's girl which I love. We are both going to hate it when I go back to work the week after next. You have come to expect me to be asleep in the bedroom when you wake up in the mornings and when I go back to work I will be long gone by the time you raise your pretty head off of your pillow.
Well, it's getting late and I really should think about going to bed soon so I will close out this post for now. I will get your Mom to tell you in her next post about how you are becoming a little hypochondriac. Your knee hurts, your heart hurts, your head hurts, your toe hurts and even your nuffin hurts from time to time. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Dear Rebecca,
Hello my sweet. As you know by now, tomorrow is Mommy's birthday. I will be 29 tomorrow. In all my twenty nine years I have never loved anything or anyone as much as I love you. You are the light of my life in every way and this year on my birthday I give thanks for everything I had to endure to get to you and Daddy. I have the best husband a woman could ask for and the sweetest little girl on the face of the planet. I have people who care about me and a decent job that helps pay the bills. Today someone asked me what my biggest birthday wish was and I honestly couldn't give them one. All of my dreams have come true and all of the wishes I ever wished for are right here at my finger tips. No one is as lucky as I am.
Well as you know we went to the Newport Aquarium. You were the best little girl and behaved so well that I almost forgot you were two. You only got aggravated and pitched a little fit toward the end when you were getting sleepy. We went with Mamaw & Papaw, Aunt Linda and Granny and of course You, Me, and your Dear Old Dad. It was a nice trip up there and we stopped at Cracker Barrel on the way and had a big breakfast. You mostly ate oranges off of everyone's plate so we could have ordered you a drink and let you share in the biscuits and gravy and that would have been great. When we got there you saw the river and were in awe. You said "See Water Da-da?" and he informed you that he did indeed. The line was sort of long for the Aquarium and when we got there the place was jam packed. You stopped and admired everything for a good long while and I think some people were a tad impatient with us because we took extra long because of you and Granny. In fact I can't recall one person that was nice to us on that trip. Except for maybe the lady you met at the otter exhibit. She said you were the most polite two year old she ever met, according to Daddy. Daddy is so proud of you he could bust at the seams. Your particular favorite exhibits at the Aquarium were the Penguins, and the Otters. Although you enjoyed all the fishies, snakes, turtles, birds of prey and things of that nature, you were enthralled with these fuzzy and feathery creatures that you so often see on cartoons that you enjoy. You got scared of a man in a scuba diving suit feeding the fish when he waved and made silly faces at you only trying to be nice. Ever since then you have let it be known that "Man care me" and you were "Cyin" and of course, that he " Got Helmet". You remember that stuff 'until this day. I am unsure if you will ever forget it. I hate to think that your foremost memory of that trip was being scared.
After the trip Papoo drove over the bridge into Ohio just so that we could say we all went out of state. It was your very first time in a state other than Kentucky and like the rednecks we all are we made a big deal of it. I don't think you thought too much of it because the road was the same road we had traveled the whole way there. However, as Duck would say, we did have a fabulous adventure to Ohio. Or at least almost in Ohio. You even got to get a Penguin and some Candy at the Candy store and Gift Shoppe at Newport Aquarium. Then we made our way home and stopped in Georgetown for something to eat. We stopped in at Frisch's and had a fiasco that I would rather not tell you about because Mommy and Mamaw almost tackled a waitress (and I use the term loosely) and her manager (also used loosely) because they felt the need to make a scene over three dollars.You did get to have a yummy hot fudge cake however and that was a sight to see because you had your whole face covered in fudge. You're so cute.
Mommy has had to work a lot since Daddy has been off but it has really been a blessing for us that I have this job because now we don't have to stretch out money out so tight week to week. We've always had what we need and the basic comforts of life but Mommy's job allows us to do things like go to the Aquarium and take you out to eat from time to time and just have a good time in general. Soon Mommy's money will be saved so that she can go to school and further her education so our little family will be even better off later on down the road. I want to do whatever I can for you but always remember that I will spend every spare second with you my sweet because there's nothing better than being with my little baby and her Daddy.
You had a terrible night last night and got up on several occasions, Daddy said. You didn't get much sleep and I am hoping that you do better tonight, I really am. You've got to be a big girl and sleep in your own room. On that note I am going to let you go and put out the office light, finish my soda and lay down on the couch. I don't want to disturb Daddy and the couch would feel better on my back tonight anyway. I love you, my sweet little baby bird. Sleep tight!
Hello my sweet. As you know by now, tomorrow is Mommy's birthday. I will be 29 tomorrow. In all my twenty nine years I have never loved anything or anyone as much as I love you. You are the light of my life in every way and this year on my birthday I give thanks for everything I had to endure to get to you and Daddy. I have the best husband a woman could ask for and the sweetest little girl on the face of the planet. I have people who care about me and a decent job that helps pay the bills. Today someone asked me what my biggest birthday wish was and I honestly couldn't give them one. All of my dreams have come true and all of the wishes I ever wished for are right here at my finger tips. No one is as lucky as I am.
Well as you know we went to the Newport Aquarium. You were the best little girl and behaved so well that I almost forgot you were two. You only got aggravated and pitched a little fit toward the end when you were getting sleepy. We went with Mamaw & Papaw, Aunt Linda and Granny and of course You, Me, and your Dear Old Dad. It was a nice trip up there and we stopped at Cracker Barrel on the way and had a big breakfast. You mostly ate oranges off of everyone's plate so we could have ordered you a drink and let you share in the biscuits and gravy and that would have been great. When we got there you saw the river and were in awe. You said "See Water Da-da?" and he informed you that he did indeed. The line was sort of long for the Aquarium and when we got there the place was jam packed. You stopped and admired everything for a good long while and I think some people were a tad impatient with us because we took extra long because of you and Granny. In fact I can't recall one person that was nice to us on that trip. Except for maybe the lady you met at the otter exhibit. She said you were the most polite two year old she ever met, according to Daddy. Daddy is so proud of you he could bust at the seams. Your particular favorite exhibits at the Aquarium were the Penguins, and the Otters. Although you enjoyed all the fishies, snakes, turtles, birds of prey and things of that nature, you were enthralled with these fuzzy and feathery creatures that you so often see on cartoons that you enjoy. You got scared of a man in a scuba diving suit feeding the fish when he waved and made silly faces at you only trying to be nice. Ever since then you have let it be known that "Man care me" and you were "Cyin" and of course, that he " Got Helmet". You remember that stuff 'until this day. I am unsure if you will ever forget it. I hate to think that your foremost memory of that trip was being scared.
After the trip Papoo drove over the bridge into Ohio just so that we could say we all went out of state. It was your very first time in a state other than Kentucky and like the rednecks we all are we made a big deal of it. I don't think you thought too much of it because the road was the same road we had traveled the whole way there. However, as Duck would say, we did have a fabulous adventure to Ohio. Or at least almost in Ohio. You even got to get a Penguin and some Candy at the Candy store and Gift Shoppe at Newport Aquarium. Then we made our way home and stopped in Georgetown for something to eat. We stopped in at Frisch's and had a fiasco that I would rather not tell you about because Mommy and Mamaw almost tackled a waitress (and I use the term loosely) and her manager (also used loosely) because they felt the need to make a scene over three dollars.You did get to have a yummy hot fudge cake however and that was a sight to see because you had your whole face covered in fudge. You're so cute.
Mommy has had to work a lot since Daddy has been off but it has really been a blessing for us that I have this job because now we don't have to stretch out money out so tight week to week. We've always had what we need and the basic comforts of life but Mommy's job allows us to do things like go to the Aquarium and take you out to eat from time to time and just have a good time in general. Soon Mommy's money will be saved so that she can go to school and further her education so our little family will be even better off later on down the road. I want to do whatever I can for you but always remember that I will spend every spare second with you my sweet because there's nothing better than being with my little baby and her Daddy.
You had a terrible night last night and got up on several occasions, Daddy said. You didn't get much sleep and I am hoping that you do better tonight, I really am. You've got to be a big girl and sleep in your own room. On that note I am going to let you go and put out the office light, finish my soda and lay down on the couch. I don't want to disturb Daddy and the couch would feel better on my back tonight anyway. I love you, my sweet little baby bird. Sleep tight!
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Dear Rebecca,
Yesterday was your very first day of day care. From what we heard from the staff at Haley's Way Day Care you did okay considering this was your very first time for any extended period without someone you have known all your life. You would get interested in whatever was going on there and then you would go to the door and look out and cry a bit and then you were okay again for a few minutes. When I asked you if you wanted to go back you told me "Go back. Later."
Both your Mother & I are very proud of you. Your Mother shed some tears over leaving you but everyone concerned feels like this will do you great good. You will still be going down to Mamaw's two days a week but Fridays will be your day care day. We want to socialize you with children of your own age. Gymboree was okay for that but you always had Mama there and at this point in your life you would rather hang out with Mama or Daddy than play with the other children. We want you to learn to interact with your peers. I never had that opportunity when I was a child and I think I have suffered as a result. I don't think I socialize very well.
We dropped by Taylor Manor Nursing Home where your Mother works for a few minutes because I thought that your Mother would enjoy seeing you after you got out of day care and I was correct. After that we went over to Granny's and visited with her and Mamaw for a few hours. You & I went upstairs where you banged on Aunt Linda's piano for a good long while. We got home about the same time your Mom got off from work and then we hung out for awhile. You watched The Doodlebops and an episode of Little Bear and then you went to bed.
We're all going to The Newport Aquarium tomorrow. I think you might really enjoy that. You do so love to see fishes swimming about. Mamaw & Papaw are coming with us and I think maybe Aunt Linda will be joining us as well. I have never been myself and am looking forward to it. I asked you today if you were excited about going to see the fishes; you didn't answer me. A little later you asked me if I was excited. You asked, "Dadda Cited?"
I said I was excited and then you informed me that you were also excited. The exact words you used were "Becca too".
I've had a pretty pleasurable week with you this week. I have loved being woken up by you all week. I hate being woken up but being woken up by you does take a bit of the sting out of it. It's been unseasonably warm this past week so we haven't spent a whole lot of time outdoors where you would prefer to be but a cold front moved in today so next week should be much cooler and we will spend a whole lot more time outdoors.
My 20 year high school reunion is tonight but I am afraid I will not be attending. I would have liked to attend but there are some personal issues that kept me from going. A guy I graduated with is a stand up comedian who played the local comedy club last night and there were supposed to be a bunch of people from my class go to the show but I also decided not to attend that. I reckon I'm just an old fuddy-duddy.
I had a doctor's appointment Tuesday and your Mother was called today about an appointment that she will be scheduling. I know that information seems like a silly and useless piece of information to record for posterity but hey, they might be important appointments or maybe not.
Your mom works later today from seven in the morning until seven this evening so I will be getting up with you in the morning so I had better hit the proverbial hay; plus I am kind of tired. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Yesterday was your very first day of day care. From what we heard from the staff at Haley's Way Day Care you did okay considering this was your very first time for any extended period without someone you have known all your life. You would get interested in whatever was going on there and then you would go to the door and look out and cry a bit and then you were okay again for a few minutes. When I asked you if you wanted to go back you told me "Go back. Later."
Both your Mother & I are very proud of you. Your Mother shed some tears over leaving you but everyone concerned feels like this will do you great good. You will still be going down to Mamaw's two days a week but Fridays will be your day care day. We want to socialize you with children of your own age. Gymboree was okay for that but you always had Mama there and at this point in your life you would rather hang out with Mama or Daddy than play with the other children. We want you to learn to interact with your peers. I never had that opportunity when I was a child and I think I have suffered as a result. I don't think I socialize very well.
We dropped by Taylor Manor Nursing Home where your Mother works for a few minutes because I thought that your Mother would enjoy seeing you after you got out of day care and I was correct. After that we went over to Granny's and visited with her and Mamaw for a few hours. You & I went upstairs where you banged on Aunt Linda's piano for a good long while. We got home about the same time your Mom got off from work and then we hung out for awhile. You watched The Doodlebops and an episode of Little Bear and then you went to bed.
We're all going to The Newport Aquarium tomorrow. I think you might really enjoy that. You do so love to see fishes swimming about. Mamaw & Papaw are coming with us and I think maybe Aunt Linda will be joining us as well. I have never been myself and am looking forward to it. I asked you today if you were excited about going to see the fishes; you didn't answer me. A little later you asked me if I was excited. You asked, "Dadda Cited?"
I said I was excited and then you informed me that you were also excited. The exact words you used were "Becca too".
I've had a pretty pleasurable week with you this week. I have loved being woken up by you all week. I hate being woken up but being woken up by you does take a bit of the sting out of it. It's been unseasonably warm this past week so we haven't spent a whole lot of time outdoors where you would prefer to be but a cold front moved in today so next week should be much cooler and we will spend a whole lot more time outdoors.
My 20 year high school reunion is tonight but I am afraid I will not be attending. I would have liked to attend but there are some personal issues that kept me from going. A guy I graduated with is a stand up comedian who played the local comedy club last night and there were supposed to be a bunch of people from my class go to the show but I also decided not to attend that. I reckon I'm just an old fuddy-duddy.
I had a doctor's appointment Tuesday and your Mother was called today about an appointment that she will be scheduling. I know that information seems like a silly and useless piece of information to record for posterity but hey, they might be important appointments or maybe not.
Your mom works later today from seven in the morning until seven this evening so I will be getting up with you in the morning so I had better hit the proverbial hay; plus I am kind of tired. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Dear Rebecca,
Hello my sweet. I had such a fun day with you today. I was off of work today and as you already well know, Daddy is on vacation. I told myself last night before I went to bed that I was going to clean the house up today and I fully intended on doing it when we got up this morning but you were so cute coloring your pictures in the color wonder book that Aunt Lynn got you for your birthday that I just had to join you. We had a good time coloring in the floor together, you and I. Then and I went and made us some toast for breakfast spread with marshmallow creme for you and butter and jelly for me. You're not big on peanut butter and you will eat jelly but you make less mess with the marshmallow creme because it doesn't drip from your toast. In addition to that you really do like it a lot. Daddy had a good idea when he got it for you
After breakfast we watched the Doodlebops. You do love the Doodlebops. It's a Canadian show that has three singers dressed up as .... I don't know what they are dressed up as. I reckon they are dressed up as Doodlebops. One is pink, that is a girl, DeeDee, one is blue, a boy named Rooney, and one is Orange, another boy named Moe. Moe plays the drums and DeeDee plays the keyboard and Rooney plays your favorite, the guitar. You always make it a point to show me the guitar in the show. Maybe someday we can get you some guitar lessons when you get old enough. You like that show because it is so musical and you love music. Granny gave you a harmonica of hers and you have been tooting the daylights out of that thing. Funny thing is, you don't sound half bad on it. You sound better than me or Daddy either one.
After the Doodlebops I took a shower while you watched little bear and then we blew dry my hair and curled yours a little bit. It looked really good for about two seconds until you went and rubbed your head across the living room carpet. After our snack of a lemon cookie we went and woke Daddy up and Daddy didn't see a curl one anymore. You told him all about it though and also about how it was 'too hot' for you to touch. You are so smart. I know that we go on and on about that but you are two and your vocabulary is huge. More than any other two year old I have ever heard speak. You have even started asking little questions like "Is it my turn?" or "Is it wet?" Or "Did you broke it Mommy?" I get more and more amazed by you every day and I couldn't be more proud of you.
After we woke Daddy up we all got dressed and drove to Lexington where we went to Mi Mexico for lunch. You had a taco and Daddy and I both had a Chimichanga lunch special and Daddy had a great big old mixed drink which he said didn't do much for him and you and I had a virgin strawberry daiquiri to share but you didn't share hardly an ounce of it with me. You really really liked it. In fact you called it an "I Team Drink" - which as you well know now means and Ice Cream Drink. Then we went by the Movie Store and you ran all over that place like a wild monkey. Daddy even got you in trouble once and smacked your bum bum, although he says he is too afraid to smack it too hard in public because crazy people might call the police. Well, I tell you one thing little girl, you don't get spanked often, but when you do it still isn't hard enough to make a dog wince. You already know by now that Mommy and Daddy are head over heals in love with you and hate to get you in trouble for any reason. Lucky for us, (so far) you are a pretty good girl. You were going to get a movie at the movie store but because you were in trouble you didn't get to get "LeRoy and Stitch". That made me a little sad because your dear old Mom loves Stitch: I would have watched it with you end to end. I know, by now you already know that your dear old Mom is a kid at heart. That's okay because that means that you and Daddy and I will have us one grand life together.
After the movie store we went to Baskin Robins where Daddy and I had a chocolate sundae and you had a scoop of bananas & strawberry ice cream on a cake cone. You kept spooning at your cone and when Daddy couldn't eat any more of his sundae you decided that you would take over and got ice cream all down the front of your shirt. Luckily it was an old shirt. Then we went to the Dollar tree where we bought batteries and a few other odds and ends that we needed plus some color and shape Pooh flash cards for you, some plain paper for you to scribble on, and you got a "grab bag" full of surprises. A grab bag is a bag of stuff that is a surprise for kids in stores such as that. Mommy used to get them at a place called the "Second Handy" store with her Mommy when she was a very little girl. Sometimes these bags were filled with toys and other goodies like candies for me; other times that had a lost shoe or a half colored in coloring book. That was just the way it was. The ones at the dollar tree are much nicer. I think from now on you will get a "grab bag" whenever we go to the dollar tree. You got to play flowers, a hawaiian lei that I won't let you wear because it is made out of plastic bags, and a kit to make paper dolls. You and I will do that together this coming up Tuesday and I know that will be fun. This coming Sunday you, me, Daddy, Mamaw and Papoo are going to the Aquarium. I can't wait to see your face light up at all the fishes and penguins and whatever else we may get to see while we are there- like sharks. They even let you pet them now. However, I don't think that I will be doing that. You can knock yourself out petting them. I like my fingers. A close encounter with almost losing them once was enough for me.
After the Dollar tree we came home and you took a nap and so did I. We were both very tired. When I got up you got up a few minutes later and I went and got Daddy and he took you down to Mamaw and Papaw's house and I think you may be staying the night, if you have clothes. Daddy and I are going to spend the evening together doing laundry and watching movies. Sounds like a blast doesn't it? You would rather be down at Mamaw's playing and running around, I know. Daddy has a doctor's appointment tomorrow so I know that you will enjoy a nice long visit in the country.
On another note, next week you will be starting day care one day a week. It will only be for three hours a day, unless of course Daddy has to work late, and they only charge five dollars an hour up to four hours. After that it is thirty dollars. That is very expensive for the whole day but you won't be doing that often, if ever. That's a nice day care though and it is still cheaper than any other day care I have checked into over the last few weeks. I was looking into day care because Mamaw and Papaw are going to Florida in August and Mommy and Daddy have to work. Auntie Linda said she would take care of you but Auntie Linda gets busy with things an awfully lot so I decided it would be the responsible thing to do to look into day care facilities as a back up. Anyone with kids already knows that you can't depend on one sitter and one sitter alone. Unless of course it's Mamaw. She's always been really good about keeping you whenever I need her too. She loves you very much, little girl. You're the one that almost wasn't for her. You're the one that almost wasn't for all of us. We all love you beyond words. Back to the daycare; I know two of the girls that work there personally and your Aunt Lynn knows the woman that owns it. It's a nice place and I can't wait for you to meet some nice friends. I know this will be so good for you.
Well Daddy will be back soon and I want to do Quicken (our checkbook) before he gets here. I love you, my sweet little baby bird. I will miss you to pieces until I can see you again! I know you have fun, though. Mommy loves Rebecca!
Hello my sweet. I had such a fun day with you today. I was off of work today and as you already well know, Daddy is on vacation. I told myself last night before I went to bed that I was going to clean the house up today and I fully intended on doing it when we got up this morning but you were so cute coloring your pictures in the color wonder book that Aunt Lynn got you for your birthday that I just had to join you. We had a good time coloring in the floor together, you and I. Then and I went and made us some toast for breakfast spread with marshmallow creme for you and butter and jelly for me. You're not big on peanut butter and you will eat jelly but you make less mess with the marshmallow creme because it doesn't drip from your toast. In addition to that you really do like it a lot. Daddy had a good idea when he got it for you
After breakfast we watched the Doodlebops. You do love the Doodlebops. It's a Canadian show that has three singers dressed up as .... I don't know what they are dressed up as. I reckon they are dressed up as Doodlebops. One is pink, that is a girl, DeeDee, one is blue, a boy named Rooney, and one is Orange, another boy named Moe. Moe plays the drums and DeeDee plays the keyboard and Rooney plays your favorite, the guitar. You always make it a point to show me the guitar in the show. Maybe someday we can get you some guitar lessons when you get old enough. You like that show because it is so musical and you love music. Granny gave you a harmonica of hers and you have been tooting the daylights out of that thing. Funny thing is, you don't sound half bad on it. You sound better than me or Daddy either one.
After the Doodlebops I took a shower while you watched little bear and then we blew dry my hair and curled yours a little bit. It looked really good for about two seconds until you went and rubbed your head across the living room carpet. After our snack of a lemon cookie we went and woke Daddy up and Daddy didn't see a curl one anymore. You told him all about it though and also about how it was 'too hot' for you to touch. You are so smart. I know that we go on and on about that but you are two and your vocabulary is huge. More than any other two year old I have ever heard speak. You have even started asking little questions like "Is it my turn?" or "Is it wet?" Or "Did you broke it Mommy?" I get more and more amazed by you every day and I couldn't be more proud of you.
After we woke Daddy up we all got dressed and drove to Lexington where we went to Mi Mexico for lunch. You had a taco and Daddy and I both had a Chimichanga lunch special and Daddy had a great big old mixed drink which he said didn't do much for him and you and I had a virgin strawberry daiquiri to share but you didn't share hardly an ounce of it with me. You really really liked it. In fact you called it an "I Team Drink" - which as you well know now means and Ice Cream Drink. Then we went by the Movie Store and you ran all over that place like a wild monkey. Daddy even got you in trouble once and smacked your bum bum, although he says he is too afraid to smack it too hard in public because crazy people might call the police. Well, I tell you one thing little girl, you don't get spanked often, but when you do it still isn't hard enough to make a dog wince. You already know by now that Mommy and Daddy are head over heals in love with you and hate to get you in trouble for any reason. Lucky for us, (so far) you are a pretty good girl. You were going to get a movie at the movie store but because you were in trouble you didn't get to get "LeRoy and Stitch". That made me a little sad because your dear old Mom loves Stitch: I would have watched it with you end to end. I know, by now you already know that your dear old Mom is a kid at heart. That's okay because that means that you and Daddy and I will have us one grand life together.
After the movie store we went to Baskin Robins where Daddy and I had a chocolate sundae and you had a scoop of bananas & strawberry ice cream on a cake cone. You kept spooning at your cone and when Daddy couldn't eat any more of his sundae you decided that you would take over and got ice cream all down the front of your shirt. Luckily it was an old shirt. Then we went to the Dollar tree where we bought batteries and a few other odds and ends that we needed plus some color and shape Pooh flash cards for you, some plain paper for you to scribble on, and you got a "grab bag" full of surprises. A grab bag is a bag of stuff that is a surprise for kids in stores such as that. Mommy used to get them at a place called the "Second Handy" store with her Mommy when she was a very little girl. Sometimes these bags were filled with toys and other goodies like candies for me; other times that had a lost shoe or a half colored in coloring book. That was just the way it was. The ones at the dollar tree are much nicer. I think from now on you will get a "grab bag" whenever we go to the dollar tree. You got to play flowers, a hawaiian lei that I won't let you wear because it is made out of plastic bags, and a kit to make paper dolls. You and I will do that together this coming up Tuesday and I know that will be fun. This coming Sunday you, me, Daddy, Mamaw and Papoo are going to the Aquarium. I can't wait to see your face light up at all the fishes and penguins and whatever else we may get to see while we are there- like sharks. They even let you pet them now. However, I don't think that I will be doing that. You can knock yourself out petting them. I like my fingers. A close encounter with almost losing them once was enough for me.
After the Dollar tree we came home and you took a nap and so did I. We were both very tired. When I got up you got up a few minutes later and I went and got Daddy and he took you down to Mamaw and Papaw's house and I think you may be staying the night, if you have clothes. Daddy and I are going to spend the evening together doing laundry and watching movies. Sounds like a blast doesn't it? You would rather be down at Mamaw's playing and running around, I know. Daddy has a doctor's appointment tomorrow so I know that you will enjoy a nice long visit in the country.
On another note, next week you will be starting day care one day a week. It will only be for three hours a day, unless of course Daddy has to work late, and they only charge five dollars an hour up to four hours. After that it is thirty dollars. That is very expensive for the whole day but you won't be doing that often, if ever. That's a nice day care though and it is still cheaper than any other day care I have checked into over the last few weeks. I was looking into day care because Mamaw and Papaw are going to Florida in August and Mommy and Daddy have to work. Auntie Linda said she would take care of you but Auntie Linda gets busy with things an awfully lot so I decided it would be the responsible thing to do to look into day care facilities as a back up. Anyone with kids already knows that you can't depend on one sitter and one sitter alone. Unless of course it's Mamaw. She's always been really good about keeping you whenever I need her too. She loves you very much, little girl. You're the one that almost wasn't for her. You're the one that almost wasn't for all of us. We all love you beyond words. Back to the daycare; I know two of the girls that work there personally and your Aunt Lynn knows the woman that owns it. It's a nice place and I can't wait for you to meet some nice friends. I know this will be so good for you.
Well Daddy will be back soon and I want to do Quicken (our checkbook) before he gets here. I love you, my sweet little baby bird. I will miss you to pieces until I can see you again! I know you have fun, though. Mommy loves Rebecca!
Friday, July 14, 2006
Dear Rebecca,
This was the first day of my vacation. Well, it really wasn't a vacation day because I didn't get paid for it. It was, as they call it at G.E. a "lack of work" day or more accurately it was inventory day. Anyway I have two weeks of vacation and then I'm laid off for a week so I have three more weeks off and I am as pleased as punch about that. Maybe you and I will get to go swimming at Falling Springs a whole bunch while I am off.
I had another bought with cellulitis this past week. I came down with it while I was here Tuesday night after work. I had a small temperature, I was chilling and I was so very sore. I hate it when I get that. I went to bed directly after you. I had a very restless nights sleep Tuesday night. I was up and down all night. I woke up around 3:30 in the morning and sat up for awhile. I was still very sore but my temperature had broken. I thought about trying to go on into work but after I stumbled on the way to get my work clothes I decided to call in. I think I made a good decision because I went right back to bed after I called in and ended up sleeping until 10:30 Wednesday morning and I felt so much better. My leg was still a bit red, swollen and sore but I wasn't quite as sore and the soreness along with the fever is what really makes cellulitis such a burden. Well, maybe if some things your Mother & I have in the works pan out I will not have to worry about cellulitis for much longer. Enough about that.
As I was mowing Monday afternoon I noticed that we had a small rabbit burrow in our backyard with three tiny baby rabbits. I showed them to both you and your Mother and you we all enjoyed looking at them. I was looking forward to having three little tiny baby bunnies living in our backyard. Then tragedy struck. I had planned on making up a happy story about how the three baby bunnies grew up happy and healthy in our backyard but I really don't believe that would be the right thing to do. One of the bunnies survived and two of them passed away. I was very disappointed by that. I was more excited about the rabbits than either you or your Mother. One rabbit made it and I suppose that in the wild that is what happens.
I'm sure I will be writing a lot more often in the next few weeks so I will close this out. Daddy loves Rebecca!
This was the first day of my vacation. Well, it really wasn't a vacation day because I didn't get paid for it. It was, as they call it at G.E. a "lack of work" day or more accurately it was inventory day. Anyway I have two weeks of vacation and then I'm laid off for a week so I have three more weeks off and I am as pleased as punch about that. Maybe you and I will get to go swimming at Falling Springs a whole bunch while I am off.
I had another bought with cellulitis this past week. I came down with it while I was here Tuesday night after work. I had a small temperature, I was chilling and I was so very sore. I hate it when I get that. I went to bed directly after you. I had a very restless nights sleep Tuesday night. I was up and down all night. I woke up around 3:30 in the morning and sat up for awhile. I was still very sore but my temperature had broken. I thought about trying to go on into work but after I stumbled on the way to get my work clothes I decided to call in. I think I made a good decision because I went right back to bed after I called in and ended up sleeping until 10:30 Wednesday morning and I felt so much better. My leg was still a bit red, swollen and sore but I wasn't quite as sore and the soreness along with the fever is what really makes cellulitis such a burden. Well, maybe if some things your Mother & I have in the works pan out I will not have to worry about cellulitis for much longer. Enough about that.
As I was mowing Monday afternoon I noticed that we had a small rabbit burrow in our backyard with three tiny baby rabbits. I showed them to both you and your Mother and you we all enjoyed looking at them. I was looking forward to having three little tiny baby bunnies living in our backyard. Then tragedy struck. I had planned on making up a happy story about how the three baby bunnies grew up happy and healthy in our backyard but I really don't believe that would be the right thing to do. One of the bunnies survived and two of them passed away. I was very disappointed by that. I was more excited about the rabbits than either you or your Mother. One rabbit made it and I suppose that in the wild that is what happens.
I'm sure I will be writing a lot more often in the next few weeks so I will close this out. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Dear Rebecca,
You really do love fireworks. You had a ball on the fourth. We had a few lame fireworks down at Mamaw & Papaw's after our annual barbeque. You enjoyed them but everyone primarily enjoyed watching Sadie freak out over the fireworks. It was super late when we got home and we intended to put you straight to bed but there were so many good fireworks going off all around our house that we decided to sit out in the back yard with you and watch some real fireworks. You had a ball.
I see where your Mother told you about your getting your ears pierced. That is such a big deal. I'm gonna close out this post. Daddy loves Rebecca!
You really do love fireworks. You had a ball on the fourth. We had a few lame fireworks down at Mamaw & Papaw's after our annual barbeque. You enjoyed them but everyone primarily enjoyed watching Sadie freak out over the fireworks. It was super late when we got home and we intended to put you straight to bed but there were so many good fireworks going off all around our house that we decided to sit out in the back yard with you and watch some real fireworks. You had a ball.
I see where your Mother told you about your getting your ears pierced. That is such a big deal. I'm gonna close out this post. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Dear Rebecca,
It is very early in the morning here on Saturday morning July 8th 2006. I woke up at about three and laid in the bed til nearly four thirty and I never could get back to sleep. I finally came and laid down on the couch but when I started to drift I got worried I wouldn't wake up in time to make it to work today at seven o'clock. I am thinking of taking you with me for a little while today so that Daddy can get a little more sleep and maybe mow the yard. We'll see.
Before I forget I want to tell you about a little conversation you and I had together one late night last week when you woke up and laid on the couch with me. You saw a kitty cat on your sippy cup and you said "Momma, Kitty Cat!" to which I responded "Oh Yeah? If you had a kitty what would you name it.?" You then informed me you would name it Kitty. I asked you if you wanted a cat and you shook your head yes. I asked if you really wanted a cat and you said "No." I said how about a doggy, if you had a doggy what would you name it? You then informed me that you would name your doggy "Doggy". I asked if you really wanted a doggy and you said "Yes Mama!" That little conversation was so sweet. I think in all my days I will never forget just lying there with you talking deep into the night about what you'd name a cat or dog if you had one.
Thursday I was in the bedroom putting my earrings in after you woke up from your napand you asked me "Whassat?" amd I told you they were Mommy's earrings. You said "Becca Earrings!" So I got down my little box of earrings and we searched all through them for some clip ons. I couldn't find any although I am sure I have some somewhere so we hung two hoops over top your ears. You looked a bit silly but you thought you were the cats meow. When we got done putting on our make up I took the earrings off of you and put them away because they had little beads on them and I was worried you might get them off somehow. You fussed and hollered and said "Becca Earrings!" I asked you if you really wanted some earrings and you told me that you did. Or rather you said "Becca earrings!" once again. So I told you we'd take you to the store and get earrings put in. You hopped down off my bed and excitedly ran to get your shoes. You weren't even dressed yet. I fought to get you dressed while you were running to and from the door wanting to go to the "stoe".
I had to go to Wal-Mart anyway and return some bras that I had bought for Sister Agnes. You really like Sister Agnes and I am so glad because she thinks you are the sweetest thing that ever walked the earth. So do I. Anyway I decided we'd get your ears pierced at Wal-Mart so I called on the phone to see what steps I had to go through to get that done. They told me I had to come and get a paper and get it notarized at the bank and when we got there that was the first thing I did. When I got that done the elderly woman who was doing the piercing didn't want to pierce your ears because she said you 'wouldn't hold still'. Of course you wouldn't, you are a kid. Kids don't hold still. Who do they think will be getting their ears pierced at Wal-Mart? Not eighty year old women. It will be children. Anyway, Daddy suggested to take you to the Piercing Pagoda in the mall and get it done, he said they'd probably do a better job anyway when we tallked to him on the phone. I agreed and I wanted to buy him the bath sponge he'd been wanting at Bath and Body works as it was our annivesary and I wanted to get him a present.
We went to the mall and the lady at the piercing place was taken aback when I told her what had conspired at Wal-Mart. She got you right up in the chair and pierced on ear and then the other. You cried two tears because you wanted to keep sitting in that tall chair and staring at all the pretty earrings. She gave you a sucker and you told her Thank You like the polite little girl you are and then we took off to Bath and Body works where you picked out a pink duck and we got Daddy his sponge. Then it was time to go and see your Daddy and pick him up from work. We all went to Texas Roadhouse and had a real nice time eating there. We came home and played with you for a while, gave you a shower and put you to bed. You've been getting scared at night and I went and bought you a night light yesterday and it seems to be taking care of the problem so far. You went to bed very easily last night and have slept pretty sound all through as far as I know.
On a different note I took you to get your hair trimmed at Cost Cutters in Wal-Mart and that was a mistake, She didn't do the bangs right and I had to get them trimmed to short for my taste but they still look pretty good to me. They will grow out before long and you will be more comfortable this summer without your hair hanging down in your face all the time and withought having to pull it up on your head morning noon and night. I took you to Cookie Cutters and they fixed you right up.
Well I reckon that's about all I have to say. I better think about getting dressed and getting you up if I am taking tou with me. I still haven't made up my mind yet. We'll see what kind of time frame I am running on and if you are alert enough to come with when I am ready to go to work. I had a ball with you the day we went out to get your Ears pierced and that can be considered my special gift to you for your second birthday. You are such a big girl now but you will always be my little baby. I love you, baby bird.
It is very early in the morning here on Saturday morning July 8th 2006. I woke up at about three and laid in the bed til nearly four thirty and I never could get back to sleep. I finally came and laid down on the couch but when I started to drift I got worried I wouldn't wake up in time to make it to work today at seven o'clock. I am thinking of taking you with me for a little while today so that Daddy can get a little more sleep and maybe mow the yard. We'll see.
Before I forget I want to tell you about a little conversation you and I had together one late night last week when you woke up and laid on the couch with me. You saw a kitty cat on your sippy cup and you said "Momma, Kitty Cat!" to which I responded "Oh Yeah? If you had a kitty what would you name it.?" You then informed me you would name it Kitty. I asked you if you wanted a cat and you shook your head yes. I asked if you really wanted a cat and you said "No." I said how about a doggy, if you had a doggy what would you name it? You then informed me that you would name your doggy "Doggy". I asked if you really wanted a doggy and you said "Yes Mama!" That little conversation was so sweet. I think in all my days I will never forget just lying there with you talking deep into the night about what you'd name a cat or dog if you had one.
Thursday I was in the bedroom putting my earrings in after you woke up from your napand you asked me "Whassat?" amd I told you they were Mommy's earrings. You said "Becca Earrings!" So I got down my little box of earrings and we searched all through them for some clip ons. I couldn't find any although I am sure I have some somewhere so we hung two hoops over top your ears. You looked a bit silly but you thought you were the cats meow. When we got done putting on our make up I took the earrings off of you and put them away because they had little beads on them and I was worried you might get them off somehow. You fussed and hollered and said "Becca Earrings!" I asked you if you really wanted some earrings and you told me that you did. Or rather you said "Becca earrings!" once again. So I told you we'd take you to the store and get earrings put in. You hopped down off my bed and excitedly ran to get your shoes. You weren't even dressed yet. I fought to get you dressed while you were running to and from the door wanting to go to the "stoe".
I had to go to Wal-Mart anyway and return some bras that I had bought for Sister Agnes. You really like Sister Agnes and I am so glad because she thinks you are the sweetest thing that ever walked the earth. So do I. Anyway I decided we'd get your ears pierced at Wal-Mart so I called on the phone to see what steps I had to go through to get that done. They told me I had to come and get a paper and get it notarized at the bank and when we got there that was the first thing I did. When I got that done the elderly woman who was doing the piercing didn't want to pierce your ears because she said you 'wouldn't hold still'. Of course you wouldn't, you are a kid. Kids don't hold still. Who do they think will be getting their ears pierced at Wal-Mart? Not eighty year old women. It will be children. Anyway, Daddy suggested to take you to the Piercing Pagoda in the mall and get it done, he said they'd probably do a better job anyway when we tallked to him on the phone. I agreed and I wanted to buy him the bath sponge he'd been wanting at Bath and Body works as it was our annivesary and I wanted to get him a present.
We went to the mall and the lady at the piercing place was taken aback when I told her what had conspired at Wal-Mart. She got you right up in the chair and pierced on ear and then the other. You cried two tears because you wanted to keep sitting in that tall chair and staring at all the pretty earrings. She gave you a sucker and you told her Thank You like the polite little girl you are and then we took off to Bath and Body works where you picked out a pink duck and we got Daddy his sponge. Then it was time to go and see your Daddy and pick him up from work. We all went to Texas Roadhouse and had a real nice time eating there. We came home and played with you for a while, gave you a shower and put you to bed. You've been getting scared at night and I went and bought you a night light yesterday and it seems to be taking care of the problem so far. You went to bed very easily last night and have slept pretty sound all through as far as I know.
On a different note I took you to get your hair trimmed at Cost Cutters in Wal-Mart and that was a mistake, She didn't do the bangs right and I had to get them trimmed to short for my taste but they still look pretty good to me. They will grow out before long and you will be more comfortable this summer without your hair hanging down in your face all the time and withought having to pull it up on your head morning noon and night. I took you to Cookie Cutters and they fixed you right up.
Well I reckon that's about all I have to say. I better think about getting dressed and getting you up if I am taking tou with me. I still haven't made up my mind yet. We'll see what kind of time frame I am running on and if you are alert enough to come with when I am ready to go to work. I had a ball with you the day we went out to get your Ears pierced and that can be considered my special gift to you for your second birthday. You are such a big girl now but you will always be my little baby. I love you, baby bird.
Monday, July 03, 2006
Dear Rebecca,
Happy second birthday, Becca Boo Little. This is my first post of what I call volume four of the hard copy of this blog. I'm sorry I didn't close out the last volume with a summation of the past year. I wanted to but I got so busy editing your birthday party videos that time just slipped right by me. I am also way behind on printing out pictures for the hard copy of the blog but that is because our photo printer doesn't print photos anymore. It will print out text perfectly but the photos look like crap.
I think you had a great birthday weekend. As your Mother mentioned in her last post, we had your party yesterday because your Mom was supposed to work today. I think you had a ball. Everyone who really mattered in your life was there; Mama & Daddy, Mamaw & Papaw, Uncle Rodney & Aunt Lynn, Jon & Jacob, Allison, Granny, Papaw Lawrence or as you called him once yesterday "Other Papoo", Aunt Mary, Aunt Linda, Aunt Louise & a friend of hers and of course the birthday girl herself. It started out with you getting fascinated with your new basketball goal and then you moved on to your new playhouse. You opened tons of presents and then we all ate. You got in your little pool with Jacob & Jon. You had a big time in the pool with the big boys. I think that maybe Jacob is a bit more patient with you than poor old Jon is. Then we hooked up a sprinkler ring toy you got for your birthday in the back yard. We couldn't have done that if Papoo hadn't helped me put in a new water faucet in the back yard. The old one never worked and that was a big pain in the keister. We had to drag the water hose from the front of the house through the living room and the kitchen out to the deck so we could fill your pool up. That was getting rather old. Anyway, Jon, Jacob and yourself had a grand old time running through the sprinkler. Eventually things wound down and everyone left. We decided to put you down without a bath or shower because it was extremely late for you; probably around 10:30.
The next morning your Mom woke me up around eleven o'clock to inform me that she was ill and had called in sick at work. She asked if I could let her sleep and get up with you. I was glad to get up with you and allow your Mom to sleep in because it was obvious that she didn't feel very well at all. We watched an episode of Bob the Builder which you really seem to like and we started on your new copy of Cinderella. You seemed to enjoy it but by this time you were tired so I put you down for a nap. When you woke up I opened a can of play-doh that you had gotten for your birthday at the party last night and we played with that stuff forever. Your Mom woke up as the two of us sat on the kitchen floor making pancakes out of hot pink play-doh. You rushed to show your Mom what we were up to when you heard her coming down the hall.
I had planned on taking you to the pool while your Mom was at work and since she wasn't feeling very well I thought I would kind of let her relax a bit today so we decided to go ahead with our trip. After lunch your Mom got you ready for a trip to the pool at Falling Springs while I got myself ready and away you and I went. We drove through the Colony and into the Village when I realized that I had completely forgotten to bring towels so we had to go back to the house. Once we had our towels we were on our way again. I noticed as I drove by our old house on Powhatan Trail that it was for sale again. I wonder what the asking price is. The house is three times better than that old house and the neighborhood is five times better that the old neighborhood but I am curious about what they are asking and I will be especially curious to know what it brings when it finally sells. Finally we make it to the pool.
You see the pool and become very excited about it. We have to wait in line at the reception desk while the receptionist deals with a bunch of children checking in or rather trying to check in. It seems that there were six girls all aged fifteen except one that was maybe five or six and the receptionist told them that there had to be someone at least sixteen years old with them for the youngest one to be allowed entry. They have some stupid crazy rules out there and some individuals out there are way too strict in the enforcement of these stupid rules. You didn't like waiting at all. You kept informing me that you wanted to swim. Eventually we made it out to the pool. You had a big time. You went under a whole bunch but I think maybe the chlorine in the pool was too strong because eventually you started rubbing your eyes a lot and telling me that you didn't want to go under the water anymore. There was one funny thing that happened today. We were wading in the shallow part and you saw a lady sitting on the edge of the water sunning herself. She had a very tiny bikini top on and you walked up to her, pointed, looked back at me and said "Daddy boobies!" and I thought I would have liked to slide under the water but since the water was only six inches deep I just turned three shades redder than what I already was, which was quite impressive since I had a nice burn by this time.
I also ran into an old friend from high school while we were out there, Daniel Padgett. I was best friends with his brother, Matthew Padgett in school. Daniel had a little sixteen month old girl with him named Samantha Padgett. If Daniel still lives here in Woodford County you will be going to school with her in the future. What shocked me was the fact that some young girls went on about how pretty Samantha was and didn't say a thing about you. I was taken aback by that. That had never happened before. Your Mom says that the older you get the less people will be commenting on how cute and pretty you are. I still don't know how to take that. I am used to all the praise you have gotten in the past two years. I reckon all of this is just the rambling of a crazy daddy.
We left the pool after about two and a half hours. When we got home you got in your own little pool but the water in your pool was down right hot so you decided to play in your new playhouse. I decided to set the toy sprinkler up for you and you ran through it a bit but quickly lost interest. That's when I had an epiphany regarding your sprinkler ring toy, a lawn chair and a neat way to beat the heat. I sat the lawn chair in the middle of the ring and sat myself in that lawn chair and lounged under the beating sun in complete and total comfort. I had the most wonderful time watching you dig in the dirt under the pine tree all the while adding to my already considerable burn.
Mom eventually called us in for supper, left over burgers from yesterdays cookout, mac & cheese, cucumbers and ice cream. At supper your Mom told me that she had spoken with a doctor via the telephone and he told her that she was probably suffering from the effects of a mild heat stroke. Mom gave you your shower after supper because I think she missed spending more time with you on your birthday. We all sat in the floor of your room and had a grand old time playing and talking. You then watched an episode of Little Bear and part of an episode of Bob the Builder and then we played with you for awhile longer and then we put you down. You did not want to go to sleep at all. You hollered for us for what seemed like forever but eventually you got to sleep.
This is the longest post I have done in awhile. I'm pretty proud of myself. Your Mother read over it a few minutes ago and ended up correcting about ten grammar and spelling errors so I don't know if I should be proud or not. I'm just kidding. I'm closing out the very first post of volume four now. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Happy second birthday, Becca Boo Little. This is my first post of what I call volume four of the hard copy of this blog. I'm sorry I didn't close out the last volume with a summation of the past year. I wanted to but I got so busy editing your birthday party videos that time just slipped right by me. I am also way behind on printing out pictures for the hard copy of the blog but that is because our photo printer doesn't print photos anymore. It will print out text perfectly but the photos look like crap.
I think you had a great birthday weekend. As your Mother mentioned in her last post, we had your party yesterday because your Mom was supposed to work today. I think you had a ball. Everyone who really mattered in your life was there; Mama & Daddy, Mamaw & Papaw, Uncle Rodney & Aunt Lynn, Jon & Jacob, Allison, Granny, Papaw Lawrence or as you called him once yesterday "Other Papoo", Aunt Mary, Aunt Linda, Aunt Louise & a friend of hers and of course the birthday girl herself. It started out with you getting fascinated with your new basketball goal and then you moved on to your new playhouse. You opened tons of presents and then we all ate. You got in your little pool with Jacob & Jon. You had a big time in the pool with the big boys. I think that maybe Jacob is a bit more patient with you than poor old Jon is. Then we hooked up a sprinkler ring toy you got for your birthday in the back yard. We couldn't have done that if Papoo hadn't helped me put in a new water faucet in the back yard. The old one never worked and that was a big pain in the keister. We had to drag the water hose from the front of the house through the living room and the kitchen out to the deck so we could fill your pool up. That was getting rather old. Anyway, Jon, Jacob and yourself had a grand old time running through the sprinkler. Eventually things wound down and everyone left. We decided to put you down without a bath or shower because it was extremely late for you; probably around 10:30.
The next morning your Mom woke me up around eleven o'clock to inform me that she was ill and had called in sick at work. She asked if I could let her sleep and get up with you. I was glad to get up with you and allow your Mom to sleep in because it was obvious that she didn't feel very well at all. We watched an episode of Bob the Builder which you really seem to like and we started on your new copy of Cinderella. You seemed to enjoy it but by this time you were tired so I put you down for a nap. When you woke up I opened a can of play-doh that you had gotten for your birthday at the party last night and we played with that stuff forever. Your Mom woke up as the two of us sat on the kitchen floor making pancakes out of hot pink play-doh. You rushed to show your Mom what we were up to when you heard her coming down the hall.
I had planned on taking you to the pool while your Mom was at work and since she wasn't feeling very well I thought I would kind of let her relax a bit today so we decided to go ahead with our trip. After lunch your Mom got you ready for a trip to the pool at Falling Springs while I got myself ready and away you and I went. We drove through the Colony and into the Village when I realized that I had completely forgotten to bring towels so we had to go back to the house. Once we had our towels we were on our way again. I noticed as I drove by our old house on Powhatan Trail that it was for sale again. I wonder what the asking price is. The house is three times better than that old house and the neighborhood is five times better that the old neighborhood but I am curious about what they are asking and I will be especially curious to know what it brings when it finally sells. Finally we make it to the pool.
You see the pool and become very excited about it. We have to wait in line at the reception desk while the receptionist deals with a bunch of children checking in or rather trying to check in. It seems that there were six girls all aged fifteen except one that was maybe five or six and the receptionist told them that there had to be someone at least sixteen years old with them for the youngest one to be allowed entry. They have some stupid crazy rules out there and some individuals out there are way too strict in the enforcement of these stupid rules. You didn't like waiting at all. You kept informing me that you wanted to swim. Eventually we made it out to the pool. You had a big time. You went under a whole bunch but I think maybe the chlorine in the pool was too strong because eventually you started rubbing your eyes a lot and telling me that you didn't want to go under the water anymore. There was one funny thing that happened today. We were wading in the shallow part and you saw a lady sitting on the edge of the water sunning herself. She had a very tiny bikini top on and you walked up to her, pointed, looked back at me and said "Daddy boobies!" and I thought I would have liked to slide under the water but since the water was only six inches deep I just turned three shades redder than what I already was, which was quite impressive since I had a nice burn by this time.
I also ran into an old friend from high school while we were out there, Daniel Padgett. I was best friends with his brother, Matthew Padgett in school. Daniel had a little sixteen month old girl with him named Samantha Padgett. If Daniel still lives here in Woodford County you will be going to school with her in the future. What shocked me was the fact that some young girls went on about how pretty Samantha was and didn't say a thing about you. I was taken aback by that. That had never happened before. Your Mom says that the older you get the less people will be commenting on how cute and pretty you are. I still don't know how to take that. I am used to all the praise you have gotten in the past two years. I reckon all of this is just the rambling of a crazy daddy.
We left the pool after about two and a half hours. When we got home you got in your own little pool but the water in your pool was down right hot so you decided to play in your new playhouse. I decided to set the toy sprinkler up for you and you ran through it a bit but quickly lost interest. That's when I had an epiphany regarding your sprinkler ring toy, a lawn chair and a neat way to beat the heat. I sat the lawn chair in the middle of the ring and sat myself in that lawn chair and lounged under the beating sun in complete and total comfort. I had the most wonderful time watching you dig in the dirt under the pine tree all the while adding to my already considerable burn.
Mom eventually called us in for supper, left over burgers from yesterdays cookout, mac & cheese, cucumbers and ice cream. At supper your Mom told me that she had spoken with a doctor via the telephone and he told her that she was probably suffering from the effects of a mild heat stroke. Mom gave you your shower after supper because I think she missed spending more time with you on your birthday. We all sat in the floor of your room and had a grand old time playing and talking. You then watched an episode of Little Bear and part of an episode of Bob the Builder and then we played with you for awhile longer and then we put you down. You did not want to go to sleep at all. You hollered for us for what seemed like forever but eventually you got to sleep.
This is the longest post I have done in awhile. I'm pretty proud of myself. Your Mother read over it a few minutes ago and ended up correcting about ten grammar and spelling errors so I don't know if I should be proud or not. I'm just kidding. I'm closing out the very first post of volume four now. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Dear Rebecca,
Happy Birthday! I can't believe your Dad didn't post a blog last night. There were big goings on yesterday as yesterday as yesterday was your birthday party even though today is your birthday.You had a backyard Bar-B-Q party with burgers, hot dogs, chips, baked beans, potato salad, a big old fruit salad, iced tea, and tons of other stuff. You really had a good time. You got a great big playhouse for your birthday, from Mommy & Daddy, a basketball goal, also from us, a sprinkler, Dora purse, Cinderella movie as well which were all also from us. You got some pretty clothes from Aunt Lynn & Unlce Rodney and the kids and also some Color Wonder color paper which you will love I just know because you love to draw and color. As a matter of fact when we very first opened it you wanted to open it all the way up and draw a bit. You di, too for a moment and then we were putting off the festivities so we decided to go ahead and start back up. Aunt Louise got you two outfits and her friend Betty gave you two dollars which made you pretty happy. Allison got you some ABC flash cards and Auntie Mary got you a tricycle, a roll to ride scooter, and a ton of other stuff that just made you smile so big and happily. I just had to pause this post for over nearly an hour to tend to you so I will pick back up later and tell you the rest of the story... as Paul Harvey says. Daddy is asleep and its just me & you. We've had our birthday breakfast. Tell you all about it later. Right now you are requesting a shower... and the pool.
Happy Birthday! I can't believe your Dad didn't post a blog last night. There were big goings on yesterday as yesterday as yesterday was your birthday party even though today is your birthday.You had a backyard Bar-B-Q party with burgers, hot dogs, chips, baked beans, potato salad, a big old fruit salad, iced tea, and tons of other stuff. You really had a good time. You got a great big playhouse for your birthday, from Mommy & Daddy, a basketball goal, also from us, a sprinkler, Dora purse, Cinderella movie as well which were all also from us. You got some pretty clothes from Aunt Lynn & Unlce Rodney and the kids and also some Color Wonder color paper which you will love I just know because you love to draw and color. As a matter of fact when we very first opened it you wanted to open it all the way up and draw a bit. You di, too for a moment and then we were putting off the festivities so we decided to go ahead and start back up. Aunt Louise got you two outfits and her friend Betty gave you two dollars which made you pretty happy. Allison got you some ABC flash cards and Auntie Mary got you a tricycle, a roll to ride scooter, and a ton of other stuff that just made you smile so big and happily. I just had to pause this post for over nearly an hour to tend to you so I will pick back up later and tell you the rest of the story... as Paul Harvey says. Daddy is asleep and its just me & you. We've had our birthday breakfast. Tell you all about it later. Right now you are requesting a shower... and the pool.
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