"She almost choked once though & scared me to death."

Tuesday, February 25, 1992

     Sunday was the Pugh's last day here. They should be in Searcy by now. I didn't cry as much as I thought I would. Lots of people did though.

     Guy had duty again yesterday. Elizabeth did pretty good. I gave her some peanut butter on a piece of rice cake. She liked it. She almost choked once though & scared me to death. She went to bed ok but woke up when the phone rang & took awhile to get back to sleep completely. (Eddy was calling to tell Guy happy birthday.) She woke up at 4:04 but went right back to sleep when I got her pacifier in her mouth. I didn't go back to sleep til almost 6:30 though. Then she woke up at 7:13 and wouldn't sleep any more. I took a nap when she did but only drifted really. She only slept an hour because she pooped. She was really tired & went right to sleep at 1:00. I slept for about 45 minutes after my story went off. She slept til 4:00. Guy got home around 3:40 or so.

     We went out for supper for his birthday at Denny's. He asked about their free birthday dinner, saying he had duty yesterday. The waitress said he couldn't get it but when they added the check up at the register he did get it free. So that was nice.

     It was a gloomy day yesterday and today. It's supposed to clear up tomorrow afternoon. It's been pretty foggy, especially when we were out tonight but that was better when it rained on the way home.

     We went to K-Mart to get a couple of things we can't find at Wal-Mart – an additive for Chief's water to "deodorize" him and the kind of photo album we like. They had all sorts of albums but not the ones we wanted. I saved the label from the last one cause it was hard to find them too. The outside looked the same but these pages were flimsy. There was one there with the right kind of pages but the pockets were for the jumbo size prints. So maybe they're just out of them. We also got Ez. a new sleeper. Actually I think it's footed pajamas. She's outgrowing her winter ones. This is kind of medium weight. We have one light weight one she needs to grow into. When summer comes we're going to have to get a lot of new clothes for her or I'm going to have to do a lot of sewing.

     I don't think I mentioned that the other day I finished a long-sleeved onesie for her except for the snaps. It's white with pink bunnies on it. The only thing left that's cut out is a plaid shirt to go with her burgundy overalls and a little bunny to fit in the overall pocket. Anyway, when I was doing the last bit of sewing on the onesie I was really having a hard time getting the fabric to move along. I kept adjusting the pressure on the presser foot but it didn't seem to make a difference. When I finished I saw the problem. The feed is made of rubber and the middle part had a big chunk missing and the bare metal was showing. I knew they were worn down but now I guess they'll have to be replaced. I hope it doesn't cost too much. I hope it can be done – the machine is almost 18 years old! Mom & Daddy got it for me for my high school graduation present. It was the best of the Singers then. That was just before they came out with the electronic ones and the free arm. That sure would come in handy for sewing Guy's patches on his uniform sleeves. I'm in the process of replacing all his SIMA patches with Opportune patches.

     I'd hoped to go to bed early tonight but Ez. had a hard time going to sleep tonight. I ended up rocking her laying on her back in my lap. But she's so long now I had to pull her bottom up on my stomach a little ways & hold on to her legs to keep her head from hanging off. A strange position but it put her to sleep. Guy was asleep within seconds. He said he was up working til midnight last night. I was up til 12:30 watching the Tonight show so I could get sleepy enough. That's what I used to do when Guy was at sea. But then, I could sleep as late as I wanted to in those days.

     Today's bottles had the last of the Similac in them. Ez. will be on straight milk from now on. We still have to warm her bottles up some but are gradually reducing the length of time we warm them. We got another sipper cup for her to try but she didn't like it. It has a gasket to control the amount of flow so if it's overturned it only drips out. But you have to suck on it to get anything out and she won't do that. Maybe because the first cup we got her she didn't have to suck on, it just came out. We may have to break down & buy the expensive one Dr. Karp recommended. I tried her feeding bowl with Cheerios in it but she just got a handful out and slung them all around. At Denny's I took food & a bottle to give her then we gave her some green beans & fries. She only took a few bites of each. She enjoyed watching all the other people though.