Hi Guys!

Hello to all that are tall and all that are small! (standard Frau greeting)

I havent updated lately due to scheduling and no puter access at home right now. But I have several comments. First off, Fig, your blog about the birthdays and carmel cake making was a fantastic view of that day. Plus your cake sounded darn good and I demand a caramel cake tasting for the fam next time you are all in town. (demand=contritely asking with batting eyes). And I also have never been able to duplicate Mom's dumplings OR her rolls. To which, might I add, there seems to be no recipe. Just pick one she says. I did. It sucked.

Our baby is fabulous, although struggling with poop related issues due to crappy formula. She just got a prescription from her Dr today for the "good" stuff again. We started buying it yesterday, so I am glad she got a script for WIC. Its pricey stuff! So hopefully she will be back to blasting out big diaper amplified farts soon. She got a grade A from Dr G this morning. 10 lbs, 2 oz and 22 inches long now! Also given the "in the 90 percentile" rating for her alertness and activness. If I may insert a proud and bragging tone right here....she is amazing in her alertness! The Dr said she couldnt believe she was only a month old because of just that. She is strong too, and insists on being burped in a sitting position holding her head most of the time so she doesnt miss anything. Shoulder burping is only for sleepy times. She has the Shultz burping skill and really belts them out. Tom says Emily also is majorly skilled in this area. GO EMILY! Id like to see her and Marti in a burping contest...hmm..a game for the summer meeting? I think so! So anyways, I love to hold Jaeden, and rub her fuzzy head and look into her blue eyes. Her hair is turning strawberry I think. Long fingers, big feet and personality +! I cant put into words how much we love this baby. Nessie is a very good mother. She always speaks so softly to her baby no matter how long she wails, and walks the floors at night and you can see the love in her eyes. I make sure she gets breaks, and Todd does too if the baby is not fussy. Believe me, I go sit down there and hold her if I dont get her for a few days. It made me appreciate Mom guys. She has had to live away from 5 of her grandchildren, and I cant imagine how hard that has been for her. But you guys have made it easier by keeping her in their lives as much as possible. Hugs to you all for never letting many miles seperate Gran from her babies.

Ok, I gotta get off here. See ya !

in Dixieland

So, the kids have completed week one of their 2-week annual testing extravaganza. They need extra brainpower..must have protein for breakfast. What was their choice? Grits and cheese. How many of you had that for breakfast this week??? Their school served that for breakfast every morning this week.

The hot lunch line at Macon State had okra and collards yesterday. No corned beef, no halupkis, no kraut and kielbasi.

Jaeden

How is baby?

What's up my fellow siblings!!

Happy Belated Birthday to everyone that I missed saying it to.
I can't believe how old you guys are getting. LOL JK

Mommy spent two nights at the Dunlavy residence last week and it was pretty cool.
Deano told her that she could stay with us if she ever wanted to sell her house - and
he meant it. There were no short and curly twisting antics necessary for him to say that either.

Taylor made the Hight School Softball Team - she's excited. Their season opener is tomorrow at home against Champion. I'm excited and nervous but I don't think she is. Then on Saturday she has a double header in LaBrae (all i know is it's in trumbull county). Between April 3 and May 19 they play 26 games..... it's a brutal schedule. I wont make it to all of them but I will make as many as I can. I've already informed people that on the games I cant make that I would appreciate their attendance. It's frustrating because the games start at 4:15 during the week. Now, I ask you, how many people can actually make a 4:15 game if they work until 5 and they are 43 miles away........they didn't have the parents in mind when they made the schedule - they had themselves in mind - what's wrong with starting @ 5 I ask you because at least that way - you can work your scheduled hours and then still make part of the game.
(In case you haven't noticed - I'm a little bit salty about the whole thing)

Okay, well, that's all I have time to write for now - I will write again at a later time

the ultimate cooking throw down

For Will's birthday, the request was funfetti cake. No problem. Aaron? Homemade caramel cake, just like Grans. Oh boy. Gran makes the world's greatest caramel cake. I whipped up three layers (included buttermilk in the recipe) and then yesterday while making the caramel frosting, in walks Gran. She says, and I quote, "If you put yours next to mine, nobody could tell the difference." Now folks, we've all had people compliment us over the years. This one will go down as one of the goodies. Caramel frosting, in case you don't know, takes forever to make. It has too cook until softball, then you have to whip it (which takes forever) then spread it before it becomes hard. Gran's caramel cake. It's like hearing, "Oh, your dumplings are as fluffy as Rose's!" I've never attempted Mom's dumplings. Never.

Charles Chips

I have a recurring and pleasant memory. In the summer of what I think was 1979, Dad worked at the Tonys Pizza, Charles Chips place. He worked at night. He would sometimes arrange for Barry Murray, Tom and myself to drive down there around 9-10 o'clock at night to hold up large structural truck parts he was repairing or creating so he could weld or bolt them together. He would then remind us what knuckleheads we were, make a Joe Neubert joke about "get a short piece", pay us off with ice cream or pizza or something and send us on our way. I remember hot summer nights without a care in the world, all of us with some money in hand because we worked jobs and had no bills. I don't remember who drove or what was driven, but these are pleasant, pleasant memories.

my love is endless

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