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It’s 2013! Maybe I should not have included 2011 in the title
of my blog? However, since that’s the year you were born, maybe it is a good
idea. Because your Dad was off during the holidays I have not spent a lot of
time with you recently. But you came to our house Christmas Day and I got to
spend New Year’s Eve with you. Your parents “tweet” pictures & videos which
keep me updated with your progress. At
your doctor’s visit yesterday you were 22 lbs (50th percentile) and
33” tall (95th percentile). You are such a busy, happy, smart (and
tall) little girl! One of my favorite pictures is Lylabear”; but they all make
me smile. Starting next week I will be
back on my routine “Lyla schedule”. Because I have been at the same job for
almost 23 years I have a lot of vacation as well as the opportunity to work
remote while you are sleeping which gives me the flexibility to be a regular
part of your life and still be employed full time. I have plans to be
retired this time next year and work only part time so I hope to remain a regular part of your life...and your future sibling(s)! On Christmas Day the Green
grandchildren were also at our house. You had a lot of fun with Jacob (11) and
Abigail (8) and Jackson (5). Abigail enjoyed pulling you around the house in
the new wagon from Great Grandmother Hastie. It will be fun to play with
your new toys the next time I’m at your house. During the holidays I’ve been
organizing old pictures. I made an album of the dogs I’ve had in the past;
from Jacques in 1968 to Frankie who is now 12 years old. Dogs have been a big
part of my life. You really enjoy Sunday the dog who is so good at cleaning up
whatever you drop on the floor. When I spent the night with you New Year’s Eve
you let me read a lot of books to you and you let me hold you and rock you
after your bottle before you went to bed. That was special. I am so glad you love books! You
still love the 1st book I ever read to you—Snuggle Puppy. But you
have many books you like. You also enjoy finding moons in your books. You are a
very smart girl!
In Birmingham, 2013 is
going to be a year of commemorating several civil rights events which occurred
50 years ago in 1963. Although I was only 11 years old I clearly remember the
events including
Martin Luther King’s (MLK) April 16 “Letter from Birmingham Jail” & use of fire
hoses & police dogs by “Bull Connor” during Birmingham protests in May & Medgar Evans murder in Jackson, Mississippi in June & MLK’s “I Have a Dream”
speech at Lincoln Memorial August 28 & September 15 Bombing
at Sixteenth Ave Baptist Church in Birmingham which killed four young girls Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, Carole
Robertson, and Addie Mae Collins. I would like to participate in some of the 2013 events in
Birmingham. Maybe you can participate in the 2063 events when you are 52 years
old! In the meantime I’m looking forward to all of our time together in 2013!
PS I’m having trouble up-loading pictures to the Blog so I’ll
have to try again later!
