From California

Looking at the ocean from the Peir, I was trying to get a picture of the dolpins.

If you look close you can see the shadow of the seal.

There were a lot of surfers out today.
Oh yes. Forrest and I are in California, and today I was at the BEACH. Oh how I have missed this. We walked in the sand, and down the peir. While on the peir we saw a seal and 2 dolphins. They came just for me! Then we rented a double bike/surrey and peddled up and down the boardwalk, through the parking lots and around the streets. It was great, though tonight Forrest has sore knees and a sore bottom! It was a glorious day! Please excuse the blue photo, but my camara was set on "cool tones"1 Yikes.

Forrest Directed his first Play Production. Christmas Belles

Baby Tag

OK, I have been baby tagged by Tawny, so she is the baby I will use. Remember, this was quite awhile ago, and my memeory is not good, but here goes.
1- Where were you when you first found out you were pregnant? I have no idea.
2- Who was with you? ???
3- How did you find out that you were pregnant? Probably the Dr told me.
4- What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? I know I was excited.
5- Who was the first person you told? Forrest
6-Did you plan to get pregnant? Did nothing to stop it.
7- Did you tell everyone else right away? ?
8-Was everybody happy for you? ?
9- Did you go out and celebrate? ?
10- Did you want to find out the sex? They did not do that in those days.
11- What was the sex? We had to wait until she was born to find out, it was a girl.
12-Did anyone throw you a baby shower? no
13- If yes, who?
14- Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew you weren't going to put on your baby?
15- How much weight did you gain? 50 LBS. Yes, you read that right!
16- Did you lose all of the weight that you gained? OH yea, within about one month.
17- Did you get a lot of stretch marks? .nope
18- What did you crave the most? I can't remember.
19- Did you crave anything crazy?
20- Who or what got on your nerves the most?
21- Were you married at the time? Yes
22- Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? I kept going into labor early.
23- Where were you when you went into labor?
24- Did your water break?
25- Who drove you to the hospital? Forrest
26- Did you go early or late? 2 weeks early.
27- Who was in the room with you when you gave birth? Forrest. Papa was out in the waiting room. I don't know where Gina was.
28- How long were you in labor for?
29- Did you have any drugs for the pain? Oh no.
30-Did you go Natural or have a c-section? Natural

31- What was your first reaction after giving birth? Another little girl! :) She has dark hair.
32- How big was the baby(s I believe she was 8 lbs.

33- Did your Husband cry? are you kidding.
34 What did you name the baby(s)? Tawny Renae
35- Does her name have any significant meaning? Not really. We had a friend whose daughter was named Tanya, but they called her Tawny and we just liked the name.
36- Did you have any visitors? Papa
37 Did the baby(s) have any complications? NOt really. At 6months she did have pnemonia though.
38 How old is your baby today? 26 years old??????
39- When is the next one(s) coming? In the mellenium!
40-If you could, would you do it all over again? We did, several more times.
41- Tag: Mom (you can choose just one of us),

Sorry, I guess I could go look up my old journals for more info, but it is 2:44 AM and Forrest is asleep.
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Hair update

I am back from St. George (wonderful, by the way!), but Forrest has requested I not post a picture of his lovely bald head. So being the wonderful wife that I am, I am honoring his request. Sorry all those of you who wanted pictures!
Tonight we put the girls to bed and set up the christmas tree. It is to dark to crawl in the cubby hole to find decorations, so that will have to wait. It is a good thing this is a pre-lit tree.

Hair

On Wednesday, Forrest decided to have Bekka straighten his hair. Let me give you all some advice. If ever you decide on such action, listen to the one that knows when she says "Dad, it is time to rinse your hair out". There is a reason for such words, which, by the way, he did not heed. 10 minutes later he consented to rinse out his hair. All was well, untill the next afternoon at play rehearsal. Bekka got severl messages from him, Urgent-come to the high school. When she got there, he reached up, ran his fingers through his hair, and came away with a handful of hair. Yup, if you don't rinse out in time, all your hair falls out. So yes, now dad is bald (as a billiard ball) and cold! :) The moral of this story is- Listen to those who know what they are talking about. Pictures to follow when I return from St. George.