"But he says that every year."

Thursday, May 28, 1992

     We went to church last night for the second week in a row. Ez did pretty good. We put her in her pajamas before coming home but she didn't fall asleep on the way like before. It didn't take her long once we got home though. She did wake up once, about 11:30, just as I was falling asleep. I had to rock her for about 20 min. I think. It feels like her last molar (last of the first ones) is getting closer to coming through so that may be bothering her some. Can't remember if I wrote that her last eye tooth finally came in on the 20th. Hopefully we'll have a break before the second molars start.

     She tried at least three times to poop today before finally getting it out at supper. I gave her prune juice this aft. It was a big solid piece & she was bleeding a little. At bedtime she had another one about half that size. I put some Nystatin cream on her. She was up a little late cause I was trying to call people about my Discovery Toys party tomorrow night. So far so good.

     Back to Ez. We went to Wal-Mart this morning to save time tonight. We would've waited til Mon. except we were low on disposable diapers. She did pretty good til it got to be close to lunch time. I had put some Teddy Grahams in just in case & she ate them all. I looked at clothes & found 3 I really liked but one cost too much & the others I couldn't find in her size. I did find her one of those inflatable swim seats though. It's like an inner tube with a seat in the middle. I think she'll have fun in the pool. Guy insists we're going down there this summer. But he says that every year.

"I just remember Guy slept through it all."

Tuesday, May 26, 1992

     Yesterday was nice with Guy having the day off for Memorial day. He'd said he'd get up with her Sun. night if I let him take a Sun. aft. nap and sleep late Mon. morning. She didn't wake up at all Sun. night so he got up with her Mon. It was 7 something I think. He came back to bed about 8:30; she'd already gone down for a nap. I think it was around 9:30 when we all got up. She took a nice long nap in the afternoon & I had a pretty good one too. Guy caught up watching tapes. We'd planned on grilling steaks for supper but it was cloudy & looking like it was going to rain any minute all day long so we just had some hamburgers. I tried baking some oatmeal scotchies for Fri. night & they didn't turn out very well. Lots of them crumbled apart. They taste ok. The only thing I know I did different from usual is adding chopped walnuts but I don't know how that would make such a difference.

     Ez. went to bed without any problem last night. Then she woke up at 11:28. I'd been asleep maybe 10 minutes at the most. She wasn't poopy or hot so I don't know why she woke up. Or why she kept waking up. I quit counting after the 3rd or 4th time & I can't remember now what time it was when she finally stayed asleep. I just remember Guy slept through it all.

     I first heard her a little before 7:00 but didn't have to get her til 7:30. I kept her up this morning cause we had to go to the grocery store. I was trying to get there & back before it started raining but it was pouring by the time we left the store. I'd taken a blanket though so she didn't get too wet. She slept for about 1 1/2 hrs. this aft. & woke up for a few minutes then (after I rocked her) slept for another hour. I think I slept for about 45 min. I wish I could go to bed when she does. When Guy's here there's always something I need to get done or something we want to see on TV. And when he's not here I have trouble getting to sleep at all anyway. She's been moving around a lot the past 30 min. I sure hope tonight is not a repeat of last night. I just can't deal with getting up half the night.

"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.

"Sometimes I wish we could afford a maid."

Thu., May 14, 1992

     Ez. woke up at least 3 times overnight, I think because her legs got cold. Guy had put her night shirt on and of course it didn't stay down on her legs. I put some socks on her at one point. I heard everything Guy did this morning for the first time in quite awhile. I heard her a couple of times after he left but didn't have to get up. I think it was close to 7:30 when she really woke up. She only slept for about an hour this morning and she would not take a nap this aft. at all. I gave up after over an hour of alternately rocking or swaying her and letting her cry. We went to get the mail then sat on the porch awhile just watching people go by. The rest of the aft. & evening she'd play awhile & fuss awhile back & forth. She went to sleep with little problem at 7:40 but she's already been awake a couple of times, once from hitting her head on the activity board when she scooted around. I put pajama bottoms on her with the night shirt tonight. The fan is on. Hopefully she won't get too hot or too cold. I didn't take a nap this morning cause I was counting on taking one this aft. so I could stay up & watch Johnny Carson tonight.

     I did get one thing accomplished today–mopping the kitchen floor. For the first time since I don't know when. Sometimes I wish we could afford a maid. Then I think I'd hate for anyone to see the house is such a mess. I look at all the things that need to be done and I just don't know where to begin. So I just don't do anything.

     Judy called tonight from Daddy's. They're going to Sue & Harold's tomorrow. Aunt Willie's going with them and they're taking Cookie and leaving her there. Daddy decided she's not worth the trouble. He said he thinks she got her front paw run over by a car a couple of months ago; she limps sometimes. He didn't take her to a vet. At least he had her to keep him company through the winter. What he really needs is a more sturdy, outdoor/indoor type of dog, not some little chowder type.

     Judy said Kirk graduated from Harding Saturday. He called her at 1 a.m. that morning to ask if she knew he was graduating that day. She had called Beth (Kenny's wife) a few days earlier to see if they knew when it was and she said she thought it was that weekend. Judy said she & Kirk hardly ever called each other cause they can't afford long distance. He's staying with Kenny and Beth til he can get his own apartment. He's working at Travel File. I told her I hope he'll give me my xmas music back. She said she'll ask him about it the next time she talks to him. Who knows when that'll be. Oh, Sue paid to rent them a car to go to Fort Worth. It's a 2-door '89 Cavalier. Sounds crowded.

May 1992

"At least it's tax deductible."

Wed., May 13, 1992

     Ez. & I went to the library this morning, even though she woke up at 6:59 this morning. I figured she'd fall asleep in the car & stay asleep for awhile but she didn't. We found more board books than last time. We went ahead & had an early lunch but she didn't go to sleep til 12:30. I dozed through my story then slept for about an hour after it went off – not a deep sleep though. She slept til 3:30.

     Guy brought home his uniform (dungarees) today. He said it had pie all over it. I asked did someone throw one at him & he said yes. They had 13 pies to auction off to raise money for Navy Relief. People had to bid for throwing it at a certain person. The two female officers besides the CO went together & paid $50 to hit Guy with a pie. He paid $31 to hit one of them back. At least it's tax deductible.

     After supper we went to Sears & got Ez's pictures. All but one pose was great good, two were great. We bought all of them plus frames for the big ones for $114 something. That's in addition to the deposit we made.

     We ran into Rick Ellington and his expectant wife in the baby department. The last we'd heard of him was that he was engaged. They've been married almost a year & the baby's due just before their anniversary.

May 1992