This is Kirsten. This is Julia showing me how she can jump rope with her eyes shut. (Her dad jumped rope and almost jumped into a hole. Dang, don’t wreck your back on dumbness, Jay.) Tonight Kirsten and her little dog were here for supper, very nice. Out in the kitchen, Julia poked Kirsten in […]
These are chipmunks, which are somewhat like squirrels Just sayin’. Here’s my mother who came again today to help us wrangle babies. See little baldness, little mr. t.g.? He’s liking this walker thing. Look at this yard. It takes until July to heal the dog blight pee stains from the winter, and about then the
Here’s where I teased her about looking bored. “You can come with me to TJ Maxx tonight.” See the look on her face? I asked why she didn’t look more excited about it, and this is where she blurted out as if I were insane, “It’s TJ Maxx. Come on. How excited can anyone look?”
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At first it goes soooo slowly, it’s like it’s not happening at all. But then, all at once it is. Reading turns real, and stories are fun. Here he’s happily (happily!) reading those old Dick and Jane stories from 40 years ago. They’re as dated as can be, but he’s laughing. Keep going, buddy. We
Here he is, getting changed. And being charming, and irresistible. Today for the first time there was wild, right out loud laughter when I did crazy kissing on his cheeks, and that’s some kind of music. Happy Baby Tuesday, love, Grandma, and Great-Grandma, and Auntie Lydia, and Auntie Julie, and Uncle Tim too
I’m trying to figure out how to work the new blogger settings–frustrating. No doubt I’ll get better at it eventually. All these pictures are bunched up tight together, and the old way of placing space between them does not work. Anyone know how to do it? It was a nice weekend, all in all. Today’s
Oh, Lord have mercy. We’re just trying to get the updated blogger software to do anything besides make me curse. Wow. Good night, love, Val
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A perfect child. She is. She told my mother and me that yesterday. We were sitting in the kitchen chatting, and she mentioned she had been a perfect child. “I didn’t cry or throw fits. I slept with one foot up on the side of the basket. I was small and easy to carry,
Mom and Kari and I were watching babies today and John and Dannell came to visit with l.c. and the new baby. Macaroni and cheese, kid food supreme: Here’s Uncle John helping a guy consume his lunch. John’s a good eating cheerleader. And Uncle John fetched this colorful contraption to the patio and the little
Ahhh, here’s the new mama admiring a tiny stretchy suit. And here’s Auntie Maria and her brand new nephew. Uncle Jay And these two little aunties? He’s a lucky boy. Grandpa and him: Uncle Tim and our baby: More aunties: Oh yeah–look at that hair! That lustrous mop of hair! You can imagine how divine
