Dear Rebecca,
It's now 3:21 on Sunday morning as I type this. I really didn't intend on staying up this late because we all have to go to church later this morning. I really don't know if your Mother will feel up to it though because her leg has been bothering her quite a lot the last few days but it got real bad last night. She still suffers from pain because of the accident she was involved in a year before you were born. She needs to get all of her pains looked into and maybe even go to a pain management clinic. I hate it when your Mom is in pain because there is absolutely nothing that I can do for her. She's probably been working too hard getting us packed up so we can move into our new house next month.
We've changed our minds about the color for the master bedroom and my office/guest room again. We are now planning on going with "Stone Brown". Your Mom said that was her final choice and we will not change our minds again. I like all the colors we have chosen for the new house; well, it's actually not a new house it's about fourteen years old or so but it's new to us. We're getting more excited about it every day. I can not wait to get in there and start painting my walls. As you know, I owned a house before you were born so I know the difference in living in something that belongs to someone else and living in something that you can call your own. There just is no comparison. You are going to love the new house. There's a nice big fenced in backyard for you to play in and lots more room inside for you to toddle about.
Yep, you are toddling all over the apartment now. You still would rather crawl or walk on your knees 80% of the time but you now will pull yourself up and take off walking on your own. Before we had to stand you up and get you to go back and forth from me to your Mommy and back again. You're doing so well. You can turn around on your own without falling down now and a few times you've even attempted a run. You still end up falling down on your butt most of the time but it doesn't seem to bother you so it doesn't either your Mom or I.
Friday you & your Mom met me at work when I got off. When I came through the door to the lobby where you two were waiting you got the most excited look on your face and yelled "Dada" and reached out for me to take you. I was so very proud of you. There were a bunch of the folks that I work with standing around admiring you and it made me very proud that you feel the way about me that you do. You can be assured that the feeling is very mutual. After we left my work we went to Taco Bell on Nicholasville Rd. for a quick supper. You had a cheese quesadilla, Mom had a meat quesadilla and a taco, I had three tacos and an order of Nachos Bell Grande and we all had a caramel empanada for desert. You picked the apples out of your and left the caramel and crust behind; your Mom & I would be much better off if we did the same thing from time to time. After Taco Bell we went and had your Mother's glasses readjusted again. You keep bending them up on her. We then went to Lexington Green where we all fed the ducks and fish. You had a pretty good time with that. You didn't squeal in delight like I had hoped you would but you did enjoy yourself. After that we stopped by Home Depot for a swatch of the new color that we had chosen and we browsed a little at the crown molding. We then stopped by the video store and rented two films on DVD; one was a horror film called "The Ring 2" and the other one was a comedy called "King's Ransom" then we came home. We actually got home pretty early for a change. I guess it's because we didn't actually purchase anything except supper and feed for the ducks & fish and also because we didn't go to Wal-mart for a change.
I got up with you Saturday morning and we had a fun time together as we always do. Your Mom got up at 10:00 that morning and I laid back down for a few more hours of snooze time. Your Mom came and woke me up around noon and we all had a lunch of pancakes and bacon. Sometimes it's fun to have breakfast in the middle of the day. We had been planning on going down to see Mamaw and Papaw but Mamaw wasn't feeling very good so instead we went to the park for an hour or so. After that we went for ice cream at the Dairy Queen and to Kroger for some bread, milk, water, juice, soda pop and beer. We saw Aunt Lynn and her whole clan in Krogers and she made fun of all of the beverages we had in our cart. I told her that we were a very thirsty bunch. We then came home and vegged for the rest of the evening.
After you went to bed we decided to watch one of the films we had rented but the DVD player we paid twenty-seven dollars for quit working so we went upstairs and stole your Disney Princess DVD player out of your room and brought it down into the living room and watched the horror movie on it. It was real late by the time we had finished watching the film and I went upstairs and talked to your mom some before she ran me off because she wanted to sleep. I've been down here playing on the computer ever since.
I guess I'll let ya go for now because like I said when I began this blog over an hour ago, I have to get up and go to church in the morning. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Well, it's now 99.9999% for sure that the house is ours. Mamaw & Papaw have already purchased the house so if by some strange twist of weirdness they can not get the cash they are going to be in a pickle. We are so excited about it. Your Mom already has almost forty boxes of stuff packed. I'm going to take the Explorer down to Mamaw & Papaw's house this weekend so we will have room to store the boxes. Since I'm riding to and from work with my Dad, your Papaw, I don't drive the Explorer nearly as much as used to; plus gasoline is really too expensive to drive the truck too much these days. I still love my truck and wish I could drive it more often but we have to consider the financial aspect of driving it everywhere we go. We take it when we go to Wal-mart or somewhere that we need more cargo area. Anyway we are excited to be shaking the dust of this apartment off of our feet and moving into our own house.
We have altered our color choices for the house a little bit. Most of the house, the living room, kitchen and hall are still going to be the sage color the manufacturer calls "restful" and your bathroom is still going to be "pale sunlight" just like your present nursery. However, we have decided to go with a light purple color called "one enchanted evening" instead of "fairest of them all" for your bedroom. We really can't call it a nursery anymore since you are now such a big girl. We've also decided to go with a darker tan in the master bed & bath and my office/guest room. The new color is called "Autumn Malt". We're excited even about painting it and that will be hard work.
We may not post as much as we have in the past for the next month to month or two because we will be busy setting up our new house. We'll still try to drop by occasionally and let you know what's been going on in our world. Who am I kidding? I will probably post just as much if not more. I want to share all of the excitement with you. I am kind of addicted to blogging so I don't think there will be much of a decrease in the amount of posts.
Well, our supper of Fear Factor Fish Portions, mac & cheese, green beans and yeast rolls is about ready so I will let ya go for now. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Well, it's now 99.9999% for sure that the house is ours. Mamaw & Papaw have already purchased the house so if by some strange twist of weirdness they can not get the cash they are going to be in a pickle. We are so excited about it. Your Mom already has almost forty boxes of stuff packed. I'm going to take the Explorer down to Mamaw & Papaw's house this weekend so we will have room to store the boxes. Since I'm riding to and from work with my Dad, your Papaw, I don't drive the Explorer nearly as much as used to; plus gasoline is really too expensive to drive the truck too much these days. I still love my truck and wish I could drive it more often but we have to consider the financial aspect of driving it everywhere we go. We take it when we go to Wal-mart or somewhere that we need more cargo area. Anyway we are excited to be shaking the dust of this apartment off of our feet and moving into our own house.
We have altered our color choices for the house a little bit. Most of the house, the living room, kitchen and hall are still going to be the sage color the manufacturer calls "restful" and your bathroom is still going to be "pale sunlight" just like your present nursery. However, we have decided to go with a light purple color called "one enchanted evening" instead of "fairest of them all" for your bedroom. We really can't call it a nursery anymore since you are now such a big girl. We've also decided to go with a darker tan in the master bed & bath and my office/guest room. The new color is called "Autumn Malt". We're excited even about painting it and that will be hard work.
We may not post as much as we have in the past for the next month to month or two because we will be busy setting up our new house. We'll still try to drop by occasionally and let you know what's been going on in our world. Who am I kidding? I will probably post just as much if not more. I want to share all of the excitement with you. I am kind of addicted to blogging so I don't think there will be much of a decrease in the amount of posts.
Well, our supper of Fear Factor Fish Portions, mac & cheese, green beans and yeast rolls is about ready so I will let ya go for now. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Saturday, August 20, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
As your Mother mentioned in the previous post, lots of papers were signed last night here in the apartment regarding the loan. There will be no trouble getting the loan because Mamaw & Papaw are the ones taking out the loan. Our credit is so incredibly bad right now that I'm afraid a bank wouldn't loan me a pen. Actually, we recently saw our credit report and it wasn't as bad as I had feared. It will take us a few years of hard work and sound financial decision making to build our credit back up but we have done a fabulous job of it in the past year. Eventually I would like for us to take out a loan of our own but that really all depends on the interest rates. We got a really great interest rate of 5.5% on this loan. I am just so excited to be moving into our very own house I don't think my soft heart can stand it.
The banker lady is a woman that we knew when we all went to Kingsway Assembly of God years ago. She has been real nice and helpful through all of this. If it wasn't for her we wouldn't have attempted to get the $18,000 that we are going to use for the down payment on this house. We are lucky to know a mortgage broker personally who can get us the best deal possible. The attorney we plan on using for the closing and the one who dealt with the court to get us the $18,000 is also a personal friend of Mamaw & Papaw's. He purchased the house that I grew up in and still lives there with his family.
God has so richly blessed us in the past year. Even when I was angry at God when your Mom & I had to leave the home that I had owned for ten years already, he was working on blessing us but I was just too stubborn to let him move in his own way. The house was not nearly as nice as the new house we are moving into. I don't think the old house was as nice as the apartment we have lived in for the past 13 and a half months. The old house didn't have a garage and this apartment has a two car garage and the new house has a one car garage. The old house didn't have a dishwasher and both the apartment and the new house have one; the one in the new house is much nicer though. We had crappy carpet in both the old house and this apartment but we have beautiful carpet in the new house. The Village subdivision, where both the old house and our current apartment is in, has really kind of went down hill since I purchased my first house in the mid-nineties. It's really become sort of a seedy section of town and the new house is in the Colony subdivision and the Colony is a very nice area. Your Mom hates the stairs here in the apartment because she still has pain from her accident from two years ago. There's really nothing we don't like about the new house. We love our new house. And to top it all off, the owners had been asking $138,900 for the place which is more than we could afford so we decided to make an extremely low offer of $128,000. We had decided we would go as high as $135,000. He countered at $135,000 so we were going to take the house but the bargaining wasn't finished yet. We offered $130,000 thinking he would either stick to his guns at $135,000 or come down to $132,000 or so but he surprised everyone including the realtor and our mortgage broker and agreed on $130,000. How's that for being blessed by God.
I think we may paint the walls before we move into the new place because we have until the end of September to get out of the apartment. We've chosen a sage color called "Restful" for the living room, hall and kitchen. For your bedroom we've chosen a very pale pink called "The Fairest of them All", for the main bathroom we have chosen to use the same yellow that we have used for your nursery; we have a gallon left over and for our bedroom and the office/playroom we are going with a tan color called "Castle Path". Who thinks up these color names anyway? Your Mother wants to get a new door for your closet because she isn't really convinced that it's the safest door in our future neighborhood. I want to put crown molding in the majority of the rooms, especially the kitchen, living room and hallway. I think that would look really nice. Well, we'll see how that works out.
I have enjoyed my long night on the computer this past evening and into this early early morning. I worked on some pictures for your baby journal and downloaded some music and freeware that I probably will never use and now I am posting this blog. I am very tired though so I think I will maybe set down for a few minutes and try to watch just a few minutes of television and then get a drink of water and then hit the proverbial hay. I'll let you go for now, Sweetie. I don't know how much either your Mom or I will be able to post in the next five or six weeks though because we are all going to be busy packing stuff up and getting them unpacked again at the new house, plus I don't know how long we are going to be without the internet during the transition from this old nasty apartment into our beautiful pristine house. Daddy loves Rebecca!
As your Mother mentioned in the previous post, lots of papers were signed last night here in the apartment regarding the loan. There will be no trouble getting the loan because Mamaw & Papaw are the ones taking out the loan. Our credit is so incredibly bad right now that I'm afraid a bank wouldn't loan me a pen. Actually, we recently saw our credit report and it wasn't as bad as I had feared. It will take us a few years of hard work and sound financial decision making to build our credit back up but we have done a fabulous job of it in the past year. Eventually I would like for us to take out a loan of our own but that really all depends on the interest rates. We got a really great interest rate of 5.5% on this loan. I am just so excited to be moving into our very own house I don't think my soft heart can stand it.
The banker lady is a woman that we knew when we all went to Kingsway Assembly of God years ago. She has been real nice and helpful through all of this. If it wasn't for her we wouldn't have attempted to get the $18,000 that we are going to use for the down payment on this house. We are lucky to know a mortgage broker personally who can get us the best deal possible. The attorney we plan on using for the closing and the one who dealt with the court to get us the $18,000 is also a personal friend of Mamaw & Papaw's. He purchased the house that I grew up in and still lives there with his family.
God has so richly blessed us in the past year. Even when I was angry at God when your Mom & I had to leave the home that I had owned for ten years already, he was working on blessing us but I was just too stubborn to let him move in his own way. The house was not nearly as nice as the new house we are moving into. I don't think the old house was as nice as the apartment we have lived in for the past 13 and a half months. The old house didn't have a garage and this apartment has a two car garage and the new house has a one car garage. The old house didn't have a dishwasher and both the apartment and the new house have one; the one in the new house is much nicer though. We had crappy carpet in both the old house and this apartment but we have beautiful carpet in the new house. The Village subdivision, where both the old house and our current apartment is in, has really kind of went down hill since I purchased my first house in the mid-nineties. It's really become sort of a seedy section of town and the new house is in the Colony subdivision and the Colony is a very nice area. Your Mom hates the stairs here in the apartment because she still has pain from her accident from two years ago. There's really nothing we don't like about the new house. We love our new house. And to top it all off, the owners had been asking $138,900 for the place which is more than we could afford so we decided to make an extremely low offer of $128,000. We had decided we would go as high as $135,000. He countered at $135,000 so we were going to take the house but the bargaining wasn't finished yet. We offered $130,000 thinking he would either stick to his guns at $135,000 or come down to $132,000 or so but he surprised everyone including the realtor and our mortgage broker and agreed on $130,000. How's that for being blessed by God.
I think we may paint the walls before we move into the new place because we have until the end of September to get out of the apartment. We've chosen a sage color called "Restful" for the living room, hall and kitchen. For your bedroom we've chosen a very pale pink called "The Fairest of them All", for the main bathroom we have chosen to use the same yellow that we have used for your nursery; we have a gallon left over and for our bedroom and the office/playroom we are going with a tan color called "Castle Path". Who thinks up these color names anyway? Your Mother wants to get a new door for your closet because she isn't really convinced that it's the safest door in our future neighborhood. I want to put crown molding in the majority of the rooms, especially the kitchen, living room and hallway. I think that would look really nice. Well, we'll see how that works out.
I have enjoyed my long night on the computer this past evening and into this early early morning. I worked on some pictures for your baby journal and downloaded some music and freeware that I probably will never use and now I am posting this blog. I am very tired though so I think I will maybe set down for a few minutes and try to watch just a few minutes of television and then get a drink of water and then hit the proverbial hay. I'll let you go for now, Sweetie. I don't know how much either your Mom or I will be able to post in the next five or six weeks though because we are all going to be busy packing stuff up and getting them unpacked again at the new house, plus I don't know how long we are going to be without the internet during the transition from this old nasty apartment into our beautiful pristine house. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Friday, August 19, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Well kiddo, we just got done having supper with Mamaw & Papaw. I fixed us a supper of BBQ Pork, corn on the cob, cucumber and onion salad, Macaroni Salad, Hamburger rolls and iced tea. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention. They just signed a bunch of papers regarding the house they now have to purchase because the seller accepted the bid. They want to purchase it though and we will be paying them for it. They are such good parents to your Daddy and they have been good parents to me as well. I don't think I could have married into a more caring family and given birth to a better baby to go into said family. Right now you want a drink of the adult beverage I am consuming. I had to tell you no way, Jose.' Anyway, the ball is rolling. I guess now it's time to get packing and get this place all together. Boy oh boy, what a chore. What a joyful and wonderful chore. I know we will all be so happy in the new house. Well little one, I am going to go and lie on the couch and relax for a minute or two. I love you so much, baby bird!
Well kiddo, we just got done having supper with Mamaw & Papaw. I fixed us a supper of BBQ Pork, corn on the cob, cucumber and onion salad, Macaroni Salad, Hamburger rolls and iced tea. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention. They just signed a bunch of papers regarding the house they now have to purchase because the seller accepted the bid. They want to purchase it though and we will be paying them for it. They are such good parents to your Daddy and they have been good parents to me as well. I don't think I could have married into a more caring family and given birth to a better baby to go into said family. Right now you want a drink of the adult beverage I am consuming. I had to tell you no way, Jose.' Anyway, the ball is rolling. I guess now it's time to get packing and get this place all together. Boy oh boy, what a chore. What a joyful and wonderful chore. I know we will all be so happy in the new house. Well little one, I am going to go and lie on the couch and relax for a minute or two. I love you so much, baby bird!
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Well, it seems that we are going to have a new house. This new house will be the one that you now know. You will never remember the time we all spent here in this apartment. We all had a very great time here but we had always known that this was just a temporary residence or at least we had hoped it would be a temporary residence.
Your mom & I are so excited. We have so many great plans for the new place. We are going to do your room with a princess theme now that you are a little toddler instead of the moon & stars that you had as a baby. We still have a whole lot of moon & star stuff that I have no idea what we are going to do with. The main bathroom we are going to do in a ducky theme because that bathroom will be yours; our bathroom we are going to keep the sea shell theme that we already have in the full bath upstairs here in the apartment. We are going to paint the living room and kitchen a sage green color. I guess we will wait before we paint the master bedroom and the room destined to be the office/playroom.
We had great fun doing the interior design of this apartment so you can imagine how much of a ball I expect in doing a house of our very own. We have a fenced in backyard where eventually you will be able have your very own dog. You are such a lucky girl to have a Mamaw & Papaw like the ones you have. Without them we would not be taking this next step and I am ever so grateful. I really don't know how to express what this means to me and my little family. Wow! I am in such a great mood this evening. Everything is right with the world.
I'm gonna let you go for now. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Well, it seems that we are going to have a new house. This new house will be the one that you now know. You will never remember the time we all spent here in this apartment. We all had a very great time here but we had always known that this was just a temporary residence or at least we had hoped it would be a temporary residence.
Your mom & I are so excited. We have so many great plans for the new place. We are going to do your room with a princess theme now that you are a little toddler instead of the moon & stars that you had as a baby. We still have a whole lot of moon & star stuff that I have no idea what we are going to do with. The main bathroom we are going to do in a ducky theme because that bathroom will be yours; our bathroom we are going to keep the sea shell theme that we already have in the full bath upstairs here in the apartment. We are going to paint the living room and kitchen a sage green color. I guess we will wait before we paint the master bedroom and the room destined to be the office/playroom.
We had great fun doing the interior design of this apartment so you can imagine how much of a ball I expect in doing a house of our very own. We have a fenced in backyard where eventually you will be able have your very own dog. You are such a lucky girl to have a Mamaw & Papaw like the ones you have. Without them we would not be taking this next step and I am ever so grateful. I really don't know how to express what this means to me and my little family. Wow! I am in such a great mood this evening. Everything is right with the world.
I'm gonna let you go for now. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Good morning, Rebecca. I, your Daddy, went to lie down yesterday at five in the afternoon for a little nap, maybe and hour or two and didn't wake up until two in the morning. I must have been extremely worn out. I don't think I will be able to lie back down again this morning; especially since it's my job to take care of you when you get up to face the day today. At least I'll be ready to hit the proverbial hay tonight.
We have a the Bowman family reunion this afternoon. Your great great grandparents were Lonzo & Stella Bowman, who lived long enough that I was able to get to know, and the reunion is of their descendants. Lonzo & Stella were Granny's parents. They were who I called Mamaw & Papaw. I have been meaning to design a family tree for you for some time now. The Bowman line will be the branch I will be able to go farthest back on I am sure. I think maybe the shortest might be your Mom's side especially your Mom's mother's family. She passed away when your Mother was just a little girl; her name was Evelyn Jean Napier and her maiden name was Williams. Even though I never knew her and have only seen one single picture of her, I know she would have been so very proud of you. How do I know this? Simple, everyone who has anything to do with you is proud of you. Anyway, I have to get your Mom up at nine this morning so she can get her fruit pizza ready for the reunion down at Big Spring park.
We recently came into some money that we hope to use on a down payment for a new house. Your Mamaw & Papaw are going to have to purchase the house in their names because of financial mismanagement & mistakes I, your father has made in the course of his life and Kristie & I are going to pay them for it. They are going to look into different types of loans that they can get that will decrease their risks and tax burdens and also look into possible ways that we can benefit from the tax deduction of paying for the house.
We looked at some houses in earnest this past weekend. We had been looking for awhile now and found one we liked on Sheffield Drive in the Colony that I'm absolutely sure we mentioned earlier in the blog. It had a great backyard and a huge kitchen and we all really wanted it but we just didn't have the cash for any sort of down payment at all. It sold a few weeks ago so that house is out of the question now. I thought the living room was much too narrow anyway and the bedrooms were very small for my taste. It did have a lovely backyard though. In our search this past weekend we looked at one house that was simply lovely from the outside with a two car garage but once we looked inside it was terrible. The previous occupants really didn't take very good care of the place, the kitchen was smaller than the one we have here in this apartment, the layout was kinda funky, the color scheme was very funky and there was a huge crack in the wall as you come through the front door. We thought about another house over in the same area but the one car garage with a workshop was just flat ugly and it had no backyard at all. We decided that even though it was the cheapest house on our list that it would just not do for us.
Finally we looked inside a house at 334 Colony Drive in, you guessed it, the Colony. It was a grey brick home with a one car garage attached to the house. It had some lovely trees in the front yard and a fenced in backyard with a nice deck and an evergreen tree. We went inside with Mamaw, Papaw & the realtor and your Mom just fell in love with the place. She was bouncing up & down in excitement so much so that Mamaw had to tell her to calm down because she was looking much too anxious to do any bargaining on the house should we decide to make an offer. The carpet was very nice; as a matter of fact, I loved the carpet. The living room was nice & roomy, it had a fabulous kitchen with some top quality cabinets, the bedrooms were a good size, especially the master bedroom and lots of storage space. We liked it very much. If Mamaw & Papaw can secure a loan that they are comfortable with I think that we may make an offer on the place. I know it's only the second place we have looked into since we got the cash for our down payment but it really is a nice place. If we get it then we get it and if we don't get it we still have roof over our heads and one day we will get us another house so that you may have yourself a puppy and I can once again feel really proud of where we live. Not that I'm not proud of the way that your Mom has made this apartment a very comfortable place to live but this apartment is not ours and it will never be ours so how can a couple feel the same ay about it that they would if they owned their own residence. I am happy here and have been since we got here, of course that may be due to the fact that you were born on day two of our residence here at 500B Tecumseh Trail. I hope we get that house or one just as nice.
You are still toddling around quite a bit. You still prefer to crawl when you have to go somewhere in a hurry and when you have to carry something it still suits you to walk on your knees. Mom thinks you took a hard spill in your walking adventures and have become just a little wary of taking long treks across the floor. I am so proud of the fact that you can even take a few steps that I don't care when you decide that walking is the way to go. I just know that one day you will. I was a crazy Dad and was afraid that you would never ever learn to walk. I thought you'd be fourteen and still crawling around on the floor. I am probably the silliest father that's ever been. You are also picking up words left & right. You are talking more & more. Everyday you say something new and, to us, exciting. You said Mamaw Friday night and I thought Mamaw was going to have a cow she was so excited. Your Mom hates the fact that your new favorite word is now No. She absolutely loathes it when you tell her No. She wants to quick saying that to you and start going to Tisk-tisk. I don't think that's going to work out very well. You already are extremely familiar with the word No and I don't see you adjusting to another at this point.
I'm going to let you go for now. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Good morning, Rebecca. I, your Daddy, went to lie down yesterday at five in the afternoon for a little nap, maybe and hour or two and didn't wake up until two in the morning. I must have been extremely worn out. I don't think I will be able to lie back down again this morning; especially since it's my job to take care of you when you get up to face the day today. At least I'll be ready to hit the proverbial hay tonight.
We have a the Bowman family reunion this afternoon. Your great great grandparents were Lonzo & Stella Bowman, who lived long enough that I was able to get to know, and the reunion is of their descendants. Lonzo & Stella were Granny's parents. They were who I called Mamaw & Papaw. I have been meaning to design a family tree for you for some time now. The Bowman line will be the branch I will be able to go farthest back on I am sure. I think maybe the shortest might be your Mom's side especially your Mom's mother's family. She passed away when your Mother was just a little girl; her name was Evelyn Jean Napier and her maiden name was Williams. Even though I never knew her and have only seen one single picture of her, I know she would have been so very proud of you. How do I know this? Simple, everyone who has anything to do with you is proud of you. Anyway, I have to get your Mom up at nine this morning so she can get her fruit pizza ready for the reunion down at Big Spring park.
We recently came into some money that we hope to use on a down payment for a new house. Your Mamaw & Papaw are going to have to purchase the house in their names because of financial mismanagement & mistakes I, your father has made in the course of his life and Kristie & I are going to pay them for it. They are going to look into different types of loans that they can get that will decrease their risks and tax burdens and also look into possible ways that we can benefit from the tax deduction of paying for the house.
We looked at some houses in earnest this past weekend. We had been looking for awhile now and found one we liked on Sheffield Drive in the Colony that I'm absolutely sure we mentioned earlier in the blog. It had a great backyard and a huge kitchen and we all really wanted it but we just didn't have the cash for any sort of down payment at all. It sold a few weeks ago so that house is out of the question now. I thought the living room was much too narrow anyway and the bedrooms were very small for my taste. It did have a lovely backyard though. In our search this past weekend we looked at one house that was simply lovely from the outside with a two car garage but once we looked inside it was terrible. The previous occupants really didn't take very good care of the place, the kitchen was smaller than the one we have here in this apartment, the layout was kinda funky, the color scheme was very funky and there was a huge crack in the wall as you come through the front door. We thought about another house over in the same area but the one car garage with a workshop was just flat ugly and it had no backyard at all. We decided that even though it was the cheapest house on our list that it would just not do for us.
Finally we looked inside a house at 334 Colony Drive in, you guessed it, the Colony. It was a grey brick home with a one car garage attached to the house. It had some lovely trees in the front yard and a fenced in backyard with a nice deck and an evergreen tree. We went inside with Mamaw, Papaw & the realtor and your Mom just fell in love with the place. She was bouncing up & down in excitement so much so that Mamaw had to tell her to calm down because she was looking much too anxious to do any bargaining on the house should we decide to make an offer. The carpet was very nice; as a matter of fact, I loved the carpet. The living room was nice & roomy, it had a fabulous kitchen with some top quality cabinets, the bedrooms were a good size, especially the master bedroom and lots of storage space. We liked it very much. If Mamaw & Papaw can secure a loan that they are comfortable with I think that we may make an offer on the place. I know it's only the second place we have looked into since we got the cash for our down payment but it really is a nice place. If we get it then we get it and if we don't get it we still have roof over our heads and one day we will get us another house so that you may have yourself a puppy and I can once again feel really proud of where we live. Not that I'm not proud of the way that your Mom has made this apartment a very comfortable place to live but this apartment is not ours and it will never be ours so how can a couple feel the same ay about it that they would if they owned their own residence. I am happy here and have been since we got here, of course that may be due to the fact that you were born on day two of our residence here at 500B Tecumseh Trail. I hope we get that house or one just as nice.
You are still toddling around quite a bit. You still prefer to crawl when you have to go somewhere in a hurry and when you have to carry something it still suits you to walk on your knees. Mom thinks you took a hard spill in your walking adventures and have become just a little wary of taking long treks across the floor. I am so proud of the fact that you can even take a few steps that I don't care when you decide that walking is the way to go. I just know that one day you will. I was a crazy Dad and was afraid that you would never ever learn to walk. I thought you'd be fourteen and still crawling around on the floor. I am probably the silliest father that's ever been. You are also picking up words left & right. You are talking more & more. Everyday you say something new and, to us, exciting. You said Mamaw Friday night and I thought Mamaw was going to have a cow she was so excited. Your Mom hates the fact that your new favorite word is now No. She absolutely loathes it when you tell her No. She wants to quick saying that to you and start going to Tisk-tisk. I don't think that's going to work out very well. You already are extremely familiar with the word No and I don't see you adjusting to another at this point.
I'm going to let you go for now. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Hello there my precious little baby bird. How are you? I will tell you how you are. You are sleeping. You are all tuckered out. I hope you are having sweet and salty dreams, like chocolate and pretzels. We've had a big day today. We've both been very busy.
You got up this morning around six a.m., and we had a breakfast of Toast and Oatmeal with Apples and Cinnamon. Also, of course, we had our milk. Then, after that you watched a little bit of your favorite episode of Sesame Street but you were so tired still that you were not very interested. So, we read a book and played for a while in the floor. I got you a juice cup and put you down for a nap around eight a.m. You slept until almost nine thirty. Which is when we left to go get Mommy's tire fixed. Actually, we bought a used tire as a replacement. Daddy didn't like that very much. He wanted me to go to S&S tire but I had figured I'd save us about twenty five dollars and just get a used one put on. I guess I messed up. Anyway, as they put the tire on we walked a little bit in the parking lot. You're doing really good, even in your shoes. They are heavy on your feet so it makes walking a bit more of a challenge. We got done with that at around ten thirty.
After that, Daddy called and said that Joe Hoffman, our lawyer, had called him. He called Joe back and he told me that we had the leftover money from the sale of our house. I was so happy. Now maybe Mamaw and Papaw can help Daddy buy a house that you can have a doggie in. You so love doggies. Especially Sadie and Ruffy. I can only hope we get a dog half as good as one of those two silly mutts. The money is around eighteen thousand dollars, so that is a hefty chunk of change. After Daddy called, we went to Thornton's and bought gas for the grill and then gas for Mommy's car. Then we headed off to KMart to get Daddy's medicine filled. Everywhere we went, you smiled and waved at everyone you saw, and everyone smiled and waved and made a huge fuss over you. You are the sweetest baby. I wish that everyone could be as innocent and loving as you; the world would be a much better place. After KMart, Daddy called and said he was getting off work early yet again. That is two days he has gotten off early this week. That is really going to hurt us money wise. We'll just have to buckle down. We got all of our groceries so we just have to pay the rent and a few bills. We'll be fine, We always are. We have discovered that our prayers work wonders. No matter where you go or what you do little girl, PRAY. Talk to God every day. People might tell you they are your friends, and though Daddy and I love you more than life itself, no one will ever be closer to you or love you more than Jesus. So tell Him thank you every day.
After we picked Daddy up, we all went to Stonehorse Car Wash to clean out my car and then on to McDonald's on Versailles Road. They have a play place but it's really for much bigger kids. You sat on the first square pad though and was extremely happy bouncing up and down right there and watching all the other kids play and run about. People there with other kids were very friendly to us and you had a nice time. We loaded up and dropped Daddy at the house while you and I went to Family Dollar for paper plates and a shelf for the kitchen. I have a big idea of what I am going to do in my mind so I hope it works. I need to go through all of these closets anyway. I really do. I also need about one hundred per cent more energy than I have right now. When we got home I tidied up a bit and Daddy tried to watch a movie. I was going to take you outside to swim but it was so very hot that I didn't want to expose you to the heat. He got to where he wasn't in such a mood to watch a movie but he wanted to read. You acted tired down here but when I tried to put you down for a nap you had apparently changed your mind. So I got you up and we brought the pool and the hose around front to the shade and I sunblocked you up and Daddy hosed you down and we plopped you in for some fun. You had a big time, too. You kept standing up in your pool and stepping out of it, then back in it again. I was a little worried at first but you were doing great. Then your diaper busted and the jelly stuff went EVERYWHERE. It was nasty. So I came in and asked Daddy for a little swimmer and we put one on you and went outside and back at it. Daddy was reading during this time where you and I were having big fun outside. After I put the swimmer on you, though, you decided you were done and would rather climb the stairs and play ball on the porch with me. You chased after an ant for a minute but alas, he got away. Then after you fell down and got a knee boo boo, you decided to bang on the door until I opened it and you crawled up the stairs as I follwed for a nice long play in the tub to get you all scrubbed up. We got you all clean and in a onesie and some socks and I put on The Street We Live On Elmo's World movie for you to look at and sat you in your playpen full of toys. I got all cleaned up myself in the shower and then I came downstairs to get your dinner ready. You had dinner in your princess chair Mamaw bought you for Christmas in your room while you watched the rest of your movie. You did really good with it, too. You are getting to be such a big girl, sitting in chairs and all.
After the movie, we got in the floor and played a while. I spread all of your toys out and the horse Aunt Lynn bought you for Christmas in the floor. You had a big time bouncing up and down on him. I decided to watch a piece of the news while you played. You kept getting up and walking everywhere, on your own. I am so proud of you. Then you pulled all your socks and bibs out of your tray. You are so silly. Daddy came in to say good night and we played a little more, walked a little more, and read a few books. Then it was time for you to take your milk and go night night. That is where you are now. Something in your room just fell and scared the whoopsy out of me. (Whoospy is what I have decided to call number two and Winkle is number one. It just sounds nicer than Poo Poo or Pee Pee) I thought you had flipped out of your crib. You can climb out of it, you know. You little monkey! We are going to have to lower it again. I don't know what it was that fell but it wasn't you. That's all I care about. You are still having dreams of chocolate and pretzels. Good night, baby bird! Mommy loves you so much.
Hello there my precious little baby bird. How are you? I will tell you how you are. You are sleeping. You are all tuckered out. I hope you are having sweet and salty dreams, like chocolate and pretzels. We've had a big day today. We've both been very busy.
You got up this morning around six a.m., and we had a breakfast of Toast and Oatmeal with Apples and Cinnamon. Also, of course, we had our milk. Then, after that you watched a little bit of your favorite episode of Sesame Street but you were so tired still that you were not very interested. So, we read a book and played for a while in the floor. I got you a juice cup and put you down for a nap around eight a.m. You slept until almost nine thirty. Which is when we left to go get Mommy's tire fixed. Actually, we bought a used tire as a replacement. Daddy didn't like that very much. He wanted me to go to S&S tire but I had figured I'd save us about twenty five dollars and just get a used one put on. I guess I messed up. Anyway, as they put the tire on we walked a little bit in the parking lot. You're doing really good, even in your shoes. They are heavy on your feet so it makes walking a bit more of a challenge. We got done with that at around ten thirty.
After that, Daddy called and said that Joe Hoffman, our lawyer, had called him. He called Joe back and he told me that we had the leftover money from the sale of our house. I was so happy. Now maybe Mamaw and Papaw can help Daddy buy a house that you can have a doggie in. You so love doggies. Especially Sadie and Ruffy. I can only hope we get a dog half as good as one of those two silly mutts. The money is around eighteen thousand dollars, so that is a hefty chunk of change. After Daddy called, we went to Thornton's and bought gas for the grill and then gas for Mommy's car. Then we headed off to KMart to get Daddy's medicine filled. Everywhere we went, you smiled and waved at everyone you saw, and everyone smiled and waved and made a huge fuss over you. You are the sweetest baby. I wish that everyone could be as innocent and loving as you; the world would be a much better place. After KMart, Daddy called and said he was getting off work early yet again. That is two days he has gotten off early this week. That is really going to hurt us money wise. We'll just have to buckle down. We got all of our groceries so we just have to pay the rent and a few bills. We'll be fine, We always are. We have discovered that our prayers work wonders. No matter where you go or what you do little girl, PRAY. Talk to God every day. People might tell you they are your friends, and though Daddy and I love you more than life itself, no one will ever be closer to you or love you more than Jesus. So tell Him thank you every day.
After we picked Daddy up, we all went to Stonehorse Car Wash to clean out my car and then on to McDonald's on Versailles Road. They have a play place but it's really for much bigger kids. You sat on the first square pad though and was extremely happy bouncing up and down right there and watching all the other kids play and run about. People there with other kids were very friendly to us and you had a nice time. We loaded up and dropped Daddy at the house while you and I went to Family Dollar for paper plates and a shelf for the kitchen. I have a big idea of what I am going to do in my mind so I hope it works. I need to go through all of these closets anyway. I really do. I also need about one hundred per cent more energy than I have right now. When we got home I tidied up a bit and Daddy tried to watch a movie. I was going to take you outside to swim but it was so very hot that I didn't want to expose you to the heat. He got to where he wasn't in such a mood to watch a movie but he wanted to read. You acted tired down here but when I tried to put you down for a nap you had apparently changed your mind. So I got you up and we brought the pool and the hose around front to the shade and I sunblocked you up and Daddy hosed you down and we plopped you in for some fun. You had a big time, too. You kept standing up in your pool and stepping out of it, then back in it again. I was a little worried at first but you were doing great. Then your diaper busted and the jelly stuff went EVERYWHERE. It was nasty. So I came in and asked Daddy for a little swimmer and we put one on you and went outside and back at it. Daddy was reading during this time where you and I were having big fun outside. After I put the swimmer on you, though, you decided you were done and would rather climb the stairs and play ball on the porch with me. You chased after an ant for a minute but alas, he got away. Then after you fell down and got a knee boo boo, you decided to bang on the door until I opened it and you crawled up the stairs as I follwed for a nice long play in the tub to get you all scrubbed up. We got you all clean and in a onesie and some socks and I put on The Street We Live On Elmo's World movie for you to look at and sat you in your playpen full of toys. I got all cleaned up myself in the shower and then I came downstairs to get your dinner ready. You had dinner in your princess chair Mamaw bought you for Christmas in your room while you watched the rest of your movie. You did really good with it, too. You are getting to be such a big girl, sitting in chairs and all.
After the movie, we got in the floor and played a while. I spread all of your toys out and the horse Aunt Lynn bought you for Christmas in the floor. You had a big time bouncing up and down on him. I decided to watch a piece of the news while you played. You kept getting up and walking everywhere, on your own. I am so proud of you. Then you pulled all your socks and bibs out of your tray. You are so silly. Daddy came in to say good night and we played a little more, walked a little more, and read a few books. Then it was time for you to take your milk and go night night. That is where you are now. Something in your room just fell and scared the whoopsy out of me. (Whoospy is what I have decided to call number two and Winkle is number one. It just sounds nicer than Poo Poo or Pee Pee) I thought you had flipped out of your crib. You can climb out of it, you know. You little monkey! We are going to have to lower it again. I don't know what it was that fell but it wasn't you. That's all I care about. You are still having dreams of chocolate and pretzels. Good night, baby bird! Mommy loves you so much.
Monday, August 08, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
SPECIAL ALERT!!! YOU ARE WALKING!!! We are so very PROUD of you! You are getting bigger and stronger every day. Tonight Daddy got in the floor with you and gave you one his notorious 'walking lessons'. A couple of times you fell down flat but then you got up and you DID it!!!! Mommy and Daddy love you so much! Well I am going to let you go because I want to watch you toddle about some more. You are such a good girl, Baby Bird!
SPECIAL ALERT!!! YOU ARE WALKING!!! We are so very PROUD of you! You are getting bigger and stronger every day. Tonight Daddy got in the floor with you and gave you one his notorious 'walking lessons'. A couple of times you fell down flat but then you got up and you DID it!!!! Mommy and Daddy love you so much! Well I am going to let you go because I want to watch you toddle about some more. You are such a good girl, Baby Bird!
Dear Rebecca,
It certainly is hot today. It wasn't too bad at work today but this afternoon has been a scorcher. Our unit at work went down after the first hour and they had us run in lamps from eight that morning until twelve thirty that afternoon and then they sent us home. I was happy to be able to go home but I would have been just as satisfied if we had stayed there. Mom came to pick me up because I rode with Papaw this morning. Your Mom isn't feeling well right now so Mamaw was looking after you. We went down there and picked you up after I got off from work. Mom still wasn't feeling up to snuff so I figured we would both get out of her hair for the rest of the afternoon. You & I went down to Big Spring Park for a little daddy/daughter time. We had lots of fun. It was hot, as I said but you laughed and smiled and that made me laugh and smile so I am real glad we got to go together.
Pappy & Aunt Mary came up to see you yesterday afternoon. They really don't get to see you as much as they would like but it's a pretty good little trip to Hazard and back. We all went to McDonalds and to the rather crappy antique & flea mall in the old Kmart building here in town. All I saw was, for the most part, just a whole bunch of overpriced junk. Pappy bought a an old turntable to play his old vinyl records. We came back here and sat on the front porch until it was time for Pappy & Aunt Mary to return to the mountains whence they came.
Your Mom still has a little mountain accent left over from her childhood and people are beginning to say that you also have a little mountain accent. A little mountain accent is cute if you also sound like you are an educated person but too many of the folks from down around Hazard sound like your stereotypical hillbilly and that isn't cute or funny; just sad.
Well, I'm gonna go and watch you watch your favorite Sesame Street episode. American Fruit Stand and maybe take a shower. Daddy loves Rebecca!
It certainly is hot today. It wasn't too bad at work today but this afternoon has been a scorcher. Our unit at work went down after the first hour and they had us run in lamps from eight that morning until twelve thirty that afternoon and then they sent us home. I was happy to be able to go home but I would have been just as satisfied if we had stayed there. Mom came to pick me up because I rode with Papaw this morning. Your Mom isn't feeling well right now so Mamaw was looking after you. We went down there and picked you up after I got off from work. Mom still wasn't feeling up to snuff so I figured we would both get out of her hair for the rest of the afternoon. You & I went down to Big Spring Park for a little daddy/daughter time. We had lots of fun. It was hot, as I said but you laughed and smiled and that made me laugh and smile so I am real glad we got to go together.
Pappy & Aunt Mary came up to see you yesterday afternoon. They really don't get to see you as much as they would like but it's a pretty good little trip to Hazard and back. We all went to McDonalds and to the rather crappy antique & flea mall in the old Kmart building here in town. All I saw was, for the most part, just a whole bunch of overpriced junk. Pappy bought a an old turntable to play his old vinyl records. We came back here and sat on the front porch until it was time for Pappy & Aunt Mary to return to the mountains whence they came.
Your Mom still has a little mountain accent left over from her childhood and people are beginning to say that you also have a little mountain accent. A little mountain accent is cute if you also sound like you are an educated person but too many of the folks from down around Hazard sound like your stereotypical hillbilly and that isn't cute or funny; just sad.
Well, I'm gonna go and watch you watch your favorite Sesame Street episode. American Fruit Stand and maybe take a shower. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Saturday, August 06, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Hi my little baby bird. Right now you are upstairs sleeping in your playpen in Mamaw's guest bedroom for a nap. At first you didn't want to go. You were in there babbling up a storm. I wonder how many of Mamaw's purties you pulled down off the bed. This morning you were making a big fuss over that white bear.
Daddy is right, it bites not being able to indent. It doesn't look nearly as nice. There is probably a way to do it but I am way too impatient to figure it out. You are impatient too. You got that from Mommy. No bones about it.
We've had a pretty good morning together so far; you got up around seven am and you had a breakfast of milk, oatmeal with applesauce and bananas, and a piece or two of the canteloupe in Mamaw's refrigerator. You eat good when you want to; when you are interested in playing and in Sesame street you can take or leave it. Mostly you leave it. In the floor no less. You can throw a piece of banana farther than I can throw a baseball. I can throw a baseball pretty far but I don't have much other skill concerning that particular sport. I can dodge one pretty good if I see it coming at me. Anyway, as I was saying. After that you watched some crazy puppet show on CBS upstairs and played with all the toys that Mamaw has for you here. You really are a good baby but I don't want you messing up any of Mamaw's things and you disappear so quickly here that I decided to get out your play pen and put you in it. I put on a cartoon but you weren't interested; the blocks that Mamaw has for you here seem to fascinate you. You played and played and played with them. I could tell you were getting tired so I changed your stinky diaper, put away your toys, got your cup, took your playpen back in the guest room and sent you off to night night land. Of course you had a talk with your bear before hand. And who knows what else. I threw some laundry in and came down here to grab a shower and post this blog. That is where I am now.
Today I was going to go to Lexington by myself and get my paycheck and fill Daddy's medication and look for a watch. I also need to clean my car out. I don't think I want to go by myself though so I am thinking I might try to bribe your father with a trip to Cracker barrel or the new Mexican place for lunch today and get him to take me. I used to want my license so bad and to drive so bad but to be honest with you the simple act of driving to Lexington back absolutely wears me out. Not to mention everything that I have to wind up doing while I am there. I want to get Mamaw & Papaw and Aunt Lynn a special Welcome Home present. If I get paid today and I can find something I will. Of course I know seeing you will be enough.
Well little girl, I am going to go and check said laundry and check on you. Then I am going to wake up your father so we can get everything together and packed up and head to Lexington. Ick, Ick, Blah, I hope he takes me.
Hi my little baby bird. Right now you are upstairs sleeping in your playpen in Mamaw's guest bedroom for a nap. At first you didn't want to go. You were in there babbling up a storm. I wonder how many of Mamaw's purties you pulled down off the bed. This morning you were making a big fuss over that white bear.
Daddy is right, it bites not being able to indent. It doesn't look nearly as nice. There is probably a way to do it but I am way too impatient to figure it out. You are impatient too. You got that from Mommy. No bones about it.
We've had a pretty good morning together so far; you got up around seven am and you had a breakfast of milk, oatmeal with applesauce and bananas, and a piece or two of the canteloupe in Mamaw's refrigerator. You eat good when you want to; when you are interested in playing and in Sesame street you can take or leave it. Mostly you leave it. In the floor no less. You can throw a piece of banana farther than I can throw a baseball. I can throw a baseball pretty far but I don't have much other skill concerning that particular sport. I can dodge one pretty good if I see it coming at me. Anyway, as I was saying. After that you watched some crazy puppet show on CBS upstairs and played with all the toys that Mamaw has for you here. You really are a good baby but I don't want you messing up any of Mamaw's things and you disappear so quickly here that I decided to get out your play pen and put you in it. I put on a cartoon but you weren't interested; the blocks that Mamaw has for you here seem to fascinate you. You played and played and played with them. I could tell you were getting tired so I changed your stinky diaper, put away your toys, got your cup, took your playpen back in the guest room and sent you off to night night land. Of course you had a talk with your bear before hand. And who knows what else. I threw some laundry in and came down here to grab a shower and post this blog. That is where I am now.
Today I was going to go to Lexington by myself and get my paycheck and fill Daddy's medication and look for a watch. I also need to clean my car out. I don't think I want to go by myself though so I am thinking I might try to bribe your father with a trip to Cracker barrel or the new Mexican place for lunch today and get him to take me. I used to want my license so bad and to drive so bad but to be honest with you the simple act of driving to Lexington back absolutely wears me out. Not to mention everything that I have to wind up doing while I am there. I want to get Mamaw & Papaw and Aunt Lynn a special Welcome Home present. If I get paid today and I can find something I will. Of course I know seeing you will be enough.
Well little girl, I am going to go and check said laundry and check on you. Then I am going to wake up your father so we can get everything together and packed up and head to Lexington. Ick, Ick, Blah, I hope he takes me.
Dear Rebecca,
I hate not using w.bloggar to post my blogs. When I post on Blogger.com I can indent my posts like I like to do and it just doesn't look as nice in my humble opinion. Why am I not using w.bloggar? Because we are all spending the night down here at Mamaw and Papaw's house. Everyone is still in Colorado so we have the house to ourselves. We came down here after you got home from Lexington with your Mom yesterday and watered the flowers. Mom then took you into the basement for a shower, cartoons and play time while I rode Jacobs dirt bike and nearly broke my ankle in the process. I had lots and lots of fun though. I absolutely positively have to get a motorcycle of my very own; a street bike, mind you. I would have to have one I could tool about town in and maybe drive to work every now and then.
Mom then told me I had to put the bike up and as a good obedient husband, I complied with her demand. We all then ate some pizza and played a bit with you. We decided at that point to put you upstairs to sleep so we could watch a movie here in the basement. We watched a movie called Constantine with Keanu Reeves. After the film we decided that we really didn't want to haul you out of your sound sleep and pack up everything for the return trip home because we were all a bit tuckered out. We thought we might spend the night here. Your Mom is upstairs in the guest bedroom with you while I am typing this out on Papaw's basement computer. His garage computer has stopped working for him. I'm gonna watch another film here in a minute and lay down on the sofa to sleep.
Last night, after supper we sat down and figured up all the words you can now say. Here's the list we came up with, Daddy, Mama, Papaw, please, thanks, dog, duck, cat, bear, baby, block, ball, water, plane, drink, bite, bye-bye, hi, hello, no, nose, ear, toe-toes, bottle, cup, mine, gone, Elmo, fish, cookie, bubble, ow, night-night, tickle-tickle, uh-huh and uh-oh. That's thirtysix words. We are so proud of you. You have also used three short little sentences and they are, "Please Mama", "Thanks Daddy" and "Tickle-tickle Mama". Aren't you just so smart?
Well, I had better get started on that movie because I have a feeling that your Mom may wake me up sooner than I would wish to be woken up but doesn't she always? No, not really. Mommy is good about letting Daddy sleep. Daddy loves Rebecca!
I hate not using w.bloggar to post my blogs. When I post on Blogger.com I can indent my posts like I like to do and it just doesn't look as nice in my humble opinion. Why am I not using w.bloggar? Because we are all spending the night down here at Mamaw and Papaw's house. Everyone is still in Colorado so we have the house to ourselves. We came down here after you got home from Lexington with your Mom yesterday and watered the flowers. Mom then took you into the basement for a shower, cartoons and play time while I rode Jacobs dirt bike and nearly broke my ankle in the process. I had lots and lots of fun though. I absolutely positively have to get a motorcycle of my very own; a street bike, mind you. I would have to have one I could tool about town in and maybe drive to work every now and then.
Mom then told me I had to put the bike up and as a good obedient husband, I complied with her demand. We all then ate some pizza and played a bit with you. We decided at that point to put you upstairs to sleep so we could watch a movie here in the basement. We watched a movie called Constantine with Keanu Reeves. After the film we decided that we really didn't want to haul you out of your sound sleep and pack up everything for the return trip home because we were all a bit tuckered out. We thought we might spend the night here. Your Mom is upstairs in the guest bedroom with you while I am typing this out on Papaw's basement computer. His garage computer has stopped working for him. I'm gonna watch another film here in a minute and lay down on the sofa to sleep.
Last night, after supper we sat down and figured up all the words you can now say. Here's the list we came up with, Daddy, Mama, Papaw, please, thanks, dog, duck, cat, bear, baby, block, ball, water, plane, drink, bite, bye-bye, hi, hello, no, nose, ear, toe-toes, bottle, cup, mine, gone, Elmo, fish, cookie, bubble, ow, night-night, tickle-tickle, uh-huh and uh-oh. That's thirtysix words. We are so proud of you. You have also used three short little sentences and they are, "Please Mama", "Thanks Daddy" and "Tickle-tickle Mama". Aren't you just so smart?
Well, I had better get started on that movie because I have a feeling that your Mom may wake me up sooner than I would wish to be woken up but doesn't she always? No, not really. Mommy is good about letting Daddy sleep. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Friday, August 05, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
It's now early Friday afternoon and you are out with your Mother while she goes out to Lexington to purchase for you another fish to put into poor Spike's bowl also she is going to pick up her check and buy Daddy a roll of Copenhagen Snuff. I am here at the house enjoying my day off; as you know we have today off because they are doing inventory at the plant today.
After I got off from work yesterday we went to Nicholasville were we ate at Golden Corral and went shopping at Wal-Mart. We purchased over $250 dollars worth of groceries and we bought $30 dollars worth of gasoline for the Explorer and still didn't fill the thing up. Your Mom also got out our lay away for a lot less money than she thought she would have to pay. It seems that everything she bought went on sale. She was incredibly excited about that. Then we came home. We had taken both vehicles because I met y'all over at Golden Corral after work so when we returned home we had to drive in separate automobiles. Your Mom went home by going back to Lexington and you & I went home going through the country. It's faster going through the country but your Mom isn't as familiar with the country route as I am and she is not a very experienced driver yet so she took what we thought was the safest route for her. She witnessed an four car accident on Man O' War on her way home and if she hadn't been paying real close attention she would have made it five. Your Mom is not real experienced but she is naturally a pretty good driver. I am very proud of her.
Mom just called and said that she had your new fish. You picked out a black female and we are going to call her Baby Fish Dorothy after Elmo's pet fish Dorothy. She said you had a real big time at the pet supply store seeing all the animals that people bring in there with them. I'm glad we have another fish for you. I hated it when spike went to the big fish bowl in the sky. You used to love watching him swim around in his bowl. Spike was your very first pet. The very first pet of mine that I can remember was a little Jack Russel Terrier named Little Bit. You know about all the tales you hear about a boy and his dog? Well, that was Little Bit & I. I loved that little dog for all I was worth. We were pals and here it is nearly thirty years later and I still miss him. I'm getting a little sad just typing this all out. He was such a great dog; the best.
Your Eye looks 100% better than it did a few days ago. Your mom says there's still a little swelling but I can't detect any swelling at all. Your rash is clearing up very nicely and we haven't checked your thrush yet. We'll do that when you get home from Lexington. You're still got a touch of teething going on but there's nothing any of us can do about that so I'm afraid that you are just going to have to suffer through that.
You are starting to get a little obstinate. Alicia brought us an old computer that I plan on taking apart and fiddling with the inner workings until I destroy it. Anyway you grabbed one of the computer wires and when I told you no you, you looked at me like I had lost me ever loving mind. I told you no again only a bit more sternly and you dropped but immediately picked it up again and smacked the top of the computer with it. I said no for the third time much more sternly and I grabbed your little hand and made you put it down. We have decided not to use any type of corporal punishment with you until you are a bit older. We don't want you to learn hitting. We want to wait until you understand the difference between a spanking as punishment without anger and lashing out violently in a fit of anger which is an absolute no no. You started bawling when I grabbed your hand and took the wire away. This morning your Mom told you not to flip over your potty but you kept right on flipping it over. Eventually your Mom decided all you wanted to do was inspect the bottom of the potty. I think she should have stuck to her guns. We can't change courses in midstream when we are trying to get you to listen to us because you might get the idea that it's okay to ignore us when we say something. It's getting a little harder being your parents now that you have developed a mind of your own.
Mamaw & Papaw, Aunt Lynn & Uncle Rodney, Allison and the boys are returning tomorrow morning from Denver. Everyone has had a great time. Everyone really enjoyed flying in the jet plane except Papaw. He didn't care much for it because it hurt his ear. I have problems flying as well. The height in conjunction with the cabin pressure is very hard on the sinuses and your ears. At least they all had a great time in Denver and the surrounding area.
I'm supposed to be off the last week of August. Maybe we will all go swimming a lot during the day because all the older children will be back in school by then. I think that will be pretty fun. I'm sure the temperatures will still be warm enough for the pool, especially since it's been such a hot summer.
Well, I'm going to let you go for now and start uploading some movies from the TiVo to the computer so I can burn them onto DVD. We had a problem with our CD/DVD-RW drive yesterday. It would read CD-ROM and music compact discs but it wouldn't recognize any DVD at all. Your mom tried to play her Sims 2 game which is on a DVD and it wouldn't play so she uninstalled it and accidentally deleted all of her old neighborhoods. I came home after the grocery and fiddled with the computer and I couldn't figure out what the problem was. The troubleshooter wasn't any help and I couldn't find anything to help me on the internet so after I cussed at the computer for a while I decided to check with the Dell website for updated drivers and firmware for the drive and when I installed the updates it worked. That's what I love about computers. They don't always do the things you want them to do so when they become stubborn you have to do a lot of research and study your problem and if you do happen to fix your problem it makes you feel like the king of the world.
I'm going now for real this time. Daddy loves Rebecca!
It's now early Friday afternoon and you are out with your Mother while she goes out to Lexington to purchase for you another fish to put into poor Spike's bowl also she is going to pick up her check and buy Daddy a roll of Copenhagen Snuff. I am here at the house enjoying my day off; as you know we have today off because they are doing inventory at the plant today.
After I got off from work yesterday we went to Nicholasville were we ate at Golden Corral and went shopping at Wal-Mart. We purchased over $250 dollars worth of groceries and we bought $30 dollars worth of gasoline for the Explorer and still didn't fill the thing up. Your Mom also got out our lay away for a lot less money than she thought she would have to pay. It seems that everything she bought went on sale. She was incredibly excited about that. Then we came home. We had taken both vehicles because I met y'all over at Golden Corral after work so when we returned home we had to drive in separate automobiles. Your Mom went home by going back to Lexington and you & I went home going through the country. It's faster going through the country but your Mom isn't as familiar with the country route as I am and she is not a very experienced driver yet so she took what we thought was the safest route for her. She witnessed an four car accident on Man O' War on her way home and if she hadn't been paying real close attention she would have made it five. Your Mom is not real experienced but she is naturally a pretty good driver. I am very proud of her.
Mom just called and said that she had your new fish. You picked out a black female and we are going to call her Baby Fish Dorothy after Elmo's pet fish Dorothy. She said you had a real big time at the pet supply store seeing all the animals that people bring in there with them. I'm glad we have another fish for you. I hated it when spike went to the big fish bowl in the sky. You used to love watching him swim around in his bowl. Spike was your very first pet. The very first pet of mine that I can remember was a little Jack Russel Terrier named Little Bit. You know about all the tales you hear about a boy and his dog? Well, that was Little Bit & I. I loved that little dog for all I was worth. We were pals and here it is nearly thirty years later and I still miss him. I'm getting a little sad just typing this all out. He was such a great dog; the best.
Your Eye looks 100% better than it did a few days ago. Your mom says there's still a little swelling but I can't detect any swelling at all. Your rash is clearing up very nicely and we haven't checked your thrush yet. We'll do that when you get home from Lexington. You're still got a touch of teething going on but there's nothing any of us can do about that so I'm afraid that you are just going to have to suffer through that.
You are starting to get a little obstinate. Alicia brought us an old computer that I plan on taking apart and fiddling with the inner workings until I destroy it. Anyway you grabbed one of the computer wires and when I told you no you, you looked at me like I had lost me ever loving mind. I told you no again only a bit more sternly and you dropped but immediately picked it up again and smacked the top of the computer with it. I said no for the third time much more sternly and I grabbed your little hand and made you put it down. We have decided not to use any type of corporal punishment with you until you are a bit older. We don't want you to learn hitting. We want to wait until you understand the difference between a spanking as punishment without anger and lashing out violently in a fit of anger which is an absolute no no. You started bawling when I grabbed your hand and took the wire away. This morning your Mom told you not to flip over your potty but you kept right on flipping it over. Eventually your Mom decided all you wanted to do was inspect the bottom of the potty. I think she should have stuck to her guns. We can't change courses in midstream when we are trying to get you to listen to us because you might get the idea that it's okay to ignore us when we say something. It's getting a little harder being your parents now that you have developed a mind of your own.
Mamaw & Papaw, Aunt Lynn & Uncle Rodney, Allison and the boys are returning tomorrow morning from Denver. Everyone has had a great time. Everyone really enjoyed flying in the jet plane except Papaw. He didn't care much for it because it hurt his ear. I have problems flying as well. The height in conjunction with the cabin pressure is very hard on the sinuses and your ears. At least they all had a great time in Denver and the surrounding area.
I'm supposed to be off the last week of August. Maybe we will all go swimming a lot during the day because all the older children will be back in school by then. I think that will be pretty fun. I'm sure the temperatures will still be warm enough for the pool, especially since it's been such a hot summer.
Well, I'm going to let you go for now and start uploading some movies from the TiVo to the computer so I can burn them onto DVD. We had a problem with our CD/DVD-RW drive yesterday. It would read CD-ROM and music compact discs but it wouldn't recognize any DVD at all. Your mom tried to play her Sims 2 game which is on a DVD and it wouldn't play so she uninstalled it and accidentally deleted all of her old neighborhoods. I came home after the grocery and fiddled with the computer and I couldn't figure out what the problem was. The troubleshooter wasn't any help and I couldn't find anything to help me on the internet so after I cussed at the computer for a while I decided to check with the Dell website for updated drivers and firmware for the drive and when I installed the updates it worked. That's what I love about computers. They don't always do the things you want them to do so when they become stubborn you have to do a lot of research and study your problem and if you do happen to fix your problem it makes you feel like the king of the world.
I'm going now for real this time. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
We are crazy parents. Today, your left eye got very red and swollen and then the entire left side of your face became puffy and swollen and we got very excited about all of this. You didn't seem very upset over this fact; your eye seemed to itch you just a wee bit but since Alicia was here with Brady your attention was on them and not your itchy eye. We got a pediatrician's appointment for you and rushed you up there. We still don't know what may be causing your eye problem but we have some medicine for it anyway. I hope it clears up in the next few days. We also discovered that your recent terrible diaper rash is actually a yeast infection and we got some medicine for a touch of thrush that you have. The doctor who saw you for your one year appointment also mentioned the thrush but she didn't give us any medicine so I didn't think it was such a big deal.
Mamaw & Papaw and the whole gang are probably up on the top of Pike's Peak as we speak. She called today and said they were planning on doing that this evening. I sure wish the three of us were with them. I think we would all enjoy that. I went down to water Mamaw & Aunt Lynn's flowers this afternoon and it started raining after I was finished. I gave the dogs some fresh water and some more food. I bet they can't wait for Papaw to get back from Colorado.
Well, Your Mom is home from getting your yeast infection medicine so I will let you go for now. Daddy loves Rebecca!
We are crazy parents. Today, your left eye got very red and swollen and then the entire left side of your face became puffy and swollen and we got very excited about all of this. You didn't seem very upset over this fact; your eye seemed to itch you just a wee bit but since Alicia was here with Brady your attention was on them and not your itchy eye. We got a pediatrician's appointment for you and rushed you up there. We still don't know what may be causing your eye problem but we have some medicine for it anyway. I hope it clears up in the next few days. We also discovered that your recent terrible diaper rash is actually a yeast infection and we got some medicine for a touch of thrush that you have. The doctor who saw you for your one year appointment also mentioned the thrush but she didn't give us any medicine so I didn't think it was such a big deal.
Mamaw & Papaw and the whole gang are probably up on the top of Pike's Peak as we speak. She called today and said they were planning on doing that this evening. I sure wish the three of us were with them. I think we would all enjoy that. I went down to water Mamaw & Aunt Lynn's flowers this afternoon and it started raining after I was finished. I gave the dogs some fresh water and some more food. I bet they can't wait for Papaw to get back from Colorado.
Well, Your Mom is home from getting your yeast infection medicine so I will let you go for now. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Hello my pretty little baby bird. Do you know something? Mamaw hasn't called Mommy yet. I am getting kind of worried. If she doesn't call me by two o'clock, I am going to call her. Trouble is, I have no idea what their room number is. I guess I'll have to call her cell phone. Mommy's used to talking to Mamaw every day at least once by now. I kinda miss her. Don't tell her I said that though, she'll think I like her or something. Ha, Ha, I am only kidding. I love your Mamaw. She's a wonderful Mamaw to you.
You are having trouble with your teeth. You woke up last night at three o'clock, and was awake for about an half an hour. I put you back down and you woke up again in less that fifteen minutes. Mommy finally got you soothed back to sleep, but by then Mommy was wide awake. I stayed up to do some housework while you and Daddy were still snoring. I got a lot done but by the time Daddy woke up at five thirty, Mommy was exhausted. You woke up at six o'clock, so you got to see Daddy go off to work. He likes to see you in the mornings. I don't blame him; you're the prettiest thing anyone could ever see in the morning. Daddy loves you so much.
We got you dressed and got you a cup of milk and you were very fussy because you were still tired. I put your favorite episode of Sesame Street on and you laid in the floor and watched that minute while Mommy kissed Daddy goodbye and had her last cup of coffee. Then we played together in the floor a little while and then I fixed your breakfast of oatmeal and cinnamon toast. You enjoyed it, and I enjoyed the leftovers. We played a little while more in the floor after that. I ran the vacuum and it seems you love it again. First you loved it, then you were scared of it, now you love it again. Go figure. You got tired so I gave you your milk and vitamin and put you down for your morning nap. I thought, lucky me, I finally get to get some sleep. Boy was, I ever wrong. You fought it off, and I mean hard. You finally fell asleep for about fourty five minutes, and just as I had dozed off is when you woke up. Oh, well, that's part of being a Mommy. I wouldn't trade the sleeplessness for the world, no I would not.
You woke up and had some juice and played in the floor a while, while I got our lunch ready. We had Ham sandwiches, a few cheese puffs, mixed fruit, and pudding for dessert. I tried to find the camera to take a picture of you after you "ate" your pudding, but apparently it's in Daddy's truck, so I couldn't. Oh well, you looked so cute. And so very, very messy. I had to put you in the tub, so while you played in the tub I decided to go ahead and clean the sink and the toilet. I did that and you got to play and we listened to the radio in there while we did that, and it took us a good long while, about an hour. Then we played "chase" in your room, and you went and got a book, "Johnny Appleseed", and we read it. We got a couple more books to read then you sat in your playpen and "read" them yourself while we listened to the radio and I dusted your room and mine upstairs. I came downstairs to clean up a bit and got you a cup of milk, then I brought it to you and layed you in your crib for your afternoon nap. That is where you are now. Daddy called and we talked a bit and I just tried to call Mamaw and Aunt Lynn's cell phone. No answer on either, and so I called the hotel. They said Marlin Lanham had cancelled, which got me kind of worried, but they said that Aunt Lynn was there. I left messages on both cell phones and on Aunt Lynn's room message center. Still, I am worried. I hope they call back soon. Well, little girl, I am going to get off here and fix myself a soda and get a brownie before Daddy gets home. Daddy likes brownies and Mommy has to eat them in his absence if she wants any. Ha, Ha. I love you, baby bird!
Hello my pretty little baby bird. Do you know something? Mamaw hasn't called Mommy yet. I am getting kind of worried. If she doesn't call me by two o'clock, I am going to call her. Trouble is, I have no idea what their room number is. I guess I'll have to call her cell phone. Mommy's used to talking to Mamaw every day at least once by now. I kinda miss her. Don't tell her I said that though, she'll think I like her or something. Ha, Ha, I am only kidding. I love your Mamaw. She's a wonderful Mamaw to you.
You are having trouble with your teeth. You woke up last night at three o'clock, and was awake for about an half an hour. I put you back down and you woke up again in less that fifteen minutes. Mommy finally got you soothed back to sleep, but by then Mommy was wide awake. I stayed up to do some housework while you and Daddy were still snoring. I got a lot done but by the time Daddy woke up at five thirty, Mommy was exhausted. You woke up at six o'clock, so you got to see Daddy go off to work. He likes to see you in the mornings. I don't blame him; you're the prettiest thing anyone could ever see in the morning. Daddy loves you so much.
We got you dressed and got you a cup of milk and you were very fussy because you were still tired. I put your favorite episode of Sesame Street on and you laid in the floor and watched that minute while Mommy kissed Daddy goodbye and had her last cup of coffee. Then we played together in the floor a little while and then I fixed your breakfast of oatmeal and cinnamon toast. You enjoyed it, and I enjoyed the leftovers. We played a little while more in the floor after that. I ran the vacuum and it seems you love it again. First you loved it, then you were scared of it, now you love it again. Go figure. You got tired so I gave you your milk and vitamin and put you down for your morning nap. I thought, lucky me, I finally get to get some sleep. Boy was, I ever wrong. You fought it off, and I mean hard. You finally fell asleep for about fourty five minutes, and just as I had dozed off is when you woke up. Oh, well, that's part of being a Mommy. I wouldn't trade the sleeplessness for the world, no I would not.
You woke up and had some juice and played in the floor a while, while I got our lunch ready. We had Ham sandwiches, a few cheese puffs, mixed fruit, and pudding for dessert. I tried to find the camera to take a picture of you after you "ate" your pudding, but apparently it's in Daddy's truck, so I couldn't. Oh well, you looked so cute. And so very, very messy. I had to put you in the tub, so while you played in the tub I decided to go ahead and clean the sink and the toilet. I did that and you got to play and we listened to the radio in there while we did that, and it took us a good long while, about an hour. Then we played "chase" in your room, and you went and got a book, "Johnny Appleseed", and we read it. We got a couple more books to read then you sat in your playpen and "read" them yourself while we listened to the radio and I dusted your room and mine upstairs. I came downstairs to clean up a bit and got you a cup of milk, then I brought it to you and layed you in your crib for your afternoon nap. That is where you are now. Daddy called and we talked a bit and I just tried to call Mamaw and Aunt Lynn's cell phone. No answer on either, and so I called the hotel. They said Marlin Lanham had cancelled, which got me kind of worried, but they said that Aunt Lynn was there. I left messages on both cell phones and on Aunt Lynn's room message center. Still, I am worried. I hope they call back soon. Well, little girl, I am going to get off here and fix myself a soda and get a brownie before Daddy gets home. Daddy likes brownies and Mommy has to eat them in his absence if she wants any. Ha, Ha. I love you, baby bird!
Monday, August 01, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Papaw & Mamaw, Uncle Rodney & Aunt Lynn, the boys and Allison left today for Denver on a jet plane. None of them had ever flown before and they were all a little nervous but they all seemed to enjoy it. They called from Dallas where they had a layover before heading on to Colorado. We drove out to the airport and watched their plane take off. I'm sure they will have a great time out there. Mamaw practically begged your Mother to let her take you out there with them. Mama would not have any of that. Mamaw was just kidding your Mom anyway.
After we returned from the airport we had supper here with Aunt Linda and Granny. We had grilled pork chops, squash casserole, french style green beans, macaroni & cheese and corn bread with fruit salad and brownies. We all had a fine meal. I'm talking to Mamaw on the phone right now. She's in Dallas.
You took a few more steps yesterday. You just might be walking by the time everybody gets back. Your Mom & I are going to watch some television and I am going to take you a juice cup upstairs because you act like you don't want to go to sleep. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Papaw & Mamaw, Uncle Rodney & Aunt Lynn, the boys and Allison left today for Denver on a jet plane. None of them had ever flown before and they were all a little nervous but they all seemed to enjoy it. They called from Dallas where they had a layover before heading on to Colorado. We drove out to the airport and watched their plane take off. I'm sure they will have a great time out there. Mamaw practically begged your Mother to let her take you out there with them. Mama would not have any of that. Mamaw was just kidding your Mom anyway.
After we returned from the airport we had supper here with Aunt Linda and Granny. We had grilled pork chops, squash casserole, french style green beans, macaroni & cheese and corn bread with fruit salad and brownies. We all had a fine meal. I'm talking to Mamaw on the phone right now. She's in Dallas.
You took a few more steps yesterday. You just might be walking by the time everybody gets back. Your Mom & I are going to watch some television and I am going to take you a juice cup upstairs because you act like you don't want to go to sleep. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Friday, July 29, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Hey baby bird. Gosh, today sure has been a very long day. We got up early this morning, you and I. I wasn't smart enough to lay down and take a nap with you this morning. I have been trying all week to nap when you do but for some reason everyone wants to call during that time, especially the people that want to record my address for free issues of the New York Times. Yeah, right, no way Jose'. I was born in the dark but it wasn't last night. If they record my voice stating my address that makes it legal for them to sell it. And if anyone is gonna sell my address, it's gonna be me. I need the money.
After you woke up from your morning nap we had a nice lunch. You had turkey and rice dinner and I had a roast beef sandwich just before your little eyes popped open. We 'shared' a pudding until you decided that you wanted to feed it to yourself and I gave you the spoon and you proceeded to use every end and angle except the right one. I called Auntie Lynn and told her that I was going to invent a two sided spoon and then she said that you would get food on both ends and then just throw it. I think she is right. We played a good long time in the floor, you & I. We watched your favorite episode of Sesame Street, "American Fruit Stand". It has a black singer named 'Miles' and he sings the praises of fruit, and of course, vegetables. You like fruits and you love vegetables. I like fruits and veggies too. But not as much as I like you!
Alicia called and said that she still needed us to help her get a few things from her old rental house into her new apartment. Daddy stopped and bought a ball for the trailer hitch on the back of the Explorer and Papaw was nice enough to let us use his trailer to haul it. It was only a washer and a dryer and few other odds and ends and we got it all there in one trip. Alicia and Tony really appreciated it because it saved them from having to rent a U-Haul to put all of their things in. That would have cost them a hundred and fifty some dollars. Right now all they have to do is pay us ten for the ball. Pretty reasonable I think. Especially since gas prices are through the roof! While we did all this good stuff you went with Mamaw and Granny to therapy. Mamaw took you to the grocery store while Granny did her excercises. Mamaw said everyone in the world talked about how pretty you are. I have to agree with everyone in the world. You are VERY VERY beautiful. And so very sweet. You went home with Mamaw and then on to cousin Allison's aka: Sissy's show that she is going to be putting on in Colorado. You enjoyed it very much from what I hear; there was a lot of music and singing and you really love music.
After that Mamaw took you and the rest of the family brood to McDonald's for dinner. We met them there where I sat and ate and we talked to them for a little while. Daddy had already eaten on the way home. He spends my gas money so freely. I am only kidding, I figured he would eat. He didn't have to eat my apple fritter though. I am still tiffed at him for that. Meanie!
I am sad to say that I think our fish is finally going to kick the bucket. We've had Spike for a vey long time; six months. That's a record for Daddy for a fish. I had a beta fish named Penelope for two years once. That was before I knew betas were Siamese fighter fish and I put another fish in her tank with her and she proceed to fight the said fish 'til death. Poor Sam. That was my other fish's name. On a happier note, get this; Tonight you took your very first steps out from Daddy's hands and into Mommy's arms. Then you did the same thing in reverse. We are so proud of you! You are so smart. You amaze us more each and every day. And remember, now and forever, that Mommy and Daddy love Rebecca!
Hey baby bird. Gosh, today sure has been a very long day. We got up early this morning, you and I. I wasn't smart enough to lay down and take a nap with you this morning. I have been trying all week to nap when you do but for some reason everyone wants to call during that time, especially the people that want to record my address for free issues of the New York Times. Yeah, right, no way Jose'. I was born in the dark but it wasn't last night. If they record my voice stating my address that makes it legal for them to sell it. And if anyone is gonna sell my address, it's gonna be me. I need the money.
After you woke up from your morning nap we had a nice lunch. You had turkey and rice dinner and I had a roast beef sandwich just before your little eyes popped open. We 'shared' a pudding until you decided that you wanted to feed it to yourself and I gave you the spoon and you proceeded to use every end and angle except the right one. I called Auntie Lynn and told her that I was going to invent a two sided spoon and then she said that you would get food on both ends and then just throw it. I think she is right. We played a good long time in the floor, you & I. We watched your favorite episode of Sesame Street, "American Fruit Stand". It has a black singer named 'Miles' and he sings the praises of fruit, and of course, vegetables. You like fruits and you love vegetables. I like fruits and veggies too. But not as much as I like you!
Alicia called and said that she still needed us to help her get a few things from her old rental house into her new apartment. Daddy stopped and bought a ball for the trailer hitch on the back of the Explorer and Papaw was nice enough to let us use his trailer to haul it. It was only a washer and a dryer and few other odds and ends and we got it all there in one trip. Alicia and Tony really appreciated it because it saved them from having to rent a U-Haul to put all of their things in. That would have cost them a hundred and fifty some dollars. Right now all they have to do is pay us ten for the ball. Pretty reasonable I think. Especially since gas prices are through the roof! While we did all this good stuff you went with Mamaw and Granny to therapy. Mamaw took you to the grocery store while Granny did her excercises. Mamaw said everyone in the world talked about how pretty you are. I have to agree with everyone in the world. You are VERY VERY beautiful. And so very sweet. You went home with Mamaw and then on to cousin Allison's aka: Sissy's show that she is going to be putting on in Colorado. You enjoyed it very much from what I hear; there was a lot of music and singing and you really love music.
After that Mamaw took you and the rest of the family brood to McDonald's for dinner. We met them there where I sat and ate and we talked to them for a little while. Daddy had already eaten on the way home. He spends my gas money so freely. I am only kidding, I figured he would eat. He didn't have to eat my apple fritter though. I am still tiffed at him for that. Meanie!
I am sad to say that I think our fish is finally going to kick the bucket. We've had Spike for a vey long time; six months. That's a record for Daddy for a fish. I had a beta fish named Penelope for two years once. That was before I knew betas were Siamese fighter fish and I put another fish in her tank with her and she proceed to fight the said fish 'til death. Poor Sam. That was my other fish's name. On a happier note, get this; Tonight you took your very first steps out from Daddy's hands and into Mommy's arms. Then you did the same thing in reverse. We are so proud of you! You are so smart. You amaze us more each and every day. And remember, now and forever, that Mommy and Daddy love Rebecca!
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Happy Thursday afternoon to you, Rebecca Lynn. It's been extremely hot and humid the past couple of weeks. Thankfully, a cool front moved in last night and the temperatures are much more comfortable. Monday I had planned on the three of us going to the pool at Falling Springs after I had gotten off from work. Your Mother decided to take you early and you got fussy before I got home so I didn't get to go to the pool with y'all. The rest of the week was pretty uneventful. I've been riding to work every morning and afternoon with your Papaw the past few weeks. I got off at eleven in the morning yesterday because a machine went down and I had to call you and your Mama to come and get me from work. I woke both of you up from a nap. I had a nice afternoon at home with the two of you. Your Mother took a nice long nap while you played in the floor. I read a little from the new book your Mom got for me, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. It just came out a week or so ago. I can't wait for the seventh and final entry into the series.
Yesterday evening we all went down to Mamaw & Papaw's for a birthday cook out for your Mother. She turned 28 yesterday. She's still a hot young chick in my book. I met your Mom when she was 18 and I was 28. We all had a real fine time down there. We had chicken breasts, broccoli casserole, Taters covered in cheese and bacon, mac & cheese, salad, summer squash, green beans, cucumbers, yeast rolls, tea, ice cream and birthday cake. We certainly ate big last night. Papaw ended up working until ten o'clock last night so you didn't get to see him. You started saying "Papaw" as plain as day when you were looking for him in the basement. Aunt Lynn gave you a ride on the four wheeler and I had big fun on Jacob's dirt bike. I also gave the boys a few football pointers. They're beginning practice for football now. It seems terribly hot for football but I suppose I did the same thing when I myself played football. I think Jon is going to play fall baseball instead of football. He wants to play football but he can not take a hit to save his life. He excels in baseball so I hope that he ends up playing baseball.
We had thought that we had all of your insurance problems taken care of but we got a letter today from your pediatrician that says we still owe them $300. We do not owe them $300 and we will not pay them $300. Kristie has been talking about changing pediatricians. I'd hate to do that because the doctor's you go to now are all top notch doctors. I hope we can get everything straightened out but we've been going through this for almost a year now so I wouldn't hold my breath concerning that.
Mamaw & Papaw, Aunt Lynn & Uncle Rodney, Jacob, Jon and Allison are leaving for Denver Monday. They are, of course, flying out there on a big old jet plane. We have to take care of the dogs, Ruffy and Sadie and the flowers. I'm going to have Uncle Rodney leave Jacob's dirt bike in Papaw's garage so I can play with it while they are gone. I plan on giving you some rides on Papaw's mower as well.
Well, I'm gonna let you go for now. Oh, one more thing! You finally gave me a kiss today. I haven't gotten but maybe two or three kisses in the last two months. You so love to tease Daddy. You're about ready to walk any day now. I'm really gonna let you go now. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Happy Thursday afternoon to you, Rebecca Lynn. It's been extremely hot and humid the past couple of weeks. Thankfully, a cool front moved in last night and the temperatures are much more comfortable. Monday I had planned on the three of us going to the pool at Falling Springs after I had gotten off from work. Your Mother decided to take you early and you got fussy before I got home so I didn't get to go to the pool with y'all. The rest of the week was pretty uneventful. I've been riding to work every morning and afternoon with your Papaw the past few weeks. I got off at eleven in the morning yesterday because a machine went down and I had to call you and your Mama to come and get me from work. I woke both of you up from a nap. I had a nice afternoon at home with the two of you. Your Mother took a nice long nap while you played in the floor. I read a little from the new book your Mom got for me, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. It just came out a week or so ago. I can't wait for the seventh and final entry into the series.
Yesterday evening we all went down to Mamaw & Papaw's for a birthday cook out for your Mother. She turned 28 yesterday. She's still a hot young chick in my book. I met your Mom when she was 18 and I was 28. We all had a real fine time down there. We had chicken breasts, broccoli casserole, Taters covered in cheese and bacon, mac & cheese, salad, summer squash, green beans, cucumbers, yeast rolls, tea, ice cream and birthday cake. We certainly ate big last night. Papaw ended up working until ten o'clock last night so you didn't get to see him. You started saying "Papaw" as plain as day when you were looking for him in the basement. Aunt Lynn gave you a ride on the four wheeler and I had big fun on Jacob's dirt bike. I also gave the boys a few football pointers. They're beginning practice for football now. It seems terribly hot for football but I suppose I did the same thing when I myself played football. I think Jon is going to play fall baseball instead of football. He wants to play football but he can not take a hit to save his life. He excels in baseball so I hope that he ends up playing baseball.
We had thought that we had all of your insurance problems taken care of but we got a letter today from your pediatrician that says we still owe them $300. We do not owe them $300 and we will not pay them $300. Kristie has been talking about changing pediatricians. I'd hate to do that because the doctor's you go to now are all top notch doctors. I hope we can get everything straightened out but we've been going through this for almost a year now so I wouldn't hold my breath concerning that.
Mamaw & Papaw, Aunt Lynn & Uncle Rodney, Jacob, Jon and Allison are leaving for Denver Monday. They are, of course, flying out there on a big old jet plane. We have to take care of the dogs, Ruffy and Sadie and the flowers. I'm going to have Uncle Rodney leave Jacob's dirt bike in Papaw's garage so I can play with it while they are gone. I plan on giving you some rides on Papaw's mower as well.
Well, I'm gonna let you go for now. Oh, one more thing! You finally gave me a kiss today. I haven't gotten but maybe two or three kisses in the last two months. You so love to tease Daddy. You're about ready to walk any day now. I'm really gonna let you go now. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Hello my sweet little baby bird. Right now you are upstairs sleeping. We all just got back from a great big cook out for Mommy down at Mamaw's place. Mamaw was nice enough to have a cookout for Mommy for her birthday. Mommy turned 28 today. Your cousin Allison, aka: Sissy, did a funny thing and turned my candles around. The cake said that I was 82. That is so funny. Little girl you were very lucky to be born into such a wonderful family. They care a lot about you. They care a lot about Mommy, too. I think maybe Mommy must have fallen in love with the greatest guy on earth, your Daddy. Well little one, we are all very tired and I want to drink a soda before I go to sleep. I love you so very, very much, Punkin Butt.
Hello my sweet little baby bird. Right now you are upstairs sleeping. We all just got back from a great big cook out for Mommy down at Mamaw's place. Mamaw was nice enough to have a cookout for Mommy for her birthday. Mommy turned 28 today. Your cousin Allison, aka: Sissy, did a funny thing and turned my candles around. The cake said that I was 82. That is so funny. Little girl you were very lucky to be born into such a wonderful family. They care a lot about you. They care a lot about Mommy, too. I think maybe Mommy must have fallen in love with the greatest guy on earth, your Daddy. Well little one, we are all very tired and I want to drink a soda before I go to sleep. I love you so very, very much, Punkin Butt.
Monday, July 25, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Hello there sweetheart. Mommy is up late tonight because Mommy cannot sleep. I have no idea what is wrong; I guess I am overstimulated. Adults get overstimulated too. Anyway, enough about me.
We've had a pretty good day together. This morning you didn't wake up until almost nine o'clock. Sometimes it worries me when you sleep so late. I do appreciate the extra z's though. When you got up we had a breakfast of pancakes and bananas, with some water to drink. You had a couple of bites of my sausage too. Then you had a cup, that is right a cup, of milk. You are no longer taking bottles. Even though you call your sippy cup a "Ba Ba". We correct you and tell you that it's a cup, and you repeat the fact that it is, indeed, a cup, but the very next time you see it, once again you call it a "Ba Ba." Oh well, that's alright. After that we had a diaper change and you played in the floor and watched Teletubbies just long enough for me to get the kitchen cleaned up. Then you got bored with that and decided it would be a good idea to follow me everywhere I went, so you followed me into the bathroom where you pulled things out of the cabinet and turned the thankfully empty trash can over. Mamaw called and we talked to her a while and after that I sat you on the couch with the phone and I finished cleaning the bathroom up while you played. You were getting sleepy by now so I put you down for a nap but you fought it and I do mean hard. You finally fell asleep just as I finished changing mine and Daddy's sheets on our bed. I finished up most of the other housework while you slept. When you woke up we had a lunch of grilled cheese and applesauce, with juice to drink. After lunch I got you changed into a swimmer diaper and your swimswuit and we went to the swimming pool. It was very hot today and we were going to wait on Daddy to get there but you got tired and the sun was really making you fussy. So we decided to come on home instead. Daddy was a little dissapointed that he did not get to go with us but that is alright because we are going tomorrow. I know we will all have fun together. After Daddy and the two of us got home Daddy had you while I ran to the store to get him some dip which he needs to stop doing and also to McDonald's for dinner. I wanted Subway but they aren't having their two for seven deal and I am not paying a whole bunch of money for sandwiches. It was too hot and I was too tired to cook so Mickey D's it was. Daddy and I had grilled chicken sandwiches and fries and you had pieces of a hamburger and a few fries in a happy meal. We were going to get you apples instead of fries but they were out. It's ok though because you had some fruit and a cup of milk before you laid down. You never cease to amaze me little girl; you are such a wonderful child. I am so proud of you I cannot see straight. We had a gogurt, which is a portable yogurt, for snack tonight before your bath too. You really like those. You played a little while in the floor down here before you got really sleepy and finally had to head to bed around eight thirty. You are sleeping soundly in your little crib right now. You've started sleeping with a blanket and a pillow. You are getting to be such a big girl. Don't grow up too fast, little girl. Mommy doesn't want to miss you so soon. I love you, baby bird!
Hello there sweetheart. Mommy is up late tonight because Mommy cannot sleep. I have no idea what is wrong; I guess I am overstimulated. Adults get overstimulated too. Anyway, enough about me.
We've had a pretty good day together. This morning you didn't wake up until almost nine o'clock. Sometimes it worries me when you sleep so late. I do appreciate the extra z's though. When you got up we had a breakfast of pancakes and bananas, with some water to drink. You had a couple of bites of my sausage too. Then you had a cup, that is right a cup, of milk. You are no longer taking bottles. Even though you call your sippy cup a "Ba Ba". We correct you and tell you that it's a cup, and you repeat the fact that it is, indeed, a cup, but the very next time you see it, once again you call it a "Ba Ba." Oh well, that's alright. After that we had a diaper change and you played in the floor and watched Teletubbies just long enough for me to get the kitchen cleaned up. Then you got bored with that and decided it would be a good idea to follow me everywhere I went, so you followed me into the bathroom where you pulled things out of the cabinet and turned the thankfully empty trash can over. Mamaw called and we talked to her a while and after that I sat you on the couch with the phone and I finished cleaning the bathroom up while you played. You were getting sleepy by now so I put you down for a nap but you fought it and I do mean hard. You finally fell asleep just as I finished changing mine and Daddy's sheets on our bed. I finished up most of the other housework while you slept. When you woke up we had a lunch of grilled cheese and applesauce, with juice to drink. After lunch I got you changed into a swimmer diaper and your swimswuit and we went to the swimming pool. It was very hot today and we were going to wait on Daddy to get there but you got tired and the sun was really making you fussy. So we decided to come on home instead. Daddy was a little dissapointed that he did not get to go with us but that is alright because we are going tomorrow. I know we will all have fun together. After Daddy and the two of us got home Daddy had you while I ran to the store to get him some dip which he needs to stop doing and also to McDonald's for dinner. I wanted Subway but they aren't having their two for seven deal and I am not paying a whole bunch of money for sandwiches. It was too hot and I was too tired to cook so Mickey D's it was. Daddy and I had grilled chicken sandwiches and fries and you had pieces of a hamburger and a few fries in a happy meal. We were going to get you apples instead of fries but they were out. It's ok though because you had some fruit and a cup of milk before you laid down. You never cease to amaze me little girl; you are such a wonderful child. I am so proud of you I cannot see straight. We had a gogurt, which is a portable yogurt, for snack tonight before your bath too. You really like those. You played a little while in the floor down here before you got really sleepy and finally had to head to bed around eight thirty. You are sleeping soundly in your little crib right now. You've started sleeping with a blanket and a pillow. You are getting to be such a big girl. Don't grow up too fast, little girl. Mommy doesn't want to miss you so soon. I love you, baby bird!
Friday, July 22, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Today, you and I and your cousin Allison are going to meet your Daddy in Lexington. From there we will head somewhere to eat I am sure and from there on off to the grocery store. Cousin Allison (AKA Sissy) did not want to go to Cousin Jon's baseball game tonight so she decided to come with us. We'e leaving here soon so I am going to keep this post short. We had a good day together so far; you woke up around seven thirty and I got you dressed, got your breakfast ready, & then we played with your new RC car that Mamaw bought for you for your birthday. You really love that car. Then we played a while in the floor and you got sleepy. You had a nap but didn't quite get to finish it because we live in town and it is summer time and a bunch of kids were playing outside and they woke you up. I can't very well chase them off during the day. Then we had a lunch of ham, crackers, cheese and applesauce. We watched an episode of Sesame street and then we played some more in the floor, reading your colors board book. Then Mamaw and Allison showed up. Now you are cranky and it's time to leave. But that's ok, you will nap in the car. Remember, Mommy loves Rebecca!
Today, you and I and your cousin Allison are going to meet your Daddy in Lexington. From there we will head somewhere to eat I am sure and from there on off to the grocery store. Cousin Allison (AKA Sissy) did not want to go to Cousin Jon's baseball game tonight so she decided to come with us. We'e leaving here soon so I am going to keep this post short. We had a good day together so far; you woke up around seven thirty and I got you dressed, got your breakfast ready, & then we played with your new RC car that Mamaw bought for you for your birthday. You really love that car. Then we played a while in the floor and you got sleepy. You had a nap but didn't quite get to finish it because we live in town and it is summer time and a bunch of kids were playing outside and they woke you up. I can't very well chase them off during the day. Then we had a lunch of ham, crackers, cheese and applesauce. We watched an episode of Sesame street and then we played some more in the floor, reading your colors board book. Then Mamaw and Allison showed up. Now you are cranky and it's time to leave. But that's ok, you will nap in the car. Remember, Mommy loves Rebecca!
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Apparently you have to have a prescription to get fluoride drops. The pharmacist said that one glass of water a day and moving you up a stage with your toothpaste will take care of our fluoride concerns.
We got your one year pictures back this afternoon and they turned out great. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Apparently you have to have a prescription to get fluoride drops. The pharmacist said that one glass of water a day and moving you up a stage with your toothpaste will take care of our fluoride concerns.
We got your one year pictures back this afternoon and they turned out great. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
It's two days into the work week and I am already dead tired. I have been riding to work with Papaw the past few days because gasoline is around $2.20 per gallon and the Explorer is a gas hog and your Mother prefers her Taurus to my Explorer so I leave the car for her. We're gonna add $15 dollars to the check we give Mamaw & Papaw every other week for the rent. Mamaw & Papaw pay our rent for us. They said that if they help us get another house we must prove to them that we can and will pay on time. Mama has done a fabulous job of keeping up the bills and such. Daddy never was very good with our money. Things are so much better since Mama took over.
You spent last night with Mamaw & Papaw because Mama had to go to work early this morning and Mamaw was going to watch while she worked, but Mama didn't want to get you up too early. You spent the night down there so you could sleep in. You are almost as comfortable at Mamaw & Papaw's as you are here in your own home. That makes all of us very happy.
Mama is trying to watch Dr. Phil right now and you just won't pipe down. You are such a cutie pie. You are playing "Where's Mommy's Nose" right now. That's a game you seem to enjoy where you point to different parts of ours & your face when we ask where they are. You are having such a good time with your Mommy right now. Mommy is trying to get you to give her a kiss but you are really not much of a kissing baby.
We need to get you some fluoride drops now that you are no longer on formula. We mixed the formula with baby water or filtered water so you got your floured from the water. You are now on whole milk now so you are not getting as much fluoride as you should get. You do love water as much as I do but you still need extra floured, plus we drink bottled water and there's no fluoride at all in bottled water. We try to give you tap water but that stuff just tastes so nasty that I really don't feel good about letting you drink that slop. We'll get you some fluoride drops. We also purchased you some multivitamin drops called poly-Vi sol. Apparently Mommy has already mentioned your vitamins, because she told me that she's already mentioned and then she asked me if ever read her posts.
You had some real green beans yesterday. Green beans that adults eat and you just loved them. You didn't care much for the barbequed pork though. Mama also got you some iced oatmeal cookies that you really like. We had supper from Kentucky Fried Chicken tonight. Mama brought it down to Mamaw & Papaw's this afternoon. She thoughtfully decided to treat Mamaw to a night in which she didn't have to cook because she spent the whole day looking after you. Mamaw appreciated it because she loves keeping you but you did kind of wear her out.
I showed you a picture of my grandfather, Granny's deceased husband, Bambi Dee tonight and you kissed his picture and said "bambi" and then you absolutely positively did not want to give me the picture back.
Well, I'm gonna watch you play in the floor with your Mother while the television plays in the background. Daddy loves Rebecca!
It's two days into the work week and I am already dead tired. I have been riding to work with Papaw the past few days because gasoline is around $2.20 per gallon and the Explorer is a gas hog and your Mother prefers her Taurus to my Explorer so I leave the car for her. We're gonna add $15 dollars to the check we give Mamaw & Papaw every other week for the rent. Mamaw & Papaw pay our rent for us. They said that if they help us get another house we must prove to them that we can and will pay on time. Mama has done a fabulous job of keeping up the bills and such. Daddy never was very good with our money. Things are so much better since Mama took over.
You spent last night with Mamaw & Papaw because Mama had to go to work early this morning and Mamaw was going to watch while she worked, but Mama didn't want to get you up too early. You spent the night down there so you could sleep in. You are almost as comfortable at Mamaw & Papaw's as you are here in your own home. That makes all of us very happy.
Mama is trying to watch Dr. Phil right now and you just won't pipe down. You are such a cutie pie. You are playing "Where's Mommy's Nose" right now. That's a game you seem to enjoy where you point to different parts of ours & your face when we ask where they are. You are having such a good time with your Mommy right now. Mommy is trying to get you to give her a kiss but you are really not much of a kissing baby.
We need to get you some fluoride drops now that you are no longer on formula. We mixed the formula with baby water or filtered water so you got your floured from the water. You are now on whole milk now so you are not getting as much fluoride as you should get. You do love water as much as I do but you still need extra floured, plus we drink bottled water and there's no fluoride at all in bottled water. We try to give you tap water but that stuff just tastes so nasty that I really don't feel good about letting you drink that slop. We'll get you some fluoride drops. We also purchased you some multivitamin drops called poly-Vi sol. Apparently Mommy has already mentioned your vitamins, because she told me that she's already mentioned and then she asked me if ever read her posts.
You had some real green beans yesterday. Green beans that adults eat and you just loved them. You didn't care much for the barbequed pork though. Mama also got you some iced oatmeal cookies that you really like. We had supper from Kentucky Fried Chicken tonight. Mama brought it down to Mamaw & Papaw's this afternoon. She thoughtfully decided to treat Mamaw to a night in which she didn't have to cook because she spent the whole day looking after you. Mamaw appreciated it because she loves keeping you but you did kind of wear her out.
I showed you a picture of my grandfather, Granny's deceased husband, Bambi Dee tonight and you kissed his picture and said "bambi" and then you absolutely positively did not want to give me the picture back.
Well, I'm gonna watch you play in the floor with your Mother while the television plays in the background. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Monday, July 18, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Hello there my little baby girl. Right now you are upstairs taking your afternoon nap. At least I hope you are. You aren't crying but you don't really sound asleep either. Perhaps you will nod off soon. I hope so, you really need it.
We've had a pretty good day together so far, you & I. We have both missed your Daddy like crazy though. He has been home with us for three weeks and we aren't used to being without him. If I had my 'druthers' we'd be rich and Daddy would stay home with us all the time. Of course we'd need a maid. If there's one thing that we three are good at, it's making messes. But, we do have a lot of fun doing it.
This morning when you woke up at six thirty I gave you a bottle of whole milk which you are now on with your Poly Vi Sol baby vitamin and some rice cereal. Then we had Maple & Brown sugar oatmeal to which I added a few dashes of cinnamon and some toast with strawberry butter. We both enjoyed that breakfast very much. After breakfast I cleaned up while you watched an episode of your favorite show, the Teletubbies. After that we played a while in the floor and looked through your My First Colors Board Book we bought at Sam's Club. You really like that book. It has lots of bright and vibrant colors, with cute little pictures of things that you recognize easily.
You were getting tired by this time, around eight thirty, so I took you upstairs and put you down for your morning nap. You don't always take a morning nap anymore, but you woke up very early this morning so I figured that you would today. You went back to sleep in no time, without even crying. I laid back down and tried to get a good nap in but Daddy called twice and Mamaw did too and even though I didn't answer the phone when Mamaw called it still woke me up. By this time you were fussing a bit so I thought you might wake up. I laid there a few more minutes and you dozed back off. So did I. We got up around ten thirty and I fixed us some lunch of Beef Ravioli, Apricots with Rice and a Coke Zero for me and some whole milk for you, in a sippy cup. We ate a nice lunch together and after I got you all cleaned up and your diaper changed, we started a game of 'blocks in the bucket'. We stacked blocks in the bucket and then you'd pour them out and we'd start over again. We both had a lot of fun doing this; we did it for nearly an hour. Then you decided you needed a new hairdo and you picked up your brush and proceeded to make yourself look "windblown". Mamaw called just then and asked if I could take Granny to therapy. I said yes indeedy I could. We decided to take a walk through the neighborhood so I emptied out your wagon and strolled you all up and down Blackhawk, Powhatan, and Pocahontas trail. We went around Pochahontas twice. By this time it was time to get ready to take your great Granny to therapy. We got all ready for that and went and got her and dropped her off. We went to see my friend Cassie, who is also about to have a baby. It is also a girl. Maybe soon you'll have a little buddy to hang out with and bully. You are indeed, a bully. But a sweet bully. You had a cookie for a snack in the car and made a mess of yourself and my car. You had big fun playing with Cassie's seven year old son, Brandon. He jumped up and down and ran after you to make you laugh. Everyone thinks you are so cute. Everyone is right. After we picked up your great Granny and dropped her off safe and sound back at home, you were indeed very tired and I changed your diaper and gave you a bottle and at this very moment, you are snoozing. Know how I can tell? I can hear you snoring over the monitor. My cute lil' snoring bird. I am going to go and hunt something for supper. I love you, my sweet little girl!
Hello there my little baby girl. Right now you are upstairs taking your afternoon nap. At least I hope you are. You aren't crying but you don't really sound asleep either. Perhaps you will nod off soon. I hope so, you really need it.
We've had a pretty good day together so far, you & I. We have both missed your Daddy like crazy though. He has been home with us for three weeks and we aren't used to being without him. If I had my 'druthers' we'd be rich and Daddy would stay home with us all the time. Of course we'd need a maid. If there's one thing that we three are good at, it's making messes. But, we do have a lot of fun doing it.
This morning when you woke up at six thirty I gave you a bottle of whole milk which you are now on with your Poly Vi Sol baby vitamin and some rice cereal. Then we had Maple & Brown sugar oatmeal to which I added a few dashes of cinnamon and some toast with strawberry butter. We both enjoyed that breakfast very much. After breakfast I cleaned up while you watched an episode of your favorite show, the Teletubbies. After that we played a while in the floor and looked through your My First Colors Board Book we bought at Sam's Club. You really like that book. It has lots of bright and vibrant colors, with cute little pictures of things that you recognize easily.
You were getting tired by this time, around eight thirty, so I took you upstairs and put you down for your morning nap. You don't always take a morning nap anymore, but you woke up very early this morning so I figured that you would today. You went back to sleep in no time, without even crying. I laid back down and tried to get a good nap in but Daddy called twice and Mamaw did too and even though I didn't answer the phone when Mamaw called it still woke me up. By this time you were fussing a bit so I thought you might wake up. I laid there a few more minutes and you dozed back off. So did I. We got up around ten thirty and I fixed us some lunch of Beef Ravioli, Apricots with Rice and a Coke Zero for me and some whole milk for you, in a sippy cup. We ate a nice lunch together and after I got you all cleaned up and your diaper changed, we started a game of 'blocks in the bucket'. We stacked blocks in the bucket and then you'd pour them out and we'd start over again. We both had a lot of fun doing this; we did it for nearly an hour. Then you decided you needed a new hairdo and you picked up your brush and proceeded to make yourself look "windblown". Mamaw called just then and asked if I could take Granny to therapy. I said yes indeedy I could. We decided to take a walk through the neighborhood so I emptied out your wagon and strolled you all up and down Blackhawk, Powhatan, and Pocahontas trail. We went around Pochahontas twice. By this time it was time to get ready to take your great Granny to therapy. We got all ready for that and went and got her and dropped her off. We went to see my friend Cassie, who is also about to have a baby. It is also a girl. Maybe soon you'll have a little buddy to hang out with and bully. You are indeed, a bully. But a sweet bully. You had a cookie for a snack in the car and made a mess of yourself and my car. You had big fun playing with Cassie's seven year old son, Brandon. He jumped up and down and ran after you to make you laugh. Everyone thinks you are so cute. Everyone is right. After we picked up your great Granny and dropped her off safe and sound back at home, you were indeed very tired and I changed your diaper and gave you a bottle and at this very moment, you are snoozing. Know how I can tell? I can hear you snoring over the monitor. My cute lil' snoring bird. I am going to go and hunt something for supper. I love you, my sweet little girl!
Saturday, July 16, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Greetings & salutations to you, my pretty little daughter. This afternoon I am all stuffed up from a cold I do believe I got from you. You're much better now but it seems you've passed on the misery to your dear old dad. It's really not bad though. A little tickle in my throat, an annoying cough and a little stuffiness. I just hope it's gone by Monday because my vacation is now over. I have to go back to work Monday. I will miss you something terrible, I know.
It's been a dreary rainy wet week. We all stayed here in our home most of it. Nothing really fabulous to report. Last night you spent the night at Mamaw & Papaw's because your Mom & I went out to see a movie called "Dark Water" that I didn't care much for and your Mother rather enjoyed and we went to Steak & Shake for a late supper after the film. We stopped at Wal-mart on our way home for a few groceries and our lights on the car went out on us. I lifted the hood like I was going to be able to do something. I stared at the headlight housing for a moment and jiggled some wires and that was the end of my expertise in the matter. We called Mamaw & Papaw to come get us and then I closed the hood but lo & behold when I slammed the hood down the lights came back on so we called Mamaw & Papaw back and told them not to come. We drove home and your Mom went straight to bed and I stayed up for awhile.
Well, you are still at Mamaw & Papaw's so I had better get a shower and get dressed and go down there so I can enjoy the country with y'all. Remember that as always and forever, Daddy loves Rebecca!
Greetings & salutations to you, my pretty little daughter. This afternoon I am all stuffed up from a cold I do believe I got from you. You're much better now but it seems you've passed on the misery to your dear old dad. It's really not bad though. A little tickle in my throat, an annoying cough and a little stuffiness. I just hope it's gone by Monday because my vacation is now over. I have to go back to work Monday. I will miss you something terrible, I know.
It's been a dreary rainy wet week. We all stayed here in our home most of it. Nothing really fabulous to report. Last night you spent the night at Mamaw & Papaw's because your Mom & I went out to see a movie called "Dark Water" that I didn't care much for and your Mother rather enjoyed and we went to Steak & Shake for a late supper after the film. We stopped at Wal-mart on our way home for a few groceries and our lights on the car went out on us. I lifted the hood like I was going to be able to do something. I stared at the headlight housing for a moment and jiggled some wires and that was the end of my expertise in the matter. We called Mamaw & Papaw to come get us and then I closed the hood but lo & behold when I slammed the hood down the lights came back on so we called Mamaw & Papaw back and told them not to come. We drove home and your Mom went straight to bed and I stayed up for awhile.
Well, you are still at Mamaw & Papaw's so I had better get a shower and get dressed and go down there so I can enjoy the country with y'all. Remember that as always and forever, Daddy loves Rebecca!
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Hello , my pretty little baby bird. Tonight you are all stuffed up from a cold I do believe you got from going swimming in the rain. Well, that will be the last of that, now won't it?
You spent the better part of the late afternoon and all evening with Mamaw and Papaw today. They said they were going to Kohl's to purchase luggage but decided against it due to a coupon reason. So you didn't get to go to Kohl's with them after all. You did. however, get to play on the swing at their house. You also played with blocks. from what I hear. Mamaw called around six and said she wanted to take you to Fazoli's with her. I said that would be just fine. So you got to eat at Fazoli's with your Mamaw and Papaw. You also went to Wal-Mart with them and they bought you a very cute little pink mushroom chair that I do believe you will like very much. You poor thing; I hear you upstairs struggling to breathe right now. It's no fun to be sick. Anyway, you got home around nine thirty or so and we half-watched a Cold Case episode while we played with you in the floor. We all played until well after ten o'clock when I asked Daddy if he would please be the one to give you a bath tonight and give Momma a break. As much as I love doing it I have been up with you since seven o'clock in the morning every day this week and Mommies do get tired. Daddy gave you a bath and I brought you a dose of Dimetapp for your cold and Daddy put you to bed. You are trying very hard right now to rest through your cold.
I have enjoyed this week immensely with you, however. I wanted you to know that. I enjoy being your Mommy. It's the best job I have ever had or will ever have. You have brought such a light to my life, I can't explain. I know I try with words and poems but the love I feel for you exceeds any form of measurement, it can't be measured in words or rhymes or anything earthly; the only way I can describe it is, it's like God gave me an angel, and I've got a peace of my very own heaven with you and Daddy here on Earth. Gosh. Mommy is sappy.
We've been working on pointing to our body parts. We use "Cledus The Poor Bear" as Daddy likes to call him, because we bought him at the Goodwill for a dollar, and point to his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. We also use My face and you point to my eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and hair, when asked to show me one or the others. You're getting pretty good at it. When we get it down pat we will move on to the rest of the parts of the body. You're a very smart baby. Mamaw said you were very good tonight even though you had a cold. You are such a pleasant child. See! It is like having a little peace of Heaven on Earth. I am so very proud of you. Well, little one, I will let you go for now. And remember, The Big Pig Does A Wiggly Jig!!!
Hello , my pretty little baby bird. Tonight you are all stuffed up from a cold I do believe you got from going swimming in the rain. Well, that will be the last of that, now won't it?
You spent the better part of the late afternoon and all evening with Mamaw and Papaw today. They said they were going to Kohl's to purchase luggage but decided against it due to a coupon reason. So you didn't get to go to Kohl's with them after all. You did. however, get to play on the swing at their house. You also played with blocks. from what I hear. Mamaw called around six and said she wanted to take you to Fazoli's with her. I said that would be just fine. So you got to eat at Fazoli's with your Mamaw and Papaw. You also went to Wal-Mart with them and they bought you a very cute little pink mushroom chair that I do believe you will like very much. You poor thing; I hear you upstairs struggling to breathe right now. It's no fun to be sick. Anyway, you got home around nine thirty or so and we half-watched a Cold Case episode while we played with you in the floor. We all played until well after ten o'clock when I asked Daddy if he would please be the one to give you a bath tonight and give Momma a break. As much as I love doing it I have been up with you since seven o'clock in the morning every day this week and Mommies do get tired. Daddy gave you a bath and I brought you a dose of Dimetapp for your cold and Daddy put you to bed. You are trying very hard right now to rest through your cold.
I have enjoyed this week immensely with you, however. I wanted you to know that. I enjoy being your Mommy. It's the best job I have ever had or will ever have. You have brought such a light to my life, I can't explain. I know I try with words and poems but the love I feel for you exceeds any form of measurement, it can't be measured in words or rhymes or anything earthly; the only way I can describe it is, it's like God gave me an angel, and I've got a peace of my very own heaven with you and Daddy here on Earth. Gosh. Mommy is sappy.
We've been working on pointing to our body parts. We use "Cledus The Poor Bear" as Daddy likes to call him, because we bought him at the Goodwill for a dollar, and point to his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. We also use My face and you point to my eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and hair, when asked to show me one or the others. You're getting pretty good at it. When we get it down pat we will move on to the rest of the parts of the body. You're a very smart baby. Mamaw said you were very good tonight even though you had a cold. You are such a pleasant child. See! It is like having a little peace of Heaven on Earth. I am so very proud of you. Well, little one, I will let you go for now. And remember, The Big Pig Does A Wiggly Jig!!!
Dear Rebecca,
We had a decent weekend. You really didn't feel very well because of the shots you had Friday so Mama stayed home with you Saturday morning. We all went down to Mamaw & Papaw's for the day. I unsuccessfully tried to fix Papaw's garage computer but the power source is dead. We all then went to the basement to watch your birthday video and to have a supper of pizza from Little Caesars. We usually don't hang out in the basement down there during the summer but it was so hot and the deck had recently been treated with the first coat weather coating . After we ate and watched the video I went over to Uncle Rodney's and helped him put into his computer the hard drive that used to be in this computer. I didn't really need it for anything. Papaw fixed Mama's cigarette lighter that we use to charge our cell phones and iPod with. Our headlights had not been working but amazingly enough they came back on again of their own accord. I rode Jacob's dirt bike while Mama let Allison drive the Taurus in the field behind Papaw's house and you got a four wheeler ride from Aunt Lynn. We also helped Papaw put on another coat of weather treatment on the deck. Towards the end of the night we set off the left over fireworks from the Fourth of July. Everyone had a great time except for you; you had fallen asleep.
Sunday we really didn't do much at all. Mama went to a baby shower while we stayed here at the apartment. I took you out back and let you play in your pool for awhile and you enjoyed that but you still didn't feel real spiffy. You slept a lot Sunday.
Monday we took you and the boys to the pool. It was a dreary overcast day because of the hurricane that just hit Florida, I think it was Hurricane Dennis but I don't know for sure. We ended up swimming inside most of the time we were there. After we finished there we took the boys home and then went to Kohls to purchase some towels. After that we went to the Cracker Barrel where we had our usual. Grilled chicken, fries, fried apples, mac& cheese and biscuits for your Mom and country fried steak, mashed potatoes, a double helping of green beans and corn muffins for myself. We had coffee this time instead of soda and we finished up the meal with a chocolate cobbler. All you had was some apple sauce and a little of your Mom's chicken, a few of my green beans and a drinks of some sort. We went to Wal-Mart and bought a few items and to the video store for a few movies and then we came home. You sat up with us for a little while then we put you to bed. Mom went shortly thereafter and here I set finishing up this post.
I'm gonna let ya go for now. Daddy loves Rebeccer!
We had a decent weekend. You really didn't feel very well because of the shots you had Friday so Mama stayed home with you Saturday morning. We all went down to Mamaw & Papaw's for the day. I unsuccessfully tried to fix Papaw's garage computer but the power source is dead. We all then went to the basement to watch your birthday video and to have a supper of pizza from Little Caesars. We usually don't hang out in the basement down there during the summer but it was so hot and the deck had recently been treated with the first coat weather coating . After we ate and watched the video I went over to Uncle Rodney's and helped him put into his computer the hard drive that used to be in this computer. I didn't really need it for anything. Papaw fixed Mama's cigarette lighter that we use to charge our cell phones and iPod with. Our headlights had not been working but amazingly enough they came back on again of their own accord. I rode Jacob's dirt bike while Mama let Allison drive the Taurus in the field behind Papaw's house and you got a four wheeler ride from Aunt Lynn. We also helped Papaw put on another coat of weather treatment on the deck. Towards the end of the night we set off the left over fireworks from the Fourth of July. Everyone had a great time except for you; you had fallen asleep.
Sunday we really didn't do much at all. Mama went to a baby shower while we stayed here at the apartment. I took you out back and let you play in your pool for awhile and you enjoyed that but you still didn't feel real spiffy. You slept a lot Sunday.
Monday we took you and the boys to the pool. It was a dreary overcast day because of the hurricane that just hit Florida, I think it was Hurricane Dennis but I don't know for sure. We ended up swimming inside most of the time we were there. After we finished there we took the boys home and then went to Kohls to purchase some towels. After that we went to the Cracker Barrel where we had our usual. Grilled chicken, fries, fried apples, mac& cheese and biscuits for your Mom and country fried steak, mashed potatoes, a double helping of green beans and corn muffins for myself. We had coffee this time instead of soda and we finished up the meal with a chocolate cobbler. All you had was some apple sauce and a little of your Mom's chicken, a few of my green beans and a drinks of some sort. We went to Wal-Mart and bought a few items and to the video store for a few movies and then we came home. You sat up with us for a little while then we put you to bed. Mom went shortly thereafter and here I set finishing up this post.
I'm gonna let ya go for now. Daddy loves Rebeccer!
Friday, July 08, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
We just got back from the doctor. You are sound asleep in your crib upstairs. Everything went swimmingly except you didn't care much for the two shots you had to have today. As of today you are 30½ inches long, your weight is 22lbs. & 13ozs. and your noggin is 48½ centimeters in circumference. We saw Dr. Sharon Menkus today and she said that you are developing nicely. You are in the ninetieth percentile as far as height goes, the seventy-fifth percentile in weight and you are off the charts as far as your huge noggin goes. As a matter of fact she asked me if my family was big headed; I told her I didn't think that we were big headed at all. Of course your Mom thinks that I can get quite big headed at times and I would probably have to begrudgingly agree with her on that fact. I told the doctor that you soon will be falling down the chart as far as your height goes because your entire family on both sides, with a few minor exceptions, are kinda short. You've thinned out since your last visit but that is because with all of your crawling that you do you have been more active. All in all, a pretty good appointment and the best part of it all was the fact that I didn't have to go to the business office to wrestle with insurance head aches.
I decided that it would be best for you & I if we didn't ride with Aunt Lynn & Jacob because Aunt Lynn would probably have a full day of shopping planned. We ran into them as we were leaving the office. I bumped into Aunt Lynn real hard and she didn't know it was me. She didn't know what to think. She started to apologize until she saw it was me and she told me that I almost got punched. Your Aunt Lynn is a funny lady. We went out to eat lunch with them at Fazolis; I had a baked spaghetti with meatballs and I ordered you a child's pizza but all you ate was goldfish, bread sticks and my spaghetti. I fixed you a bottle before we left the parking lot. You drank it down and were asleep before we got home.
Your Mom gets off in an hour or so and I think you might take a long nap this afternoon because of the shots and the fact that you didn't get one this morning. Well, I'll let you go for now. I'm having trouble getting My uploaded TiVo shows to burn to DVD and I want to figure out what the problem might be. Daddy still loves his little Rebeccer!
We just got back from the doctor. You are sound asleep in your crib upstairs. Everything went swimmingly except you didn't care much for the two shots you had to have today. As of today you are 30½ inches long, your weight is 22lbs. & 13ozs. and your noggin is 48½ centimeters in circumference. We saw Dr. Sharon Menkus today and she said that you are developing nicely. You are in the ninetieth percentile as far as height goes, the seventy-fifth percentile in weight and you are off the charts as far as your huge noggin goes. As a matter of fact she asked me if my family was big headed; I told her I didn't think that we were big headed at all. Of course your Mom thinks that I can get quite big headed at times and I would probably have to begrudgingly agree with her on that fact. I told the doctor that you soon will be falling down the chart as far as your height goes because your entire family on both sides, with a few minor exceptions, are kinda short. You've thinned out since your last visit but that is because with all of your crawling that you do you have been more active. All in all, a pretty good appointment and the best part of it all was the fact that I didn't have to go to the business office to wrestle with insurance head aches.
I decided that it would be best for you & I if we didn't ride with Aunt Lynn & Jacob because Aunt Lynn would probably have a full day of shopping planned. We ran into them as we were leaving the office. I bumped into Aunt Lynn real hard and she didn't know it was me. She didn't know what to think. She started to apologize until she saw it was me and she told me that I almost got punched. Your Aunt Lynn is a funny lady. We went out to eat lunch with them at Fazolis; I had a baked spaghetti with meatballs and I ordered you a child's pizza but all you ate was goldfish, bread sticks and my spaghetti. I fixed you a bottle before we left the parking lot. You drank it down and were asleep before we got home.
Your Mom gets off in an hour or so and I think you might take a long nap this afternoon because of the shots and the fact that you didn't get one this morning. Well, I'll let you go for now. I'm having trouble getting My uploaded TiVo shows to burn to DVD and I want to figure out what the problem might be. Daddy still loves his little Rebeccer!
Dear Rebecca,
I think your pictures turned out very good today. Of course, we will not be able to see the finished product until the twentieth of this month but the sitting went really well and the shots the photographer got of you were really cute. We got to see the pictures on their computer monitors but as you know, images on a monitor will not necessarily look the way they will look on photo paper. I think they will all turn out fabulous though.
Before we got your pictures done we all went to G.E. to pick up my paycheck then we went to the bank and deposited the check. After that we drove across town to our favorite Mexican restaurant, Mi Mexico for lunch. We drove very slowly because you had fallen asleep while I was in the offices at G.E. picking up my check and we wanted you to get as long of a nap as possible. You woke up about the time we pulled into the Mi Mexico parking lot. Your Mother and I had our usual, fried beef tip chimichangas and you had a Mexican dish off of the children's menu. I forget exactly what it was that you had but you especially enjoyed the cheese that came on it. After that we had your pictures done and then we dropped by Walmart for some skim milk for us and some whole milk for you, some diapers and diaper wipes, Ritz crackers, cheese and maybe a few more items that I can't think of right now.
You were getting fussy by now so Mama fixed you a bottle and handed it to you as we left the parking lot. You had finished off four ounces of formula by the time we had gotten out of the lot. We pulled off the road and she fixed you another bottle and you finished that one just as quickly as the first one. It's nice that you are now able to feed yourself from the bottle now. Used to be we would have to stop the vehicle and take the time to feed you ourselves but now we just hand it to you and let you do it yourself. We give you whole milk at home except for your first bottle of the morning and in the middle of the night. On the road we have been giving you your new formula, Similac Advance 2 with Iron because we really haven't figured out the best way to keep your whole milk cold yet.
You and I have to take a trip to see your doctor tomorrow and your Mom has to go to work. I am up because you had a hard time getting back to sleep after you woke up for a bottle and I was awake by the time I rocked you back to sleep. I decided to come downstairs and get a piece of your left over birthday cake and a glass of skim milk. I would have loved to have had your whole milk but that stuff is much to fattening and I don't need to be any fatter at all. I had sat down and gotten a dip of Copenhagen and started to watch an episode of Gunsmoke that was tivo'ed on the suggestion list when I decide I would post a quick blog.
Well, that's all there is. I suppose I will let you go for now so I can finish the episode of Gunsmoke and go back to bed; you get up very early. Daddy loves Rebecca!
I think your pictures turned out very good today. Of course, we will not be able to see the finished product until the twentieth of this month but the sitting went really well and the shots the photographer got of you were really cute. We got to see the pictures on their computer monitors but as you know, images on a monitor will not necessarily look the way they will look on photo paper. I think they will all turn out fabulous though.
Before we got your pictures done we all went to G.E. to pick up my paycheck then we went to the bank and deposited the check. After that we drove across town to our favorite Mexican restaurant, Mi Mexico for lunch. We drove very slowly because you had fallen asleep while I was in the offices at G.E. picking up my check and we wanted you to get as long of a nap as possible. You woke up about the time we pulled into the Mi Mexico parking lot. Your Mother and I had our usual, fried beef tip chimichangas and you had a Mexican dish off of the children's menu. I forget exactly what it was that you had but you especially enjoyed the cheese that came on it. After that we had your pictures done and then we dropped by Walmart for some skim milk for us and some whole milk for you, some diapers and diaper wipes, Ritz crackers, cheese and maybe a few more items that I can't think of right now.
You were getting fussy by now so Mama fixed you a bottle and handed it to you as we left the parking lot. You had finished off four ounces of formula by the time we had gotten out of the lot. We pulled off the road and she fixed you another bottle and you finished that one just as quickly as the first one. It's nice that you are now able to feed yourself from the bottle now. Used to be we would have to stop the vehicle and take the time to feed you ourselves but now we just hand it to you and let you do it yourself. We give you whole milk at home except for your first bottle of the morning and in the middle of the night. On the road we have been giving you your new formula, Similac Advance 2 with Iron because we really haven't figured out the best way to keep your whole milk cold yet.
You and I have to take a trip to see your doctor tomorrow and your Mom has to go to work. I am up because you had a hard time getting back to sleep after you woke up for a bottle and I was awake by the time I rocked you back to sleep. I decided to come downstairs and get a piece of your left over birthday cake and a glass of skim milk. I would have loved to have had your whole milk but that stuff is much to fattening and I don't need to be any fatter at all. I had sat down and gotten a dip of Copenhagen and started to watch an episode of Gunsmoke that was tivo'ed on the suggestion list when I decide I would post a quick blog.
Well, that's all there is. I suppose I will let you go for now so I can finish the episode of Gunsmoke and go back to bed; you get up very early. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Thursday, July 07, 2005
Dear Rebecca,
Yesterday was your Mother & Father's seventh wedding anniversary. We really didn't do anything special. Your Mom was so busy this past weekend with your party and then we had a July 4th picnic here so she wasn't really up to an elaborate evening out. We went to Lexington, the three of us, and ate lunch at a Chinese buffet on Richmond Road and rented some films on DVD. I took a nap and then we watched one of the films, Hide and Seek with Robert DeNiro and Dakota Fanning. It was a pretty decent movie. You had gone to bed by this time. We grilled some burgers outside really late and we had a nice relaxing evening at home.
As I said we had a cookout over here for the fourth. It's usually pretty fun to do it around here because most years you can see the fireworks from the county park very well but this year the fireworks were so low that it was kind of disappointing. You swam in your little pool, played with the boys and Allison and ate with us before you went to sleep. You didn't go very easy because you knew the kids were here and you love playing with them so much that you didn't want to go to sleep. We had lots of fun this weekend.
Later today we are going to go pick up my check from work and go get your one year pictures done. We may go out to eat as well. We think you are going to wear the blue gingham dress that Mamaw & Papaw got you for your birthday. We purchased some white sandals for you to wear in the pictures yesterday.
Tomorrow I have to take you to the doctor for your one year checkup and your scheduled shots. Mom is going to have to work so I am going to take you. Aunt Lynn has to take one of the kids up there at the same time so I hope we are able to catch a ride with them. That would be fun, at least the ride up there would. You'll be suffering from your shots and you will be cranky and tired. I am going to give you some baby tylenol before we leave so it won't be so bad for you. I hate it when you get shots, not as much as you hate it I am sure, but I hate it all the same.
I hope that we can all get to the pool a few days next week. I really enjoyed the pool on your birthday. Maybe I'll even get a little sun. I have always been one to burn instead of tan, so has your Mother. You seem to tan very easily. Maybe you got it from Papaw or Aunt Mary. Both of them an get very dark indeed.
The problem with the blog has been corrected. I kept checking back with the blogger site and I finally found a solution buried deep within the pages. I have been up all night and we all have to be in Lexington by one o'clock tomorrow afternoon so I will let you go for now. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Yesterday was your Mother & Father's seventh wedding anniversary. We really didn't do anything special. Your Mom was so busy this past weekend with your party and then we had a July 4th picnic here so she wasn't really up to an elaborate evening out. We went to Lexington, the three of us, and ate lunch at a Chinese buffet on Richmond Road and rented some films on DVD. I took a nap and then we watched one of the films, Hide and Seek with Robert DeNiro and Dakota Fanning. It was a pretty decent movie. You had gone to bed by this time. We grilled some burgers outside really late and we had a nice relaxing evening at home.
As I said we had a cookout over here for the fourth. It's usually pretty fun to do it around here because most years you can see the fireworks from the county park very well but this year the fireworks were so low that it was kind of disappointing. You swam in your little pool, played with the boys and Allison and ate with us before you went to sleep. You didn't go very easy because you knew the kids were here and you love playing with them so much that you didn't want to go to sleep. We had lots of fun this weekend.
Later today we are going to go pick up my check from work and go get your one year pictures done. We may go out to eat as well. We think you are going to wear the blue gingham dress that Mamaw & Papaw got you for your birthday. We purchased some white sandals for you to wear in the pictures yesterday.
Tomorrow I have to take you to the doctor for your one year checkup and your scheduled shots. Mom is going to have to work so I am going to take you. Aunt Lynn has to take one of the kids up there at the same time so I hope we are able to catch a ride with them. That would be fun, at least the ride up there would. You'll be suffering from your shots and you will be cranky and tired. I am going to give you some baby tylenol before we leave so it won't be so bad for you. I hate it when you get shots, not as much as you hate it I am sure, but I hate it all the same.
I hope that we can all get to the pool a few days next week. I really enjoyed the pool on your birthday. Maybe I'll even get a little sun. I have always been one to burn instead of tan, so has your Mother. You seem to tan very easily. Maybe you got it from Papaw or Aunt Mary. Both of them an get very dark indeed.
The problem with the blog has been corrected. I kept checking back with the blogger site and I finally found a solution buried deep within the pages. I have been up all night and we all have to be in Lexington by one o'clock tomorrow afternoon so I will let you go for now. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Sunday, July 03, 2005
Dear Birthday Girl,
Happy Birthday from your father! You had such a wonderful day today. You got to eat pizza, open presents, make a mess with your own personal birthday cake, swim in the pool and get a big fuss made over you by everyone involved. Aunt Mary and Pappy were able to make it up from Hazard but no one else was able to make the trip. I was a little disappointed that Arianna wasn't there but we had plenty of people at the your party as it was.
We bought almost seventy dollars worth of pizzas and cinnamon rolls from Cici's restaurant. I originally thought that we had purchased way to much but we really didn't have all that much pizza left over and we had practically no rolls left over. Everyone loves the cinnamon rolls. We bought a cake that was much too big for the party, of course it doesn't help that everyone had already filled up on cinnamon rolls. We have a whole lot left over for July Fourth which is a nice thing.
You got lots and lots of great presents. I'll have Mommy run them down for you because I just can't seem to remember what they all were. Mommy told me to mention you and Aunt Mary swimming in the big indoor pool here in my birthday post because she forgot. The both of you had a fabulous time. I just lost what I have been writing for the last twenty minutes. I hate it when that happens.
I know I will repeat some of the things mentioned in your Mother's post but I suppose that isn't any terrible crime. You had a big time when it came time to eat cake. We had a small cake just for you. We sat it in front of you and you looked at it with some suspicion at first. You tentatively stuck your finger in it and when no one told you no you began to dig into it with both hands. You had cake all over your face. You were certainly a site to see.
The party was a raging success and there's only one person to credit it with and that is your dear old Mother. She was adamant that she plan and pay for this party all on her own and she exceeded even my own expectations. I am so very proud of her and you are one very lucky little one year old to have such a fabulous Mom.
After the party was over and everyone had left you, your Mother, the boys and myself stayed in the pool for quite some time. I had never gotten to play with you in the outside pool before because your Mother likes to take you out there in the afternoons while I am at work. I loved it. I still have two weeks off and I intend to spend a good bit of that time at the pool with you and your lovely Mother. I had a blast. I have always loved playing about in water, anyway. I can't swim all that great but I certainly love the water, just as you do.
You began to show the first small signs of getting fussy so your Mother decided that you had had enough of the pool for the day so she took you into the locker room for a shower while I stayed out in the pool with the boys. A dark cloud floated over so I decided to get the boys and myself squared away for the short trip back to our home. By the way, the weather for your birthday pool party couldn't have been any better if we had ordered it special. We all came back here.
Your mom put you down for a nap and went out to the store to get you some formula for older babies. She bought Similac 2 Advance because we had used Similac Advance your entire first year so we had planned on keeping you in the Similac family, but they don't make smaller cans of the Similac 2 so your Mother has decided that we are going to use Nestle Good Start 2 instead because you can get smaller cans. We need smaller cans because we are only going to feed you your formula in the mornings and in the middle of the night. All other times you are going to whole milk. We have even considered breaking you from your bottles because you can handle a sippy cup with the best of them now. Sometimes, to your Mother's great disapproval, I even give you a regular plastic cup with water in it while we are in the living room. You know exactly how to use the cup but you still spill better than half of it and what you do get in your mouth you enjoy spitting out in long streams. I say it's just water and will dry and not stain the carpet and it's good for you to practice with a real cup every now and then but your mother says wet spots in the carpet attract dirt.
I took a nap after your Mother got home from the store. She played dodge ball with the boys inside while we both took well deserved naps. I can't believe that your Mama played dodge ball with the boys inside. That sounds like something I would do. You woke up after a couple of hours because of people setting off fireworks in the neighborhood. She decided to put you in our room because it's in the back where the sound isn't so loud and we have a fan to muffle any outside noises. She brought you into our bedroom to wake me up so I could set up your pack N' play in there and you woke up straight away. We all three had big fun playing on our big bed. You think of Mommy & Daddies bed as a big comfy playground. I suppose that's better than getting you into a bad habit of sleeping all the time in our bed. After awhile we all came downstairs and watched you play with your new toys while your Mom finished her birthday blog post. She was going to go to bed and leave you up with me but you began rubbing your eyes so we gave you two ounces of your new formula which you killed right away so we gave you two more and put you down in the pack n' play for the night. You went to sleep straight away and that was the end of your very special first birthday.
I'm still up posting this blog. I uploaded the videos from our new video camera and the pictures from the still camera and I intend on editing my blog site a little, working on organizing the still pictures and maybe editing the video if I don't get too tired.
We were the victims of another crime early this morning on your birthday. I was setting up here playing with some new video programs I have recently downloaded when at three in the morning there was a knock on the door and when I opened it there was a police officer standing there. He said he didn't want to alarm me but he thinks our car may have been burglarized. I went outside and sure enough someone had been in our car. They didn't take anything which was very lucky because the iPod was out there, but for some reason our headlights on the car do not work now. I'll have to have Papaw take a look at what the problem might be. I can't wait to get out of here and into an area that is a little nicer. This used to be a pretty good neighborhood but we have been the victims of crime twice in the last six months and that doubles the occasions where I have been a victim for the previous thirty six and a half years of my life.
You got Aunt Mary fired last weekend. Shame on you. Remember in a post from last week when I mentioned that we had visited your Aunt Mary at her work right before we headed home from Hazard? Well, while we were there she took you behind the counter where she worked and her boss told her the next morning that that was a place of business and that was unacceptable and she was fired because of it. Well, that's Aunt Mary's tale anyway. She has a new job at Subway and she didn't seem to be too upset over it so I suppose it's no big deal.
Well, I suppose I'll close out the first blog of your second year and of course this will be the first blog of volume three of your hard copy of this journal. I'm looking forward to a year as special as the last one. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Happy Birthday from your father! You had such a wonderful day today. You got to eat pizza, open presents, make a mess with your own personal birthday cake, swim in the pool and get a big fuss made over you by everyone involved. Aunt Mary and Pappy were able to make it up from Hazard but no one else was able to make the trip. I was a little disappointed that Arianna wasn't there but we had plenty of people at the your party as it was.
We bought almost seventy dollars worth of pizzas and cinnamon rolls from Cici's restaurant. I originally thought that we had purchased way to much but we really didn't have all that much pizza left over and we had practically no rolls left over. Everyone loves the cinnamon rolls. We bought a cake that was much too big for the party, of course it doesn't help that everyone had already filled up on cinnamon rolls. We have a whole lot left over for July Fourth which is a nice thing.
You got lots and lots of great presents. I'll have Mommy run them down for you because I just can't seem to remember what they all were. Mommy told me to mention you and Aunt Mary swimming in the big indoor pool here in my birthday post because she forgot. The both of you had a fabulous time. I just lost what I have been writing for the last twenty minutes. I hate it when that happens.
I know I will repeat some of the things mentioned in your Mother's post but I suppose that isn't any terrible crime. You had a big time when it came time to eat cake. We had a small cake just for you. We sat it in front of you and you looked at it with some suspicion at first. You tentatively stuck your finger in it and when no one told you no you began to dig into it with both hands. You had cake all over your face. You were certainly a site to see.
The party was a raging success and there's only one person to credit it with and that is your dear old Mother. She was adamant that she plan and pay for this party all on her own and she exceeded even my own expectations. I am so very proud of her and you are one very lucky little one year old to have such a fabulous Mom.
After the party was over and everyone had left you, your Mother, the boys and myself stayed in the pool for quite some time. I had never gotten to play with you in the outside pool before because your Mother likes to take you out there in the afternoons while I am at work. I loved it. I still have two weeks off and I intend to spend a good bit of that time at the pool with you and your lovely Mother. I had a blast. I have always loved playing about in water, anyway. I can't swim all that great but I certainly love the water, just as you do.
You began to show the first small signs of getting fussy so your Mother decided that you had had enough of the pool for the day so she took you into the locker room for a shower while I stayed out in the pool with the boys. A dark cloud floated over so I decided to get the boys and myself squared away for the short trip back to our home. By the way, the weather for your birthday pool party couldn't have been any better if we had ordered it special. We all came back here.
Your mom put you down for a nap and went out to the store to get you some formula for older babies. She bought Similac 2 Advance because we had used Similac Advance your entire first year so we had planned on keeping you in the Similac family, but they don't make smaller cans of the Similac 2 so your Mother has decided that we are going to use Nestle Good Start 2 instead because you can get smaller cans. We need smaller cans because we are only going to feed you your formula in the mornings and in the middle of the night. All other times you are going to whole milk. We have even considered breaking you from your bottles because you can handle a sippy cup with the best of them now. Sometimes, to your Mother's great disapproval, I even give you a regular plastic cup with water in it while we are in the living room. You know exactly how to use the cup but you still spill better than half of it and what you do get in your mouth you enjoy spitting out in long streams. I say it's just water and will dry and not stain the carpet and it's good for you to practice with a real cup every now and then but your mother says wet spots in the carpet attract dirt.
I took a nap after your Mother got home from the store. She played dodge ball with the boys inside while we both took well deserved naps. I can't believe that your Mama played dodge ball with the boys inside. That sounds like something I would do. You woke up after a couple of hours because of people setting off fireworks in the neighborhood. She decided to put you in our room because it's in the back where the sound isn't so loud and we have a fan to muffle any outside noises. She brought you into our bedroom to wake me up so I could set up your pack N' play in there and you woke up straight away. We all three had big fun playing on our big bed. You think of Mommy & Daddies bed as a big comfy playground. I suppose that's better than getting you into a bad habit of sleeping all the time in our bed. After awhile we all came downstairs and watched you play with your new toys while your Mom finished her birthday blog post. She was going to go to bed and leave you up with me but you began rubbing your eyes so we gave you two ounces of your new formula which you killed right away so we gave you two more and put you down in the pack n' play for the night. You went to sleep straight away and that was the end of your very special first birthday.
I'm still up posting this blog. I uploaded the videos from our new video camera and the pictures from the still camera and I intend on editing my blog site a little, working on organizing the still pictures and maybe editing the video if I don't get too tired.
We were the victims of another crime early this morning on your birthday. I was setting up here playing with some new video programs I have recently downloaded when at three in the morning there was a knock on the door and when I opened it there was a police officer standing there. He said he didn't want to alarm me but he thinks our car may have been burglarized. I went outside and sure enough someone had been in our car. They didn't take anything which was very lucky because the iPod was out there, but for some reason our headlights on the car do not work now. I'll have to have Papaw take a look at what the problem might be. I can't wait to get out of here and into an area that is a little nicer. This used to be a pretty good neighborhood but we have been the victims of crime twice in the last six months and that doubles the occasions where I have been a victim for the previous thirty six and a half years of my life.
You got Aunt Mary fired last weekend. Shame on you. Remember in a post from last week when I mentioned that we had visited your Aunt Mary at her work right before we headed home from Hazard? Well, while we were there she took you behind the counter where she worked and her boss told her the next morning that that was a place of business and that was unacceptable and she was fired because of it. Well, that's Aunt Mary's tale anyway. She has a new job at Subway and she didn't seem to be too upset over it so I suppose it's no big deal.
Well, I suppose I'll close out the first blog of your second year and of course this will be the first blog of volume three of your hard copy of this journal. I'm looking forward to a year as special as the last one. Daddy loves Rebecca!
Dear Rebecca,
Happy Birthday! Your birthday party went swimmingly (pun intended) if I do say so myself. We had a whole lot of fun at Falling Springs Arts & Recreation Center. Your Great Granny Annetta attended, your cousin Teresa and her boys who are also your cousins Nicholas and I want to say Nathan? I hope that is right. Your Papaw Lawrence or a.k.a. Pappy attended, Aunt Mary, Mamaw and Papaw, Aunt Lynn and Uncle Rodney, Allison Jacob and Jon, Allison's friend Jennifer (I kept calling her Jessica!) Aunt Linda, Cousin Leah, the neighbor boy you love so very much, Brendan, his father Chris, and of course your Dear Old Mom and Dad. We had a whole lot of people but not as many as we thought we would. We had extra arm bands and some extra pizza and a little bit extra cake (YEAH RIGHT!)
You had a real big time sticking your hands and face all in your very own personal birthday cake. You had chocolate absolutely EVERYWHERE! It was all over your face, hands, body, and all over your little traveling high chair. I had to run us through the shower to get you all cleaned up. You had a wonderful time 'eating' it. The cake we got the guests and you of course at Wal-Mart was decorated like a great big flag with little plastic balloon-type decorations in the corner. It was very beautiful. We lit sparklers all around it. People are setting off fireworks and waking you up so I am going to have to pause this post.
Indeed I did have to pause this post. You took some of a bottle of whole milk and cereal but didn't really seem to into it. The fireworks were keeping you awake so I decided to wake your daddy up from his nap and tell him that we were going to have to set up your pack and play in our room tonight so that you could sleep. To do that I had to take you with me with your bottle in your mouth. I tried to quietly wake your Daddy and fill him in on the situation while lying down with you in the bed. You did not stay asleep more than two seconds in our bed. Our bed is a playground to you. Now you are wide awake with us downstairs playing with your birthday toys. You are having a ball with your Eeyore and Poe and your big Dora Ball. The boys and I had a ball (literally) while you were napping today. We played with the Winnie The Pooh ball granny bought you. We played 'indoor dodge ball'. Your cousins are good kids. They stayed with us after the party broke up and swam a while and then they came back home with us for a little bit. Mamaw and Auntie Lynn and of course Allison and Jennifer helped clean up the whole party while Daddy and I played with you in the pool. Mommy really appreciated that. We stayed a little while longer after everyone else left and just let you swim. We all had a fabulous time in the shade beneath the big water mushroom, as I like to call it. You especially love walking from one side of the pool to the other and going under it while holding someone's fingers. You are so sweet and you are getting so big. I love you so much. You got all kinds of toys and cards for your birthday and even a little money, so many presents! But I still believe that it is Daddy and I who got the gift. You are the most wonderful gift of all. I love you, my little one year old baby bird!
Happy Birthday! Your birthday party went swimmingly (pun intended) if I do say so myself. We had a whole lot of fun at Falling Springs Arts & Recreation Center. Your Great Granny Annetta attended, your cousin Teresa and her boys who are also your cousins Nicholas and I want to say Nathan? I hope that is right. Your Papaw Lawrence or a.k.a. Pappy attended, Aunt Mary, Mamaw and Papaw, Aunt Lynn and Uncle Rodney, Allison Jacob and Jon, Allison's friend Jennifer (I kept calling her Jessica!) Aunt Linda, Cousin Leah, the neighbor boy you love so very much, Brendan, his father Chris, and of course your Dear Old Mom and Dad. We had a whole lot of people but not as many as we thought we would. We had extra arm bands and some extra pizza and a little bit extra cake (YEAH RIGHT!)
You had a real big time sticking your hands and face all in your very own personal birthday cake. You had chocolate absolutely EVERYWHERE! It was all over your face, hands, body, and all over your little traveling high chair. I had to run us through the shower to get you all cleaned up. You had a wonderful time 'eating' it. The cake we got the guests and you of course at Wal-Mart was decorated like a great big flag with little plastic balloon-type decorations in the corner. It was very beautiful. We lit sparklers all around it. People are setting off fireworks and waking you up so I am going to have to pause this post.
Indeed I did have to pause this post. You took some of a bottle of whole milk and cereal but didn't really seem to into it. The fireworks were keeping you awake so I decided to wake your daddy up from his nap and tell him that we were going to have to set up your pack and play in our room tonight so that you could sleep. To do that I had to take you with me with your bottle in your mouth. I tried to quietly wake your Daddy and fill him in on the situation while lying down with you in the bed. You did not stay asleep more than two seconds in our bed. Our bed is a playground to you. Now you are wide awake with us downstairs playing with your birthday toys. You are having a ball with your Eeyore and Poe and your big Dora Ball. The boys and I had a ball (literally) while you were napping today. We played with the Winnie The Pooh ball granny bought you. We played 'indoor dodge ball'. Your cousins are good kids. They stayed with us after the party broke up and swam a while and then they came back home with us for a little bit. Mamaw and Auntie Lynn and of course Allison and Jennifer helped clean up the whole party while Daddy and I played with you in the pool. Mommy really appreciated that. We stayed a little while longer after everyone else left and just let you swim. We all had a fabulous time in the shade beneath the big water mushroom, as I like to call it. You especially love walking from one side of the pool to the other and going under it while holding someone's fingers. You are so sweet and you are getting so big. I love you so much. You got all kinds of toys and cards for your birthday and even a little money, so many presents! But I still believe that it is Daddy and I who got the gift. You are the most wonderful gift of all. I love you, my little one year old baby bird!
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