Dear Rebecca,
You are 20 weeks old today or five months. We went to have breakfast at McDonalds this morning and then we went to the Kroger store to purchase some stuff for Thanksgiving and some stuff to eat until then. We also went to K Mart for some pampers and stuff. The three of us are going down to Hazard for your third visit on Thanksgiving day, after we eat with all of my side of the family. Your Mother is going to do most of the cooking down in Hazard because your Aunt Mary is not much of a cook. We're gonna be staying at the Super 8 motel while we are down there. We're gonna get up early Friday morning and hit Wal-mart. Then we're gonna show you off to some more people and we want to see your half first cousin, once removed, Arianna. Your half Aunt Carolyn hasn't had the extreme pleasure of seeing you yet so we want to take you over to her so she can see you. I'm gonna take the DVD of Elf with me to Hazard so your Papaw Laurence, Aunt Mary & I can watch it while your mother fixes our turkey and fixings.
You have a cold today. You don't feel very good at all but you are still a fantastic baby. You are not over fussy at all. You wheeze and cough all the while you are laughing and grinning. One of the things we went to K Mart for was a cool mist humidifier. They didn't have one there so we had to make a quick stop at CVS. We got it there. You had some more cereal today. You like it with just a touch of prune baby food. The first time your mother fed you the cereal with prunes you didn't take to it very well. Then your mother took a big bite of your cereal and prunes to show you how yummy it was. She said the taste nearly killed her but she put on a big show of how much she loved it and after that you liked it to. You're getting to be such a big girl.
I posted your five month picture today. I took it as you sat in your high chair just before you had your cereal. I tasted your prunes and they weren't half bad. Your mother wanted me to taste the cereal but I don't think I want to do that.
Well, that's all for today. We are gonna look at television today. Your mother and I don't get to watch much television during the week because we are so captivated with watching you. Of course we don't do so well during the weekend either because you are just as cute and sweet and smart and pretty, as your mother likes to say, on the weekend as you are during the week. We both love you, Rebecca.
I was talking in the last few posts that we found out about you on my birthday. I was wrong. We found out about you one year ago today. I'm sure your Mother will, or rather has, fill you in on all that. When there are two posts on the same day they are in the wrong order in the hard copy of this blog. I suppose I could take the time to edit that manually but I just don't want to.
Your Mother just made me get up and stand on the other side of the room because she was trying to get you to go to sleep but you were to interested in watching me that you wouldn't. I walked over there and less than a minute later you were sound asleep and still are. Well, I'm gonna let your mother poste her blog now I suppose. Your mother just got on me because I am pressing the keys on the keyboard to loudly. Your mother is one crazy bird. A fabulous crazy momma bird. You have a great mother and I have a great wife. I just wish I was a better husband. Love ya, Little One
Saturday, November 20, 2004
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Dear Rebecca,
Gee, I am sorry that we didn't get a chance to post a blog on the one year anniversary of finding out that Mommy was pregnant with you. It was just such a hectic day. Your mother ordered Montgomery Gentry New Years Eve concert tickets for us as a birthday present. Lynard Skynard and Trace Adkins are also going to perform at the show. I was a huge fan of Lynard Skynard when I was in high school. Your mom really likes Trace Adkins. She likes that song of his that's real popular right now, Rough & Ready. Your mother & I have never been out on New Years Eve. She's gone out with her friends a time or two and we've hosted a party a few times and we've just hung out together alone a few times. It'll be fun to be out on New Years Eve. You're gonna bring in the New Year at Mamaw & Papaw's.
Mamaw & Papaw, Aunt Lynn & Uncle Rodney, Allison & Jacob, and Granny went with the three of us to Cracker Barrel for my birthday dinner. We were really late because we had to wait at the church for Allison to get back from the UK-Vandy game where she was working at the concession stand with others from her church youth group. UK won this time. Kentucky has been having a typically terrible year in football. Luckily basketball season is just about here and Kentucky always has really great basketball teams. Anyway we finally got to Cracker Barrel and I had country fried steak with mashed taters and a double orders of carrots and corn muffins with a coke to drink. I also had a piece of chocolate pecan pie with vanilla ice cream and coffee for desert. Your mother had chicken fingers, mac & cheese and apple with biscuits and a diet coke. We then all went to the Wal-mart on the north side of town. We all prefer the south side store but we just happened to be on the north side that night. So we went there. We spent a whole lot of money, as usual. We did get you a very cute Christmas dress while we were there.
Sunday night your mother passed out because she was not feeling very well. She hurt her arm real bad so we went to the emergency room at Central Baptist, where you were born, but as we were walking in the electric went out. We figured that it would take forever to get all their computers back online so we went to St. Joseph's Emergency Room, where Granny went after she broke her hip, instead. They got us in and out a whole lot quicker than I thought they would. It was still eleven o'clock at night by the time we got home. Mamaw came over before we left and stayed with you while we went to the hospital. We stopped at Frisches for burgers before we came home because we were hungry and knew we wouldn't want to cook when we got home.
Monday night we watched you try to roll over for an hour and a half. You finally did and Mommy got so excited but she decided it didn't count because you pushed off of your play mat support thingy. Then you did it for real while I was in the kitchen making you a bottle. You are so entertaining for your mother & myself. Your mom took you up to bed after you rolled over and you went straight to sleep because you had worked so hard at rolling over. After you went to sleep your mother & I went right after you because we had stayed up so early the night before with the hospital thing.
Tuesday I had to go to the dentist to get my teeth cleaned and then we all went to the grocery store, Long John Silver for Mommy and Arby's for Daddy and then to the drugstore to get some medicine for your mother. While at the drugstore, your Mom also bought herself an elf hat complete with ears and she bought me a copy of the new movie Elf with Will Farrell. It was released this week. Then we came home and ate and watched a little television and went to bed. Your mother chatted my left leg nearly off as we lay in bed so we didn't get to sleep until nearly eleven. That's why I am so tired right now.
Today you had your very first bite of solid food. Well, I don't suppose it was actually solid. You had some rice cereal. I don't think you knew what to think about it. You ate it all up, three teaspoons of cereal with two teaspoons of water. Your mother seems to think that you were interested in the cereal but unsure of it. In a few more weeks we'll give you some peas. Daddy loves peas. He really didn't care much for them when I was a child but I love them now. You just finished a bottle and now your mother is cuddling you. Mamaw dropped by and watched as you took your last bite of cereal.
Well, I'm just about done with this blog post. I'm gonna set down and watch some television with your mother and watch you play in the floor on your play mat. Love ya, Little One.
Gee, I am sorry that we didn't get a chance to post a blog on the one year anniversary of finding out that Mommy was pregnant with you. It was just such a hectic day. Your mother ordered Montgomery Gentry New Years Eve concert tickets for us as a birthday present. Lynard Skynard and Trace Adkins are also going to perform at the show. I was a huge fan of Lynard Skynard when I was in high school. Your mom really likes Trace Adkins. She likes that song of his that's real popular right now, Rough & Ready. Your mother & I have never been out on New Years Eve. She's gone out with her friends a time or two and we've hosted a party a few times and we've just hung out together alone a few times. It'll be fun to be out on New Years Eve. You're gonna bring in the New Year at Mamaw & Papaw's.
Mamaw & Papaw, Aunt Lynn & Uncle Rodney, Allison & Jacob, and Granny went with the three of us to Cracker Barrel for my birthday dinner. We were really late because we had to wait at the church for Allison to get back from the UK-Vandy game where she was working at the concession stand with others from her church youth group. UK won this time. Kentucky has been having a typically terrible year in football. Luckily basketball season is just about here and Kentucky always has really great basketball teams. Anyway we finally got to Cracker Barrel and I had country fried steak with mashed taters and a double orders of carrots and corn muffins with a coke to drink. I also had a piece of chocolate pecan pie with vanilla ice cream and coffee for desert. Your mother had chicken fingers, mac & cheese and apple with biscuits and a diet coke. We then all went to the Wal-mart on the north side of town. We all prefer the south side store but we just happened to be on the north side that night. So we went there. We spent a whole lot of money, as usual. We did get you a very cute Christmas dress while we were there.
Sunday night your mother passed out because she was not feeling very well. She hurt her arm real bad so we went to the emergency room at Central Baptist, where you were born, but as we were walking in the electric went out. We figured that it would take forever to get all their computers back online so we went to St. Joseph's Emergency Room, where Granny went after she broke her hip, instead. They got us in and out a whole lot quicker than I thought they would. It was still eleven o'clock at night by the time we got home. Mamaw came over before we left and stayed with you while we went to the hospital. We stopped at Frisches for burgers before we came home because we were hungry and knew we wouldn't want to cook when we got home.
Monday night we watched you try to roll over for an hour and a half. You finally did and Mommy got so excited but she decided it didn't count because you pushed off of your play mat support thingy. Then you did it for real while I was in the kitchen making you a bottle. You are so entertaining for your mother & myself. Your mom took you up to bed after you rolled over and you went straight to sleep because you had worked so hard at rolling over. After you went to sleep your mother & I went right after you because we had stayed up so early the night before with the hospital thing.
Tuesday I had to go to the dentist to get my teeth cleaned and then we all went to the grocery store, Long John Silver for Mommy and Arby's for Daddy and then to the drugstore to get some medicine for your mother. While at the drugstore, your Mom also bought herself an elf hat complete with ears and she bought me a copy of the new movie Elf with Will Farrell. It was released this week. Then we came home and ate and watched a little television and went to bed. Your mother chatted my left leg nearly off as we lay in bed so we didn't get to sleep until nearly eleven. That's why I am so tired right now.
Today you had your very first bite of solid food. Well, I don't suppose it was actually solid. You had some rice cereal. I don't think you knew what to think about it. You ate it all up, three teaspoons of cereal with two teaspoons of water. Your mother seems to think that you were interested in the cereal but unsure of it. In a few more weeks we'll give you some peas. Daddy loves peas. He really didn't care much for them when I was a child but I love them now. You just finished a bottle and now your mother is cuddling you. Mamaw dropped by and watched as you took your last bite of cereal.
Well, I'm just about done with this blog post. I'm gonna set down and watch some television with your mother and watch you play in the floor on your play mat. Love ya, Little One.
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Dear Rebecca,
Hey there, Becca Bird. That's what I have been calling you lately. Becca Bird. Becca because well, that is your name, (well technically it's Rebecca, but you know) and Bird, because when you were very little I called you my baby bird. You used to open up your mouth like a little bird when you were hungry. Now you just chew on your tongue or suck your fist really hard.
Mommy is having a hard time typing this because her arm is very sore. Mommy has a throat infection and it made Mommy dizzy and made Mommy faint the night before last and twist her arm. Daddy took Mommy to the hospital and they ran lots of tests but nothing was broken so that is really good. They gave Mommy an antibiotic and I am hopefully going to get it filled today. They gave me a prescription for Motrin too but I can just take regular old ibuprofen and keep my money in my pocket for that. Mamaw kept you here at the house when Mommy and Daddy went to the hospital. She says the two of you had lots of fun. You were sound asleep by the time Mommy and Daddy got back from the Emergency Room. It was very, very late. We all went to bed early last night because we were all very, very tired.
You just had a bath. That was a bit of a struggle with a sore arm. It had to be done, though, because you were getting kind of stinky. You are quite the little spitter-upper and you had spit up on yourself some. The spit-up is milk and it sours after a while. So you can see the need for a bath. They had given Mommy a sling but she got disgusted with it today and just took it off. I wore it for almost two days. If my arm gets really bad sore again I will put it back on. The worst part is Mommy is all coughy, sneezy, & stuffed up. That's what the antibiotic is for. You look so cute in your little pink suit watching your movie. You really are such a fantastic baby. I love you so much.
We all went to Cracker Barrell for your Daddy's birthday Saturday. You were such a wonderful & fantastic baby and everyone made a big fuss over you like they always do. You are such a sweet and friendly little thing. Mommy bought Daddy concert tickets to Montgomery Gentry on New Years Eve for his birthday. Of course Mommy is going with him. He could take someone else if he really wanted to but I think he wants to take me. Your Daddy loves me. We are staying at the Super 8 in Lexington after the concert. Mamaw is going to keep you overnight and I will miss you terribly but I know that she will take wonderful care of you. Of course you are such a good baby it's very easy to take care of you. The Super 8 is where we stay when we go to Hazard. We are going to Hazard with you on Thanksgiving Day and you will stay at the Super 8 there again. Sometimes we stay with Aunt Mary in the summer but there is no heat in her trailer and Mommy doesn't want you to freeze your little baby buns off. Heck, Mommy doesn't want to freeze her big Mommy buns off.
Well, it's time for you to eat and you are starting to let me know. So I am going to let you go for now. Just wanted to fill you in on the eventful and somewhat stressful weekend. I love you, little girl!
Hey there, Becca Bird. That's what I have been calling you lately. Becca Bird. Becca because well, that is your name, (well technically it's Rebecca, but you know) and Bird, because when you were very little I called you my baby bird. You used to open up your mouth like a little bird when you were hungry. Now you just chew on your tongue or suck your fist really hard.
Mommy is having a hard time typing this because her arm is very sore. Mommy has a throat infection and it made Mommy dizzy and made Mommy faint the night before last and twist her arm. Daddy took Mommy to the hospital and they ran lots of tests but nothing was broken so that is really good. They gave Mommy an antibiotic and I am hopefully going to get it filled today. They gave me a prescription for Motrin too but I can just take regular old ibuprofen and keep my money in my pocket for that. Mamaw kept you here at the house when Mommy and Daddy went to the hospital. She says the two of you had lots of fun. You were sound asleep by the time Mommy and Daddy got back from the Emergency Room. It was very, very late. We all went to bed early last night because we were all very, very tired.
You just had a bath. That was a bit of a struggle with a sore arm. It had to be done, though, because you were getting kind of stinky. You are quite the little spitter-upper and you had spit up on yourself some. The spit-up is milk and it sours after a while. So you can see the need for a bath. They had given Mommy a sling but she got disgusted with it today and just took it off. I wore it for almost two days. If my arm gets really bad sore again I will put it back on. The worst part is Mommy is all coughy, sneezy, & stuffed up. That's what the antibiotic is for. You look so cute in your little pink suit watching your movie. You really are such a fantastic baby. I love you so much.
We all went to Cracker Barrell for your Daddy's birthday Saturday. You were such a wonderful & fantastic baby and everyone made a big fuss over you like they always do. You are such a sweet and friendly little thing. Mommy bought Daddy concert tickets to Montgomery Gentry on New Years Eve for his birthday. Of course Mommy is going with him. He could take someone else if he really wanted to but I think he wants to take me. Your Daddy loves me. We are staying at the Super 8 in Lexington after the concert. Mamaw is going to keep you overnight and I will miss you terribly but I know that she will take wonderful care of you. Of course you are such a good baby it's very easy to take care of you. The Super 8 is where we stay when we go to Hazard. We are going to Hazard with you on Thanksgiving Day and you will stay at the Super 8 there again. Sometimes we stay with Aunt Mary in the summer but there is no heat in her trailer and Mommy doesn't want you to freeze your little baby buns off. Heck, Mommy doesn't want to freeze her big Mommy buns off.
Well, it's time for you to eat and you are starting to let me know. So I am going to let you go for now. Just wanted to fill you in on the eventful and somewhat stressful weekend. I love you, little girl!
Friday, November 12, 2004
Dear Rebecca,
It's Friday. I like Friday afternoons probably the best of all. The hope & promise of a brand new weekend is still fresh. Work was not as bad as I had feared today. Still, I had a little scare. They have told units 10 & 11 that they will be working the week after Christmas and they said that they were thinking about requiring others to work as well. I am on unit 1. I would hate that more than even I could fathom at this time. I really really don't wanna work the week aster Christmas. I have decided that I am going to boycott the holiday lunch that General Electric has every year. If they care no more for the holidays than that I can not pretend that they do. This is why I am so adamant about you going to college. I want you to have the power, that only a good education can provide, to make your own rules for your life and not have to bow to the whims of other people.
You had your very first juice today. You loved it. You sucked down about two ounces in record time. It was pear juice. We also have white grape and apple juices for you. We've also discovered that you think the word turd is hilarious You're in the kitchen with your mother right now. You don't like being away from your mother very much at all. Your mom is cooking our supper. We're having bacon & eggs. Sometimes Daddy likes breakfast for supper.
And what is it with you always having your tounge stuck out these last few days. You are as cute as a button with your little tounge poked out and making rasberries at us.
Well, I'm gonna go play with my new cable internet connection. They just found Scott Peterson guilty of killing his wife and unborn child and I wanna watch the video over the internet because I can now that I have high speed internet. Love ya!
It's Friday. I like Friday afternoons probably the best of all. The hope & promise of a brand new weekend is still fresh. Work was not as bad as I had feared today. Still, I had a little scare. They have told units 10 & 11 that they will be working the week after Christmas and they said that they were thinking about requiring others to work as well. I am on unit 1. I would hate that more than even I could fathom at this time. I really really don't wanna work the week aster Christmas. I have decided that I am going to boycott the holiday lunch that General Electric has every year. If they care no more for the holidays than that I can not pretend that they do. This is why I am so adamant about you going to college. I want you to have the power, that only a good education can provide, to make your own rules for your life and not have to bow to the whims of other people.
You had your very first juice today. You loved it. You sucked down about two ounces in record time. It was pear juice. We also have white grape and apple juices for you. We've also discovered that you think the word turd is hilarious You're in the kitchen with your mother right now. You don't like being away from your mother very much at all. Your mom is cooking our supper. We're having bacon & eggs. Sometimes Daddy likes breakfast for supper.
And what is it with you always having your tounge stuck out these last few days. You are as cute as a button with your little tounge poked out and making rasberries at us.
Well, I'm gonna go play with my new cable internet connection. They just found Scott Peterson guilty of killing his wife and unborn child and I wanna watch the video over the internet because I can now that I have high speed internet. Love ya!
Dear Rebecca,
Hey there little one. How are you today? You seem to be doing just fine. Right now you are sitting in your high chair and playing with your attatched teething toy and watching one of your Sesame Street Movies. I think this one is about Kid's favorite songs. You really seem to like it. You especially like Bert and Snufalufacus. I don't know if I spelled that right but it's close enough. You also enjoy cookie monster quite a bit.
You may be wondering why you are sitting in your high chair when you aren't even eating baby food yet. Well, I will tell you. Even if you are not wondering why. We are trying to get you used to sitting in it before we give you solids. That way you won't have to adjust to two things at once. I don't know if it is going to make any difference or not but I am trying really hard to make things easy for you. I always want you to be happy.
You aren't going to get solid foods until you are six months old. Some people start at four months but I was reading up on it and waiting reduces the risk of heart disease, child and adult onset diabetes, obesity and other things. I don't want you to have any of those things. Not only do I want you to be happy, I want you to be healthy. You seem to be doing really well over there in your high chair. That makes me happy.
Well tomorrow is your father's 37th birthday. Can you believe that Daddy had to wait so long to have you? And Mommy had to wait a while, too. Just not as long as Daddy. I suppose your Daddy told you we are going up to Cracker Barrell for his birthday tomorrow night. Mamaw and Papaw and I think Aunt Lynn and Uncle Rodney will be meeting us up there. I know that you will be good because you always are. Even when you have had shots and are cranky you still manage to smile and be friendly with everyone. You really are a super-fantastic baby. We are so lucky to have you.
Well it's time for me to go and feed you now so I'll let you go. I love you little one!
Hey there little one. How are you today? You seem to be doing just fine. Right now you are sitting in your high chair and playing with your attatched teething toy and watching one of your Sesame Street Movies. I think this one is about Kid's favorite songs. You really seem to like it. You especially like Bert and Snufalufacus. I don't know if I spelled that right but it's close enough. You also enjoy cookie monster quite a bit.
You may be wondering why you are sitting in your high chair when you aren't even eating baby food yet. Well, I will tell you. Even if you are not wondering why. We are trying to get you used to sitting in it before we give you solids. That way you won't have to adjust to two things at once. I don't know if it is going to make any difference or not but I am trying really hard to make things easy for you. I always want you to be happy.
You aren't going to get solid foods until you are six months old. Some people start at four months but I was reading up on it and waiting reduces the risk of heart disease, child and adult onset diabetes, obesity and other things. I don't want you to have any of those things. Not only do I want you to be happy, I want you to be healthy. You seem to be doing really well over there in your high chair. That makes me happy.
Well tomorrow is your father's 37th birthday. Can you believe that Daddy had to wait so long to have you? And Mommy had to wait a while, too. Just not as long as Daddy. I suppose your Daddy told you we are going up to Cracker Barrell for his birthday tomorrow night. Mamaw and Papaw and I think Aunt Lynn and Uncle Rodney will be meeting us up there. I know that you will be good because you always are. Even when you have had shots and are cranky you still manage to smile and be friendly with everyone. You really are a super-fantastic baby. We are so lucky to have you.
Well it's time for me to go and feed you now so I'll let you go. I love you little one!
Thursday, November 11, 2004
Dear Rebecca,
Hello my sweet lil' baby girl. Right now you are napping here in the living room in your bouncy. You woke up at 3:10 a.m. this morning for a bottle. You usually sleep through the night, or at least until 5:00 a.m., so you must have been really hungry. Ok, back from being on the phone with Mamaw. It looks like we are going up to sit with Granny for a while today. Granny thinks the world of you, little one. I know she will be excited to see you. Everyone always is.
Well, this was just a quick note to tell you I love you. I was going to write a longer post but now I have to get my butt in gear and go and finish up my housework so we can go and sit with Granny today. I love you, little one!!!
Hello my sweet lil' baby girl. Right now you are napping here in the living room in your bouncy. You woke up at 3:10 a.m. this morning for a bottle. You usually sleep through the night, or at least until 5:00 a.m., so you must have been really hungry. Ok, back from being on the phone with Mamaw. It looks like we are going up to sit with Granny for a while today. Granny thinks the world of you, little one. I know she will be excited to see you. Everyone always is.
Well, this was just a quick note to tell you I love you. I was going to write a longer post but now I have to get my butt in gear and go and finish up my housework so we can go and sit with Granny today. I love you, little one!!!
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Dear Rebecca,
Hooray! Daddy just got connected to cable internet. He had a little bit of trouble because he tried to hook it up with the router from Tivo connected. It didn't work. I have to fix all that tomorrow but I don't forsee any problems. Or rather much of a problem. It is so very fast. I know you don't care about any of this. I know your mother doesn't. She got cable internet for me for my birthday. I'm gonna be 37 years old. I am so very very young.
Well, you went to the doctor yesterday. I took a half day of vacation so I could be there with you. Before we went to the doctor though, your mother & I went to the courthouse to renew the registration on the crappy Ford Escort and renewed my driver's license. Then we got my hair cut. It was a kinda crappy haircut. I used to have a guy named Gary Campbell cut my hair, He had been cutting my hair since I was 18 or 19. He unexpectedly passed away last year and I haven't been able to find anybody that can cut my hair worth a diddle squat since. It was really sad when he passed away. He was so very young. I think he was in his mid-fourties.
Okay, after I got my very crappy hatchett job we went to the dentist. Daddy had his teeth cleaned and Mommy had a meeting with the doctor regarding all the work that is going to have to be done to repair her teeth from the accident. Before the dentist Daddy had a Mocha Moolatte from Dairy Queen.
Then off to the baby doctor. You weighed 15 pounds and 15 ounces. You were 23 inches long and your noggin was 42 and a half centimeters in diameter. You are still so little. You rolled over from front to back for the very first time in the doctor's office. You did it twice. Your mother was so excited and you laughed and laughed. Then it was time for three shots. They poked your little legs and you screamed. Your mother balled her eyes out. The nurse looked at her like she had lost her ever loving mind. You were real healthy and we were real happy.
You are getting kinda fussy and I've been on the computer way to much tonight so I am gonn let you go and spend some time with you and Mommy. Love ya, Rebecca.
Hooray! Daddy just got connected to cable internet. He had a little bit of trouble because he tried to hook it up with the router from Tivo connected. It didn't work. I have to fix all that tomorrow but I don't forsee any problems. Or rather much of a problem. It is so very fast. I know you don't care about any of this. I know your mother doesn't. She got cable internet for me for my birthday. I'm gonna be 37 years old. I am so very very young.
Well, you went to the doctor yesterday. I took a half day of vacation so I could be there with you. Before we went to the doctor though, your mother & I went to the courthouse to renew the registration on the crappy Ford Escort and renewed my driver's license. Then we got my hair cut. It was a kinda crappy haircut. I used to have a guy named Gary Campbell cut my hair, He had been cutting my hair since I was 18 or 19. He unexpectedly passed away last year and I haven't been able to find anybody that can cut my hair worth a diddle squat since. It was really sad when he passed away. He was so very young. I think he was in his mid-fourties.
Okay, after I got my very crappy hatchett job we went to the dentist. Daddy had his teeth cleaned and Mommy had a meeting with the doctor regarding all the work that is going to have to be done to repair her teeth from the accident. Before the dentist Daddy had a Mocha Moolatte from Dairy Queen.
Then off to the baby doctor. You weighed 15 pounds and 15 ounces. You were 23 inches long and your noggin was 42 and a half centimeters in diameter. You are still so little. You rolled over from front to back for the very first time in the doctor's office. You did it twice. Your mother was so excited and you laughed and laughed. Then it was time for three shots. They poked your little legs and you screamed. Your mother balled her eyes out. The nurse looked at her like she had lost her ever loving mind. You were real healthy and we were real happy.
You are getting kinda fussy and I've been on the computer way to much tonight so I am gonn let you go and spend some time with you and Mommy. Love ya, Rebecca.
Saturday, November 06, 2004
Dear Rebecca,
Hello, my little beautiful girl. Right now you are upstairs sleeping after your early morning bottle. You don't do that a lot, fall asleep after your first bottle, but when you do, it gives me a chance to have some coffee and empty the dishwasher and get a few things done.
As your father told you, we have been spending some time up at Granny's place. As I have told you before in this blog, poor Granny broke her hip. She is really doing quite well now; she's getting around great for someone who just broke their hip not even a month ago, especially an 88 year old woman who broke their hip not even a month ago. Your Great Granny is an amazing lady. Of course Mamaw is an amazing lady too but she ain't broke her hip yet so I am not gonna tell her so. When she breaks her hip I'll let her know. (Ha, Ha, Wink!)
Well your father was supposed to get up with you this morning, but I imagine you know where he is. He is still in bed. I woke him up when you started squawking... that's all I really know to call it because you really do not fuss in the mornings... heck you hardly ever fuss unless you are hungry, tired, dirty, or overly wet.....and he said *OK* twice.. and I was like... ??? Are ya gonna get up with her? And he was like... Uh huh.... all sleepily. He got up and went to the bathroom still half asleep and you were starting to squawk like you wanted to be tended to at that particular moment, so I got up with you and told him to go on back to bed. He sat up too late last night on this here computer. And to think, I got him cable internet. What was I thinking? Sigh. You really do have the best Daddy in the world, little girl. He would do anything for you. He was even willing to get up with you on three hours sleep. Probably less. He probably lied to me about what time he came to bed. Ha.
I wrote you another poem the other day. I know you are probably tired of my poetic drivel by now, but I just cannot help it. I have never had a better subject to write about than you. You are everything to me. As your little pillow upstairs says " You are the sun, the moon, and the stars to me! " You really are. I'll go ahead and post that poem here so I can drive your Daddy crazy with him having to fix it. Here goes.
Tiny Little Miracle
Tiny Little Miracle
Conceived in perfect love,
God breathed life from His lips,
And sent you from above.
Tiny Little Miracle,
Born on an Angel's wing,
The laughter you give's the reason I live,
The reason Angels sing.
Tiny Little Miracle,
So sweet, and soft, and warm
God wrapped You tightly in His love,
And placed You in my arms.
Anyway, there it is. I'll probably never win a prize for any of my writings but who cares? They are for you & those I am closest to and to see you all smile is the best prize of all. Well, little one, I think I am going to let you go for now. I need to try to update Quicken ( a money program on our computer) before you wake up. I love you, Rebecca!
Hello, my little beautiful girl. Right now you are upstairs sleeping after your early morning bottle. You don't do that a lot, fall asleep after your first bottle, but when you do, it gives me a chance to have some coffee and empty the dishwasher and get a few things done.
As your father told you, we have been spending some time up at Granny's place. As I have told you before in this blog, poor Granny broke her hip. She is really doing quite well now; she's getting around great for someone who just broke their hip not even a month ago, especially an 88 year old woman who broke their hip not even a month ago. Your Great Granny is an amazing lady. Of course Mamaw is an amazing lady too but she ain't broke her hip yet so I am not gonna tell her so. When she breaks her hip I'll let her know. (Ha, Ha, Wink!)
Well your father was supposed to get up with you this morning, but I imagine you know where he is. He is still in bed. I woke him up when you started squawking... that's all I really know to call it because you really do not fuss in the mornings... heck you hardly ever fuss unless you are hungry, tired, dirty, or overly wet.....and he said *OK* twice.. and I was like... ??? Are ya gonna get up with her? And he was like... Uh huh.... all sleepily. He got up and went to the bathroom still half asleep and you were starting to squawk like you wanted to be tended to at that particular moment, so I got up with you and told him to go on back to bed. He sat up too late last night on this here computer. And to think, I got him cable internet. What was I thinking? Sigh. You really do have the best Daddy in the world, little girl. He would do anything for you. He was even willing to get up with you on three hours sleep. Probably less. He probably lied to me about what time he came to bed. Ha.
I wrote you another poem the other day. I know you are probably tired of my poetic drivel by now, but I just cannot help it. I have never had a better subject to write about than you. You are everything to me. As your little pillow upstairs says " You are the sun, the moon, and the stars to me! " You really are. I'll go ahead and post that poem here so I can drive your Daddy crazy with him having to fix it. Here goes.
Tiny Little Miracle
Tiny Little Miracle
Conceived in perfect love,
God breathed life from His lips,
And sent you from above.
Tiny Little Miracle,
Born on an Angel's wing,
The laughter you give's the reason I live,
The reason Angels sing.
Tiny Little Miracle,
So sweet, and soft, and warm
God wrapped You tightly in His love,
And placed You in my arms.
Anyway, there it is. I'll probably never win a prize for any of my writings but who cares? They are for you & those I am closest to and to see you all smile is the best prize of all. Well, little one, I think I am going to let you go for now. I need to try to update Quicken ( a money program on our computer) before you wake up. I love you, Rebecca!
Friday, November 05, 2004
Dear Rebecca,
Hello little girl of mine. How are you doing? How old are you when you read this for the first time? I guess I'll just have to wait on that information. Your mother told me that I had better post a long blog tonight because it's been awhile since one of us posted a blog longer that a few sentences.
Well, as your mother informed you in the previous post, you were a little duck for Halloween 2004. I think you were cute too. But of course i always think you are cute. Your mother had an orange shirt on that said "This Is My Costume". It's really quite cute. I just wore a tank top, shorts and no shoes as we handed out Halloween candy last Saturday night. We usually have a huge tub of candy to hand out. I didn't think we'd have as many children come by the new place as we did up at the house. I was wrong. We had nearly 70 in the first hour. Then we ran out of candy. All in all, we had a pretty nice Halloween.
You've been spending lots of time with your mother at Granny's place. As you know she got out of the hospital early this week. Your mother has been up there kinda helping people keep an eye on Granny. Granny was kind of worried that you didn't like her because you always cried when she tried to hold you in the hospital. We told her it's because she had to be laying down in the hospital bed that when she held you it was awkward for you and you were uncomfortable. When she was able to set up you smiled at her just as big as you smile at everyone else. Granny was also amazed at how good of a baby you are. You just sat up there watching one of your Sesame Street videos and never made a fuss. Your mother said she didn't know who enjoyed Sesame Street more, you or Granny. Granny thought the show wqas really cute.
I'm drinking a Holiday Spice Pepsi right now. It's kind of like a ginger ale type drink. I think it's pretty good, but then again I'm kinda weird. This time last year we didn't even know about you. Your mother says that we found out you were growing in her tummy on my birthday, which is the thirteenth of this month, November. You were seven weeks along so that means you must have been conceived in late August.
Well, your mother says I have to come to bed at a reasonable hour tonight because I am supposed to get up with you in the morning and let her sleep. I want to print last months blog out and maybe reorganize the Tivo pictures and maybe even design some picture album pages for this blog book. Of course I probably won't get any of that done. Oh, for my birthday your mother ordered cable internet. I am so excited.
Well, I'm gonna let you go for now. Love ya, Little One,
Hello little girl of mine. How are you doing? How old are you when you read this for the first time? I guess I'll just have to wait on that information. Your mother told me that I had better post a long blog tonight because it's been awhile since one of us posted a blog longer that a few sentences.
Well, as your mother informed you in the previous post, you were a little duck for Halloween 2004. I think you were cute too. But of course i always think you are cute. Your mother had an orange shirt on that said "This Is My Costume". It's really quite cute. I just wore a tank top, shorts and no shoes as we handed out Halloween candy last Saturday night. We usually have a huge tub of candy to hand out. I didn't think we'd have as many children come by the new place as we did up at the house. I was wrong. We had nearly 70 in the first hour. Then we ran out of candy. All in all, we had a pretty nice Halloween.
You've been spending lots of time with your mother at Granny's place. As you know she got out of the hospital early this week. Your mother has been up there kinda helping people keep an eye on Granny. Granny was kind of worried that you didn't like her because you always cried when she tried to hold you in the hospital. We told her it's because she had to be laying down in the hospital bed that when she held you it was awkward for you and you were uncomfortable. When she was able to set up you smiled at her just as big as you smile at everyone else. Granny was also amazed at how good of a baby you are. You just sat up there watching one of your Sesame Street videos and never made a fuss. Your mother said she didn't know who enjoyed Sesame Street more, you or Granny. Granny thought the show wqas really cute.
I'm drinking a Holiday Spice Pepsi right now. It's kind of like a ginger ale type drink. I think it's pretty good, but then again I'm kinda weird. This time last year we didn't even know about you. Your mother says that we found out you were growing in her tummy on my birthday, which is the thirteenth of this month, November. You were seven weeks along so that means you must have been conceived in late August.
Well, your mother says I have to come to bed at a reasonable hour tonight because I am supposed to get up with you in the morning and let her sleep. I want to print last months blog out and maybe reorganize the Tivo pictures and maybe even design some picture album pages for this blog book. Of course I probably won't get any of that done. Oh, for my birthday your mother ordered cable internet. I am so excited.
Well, I'm gonna let you go for now. Love ya, Little One,
Thursday, November 04, 2004
Dear Rebecca,
I don't know how I let it slip my mind to not mention that you sat outside in your duck suit last Saturday and handed out candy with Mommy and Daddy. You looked very adorable and everyone said so. I am going to have Daddy post a pic in your very first Halloween costume. Mommy has been very tired and I apologize for not posting that. I will elaborate on it further in another post..but as I said, Mommy is very tired. You are napping now so I am gonna try to sneak one in too. I love you!
I don't know how I let it slip my mind to not mention that you sat outside in your duck suit last Saturday and handed out candy with Mommy and Daddy. You looked very adorable and everyone said so. I am going to have Daddy post a pic in your very first Halloween costume. Mommy has been very tired and I apologize for not posting that. I will elaborate on it further in another post..but as I said, Mommy is very tired. You are napping now so I am gonna try to sneak one in too. I love you!
Monday, November 01, 2004
Dear Rebecca,
Hello, Daughter of mine. Granny got to come home from the hospital tonight. Your mother is up there right now. I would be too but you are asleep and someone has to be here to make sure you don't hop up and run away. I don't think you would though. You are a very happy baby. Your mother finally had her court thing for driving without a license. She just took her license in and they dropped everything. So that's really great. We had our time change this weekend but nobody told you so you want to go to bed and hour early. We're trying to keep you up just a little later every night so you can get adjusted to the time change as well. Well, that's all for now. Love ya.
Hello, Daughter of mine. Granny got to come home from the hospital tonight. Your mother is up there right now. I would be too but you are asleep and someone has to be here to make sure you don't hop up and run away. I don't think you would though. You are a very happy baby. Your mother finally had her court thing for driving without a license. She just took her license in and they dropped everything. So that's really great. We had our time change this weekend but nobody told you so you want to go to bed and hour early. We're trying to keep you up just a little later every night so you can get adjusted to the time change as well. Well, that's all for now. Love ya.
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Dear Rebecca,
Hello my beautiful baby girl. Right now you are watching a Baby Einstein Video. You are yawning and you had a bottle not so long ago so I would wager that shortly you will be napping. Right now though, you are enraptured in this toy on the tv screen. -I was correct- Now you are napping. I had to pause this post and bounce you in your bouncy until you fell asleep. Now you are napping sweetly covered up in Mommy's fleece throw. That's a nice warm blanky. You're borrowing Mommy's because yours is upstairs. You have one that stays in your car seat in the kitchen but this was easier and it is kind of chilly in here. Plus I don't want to forget to put the one that goes in your car seat back. You need that for outside. *Big Smiles*
I wanted to post this poem I wrote for you night before last. I know that Daddy will come along and tweak it until it looks nice on the page but I wanted to be the one to put it here to start with. It's not much but I want you to know how I feel about you. You are the BEST thing that has ever happened to me and I love you. Well. Here goes.
Anyway little girl. I wanted that to be here. I love you, you sweet little thing!
Hello my beautiful baby girl. Right now you are watching a Baby Einstein Video. You are yawning and you had a bottle not so long ago so I would wager that shortly you will be napping. Right now though, you are enraptured in this toy on the tv screen. -I was correct- Now you are napping. I had to pause this post and bounce you in your bouncy until you fell asleep. Now you are napping sweetly covered up in Mommy's fleece throw. That's a nice warm blanky. You're borrowing Mommy's because yours is upstairs. You have one that stays in your car seat in the kitchen but this was easier and it is kind of chilly in here. Plus I don't want to forget to put the one that goes in your car seat back. You need that for outside. *Big Smiles*
I wanted to post this poem I wrote for you night before last. I know that Daddy will come along and tweak it until it looks nice on the page but I wanted to be the one to put it here to start with. It's not much but I want you to know how I feel about you. You are the BEST thing that has ever happened to me and I love you. Well. Here goes.
Unaware As I rock her steadily, Her belly 'cross my breast, I hold her, oh, so close to me, Her arms resting on my chest. My chin brushes her downy hair, Her tiny head resting on my shoulder, And she lies there, Unaware, Of the love I feel when I hold her. Unaware of how it grows, Every moment of every day, I wonder if she'll ever know, If she'll ever feel this way. And then she sighs the sigh, Of quiet, peaceful sleep, And I sing to her a lullaby Of Mary and her sheep. I place her gently in her bed, And stare down at her lying there, I run my hand across her head, Across her blonde and silky hair. And in the morning, she gives a smile, And a happy, friendly call And I realize that all that while, She wasn't Unaware at all |
Anyway little girl. I wanted that to be here. I love you, you sweet little thing!
Sunday, October 24, 2004
Dear Rebecca,
Hello my sweet little baby girl. Right now you are napping in your Bouncy in the living room in front of Daddy's chair. Daddy is also napping upstairs. He got up with you this morning because Mommy was up way late cleaning up from the great big fun Halloween party the kids & I had last night. It really was lots of fun. I think maybe I had more fun than the kids did. They were all very good and they all won at least one prize. Your cousin Leah and her friend Kelsey won two. I think. Anyway, it went off without a hitch (well maybe a minor hitch or two) and it was lots of fun. You were a little fussy. I think your Duckie costume made you hot and all of the people and excitement made you nervous. Daddy did a very good job taking care of you while Mommy directed the kid's games and things. Then Mommy rocked you to sleep while Daddy and the kids started watching Scooby Doo 2. You fell asleep fast. You were so tired. While I was rocking you, your aunt Linda cleaned up from the party a bit, which I really appreciate. I then came downstairs to finish cleaning up from the party while Daddy and the kids finished the movie. From what I know your cousins Allison, Jacob, John, Leah, and her friend Kelsey all had lots of fun. I am glad.
We got your pictures back Wednesday. They were wonderful. You really are a VERY beautiful baby. Of course I could be biased. Who cares. I think you are gorgeous. Well this was just a quick post to tell you all about the goings on last night. Now you are awake and I know that you will want to play or watch Baby Shakespeare. So I love you, you pretty little girl!!!
Hello my sweet little baby girl. Right now you are napping in your Bouncy in the living room in front of Daddy's chair. Daddy is also napping upstairs. He got up with you this morning because Mommy was up way late cleaning up from the great big fun Halloween party the kids & I had last night. It really was lots of fun. I think maybe I had more fun than the kids did. They were all very good and they all won at least one prize. Your cousin Leah and her friend Kelsey won two. I think. Anyway, it went off without a hitch (well maybe a minor hitch or two) and it was lots of fun. You were a little fussy. I think your Duckie costume made you hot and all of the people and excitement made you nervous. Daddy did a very good job taking care of you while Mommy directed the kid's games and things. Then Mommy rocked you to sleep while Daddy and the kids started watching Scooby Doo 2. You fell asleep fast. You were so tired. While I was rocking you, your aunt Linda cleaned up from the party a bit, which I really appreciate. I then came downstairs to finish cleaning up from the party while Daddy and the kids finished the movie. From what I know your cousins Allison, Jacob, John, Leah, and her friend Kelsey all had lots of fun. I am glad.
We got your pictures back Wednesday. They were wonderful. You really are a VERY beautiful baby. Of course I could be biased. Who cares. I think you are gorgeous. Well this was just a quick post to tell you all about the goings on last night. Now you are awake and I know that you will want to play or watch Baby Shakespeare. So I love you, you pretty little girl!!!
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Dear Rebecca,
Hello there sweetheart. I know that I have not posted in a while either, but unlike your father, I DO have an excuse. I spend all my time taking care of you, my sweet little baby. It is the most rewarding and most wonderful job I have ever, ever had. I couldn't ask for anything more.
Lots of big happenings yesterday, as your father has already told you. We are trying so hard to be responsible adults now that you are here. We never have been really all that responsible. Or adult, for that matter. But you know what they say...it's never too late to have a happy childhood!
Sunday we went to Lexington to Golden Corral and ate lunch. You slept the entire time and only woke up en route to Wal-Mart because you were hungry. We got to Wal-Mart and I sat in the furniture section and fed you while your Daddy walked around a bit but mostly sat there next to us letting his food digest because he ate too much. Daddy gets a belly ache just like you when he eats too much. We got some various odds and ends at Wal-Mart. We did get our Christmas tree, but mostly I went there to get treat bags for the kid's Halloween party this weekend. I am throwing them a little Halloween party. I hope that they can all come because I got lots of Halloween stuff that would just go to waste if they didn't. I won't describe any of it here because I want to keep it a surprise ...Just in case they get to come. When I talk about *the kids* I mean your cousins...Allison, Jacob, and Jonathon. Also Leah as well. I told them to all come and invite a friend. So I may or may not have eight kids here. It sounds like it will be fun anyway. We are going to play games and have a scavenger hunt and an apple bob. Anyway... All the family reads this so enough said... don't want to ruin any surprises. After Wal-Mart we went to Toys-R-Us to get one of your Christmas presents because they had sold out of them ALL at Wal-Mart and we were worried if we did not buy it we just would not get it this year. It seems like it's going to be a big hit in the toy market this season. And even though I know you can't read yet and buy the time you read this journal you'll be grown.. I am NOT telling what it is. Ha, Ha!
After Toys-R-Us we went to visit your great grandmother Annetta in the hospital. She seems to be doing much, much better and we are thankful for that. Your great Granny is a sweet old lady and I so hope you can get to know her and know her well. Your great aunt Linda and your cousin Leah was there and they made a big fuss over you like they always do and you cooed and talked and laughed and smiled at everyone like you always do. You really are a fantastic baby. The lady at the bank setting up our accounts didn't like kids and I thought that was crazy...Especially you.. I mean you are the best baby in the world! Duh! You even smiled at that mean old gender identity crisis person. (Explanation for gender identity crisis to come later.)
After we visited Granny we came home and watched a little TV then I fed you and put you to bed. Daddy and I stayed up watching more TV then we went to bed ourselves. Daddy got up with you Monday morning. He was off work. I was appreciative because I had not had a lot of sleep over the weekenend. I slept until almost eleven am Monday then I got up and came downstairs and played with you. Daddy went to take a nap and then he got up and we ordered pizza and we all just sat around watching Tv and vegging until bedtime. All in all, it was a pretty good weekend. The only downfall was that they did not have your pictures ready for us Friday. They were supposed to and they didn't. But they should be ready for us today and we are excited about that. I can't wait to see them. I know they will be cute. Daddy didn't get to see you taking them because he got aggravated and walked away. He wasn't aggravated at you, just at the situation. I know that Daddy will be so pleasantly surprised when he sees your pretty little pictures.
You got your very first Halloween card from Mamaw and Papaw and it was so cute. When I read it to you, you smiled and cooed and thought it was great. I thought I would add that in here because it is always special to get *firsts.* Mommy loves Halloween, did you know that? It is one of Mommy's very favorite Holidays. The only Holiday that I love even more is Christmas. And we all know that is Jesus' Birthday.
You fell asleep after your bottle this morning which is rare for you these days. You must have been very tired. I can hear you now starting to wake up so I had better do some of the things I need to do before you start *yelling* (making loud coos and gurgles) for me to come and get you. I love you so much, little girl!
Hello there sweetheart. I know that I have not posted in a while either, but unlike your father, I DO have an excuse. I spend all my time taking care of you, my sweet little baby. It is the most rewarding and most wonderful job I have ever, ever had. I couldn't ask for anything more.
Lots of big happenings yesterday, as your father has already told you. We are trying so hard to be responsible adults now that you are here. We never have been really all that responsible. Or adult, for that matter. But you know what they say...it's never too late to have a happy childhood!
Sunday we went to Lexington to Golden Corral and ate lunch. You slept the entire time and only woke up en route to Wal-Mart because you were hungry. We got to Wal-Mart and I sat in the furniture section and fed you while your Daddy walked around a bit but mostly sat there next to us letting his food digest because he ate too much. Daddy gets a belly ache just like you when he eats too much. We got some various odds and ends at Wal-Mart. We did get our Christmas tree, but mostly I went there to get treat bags for the kid's Halloween party this weekend. I am throwing them a little Halloween party. I hope that they can all come because I got lots of Halloween stuff that would just go to waste if they didn't. I won't describe any of it here because I want to keep it a surprise ...Just in case they get to come. When I talk about *the kids* I mean your cousins...Allison, Jacob, and Jonathon. Also Leah as well. I told them to all come and invite a friend. So I may or may not have eight kids here. It sounds like it will be fun anyway. We are going to play games and have a scavenger hunt and an apple bob. Anyway... All the family reads this so enough said... don't want to ruin any surprises. After Wal-Mart we went to Toys-R-Us to get one of your Christmas presents because they had sold out of them ALL at Wal-Mart and we were worried if we did not buy it we just would not get it this year. It seems like it's going to be a big hit in the toy market this season. And even though I know you can't read yet and buy the time you read this journal you'll be grown.. I am NOT telling what it is. Ha, Ha!
After Toys-R-Us we went to visit your great grandmother Annetta in the hospital. She seems to be doing much, much better and we are thankful for that. Your great Granny is a sweet old lady and I so hope you can get to know her and know her well. Your great aunt Linda and your cousin Leah was there and they made a big fuss over you like they always do and you cooed and talked and laughed and smiled at everyone like you always do. You really are a fantastic baby. The lady at the bank setting up our accounts didn't like kids and I thought that was crazy...Especially you.. I mean you are the best baby in the world! Duh! You even smiled at that mean old gender identity crisis person. (Explanation for gender identity crisis to come later.)
After we visited Granny we came home and watched a little TV then I fed you and put you to bed. Daddy and I stayed up watching more TV then we went to bed ourselves. Daddy got up with you Monday morning. He was off work. I was appreciative because I had not had a lot of sleep over the weekenend. I slept until almost eleven am Monday then I got up and came downstairs and played with you. Daddy went to take a nap and then he got up and we ordered pizza and we all just sat around watching Tv and vegging until bedtime. All in all, it was a pretty good weekend. The only downfall was that they did not have your pictures ready for us Friday. They were supposed to and they didn't. But they should be ready for us today and we are excited about that. I can't wait to see them. I know they will be cute. Daddy didn't get to see you taking them because he got aggravated and walked away. He wasn't aggravated at you, just at the situation. I know that Daddy will be so pleasantly surprised when he sees your pretty little pictures.
You got your very first Halloween card from Mamaw and Papaw and it was so cute. When I read it to you, you smiled and cooed and thought it was great. I thought I would add that in here because it is always special to get *firsts.* Mommy loves Halloween, did you know that? It is one of Mommy's very favorite Holidays. The only Holiday that I love even more is Christmas. And we all know that is Jesus' Birthday.
You fell asleep after your bottle this morning which is rare for you these days. You must have been very tired. I can hear you now starting to wake up so I had better do some of the things I need to do before you start *yelling* (making loud coos and gurgles) for me to come and get you. I love you so much, little girl!
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Dear Rebecca,
Hey Little Girl. Daddy here. I know it's been a long time since I posted here and there is no excuse for that. Your mother bought me some new toys and I've been playing with those instead of posting to you. She bought me a fancy new digital camera and I've been trying to figure out how to use all of the options. It's very fancy. It wasn't really very expensive either. Of course it wasn't cheap either. Your Mom also bought me a brand new iPod mini. Now, that was very expensive. I can fit over a thousand songs on it. Pretty cool, huh? Well, I've been playing and not posting.
Today was actually a pretty big day for all of us. Today we took $3,000 and started a Roth IRA for myself and another one for your mother. We can't touch it until we are 59 and ½ years old. We are gonna add to it as much as we can over the years. We also put $7,500 into a college savings program for you. I expect to have over $20,000 in your college fund by the time you are ready to go. I really couldn't afford to go to college and wish that I had. You will not have to worry about money for college and for that I am very thankful. Also, your mother finally got her drivers license today. Your mom is 27 years old and is just now getting her license. I was so very proud of her. She failed her test about a month ago and to tell you the truth I really thought she'd fail again but your mother never ceases to amaze me.
I was off from work yesterday. Your dear mother woke me up at 5:30 in the morning. Tha time I usually get up for work anyway and asked if I couldn't take care of you for the day. I rolled out of bed and even though I was sad I didn't get to sleep in we had a great time together. Just you & I. You talked to me more yesterday morning than you ever had. It made me feel real good. I love it when you talk to me.
Well, I'll close out now. Your father loves you very much.
Hey Little Girl. Daddy here. I know it's been a long time since I posted here and there is no excuse for that. Your mother bought me some new toys and I've been playing with those instead of posting to you. She bought me a fancy new digital camera and I've been trying to figure out how to use all of the options. It's very fancy. It wasn't really very expensive either. Of course it wasn't cheap either. Your Mom also bought me a brand new iPod mini. Now, that was very expensive. I can fit over a thousand songs on it. Pretty cool, huh? Well, I've been playing and not posting.
Today was actually a pretty big day for all of us. Today we took $3,000 and started a Roth IRA for myself and another one for your mother. We can't touch it until we are 59 and ½ years old. We are gonna add to it as much as we can over the years. We also put $7,500 into a college savings program for you. I expect to have over $20,000 in your college fund by the time you are ready to go. I really couldn't afford to go to college and wish that I had. You will not have to worry about money for college and for that I am very thankful. Also, your mother finally got her drivers license today. Your mom is 27 years old and is just now getting her license. I was so very proud of her. She failed her test about a month ago and to tell you the truth I really thought she'd fail again but your mother never ceases to amaze me.
I was off from work yesterday. Your dear mother woke me up at 5:30 in the morning. Tha time I usually get up for work anyway and asked if I couldn't take care of you for the day. I rolled out of bed and even though I was sad I didn't get to sleep in we had a great time together. Just you & I. You talked to me more yesterday morning than you ever had. It made me feel real good. I love it when you talk to me.
Well, I'll close out now. Your father loves you very much.
Saturday, October 09, 2004
Dear Rebecca,
-October 8, 2004-Great news, little girl. They aren't going to interrupt our service on the phone at all apparently. yippee! I really ain't all that excited about it, I just thought I'd utilize this oppurtunity to use the word "yippee." You so rarely get to use that word in a sentence. Mommy's silly, isn't she?
You are sleeping in your bouncy right now. Daddy is outside cleaning out his truck and getting ready to steam clean the inside. I'm really rather proud of him.
Ok, back from you waking up and having a bottle and then us having dinner and Daddy back outside to finish cleaning the truck. We had pizza tonight because when Mommy was watching American Justice while she was feeding you this afternoon it was about illegal activities in an Italian Pizzeria in New Jersey or New York or some such place where all the Italian crime goes down. They make fantastic pizza in New York, or so I hear. I have only ever been once and it was in the middle of the night and the only place we could find to eat was a Waffle House or some such nonsense. It made me want pizza so that is what we had.
-October 10, 2004-
It has now been two days since I have been able to sit down and finish this post. There are always tons of things to do around here and like Daddy said in the previous post we were all geared up for Papaw and Uncle Butch's birthday and we had a great time until poor Granny fell and broke her hip. I cannot tell you how much Granny means to me little girl; It's been a long time since I had a Granny and I loved both of your other great Granny's dearly. But Granny Annetta is so special, she is one of the best ladies I have ever known. Next to my mother I don't think I have ever loved someone like I love Granny. That is saying a lot because I, too, was a Mommy's girl. Right now you are a Mommy's girl and I know that will change but for now that makes me smile. Eventually I know you will be a Daddy's girl. Most little girls always are. For some reason Mommy's head is itching. I hope I do not have the *jumpers*... ha, ha. That is what we used to call it when we were little. Call what you ask? Lice. We called it Jumpers. Anyway, I don't think I have the jumpers. Back to the story at hand.
Your poor great Granny fell and broke her hip. She had to have surgery today. It only took a few hours. They thought they were going to have to replace her hip, but they didn't. They put screws in it. That is good news, because clearly the break could not have been as bad as they thought and now she doesn't have to have her hip taken out and a false one put back in. That is really a rather dangerous surgery because over a dozen vital arteries, veins, and nerves run through the hip and pelvis area. So a surgical slip could cause bad things to happen to Great Granny, and no one wants that. Anyway, you and Daddy and I were at the hospital for most of the day today. The rest of Daddy's extended family was there as well. Your Great Uncle Donnie, Your Great Aunt Martha, Your Great Aunt Lila, Your Great Aunt Louise, Your Great Aunt Alma (or was it Belle? - That is so terrible.. I can never tell them apart), Your Great Uncle Charlie, Your Great Aunt Linda, Your Great Aunt Chris and Your Great Uncle Mike. Also your second cousin Theresa was there and of course Aunt Lynn and Mamaw were there. You were so good with everyone; you smiled and laughed at them and you only got fussy when you were tired or hungry. You really are a fantastic baby and all the family loves you so much. Sometimes I wish my family was as close as Daddy's... but circumstances of long ago prevented that from happening. Don't get me wrong I know that Papaw Lawrence and Aunt Mary are very close to you and Daddy and I but I haven't seen some of my Aunts and Uncles in nearly ten years. Quite frankly I still meet new members of the family at Daddy's family reunion every year. It's like going to a different party every time. I haven't been to one of our family reunions in almost fifteen years. I don't even know if we still have them.
Anyway, after we stayed up at the hospital through Great Granny's surgery and recovery and went to see her when she got put back in her room (you gave her smooches by the way) and I feed you while she rested, Daddy and I went to Wal-Mart and he bought himself a shin gaurd and a tripod and some other odds and ends. I really don't remember what they were because I never really pay attention to what your father thinks he needs; he just holds it up and I say yes or no or yay or nay and he either puts it back or pitches a fit until he gets it. What I really went to Wal-Mart for is to get your Great Granny a nice pillow for under her head (Mommy knows how it is to have a bad pillow under her head in the hospital; It isn't comfortable) and I got a few other things as well. I got three blankets; two for whomever decides to stay with Granny and one for Granny if she gets cold. Hospital blankets are thin and do a poor job of keeping you warm. In addition to that Granny is going to have to go to rehab and she will want to be comfortable as possible and she has thin blood and gets cold so I want her to be cozy. I bought Mamaw a pair of sweats and some footies to wear. There were two pair in a pack so Aunt Louise who is staying with Granny tonight could also wear some. I bought Granny some too in case her feet got cold and when she gets up and moving she will need some traction on her feet but I know she won't want to wear bulky shoes. I also got Granny some toiletries because hospital soap and shampoo is terrible for your skin and will often break elderly people or people with extra sensitive skin out. Plus it's nice to have some smelly-good stuff for your very own when you don't feel well. I also got a couple of towels in case anyone wanted to take a shower and some cookies for them to munch on if they got hungry. Your Daddy thought I was nuts and thought everyone else would think I was nuts but everyone else feels the same way I do; They would move the sun. the moon. the stars, and the mountains for your great Granny. She is good to everyone she has ever known and she always seems to find the best in everyone. She could find something good about Hitler. And if she couldn't then she'd just go pray for him.
Your are wore out now that you are home and you are sleeping peacefully. I am tired myself and there are a couple of things I need to do on the computer before I go to bed. I know you will wake up for a bottle tonight and I am looking forward to it. I always love to see you any time of the night or day. But I had better get some things done and get some rest myself. I don't think we are going to the hospital tomorrow, unless Granny gets worse or she really wants us to. And tonight I am going to pray for Granny in the hopes that all goes well for her. Goodnight sweetie. Mommy loves you so much, Rebecca.
-October 8, 2004-Great news, little girl. They aren't going to interrupt our service on the phone at all apparently. yippee! I really ain't all that excited about it, I just thought I'd utilize this oppurtunity to use the word "yippee." You so rarely get to use that word in a sentence. Mommy's silly, isn't she?
You are sleeping in your bouncy right now. Daddy is outside cleaning out his truck and getting ready to steam clean the inside. I'm really rather proud of him.
Ok, back from you waking up and having a bottle and then us having dinner and Daddy back outside to finish cleaning the truck. We had pizza tonight because when Mommy was watching American Justice while she was feeding you this afternoon it was about illegal activities in an Italian Pizzeria in New Jersey or New York or some such place where all the Italian crime goes down. They make fantastic pizza in New York, or so I hear. I have only ever been once and it was in the middle of the night and the only place we could find to eat was a Waffle House or some such nonsense. It made me want pizza so that is what we had.
-October 10, 2004-
It has now been two days since I have been able to sit down and finish this post. There are always tons of things to do around here and like Daddy said in the previous post we were all geared up for Papaw and Uncle Butch's birthday and we had a great time until poor Granny fell and broke her hip. I cannot tell you how much Granny means to me little girl; It's been a long time since I had a Granny and I loved both of your other great Granny's dearly. But Granny Annetta is so special, she is one of the best ladies I have ever known. Next to my mother I don't think I have ever loved someone like I love Granny. That is saying a lot because I, too, was a Mommy's girl. Right now you are a Mommy's girl and I know that will change but for now that makes me smile. Eventually I know you will be a Daddy's girl. Most little girls always are. For some reason Mommy's head is itching. I hope I do not have the *jumpers*... ha, ha. That is what we used to call it when we were little. Call what you ask? Lice. We called it Jumpers. Anyway, I don't think I have the jumpers. Back to the story at hand.
Your poor great Granny fell and broke her hip. She had to have surgery today. It only took a few hours. They thought they were going to have to replace her hip, but they didn't. They put screws in it. That is good news, because clearly the break could not have been as bad as they thought and now she doesn't have to have her hip taken out and a false one put back in. That is really a rather dangerous surgery because over a dozen vital arteries, veins, and nerves run through the hip and pelvis area. So a surgical slip could cause bad things to happen to Great Granny, and no one wants that. Anyway, you and Daddy and I were at the hospital for most of the day today. The rest of Daddy's extended family was there as well. Your Great Uncle Donnie, Your Great Aunt Martha, Your Great Aunt Lila, Your Great Aunt Louise, Your Great Aunt Alma (or was it Belle? - That is so terrible.. I can never tell them apart), Your Great Uncle Charlie, Your Great Aunt Linda, Your Great Aunt Chris and Your Great Uncle Mike. Also your second cousin Theresa was there and of course Aunt Lynn and Mamaw were there. You were so good with everyone; you smiled and laughed at them and you only got fussy when you were tired or hungry. You really are a fantastic baby and all the family loves you so much. Sometimes I wish my family was as close as Daddy's... but circumstances of long ago prevented that from happening. Don't get me wrong I know that Papaw Lawrence and Aunt Mary are very close to you and Daddy and I but I haven't seen some of my Aunts and Uncles in nearly ten years. Quite frankly I still meet new members of the family at Daddy's family reunion every year. It's like going to a different party every time. I haven't been to one of our family reunions in almost fifteen years. I don't even know if we still have them.
Anyway, after we stayed up at the hospital through Great Granny's surgery and recovery and went to see her when she got put back in her room (you gave her smooches by the way) and I feed you while she rested, Daddy and I went to Wal-Mart and he bought himself a shin gaurd and a tripod and some other odds and ends. I really don't remember what they were because I never really pay attention to what your father thinks he needs; he just holds it up and I say yes or no or yay or nay and he either puts it back or pitches a fit until he gets it. What I really went to Wal-Mart for is to get your Great Granny a nice pillow for under her head (Mommy knows how it is to have a bad pillow under her head in the hospital; It isn't comfortable) and I got a few other things as well. I got three blankets; two for whomever decides to stay with Granny and one for Granny if she gets cold. Hospital blankets are thin and do a poor job of keeping you warm. In addition to that Granny is going to have to go to rehab and she will want to be comfortable as possible and she has thin blood and gets cold so I want her to be cozy. I bought Mamaw a pair of sweats and some footies to wear. There were two pair in a pack so Aunt Louise who is staying with Granny tonight could also wear some. I bought Granny some too in case her feet got cold and when she gets up and moving she will need some traction on her feet but I know she won't want to wear bulky shoes. I also got Granny some toiletries because hospital soap and shampoo is terrible for your skin and will often break elderly people or people with extra sensitive skin out. Plus it's nice to have some smelly-good stuff for your very own when you don't feel well. I also got a couple of towels in case anyone wanted to take a shower and some cookies for them to munch on if they got hungry. Your Daddy thought I was nuts and thought everyone else would think I was nuts but everyone else feels the same way I do; They would move the sun. the moon. the stars, and the mountains for your great Granny. She is good to everyone she has ever known and she always seems to find the best in everyone. She could find something good about Hitler. And if she couldn't then she'd just go pray for him.
Your are wore out now that you are home and you are sleeping peacefully. I am tired myself and there are a couple of things I need to do on the computer before I go to bed. I know you will wake up for a bottle tonight and I am looking forward to it. I always love to see you any time of the night or day. But I had better get some things done and get some rest myself. I don't think we are going to the hospital tomorrow, unless Granny gets worse or she really wants us to. And tonight I am going to pray for Granny in the hopes that all goes well for her. Goodnight sweetie. Mommy loves you so much, Rebecca.
Dear Rebecca,
Hello, Lil' One. It's been almost two weeks since I last posted. I'm getting terrible at this blogging thing. It just seems that I don't have the time I once did. I wonder why that is? Seriously, your mother is your primary care giver. I'm just basically that guy you see around the house sometimes.
We all went down to Mamaw & Papaw's for Papaw & Butch's, (That;s Uncle Rodney's father), birthday supper. We all had a real fine time. You were awful fussy but it was getting on toward your bedtime before we left. You cried for everyone except your mother & I. It made me very proud that I could comfort you and calm you. Anyway, a terrible thing happened as we were leaving. We were taking Granny back home and we were all leaving and Granny fell and broke her hip. Everyone was very upset. Granny is 88 years old. A fall can be very bad for an 88 year old woman. Anyway. She will probably have surgery tomorrow. We're all praying that she will be fine. I'm sure she will. I want you to remember her. She loves you so much. She's the reason you always wear socks. Granny is so afraid you're gonna get cold. She was scolding us for not having a jacket on you tonight. I told your mother to take you inside because your Granny was complaining that no one ever listens to her. I figured that even though it was a beautiful night and the temperature was very moderate i would respect her wishes.
Anyway, That's it for tonight. I love you.
Hello, Lil' One. It's been almost two weeks since I last posted. I'm getting terrible at this blogging thing. It just seems that I don't have the time I once did. I wonder why that is? Seriously, your mother is your primary care giver. I'm just basically that guy you see around the house sometimes.
We all went down to Mamaw & Papaw's for Papaw & Butch's, (That;s Uncle Rodney's father), birthday supper. We all had a real fine time. You were awful fussy but it was getting on toward your bedtime before we left. You cried for everyone except your mother & I. It made me very proud that I could comfort you and calm you. Anyway, a terrible thing happened as we were leaving. We were taking Granny back home and we were all leaving and Granny fell and broke her hip. Everyone was very upset. Granny is 88 years old. A fall can be very bad for an 88 year old woman. Anyway. She will probably have surgery tomorrow. We're all praying that she will be fine. I'm sure she will. I want you to remember her. She loves you so much. She's the reason you always wear socks. Granny is so afraid you're gonna get cold. She was scolding us for not having a jacket on you tonight. I told your mother to take you inside because your Granny was complaining that no one ever listens to her. I figured that even though it was a beautiful night and the temperature was very moderate i would respect her wishes.
Anyway, That's it for tonight. I love you.
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
Dear Rebecca,
No posts for a few days. I know we go a few days between posts most of the time anyway, but I do not know how long it will be. We are having our phone worked on and it may take a while. No phone means no internet, which means no posts for Mommy and Daddy.
Daddy kicked you yesterday. You were lying on a rug in the middle of the floor at Mamaw and Papaw's. He didn't really hurt you, he just scared you real badly. He felt terrible about it all night long. Daddy loves you lots, little girl.
No big news to share, just that we won't be online for the next couple days. I reckon I will let you go for now, will write you a nice long post about what we do (or hopefully DON'T do) this weekend.
No posts for a few days. I know we go a few days between posts most of the time anyway, but I do not know how long it will be. We are having our phone worked on and it may take a while. No phone means no internet, which means no posts for Mommy and Daddy.
Daddy kicked you yesterday. You were lying on a rug in the middle of the floor at Mamaw and Papaw's. He didn't really hurt you, he just scared you real badly. He felt terrible about it all night long. Daddy loves you lots, little girl.
No big news to share, just that we won't be online for the next couple days. I reckon I will let you go for now, will write you a nice long post about what we do (or hopefully DON'T do) this weekend.
Monday, October 04, 2004
Dear Rebecca,
Hello there, little girl. Right now you are watching your movie of Baby Einstein: Baby Van Gogh. It's one of your favorites. You enjoy all the pretty colors and I think you especially enjoy the puppets.
Sorry I did not write more after your pictures. When we took you to get your pictures done Wednesday, all you did was fuss and cry. You were not a happy camper. So we decided to reschedule for Saturday. We took you back this past Saturday and you were all big smiles. All went well except for the fact that you spit up ALL over your sweater. Daddy was a little upset but Mommy fixed it. We just tossed the sweater to the side and took nice pictures of your smiley face. That is what is most important, the cute little smiles you give. Who cares about an old sweater?
Mommy is sick today. I don't know what it is but I am coming down with something. I can't really hold anything down and my throat is all dry and scratchy. Plus I am all stuffed up and I have a low grade fever. I am really quite miserable. I haven't even gotten out of my gown & robe today. Lucky for me you are a good baby and it's really no trouble to take care of you.
You are going to need a bath tonight. I think I may let Daddy give it to you. It will be the very first time Daddy has given you a bath alone. I don't know why, it just will be. I think it will be anyway. Momma really isn't feeling very well so I think I will let you go and lie down on the couch while your movie plays. I love you, little girl!!
Hello there, little girl. Right now you are watching your movie of Baby Einstein: Baby Van Gogh. It's one of your favorites. You enjoy all the pretty colors and I think you especially enjoy the puppets.
Sorry I did not write more after your pictures. When we took you to get your pictures done Wednesday, all you did was fuss and cry. You were not a happy camper. So we decided to reschedule for Saturday. We took you back this past Saturday and you were all big smiles. All went well except for the fact that you spit up ALL over your sweater. Daddy was a little upset but Mommy fixed it. We just tossed the sweater to the side and took nice pictures of your smiley face. That is what is most important, the cute little smiles you give. Who cares about an old sweater?
Mommy is sick today. I don't know what it is but I am coming down with something. I can't really hold anything down and my throat is all dry and scratchy. Plus I am all stuffed up and I have a low grade fever. I am really quite miserable. I haven't even gotten out of my gown & robe today. Lucky for me you are a good baby and it's really no trouble to take care of you.
You are going to need a bath tonight. I think I may let Daddy give it to you. It will be the very first time Daddy has given you a bath alone. I don't know why, it just will be. I think it will be anyway. Momma really isn't feeling very well so I think I will let you go and lie down on the couch while your movie plays. I love you, little girl!!
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