Home Despot Elly

It’s REALLY HOT here! I’m downstairs in the relatively comfortable basement, but I’m not relishing going upstairs in a few minutes and trying to sleep. The temperature in the kitchen reads 85 degrees!\par
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Fortunately, we went over to my in-laws for a Family Dinner Night and were able to stay in their blessedly air-conditioned house or in [...]

I should wait until 6 weeks, but I have time to write, right now.\’c2\~\par
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What is there to say? She’s sleeping reasonably well. Some nights she wakes up twice, and once she’s slept for 6 1/2 hours straight! That was a happy day! But really she’s sleeping well for a very wee one, I think. She seems [...]

Notable Happenings at the 2008 RCC Family Camp:\par
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1. We took a 3-week-old baby to Family Camp and came back alive, if not necessarily well. If I had a nickel for everytime somebody said, “Look at all that hair..” I think I might even be able to buy.. oh, a candy-bar or something.\’c2\~(inflation, you know..) Monica slept [...]

I’m writing now, now because I have nothing to do, but because I have so many things to do that I don’t know where to jump first! Tomorrow night (yikes, tomorrow!) Michael’s having a birthday party for me at our house. This is sweet and wonderful of him, only it’s at OUR HOUSE, which necessitates cleaning [...]

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Above: in a newborn sized outfit at fifteen days old. Below: sixteen days old. She can hold up her head really high, but wasn’t cooperating for the camera!\par
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Monica with her paternal grandparents, Valerie [...]