Braska Bear

**Be sure to look below for more stories. I got behind, but I'm caught up now!** This morning, Auntie Julia, Grammy Jan, and Papa Beagle left to go pick up Auntie Joy and Uncle Ryan. They did alot of work this week! I mostly just watched them, but it was nice to have them with us all week. Thanks for all the help! Check out my shades! That's what Mommy calls them, but I'm not sure what they're really for. She says I look cute, though, so it's ok with me. I fell asleep today after some turkey and peaches before Mommy could clean up my face. I was just too comfy!

Mommy says I'm supposed to tell you four things about myself. That's kind of hard, but I'll try. 1. I am the first grandchild for all my grandparents, so that makes me extra super special to all of them! (That makes me the first niece too, so I'm even MORE special, I think!) Hi family! 2. I learned today that I like peaches! 3. My favorite toy, other than my hand, is a a colorful thing with wings that have parts that feel all different and sound different when you touch them. Mommy calls it a butterfly. 4. I like to get up in the morning and talk to my toys until Mommy or Pop comes to get me. Then I like to go in and cuddle with them in the big bed for a while. We call it family cuddle time. Now I'm supposed to pick some of you to do this too! I'm gonna pick Georgia , Delphine , Vince , and Abby . I wanna hear about you!

A while back, (sorry!) Jennifer at Pinwheels tagged me with this meme, and I am just plain honored! Jennifer is a great writer with some great kids. If you haven't looked over her blog, take the chance to do it. Here's how it works: 1. Let others know who tagged you. 2. Players start with 8 random facts about themselves. 3. Those who are tagged should post these rules and their 8 random facts. 4. Players should tag 8 other people and notify them they have been tagged. In all fairness, since this is Braska's blog, I'll do 4 things about me and then let her do her own 4. 1. I have lived in the following states, in this order:Illinois (4 weeks), Texas(7 1/2 yrs), Arkansas(5 yrs, 2 houses), Illinois(3 yrs), Kentucky(2 yrs, 2 houses), Missouri(9 years--4 in college, 5 cities, 7 houses/apts), Illinois(almost 7 years, 1 apt, 1 house). **Give or take a few months each place** 2. I met my husband online, back in the fall of 1997, when there were no such places as eHarmony and ma...

On Thursday morning, Miss Sue, a new lady, came to see me. She was checking how my eyes worked and how I look at things when I play or when she shows me things. It was pretty fun. She had a neat toy that Mommy called a Koosh. It felt really funny on my hands, but I kind of liked it, and it had lots of neat colors. She had a neat thing to look at that had a mirror and some neat shapes and things. There was also a pretty fun light thing that shined a red light. Auntie Rachel sent a box for me today, and it had lots of stuff in it. Bunches and bunches of clothes! Look at all my new stuff! There's alot of stuff that has a little horse on it like what Auntie Rachel always wears. Like on the suits for me to wear in the pool, see the little horses all over the white one? Some of the stuff is too big for me, so Mommy says I'll grow into it soon. Some of it is for now though, and that's fun for me. This one is for when the weather gets not so hot. This afternoon, Grammy ...

This morning, I went to see Miss Luann, and she tried to get me to eat again. Mommy brought some food with us that I thought was pretty yummy. She called it beef with applesauce. And I think it's really yummy. I ate alot of it while we were at Miss Luann's office. She was happy about it. And I'm trying to learn to drink milk from a cup with a thing on it that goes in my mouth. Mommy calls it a sippy or something like that. I don't like it alot, but it's not as bad as that bottle they kept trying to give me. Lots has been going on at my house. Everyone's working on all kinds of projects and I'm just playing and eating. Today, Grammy Jan has been working on the bathrooms, making them prettier. Mommy helped some, and Pop helped some, but Grammy's doing most of the work. She worked late tonight on the floor part of the bathroom. Mommy will show you some pictures of it all done later.

On Monday, Miss Judy was here to play with me, and she had a neat toy. It's all soft and feels nice on my hands, and it makes a fun noise, too. She put me a bunch of pillows around me so I could see things better and play a little, but I don't like that so much. Mommy says if I learn how to do it, they call it sitting, then I'll like it. I'm not sure she knows about that though. On Tuesday, Miss Robin came. She made me do some sitting too. She was telling Mommy how she wants me to practice this, and I just kept wondering why she wants me to do this so much. But then when I tried to do it with this ball to help me, it wasn't so bad.

Today after church, lots of people came up to see me and Grandma C. Miss Jo came over to give me hugs. She's tough like me when it comes to hospitals and doctors and stuff, so we had stuff to talk about. Everyone is always so nice at Grandpa John's church.... Hi South Side friends! After we left church, the whole family put on shirts with my name on them that Grandma C and Miss Karen got for all of us, and we took a picture. I can't show it to you yet, because it's going to be used later by Grandma C and Grandpa J... so you'll have to wait. But here's our little family part of it. I was pretty tired of smiling. For some reason, somebody thought I should sit on Cooper. He didn't seem to mind, so that's good, but I thought my hand was still the better entertainment. We went to Miss Cindy's again after the pictures, and we had lunch and played over there. I didn't get in the pool this time, but we sat and watched the others play for a whi...