"But I told her that this just wasn't working out."

Sunday, May 24, 1992

     Bob & Michele Bridgeman had a little boy Tuesday. He's still in the hospital cause he has jaundice really bad. It would be so hard to leave your baby in the hospital. I sure hope he's going to be ok.

     Ez's getting pretty good at pulling up now. Sometimes she tries to let go and lands on her bottom. I'm not sure if she's trying to stand on her own or that's just her way of getting down. She climbed up one step one day this week and Fri. she got up two. She still can't get down from the entry by herself though.

     We had the carpets cleaned yesterday. We were supposed to have them done Wed. by a company whose name I got out of the yellow pages. They called twice & said they were going to be late. Then they called to see if they could reschedule us. I told them no. She said they'd even do the bedrooms free—cause I'd told her we wouldn't have the bedrooms done because of the cost. But I told her that this just wasn't working out. She said she was sorry & I said I was too. So we got an appt. with Wall to Wall which is a carpet sales & installation company. They did dry cleaning instead of steam cleaning. We had to move everything that was movable and vacuum before they came. The stuff we'd moved when the other company was supposed to come, Guy just put it back in the corner of the living room. I moved what I could upstairs Fri. night & Sat. morning (Guy had duty) & we were still getting stuff moved & Guy vacuuming when the guy came. It only took about 35 minutes. It looks like all the spots came out. But a couple of high traffic areas still look a little dingy to me. The man said the spots came up pretty easily & asked if it was a stain-resistant carpet. We said it wasn't, that we'd had Scotch guard put on it the last time it was cleaned. We probably should have done that again & I figured he'd try to sell us that but he didn't. We still haven't put everything back in it's place.

     After Ez's short aft. nap we went to Children's Palace. Barb Leland came for lunch Thu. & mentioned that they were having a going out of business sale with everything 20% off. We went to get Ez. a high chair. We got a Fisher-Price wooden one with a plastic tray. It has a heart-shaped cutout on the back. She seems to like it. We also got a few other things—a pink crib sheet, a new syringe for her medicine, a F. P. Slumber Baby (like a baby dressed in a bunny suit, it's really soft & cuddly, we named it Snuggle Bunny), some diaper covers, & wipes. I don't know how long the sale's been going on. Most stuff didn't look like it was too picked over yet. We may go back & get some stuff with xmas money & hold it for her til next xmas. We had to charge the stuff we got cause they weren't taking any personal checks.

May 24, 1992

"It's hard to believe how fast it's going."

Tuesday, May 19, 1992

     Ez. is 13 months old today. The time is going by so fast. It's hard to believe how fast it's going. She's not taking as long of naps as she was when she was sick but she does take naps both morning and aft. most days. She didn't wake me up til after 8:00 this morning so I kept her up til after lunch. She slept from about 12:20—2:40, waking up once for a few minutes. I slept for about an hour.

     Oh, Guy told me that night before last I got up with Ez at 2:something in the morning. I don't remember it at all.

     Sue called last night. Daddy & Judy were still there. They decided to stay an extra day cause Dot wanted a little more time with Aunt Willie. Cookie & Sparky get along fairly well except each gets jealous when the other is getting more loving. They'll probably do fine. They were going home today.

     I started last night & finished cutting out a dress & pinafore for Ez. The dress is pink with white bunnies & the pinafore is white eyelet. It took me awhile to work out fitting the curve of the bottom to the finished edge of the eyelet. Hopefully the way I did it will work.

     I've gotten ahold of everyone for the Empty Arms/Expectant Arms reunion. I'm just waiting to hear back from one person.

"I hope she doesn't get sick again."

Sunday, May 17, 1992

     Guy cleaned house for me this weekend and did a very good job. I just wish I could keep up with it so it wouldn't be such a major task whenever one of us does get around to it.

     Yesterday morning we went to a picnic at Lakewood Park for our small group. Not too many people showed up. Besides all the of us; all the Dunbars except for Robin, the Snowdins, Mary Sembra, & a new single, David Stark. The Orrs and the Campbells, except for Steve, came but had to leave before we ate. I guess people thought it was cancelled because of the weather. It had rained some but it was only sprinkling a little when we got there & the sunshine came & went. It was a nice little fellowship.

     Ez. took the last of her amoxycillin yesterday. I guess she's well now. She kind of got spoiled about going to sleep; while she was sick we practically rocked or walked her completely to sleep. Last night and tonight we let her cry herself to sleep. Sometimes when she does that she falls asleep just laying forward between her legs spread out. She did that at nap time one day & was still that way when I woke from my nap. One leg was turning blue so I tried to move her & woke her up. She'd been asleep a couple of hours by then so that was ok. Tonight she moved herself and bumped her head on the activity board. It took a few minutes for me to get her calmed down again. So far so good. I hope she doesn't get sick again. She's got a lot of drool since we stopped the Nite Lite. She's still working on one eye tooth and one molar. She'll probably start cutting her second molars by the time these two are finished.