Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Journal Excerpt: January-February 1985



Tami was the captain of the cheerleaders for the first game.

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Jan 8--Started Ryan on whole milk.
Sunday, Jan 13-- Ryan clapped his hands during singing 

Ryan keeps busy now clapping his hands. 

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Sunday, Jan. 20--Mom I. for lunch--leftovers. Kaley to Megan's; Todd to Jay's; Doug and Tami to Hill's--Super Bowl; Mom and I put a puzzle together.

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Monday, Jan. 21--Mom in town: Cinnamon buns and boiled dinner!
Alicia was so funny--she did everything Grandma did. She pulled her little chair right up next to Mom's chair next to the fire to eat and read books. She crossed her legs just like Mom. She helped Mom make cinnamon buns and rolled out and cut her own.

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Ryan sits up now from a lying position. I walk into his bedroom and there he is sitting up--it shocks me every time.

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I was rubbing lotion on Alicia's legs and I called them "sweet little legs". She said, "I love these legs."

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Ryan straightens up on his back legs when he's on all fours so it looks like he's going to stand up. He stays that way for quite a while--it looks so funny.

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Todd was having a problem with Mrs. A, his new teacher. I talked to her on the phone; she admitted she was wrong, and we set a date for the three of us to talk on Monday.

Todd said, "I'm really nervous about this."

"Why?" I asked.

"Because when people say they are sorry, they usually hug you."

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February 1--Tami and Todd's stories chosen for Language Arts

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Monday, February 4--Todd played his first basketball game

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Feb. 5--Ryan "walked" while Doug held his hands

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Feb. 5--Kaley won the Spelling Bee to compete in Language Arts

Feb. 7--Ryan crawled a little at Grandma Hill's--also waved when we said "hi".
Doctor's appointment with Dr. Goodman 21# 4 oz.

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At one point we told Alicia her birthday was pretty soon. The other day she stated with great resignation, "Pretty soon is a long, long time."

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Ryan crawls now, but he looks like a dying man in a dessert crawling to a drink of water.

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Ryan discovered his tongue. He sticks it out and plays with it every time he laughs.

He recognizes his name now.

He crawls all over now. He crawled into Dad's study and started chewing on the filthy crud in the Rainbow basin. Poor Dad--he had to pull it out and clean Ryan up. Ryan had his four teeth brushed for the first time!













 










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