Another Birthday Comes Around
On Wednesday night, October 21st, 1998 at 10:20pm I went into labour with Garrick. 45 minutes later, at 11:05pm, dark-haired Garrick made his arrival, weighing in at a respectable 7lbs 12oz and measuring a titchy 19 inches! I called some friends of mine to announce his arrival and Joanna said, "Oh, I was expecting your call, it's Wednesday after all."
Warrick had been born on a Wednesday afternoon, 6 years later his sister made her appearance on a Wednesday afternoon, followed 17 months later by her sister on a Wednesday morning. When Garrick went past his due date the joke at church was I had to wait to the following Wednesday before having the baby - and he complied!
Garrick is now a smart, energetic, art-loving 8-year old, with a quirky sense of humour and a very sensitive nature - and I would not want him any other way.
We love you Garrick!
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I don't think she is 'Wash and Wear"!
I may have only 5 real children living here at home, but try telling that to this four-legged feline. Chloe is my third girl, and she does everything with the girls. She sleeps with Hayley most nights, lets Teagan and Hayley carry her like a baby and all in all undergoes indignities that I am not sure any cat should go through - but we love her!
One of her favourite 'hang out' spots is in the clean clothes hamper - but only the girl's hamper. On Friday I had a hamper full of folded towels, the hamper with the boys clothes, mine and Terry's clothes and then one with the girl's clothes. As you can see, she chose the girls hamper. How does she know? They all smelt the same at that point!
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Zoo Crew
Texas loves to celebrate holidays and so the schools on our side of town (and I am sure all over San Antonio) were closed yesterday in observance of Columbus Day. I don't remember the schools in Michigan been closed for Columbus Day, but then again, Texas has its own Pledge of Allegiance, and I don't rightly recall that Michigan does. The South really IS different from the North!
Seeing that the weather was perfect - a high of 90 yesterday, and that we hadn't been to the
San Antonio Zoo in a couple of months it was decided that it was high time we made our way back there again.
(I have to admit to being spoilt though. I grew up in South Africa and spent a lot of time at the
Pretoria Zoo which has over 4,300 animals and takes up 200 acres! It even has a cable car so you can get to the animals at the furthest end of the zoo.)
We even did the train ride. It is a 10 or 15 minute ride that ambles its way through the public
Brackenridge Park, stopping off at the
Witte Museum (with the coolest hands-on display for kids) and the
Japanese Sunken Garden which is currently under renovation.
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The Twins Are One!!!
Yesterday, October 4th the twins I carried for a couple here in town turned 1! Where did the time go? Last night the mother gave me a call and said, "Right now a year ago you were getting ready to push out Kendall." Wendell had arrived 12 minutes earlier. She said, "Words will never adequately say thank you for what you gave us."
These photos are from June when the twins were 8 months old, but I should get some photos this weekend when we celebrate their first birthday at a big party.
Wendell and me (his mom is in the background)
Kendall and me
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