Author: Paula

I have just added a few new pho­tos of Dana to the pho­to gallery. They do not do her jus­tice, she is tru­ly cute and fun­ny.

I have added a bunch of new Dana pho­tos to the gallery. Check them out.

Today we took Dana to the doc­tor for her six month check­up. All is well, Dana is in the 50th per­centile for her weight and length.

She weights 16 lbs 2 oz, and is 26 inch­es long. She is such a big girl!

In fact, she’s such a big girl that I had the doc­tor pierce her ears. Dana was­n’t too hap­py about it at first (I think she thought it was a strange immu­niza­tion shot), but she seems quite hap­py with them now. Check out the pic­tures!

I have told sev­er­al of my friends about this great hol­i­day that I grew up with. I am not sure that any of them believed me. So here is the proof.

For years around Ville Plat­te the open­ing day of squir­rel season—the first Sat­ur­day in October—has been known as “Squir­rel Day.” Schools close ear­ly the day before—some don’t open at all—because atten­dance by stu­dents and teach­ers alike is cut in half. Busi­ness­es shut­ter their win­dows. Every­body heads for “camp,” they call it, and that can mean a sleep­ing bag in the back of a pick­up truck or a deluxe hunt lodge wired for elec­tric­i­ty, with air-con­di­tion­ing and big-screen TVs. “Squir­rel Day is the Cajun Passover,” explains Ville Plat­te native Tim Fontenot. “There’s a mass exo­dus into the woods.”

From Field and Stream

This week Dana has start­ed eat­ing rice cere­al. Check out her pho­to album to see her enjoy­ing her first meal.

Dana had her four month check up this past Mon­day. The doc­tor says that she is a per­fect­ly healthy girl. Dana is in the 50th per­cential for her weight and length, she weighed in at 13 pounds 8 ounces and is 24 inch­es long. To see pic­tures of Dana vis­it her web album.

Dana is almost 2 months old! It is so hard to believe that she is almost out of the new­born stage…

She is grow­ing and chang­ing each day. This last week she has mas­tered the smile and is work­ing on lift­ing her head as she plays on her bel­ly. To see new pic­tures of Dana vis­it her pho­to album.

Today was Dana’s one month check-up, and the doc­tor was very excit­ed with how much she has grown.

As of today, Dana weights 8 lbs 13 1/2 oz. and is 20 1/2 inch­es long.

She is also learn­ing how to smile these days. That is very excit­ing for us!

Also, I’ve added more pho­tos to Dana’s pho­to album!

Today I got one of the best birth­day presents I’ve ever received–a cit­rus tree! Actu­al­ly, it’s three cit­rus trees in one. I’ll name it trin­i­ty. A com­pa­ny named Willits & New­comb spe­cial­izes in cit­rus trees, and make these “cock­tail” trees by graft­ing two or three vari­eties onto one trunk. Quite cool!

This one will bear Valen­cia Oranges, Eure­ka Lemons, and Bearss Limes!

This is one real advan­tage to hav­ing your moth­er-in-law come for a vis­it right before your birthday–you get great gifts!