16-08-31 (Read 6/18/26)

Getting to visit with Evan.  Drivers license.  Cousins.

I brought Jaden to the back porch and sat in the swing with him. I told him I used to swing Angela in the same place, although it was a different swing. After a while, Evan came and sat with us, and he and I got to have a nice little visit. I got to help him solve his driver's license problem (he didn't know he could renew online) and he was very happy to have that solved. 

16-09-01 (Read 6/18/26)

Barry brought my trunk over to the writing shack for me, and while he was here he put the deadbolt cover in the door. (I'm not really crazy about the pink/green combo, but I'm not offended by it, and pretty soon there will too much stuff on top of it to worry about it.) 

Tyler got up on time this morning and seemed happy. 

Barry and I went on a mini-road trip yesterday. We planned for it, and took advantage of a comparably quiet day to just get off the property together. We drove to the casinos, which isn't anything we really enjoy doing, but with his hurt foot, and the necessity to stay off of it, our options were pretty limited. With that in mind, we made the best of it, and he drove home via some backroads, which always has the benefit of change of scenery. It always causes me to look at life through the eyes of other people, and the homes they live in, and the jobs they have, and the futures they likely envision. It gave us a chance to be quiet together, and to talk when we wanted to. 

Chelsea, Evan, and Jaden came over for dinner last night. Evan wanted us to see that Jaden gives kisses --- sitting in my rocker, Papa watching the news, me standing behind the rocker, talking to Shawn or Tyler --- all of a sudden I heard Evan say, "Nobody saw that!" as he looked up to realize none of us had seen Jaden give him a kiss. 

16-08-24 (Read 6/24/26)

Barry had the baby in his arms just a tiny minute after we got to the room. I hugged Loren and Marlene and looked around and poof === he was in the rocking chair with the baby in his arms.

It fun to see Marlene again. 

Loren was pretty stocked that the baby was born on her birthday. 

Evan: "I'll be honest. I'd be greedy (about holding the baby) if you'd let me be."

Kennedy and John came to the hospital. She told me later that she'd promised Evan she'd be there. 

I got to have lunch with Evan. 

Chelsea's sweet note on Facebook. 

And then I got to hold the baby.

Getting to watch Evan as he realized that his baby was coming. 

A great flurry of love and excitement on Facebook. 

Not joy: Internet is driving me crazy.