This party was my friend Jody’s idea, inspired by the hats. We made sandwiches, little fancy ones cut out with cooky cutters, no crusts. There were cucumber sandwiches, and egg salad, and we had a lot of fun doing it at Lorene’s the night before. She brought all her dozens of fancy antique tea cups. […]
Heidi took the day off today to spend her birthday with her. They came for lunch, and my mom did, and Jay made sure he was here for lunch too. Heidi baked a cake. What a sweet day. And this little child, Grandma’s Girl, is just a gift. Sweet darling, this whole family didn’t even
That would be YOU. Today while I was shopping for your birthday present, I had the thought–if someone could have told me in the summer of 1984, that twenty-seven years later, you’d be you? Married to Joe? look at you laughing. you two know each other too well. And that you guys would have your
dan walking heidi’s baby around It was a big, loud party. Chicken divan: chicken, approx six breasts, cooked and cut in little pieces broccoli, two very big frozen bags, boiled for two minutes cream of chicken soup, four large cans miracle whip, half the biggest jar shredded cheddar cheese, 2/3 of the big bag onion,
Was not easy. Heidi was born shortly after midnight, so her birthday was the day after Dan’s. I think at points he resented it a little. dan and heidi the week she was born And then at some point, she resented it back because it’s not like she had any choice either. Here she’s confused
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Tonight we tackled that hell-hole. Jay’s been working on Tim’s room, so he’s been relocated to the guest room where Joe and Heidi lived this winter. Wheee. You can imagine. There’s a thing called The Gray Layer. It lives in nooks and crannies, under couch cushions. You know it when you see it. It’s Barbie
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Heidi called and asked if I’d come give p.j. a bath in a bowl. Oh my goodness, yes absolutely. I would love to. It’s been six years though, since I bathed a newborn. julia There’s a way to do it so they don’t fall apart and wail, and it has to do with keeping them
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This little girl was born yesterday, late in the afternoon. Here she and Maria are, checking each other out. See how Maria’s holding her face to face, copying the baby’s expression? There’s a name for that, though I can’t remember. It’s wired into how we relate to babies, and I love that. They both know
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Okay, this is the picture of the Heidi lips I was looking for. And the Heidi hair. John said it looked like a fish fin. The pic was out of the album, taken for another purpose, and turned up by surprise later. There she is, high in the air, three months old. At the time,
pretty b.g Yesterday was actually a finer than usual Thursday. Heidi called Wednesday and asked if I wanted to help her put away baby stuff. Absolutely! Yes, yes yes! That baby is due any day. Heidi’s hoping for next weekend. We had fun. Tim and Julia helped me carry all the baby stuff from the
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