Birthdays and Beef

Greetings from An-dew again!

We celebrated some more birthdays this week!! Tuesday was Mama's birthday. Daddy and Jun-Jun and I got her a present. And we had a special cake. Daddy said we were supposed to sing to Mama before we ate the cake. Jun-Jun didn't like that idea. At all. Or he didn't like Daddy's singing. He sat there and cried through the entire song. And since Jun-Jun is my big brother and I do look up to him, I figured that was what I was supposed to do too. So I cried through the entire song too. Daddy really does have a good singing voice, so I'm not sure what Jun-Jun's problem was.

Oh, that cake...Daddy and Jun-Jun and Mama ate it. I watched them. Very closely. I was really hoping I'd get a piece too...maybe next time.

Happy Birthday, Mama!!

And then last night we called Grandma Swaim...got to see her on the computer...and said Happy Birthday to her too. Well, Daddy said it. I thought it. She said she had a nice birthday too. Did anyone sing for you, Grandma? Did anyone cry? We can sing and cry for you when we come to visit in a few weeks if you want us to. Ok?

Today after lunch, Mama put us in the car and took us to a place where there were nurses and doctors. Fortunately nobody stuck a needle in me this time. This time they wanted to see Jun-Jun. They let him sit on a bed that had sides like a boat. And they gave him some cookies to eat. And then they shone a light in his ear. And then they squirt some water in there and pulled out a piece of his lunch. The doctor said you're not supposed to eat your lunch with your ear, no matter how good the chili might be. I'll have to remember that cause it didn't look like Jun-Jun had much fun getting water squirt in his ear. Mama said Jun-Jun did a good job for the doctor, all things considered. And I really didn't mind being there cause there were so many new things to look at and lots of new people to smile at.

Guess that's all for now. Gotta go pack my suitcase...Mama said we're going to visit Grandma and Grandpa Huber tomorrow. And I get to meet my cousins.
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An-dew Reporting

Finally! A chance to get down here on the computer!! Everyone else is upstairs taking naps right now...and Mama thinks I am too. Please don't tell her where I really am. At least not until I'm finished typing this...!!

Wanted to fill you in on what we've been doing recently.

A few weeks ago Mama took me to the doctor's office for my 4 month check up. At first it wasn't such a bad place to be...people came in the room and looked at me and talked to me and held me. They told Mama that I'm now 26.25 inches long and weigh 15 pounds 7 ounces. Tall and skinny is what the nice lady said.

But then things weren't so nice. After the doctor left, the nurse came back in and she stuck sharp, pointy things in my legs. And they hurt. A lot. So I told her. Loudly. Very loudly. I guess she finally got the message because she stopped sticking sharp pointy things in my legs and left. Mama said the nurse had a good reason to do that to me. I'm not so sure.

Oh, the doctor also told Mama that I could start eating cereal. The stuff isn't so bad.

I like to help Mama sometimes. You know, hold the spoon myself or take my bib off.

Some days Mama doesn't give me any cereal. She says I need a break from it some days. Something about what it does to me.

Laughing is a good thing. I try to find something to laugh about each day. Fortunately, I have a very silly mama and daddy and they give me lots to laugh about.

And Jun-Jun...he's been keeping busy too. Almost every day he gets out his cars and trucks and shows them to me. I'm not allowed to play with them. Yet. I'm too little. That's what Mama and Daddy say.

He's getting pretty good at drinking from a cup like Mama and Daddy.

And he got to help Mama scrub potatoes and wash green beans the other day.

Gotta go. It's a long trip back up all those stairs. Better get started now so I'm back in my crib when Mama comes looking for me.

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