Here’s the note I sent my friends the morning he was born: “The baby was born at 2:32 am! Dan called at 3 am and said to come at 5, so we went to the store and bought flowers and balloons and cookies and were there by 5:10. Alicia had a fast, straight forward labor […]
heidi and newborn julia The first baby girl was Heidi. She was born a couple hours after everyone went home from Dan’s fourth birthday party. She was the smallest of all our babies, a little tiny jaundiced peanut. But she grew. I wrote this back when she finished high school– “My oldest daughter, Heidi, and
at two at eighteen Yes. Thirty today. Him. He’s Dan, the second child. John’s the first child, and his birthday was back in June, ended up all wrapped into the graduation party, which often happens–that, or a wedding, or something. john and dad But in August, life gets a little slower. When Dan was born,
This is some Barbie contraption we’ve had for years. It’s this flip thing and swatches of fabric. See how she’s putting it the fabric across there? Then flip the top down and voila. Other swatches make other outfits. This toy is not just used by the girls. The boys, even big teenage boys create outfits
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The kids brought friends to the lake, and also our niece. The weather was beautiful. It was a very good time. Others will be at the lake in the weeks to come, but we won’t be back for a month or more, so glad we made it there one more time in August. swimming–-that basketball
b.g. has never been upstairs before Maria took him up there today. He LOVED it up there. His eyes were huge, darting around at all the stuff to get into. I gotta get dooooowwwn! Let me at this Barbie house! I love this house! Oh yeah, he’s going to be a lot of help with
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Last night t.c. slept over, in celebration of Tim’s birthday. We had a quiet night last night, and a very fun day today–lots of legos, a lot of fun. I took them grocery shopping this afternoon to get a few things for supper. The store has these horrible little carts that say, “Shopper in Training.”
We were at the lake this weekend, all of us. As the week went by and the teenagers around here discussed inviting friends, I had the realization that the big brothers and sisters, brothers and sisters in law, grandsons, nephews… were all going to be there. Friends would be welcome, but we would have nowhere
Today we had little b.g. and he had a fever, so it was a quiet day. He and I slept on the couch for a couple hours this morning–did that ever feel good. And it’s so sweet to wake up next to a baby who is happy to see you. I’m as brown as an
a cooling photo It’s very hot here, just absolutely sultry. Now the storms have started so I have Sidney alternating between hiding under my chair, and hiding under the bed skirt, plus Sam nervously pacing and panting. Oy. Tim and Julia don’t want to go to bed while it’s thundering out, and that’s fine. We
