It wound down quietly. On Tuesday night while I was working, there was t.c. on the phone, “Gramma, can you come to my program?” Dannell did mention this a few weeks ago, but it was lost in the sea of details around here I said, “When is it? “Tomorrow.” “What time?” “Nine o’clock.” “I will […]
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Here he is, big eyes while they try to get the cake ready. It was a great party, hosted in the big room at John’s work. Here’s the biggest brother, cooperating nicely for a picture. He’s got no front teeth still, but he’s so grown up these days. Yes, these favorite women were there: Here’s
Big, little. I don’t even know what to say about you and all the happiness you’ve brought us. There’s never been anyone in the whole world quite like you. Seven years of loving you–is that possible it’s been only seven years? It pretty much feels like we’ve always known you, like
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My Sweetie is turning four this week, and earlier in the week I called his parents (busy, working a lot, and sick at their house too) and said pretty much, “I have four days off, and I want to see my grandchild for his birthday.” So they helped us figure it out and tonight was
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It was the usual crowd in the living room, and the usual video games in the bedroom. This guy is taking steps now. He’s such an expert crawler though. There she is. I asked her how it was being thirteen. She laughed. Nothing changes. Awww, in this picture he looks exactly like Dannell’s dad. And
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Here’s the birthday girl in the snow. love, Val
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Yesterday my sweetie, l.c. told me he had a pet snake. There’s the snake in Lydia’s hands below. I laughed and said that was a great pet: no poop, doesn’t eat much. Dannell said, “Yeah, except for when it choked him. That’s what we heard the other night, “My snake is choking me!” and he
Saturday afternoon was pretty laid back too. t.c. looking pretty grown up these days: love, Val
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Here we are at church. Dannell’s brother is the man in the blue shirt. m.c. is wearing the red dress. Those two are the godparents. This was taken at the party afterward. It’s a picture of me, holding a sleeping d.c., the baptized one. (Is it spelled with an s or a z ?) But
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Here’s the cake, ready to go. Julia and Kari asked me if they could decorate it. I said sure. They asked if they could put toys on it. Again sure, just wash them first–soap and water and dry them off well. First they placed that old 80’s wrestler dude on there. Whaaaat? They had
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