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FEBRUARY 26, 2006
  Allison Jean Fish  was born at 8:28 P.M. on Thursday, February 23, just 3 days after her cousin Audry came into this world.  Allison weighed an even 9 lbs and is 21 inches long.  (Cousin Audry weighed 8 lb 5 ounces and was 19 inches long!)  Unfortunately, and the reason for the delay in reporting Allison's birth, she has had too much fluid in her little lungs and after brief 'bonding' time with the family, was placed on oxygen in ICU.  However we are pleased to report that she has been weaned off oxygen and will go home either today or tomorrow.  You can see pictures of both beautiful little girls at robfish.com.  Just follow the prompts.  Great Gram and Great Grandpa are doing fine and much in love with their two beautiful grands!!

FEBRUARY 21, 2006
  One down and one to go!  Sarah and TJ are the proud parents of Audry Harper, 8 pounds, 5 ounces, length, 19 Inches, and born Monday, February 20 at 6:35 a.m. (On her Aunt Carrie's Birthday.  Aunt Carrie is "due" to have her baby any day now !)
 Great Grampa and I went to see her yesterday, and watched through the window as the nurse cleaned her up and gave her first bath.  Audrey did not like her bath! Audrey is now "in residence"  in her mother's room and we shall leave in a few minutes for a brief visit with her, along with her mother and father, of course !
 I called Carol yesterday afternoon, knowing of course, that Rob had made her aware of the newcomer's arrival.  While Carol is so tickled that her brother is now a grandfather, she is, at the same time, more than slightly jealous of his new grandparental status!  We have seen pictures of baby Audrey being held by Carol's David, and they are adorable.  Katie and Carol will both come to Columbus in March, when they are sure that Carrie has also presented us with a baby.  Just about everyone but Grampa and I have had their pictures taken with the new arrival.  And that is something we hope to take care of this afternoon...
  Later... We have been to the hospital, where I held Audry and then held her some more!!  She is truly a darling and slept most of the time, opening her little blue eyes occasionally to see what was going on!   Sarah and TJ are going to take  her home this evening, which promises to be the beginning of "real" parenthood for them both.  I am available at all times if they need me, but I'm betting that they will manage just fine!
 
 

FEBRUARY 17,2006
 Still no babies! But I guess to be fair about it all, the girls really  haven't reached their "due dates", in spite of the way they look and certainly feel!  We haven't seen them in nearly two weeks, but unless they go to the hospital, we are planning on celebrating the Birthdays of David (who is finally 21 and can legally buy beer!) Chris (who was 29 on Valentine's Day) and Carrie (whose Birthday is the 20th).  Chris called today to tell us how miserable Carrie is!  She has another week to work yet and wishes she could take her leave now!  I left a message on Sarah's phone since she wasn't answering!  I hope to give them their babies' souvenirs from Myrtle Beach, and also Valentine Candy which I have had forever, it seems, but haven't seen them.
 Rob came over for dinner on Tuesday, and he and David came over Wednesday night.  The girls and their spouses had Baby Appointments and couldn't come . 
  Sad news tho--Donna wrote that Len had quite a severe stroke, and she is spending much of her time going back and forth to the hospital.  It's pretty scary as it seems the older we become, the more of our dear friends either leave us or have some catastrophic occurrence.
   But Hooray, Hooray, I just did our Federal and State Income Tax returns and they are ready to go!!  And now the Olympics are calling me...

FEBRUARY 12,2006
   Home again!!  And so are both of our Mothers-to-be, still!!  I'm sure that at this point, they both wish it were all over, and they could begin the wonderful journey of BEING MOTHERS which begins at birth and continues on into the future (with a Lot of help from their spouses!)
   I called them several times from Myrtle Beach to be sure that we could enjoy our visit.  And such a nice visit it was!  We spent more time than usual with Vinnie and Lee , which was truly a pleasure--went over to their Condo every day and played cards or just 'visited' with them, and ate there, twice.  And a couple of times  Peg and Joe joined us for cocktails and we went out to dinner together.  It was so enjoyable to be with all four of them again!  We missed Tee and Bill, who were in Florida, celebrating Tee's birthday, but who usually were with Linc and me at the hotel.  But it was a wonderful week-I even got a little sunburn while sitting on our balcony, over looking the ocean.
   The two front wheels of the wheelchair broke while coming out of the mall-- turns out they are made of plastic.  Linc and Vinnie managed to find someone to replace the wheels but it was expensive!  And since we haven't made the first payment on the wheelchair, we intend to go back to where we bought it and see if they will reimburse us!  But on the day that it broke, I was forced to walk more than my feet were willing, and thus they (my feet) hurt more than usual!
    We did some shopping while at MB and found some Easy Spirit shoes that are extra wide, to accommodate my poor Neuropathy-ridden feet.   I have decided that since I can't walk much anyway, I  might as well wear something reasonably attractive  on my feet, instead of the ugly (I think) Nike's that I have been wearing.
 Anyway, we had a wonderful trip.  We took two days going and spent the night in Greensboro, where we indulged in a very nice dinner.  Coming home, Linc decided he didn't want to spend another night in a motel, and so we (he, really) drove 12 hours and arrived home Friday night. Molly was so-o-o glad to see us!  Which reminds me, we have to go and pay our Kitty Sitter!!

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