Tuesday morning
May 9, 1978
Dear Mom, Dad and Mary Virginia,Hi! It has been quite warm here the past few days. Yesterday it got up into the high 80's but our apt. stayed fairly cool and breezy so I think we won't get the worst of the summer heat. The sun shines into the living room and our bedroom windows from about 5:00 on but by then it has lost most of its fieriness (sp?).
Sunday we went to Uvas Canyon County Park. That is the one that is at the end of the road that goes through the Swedish American resort place. We drove back there after we went to Winchester Mystery House. This time it was a much nicer day though. They have picnic grounds, camping, and hiking trails. The trail we took was quite scenic, following the creek through the canyon and going by a waterfall where another creek runs into the Uvas. With Wendy's new backpack she was able to sit up in it when we stopped to rest as it makes into a little chair. We set her next to the water and she really seems to enjoy watching it. We think it is about the nicest park in the immediate area of Gilroy and we are planning to go camping there when DeeDee comes up the weekend of 18-21. We figured DeeDee and I can go up Friday during the day and get the tent set up so we'll be sure of having a spot.
Saturday afternoon we went down to San Juan Bautista and then had dinner at a Mexican restaurant there. Maybe you remember seeing it. The name of it is something like Jardains de San Juan and it was on the corner on the same side of the street as Casa Rosa. The atmosphere was superb – outside tables in a garden type atmosphere – and the food was pretty good although overpriced, but the service was terrible. The waitress kept forgetting to bring us things and then she would come by and say "Is everything OK?" You know how it goes. They didn't have any high chairs either which made it more difficult with Wendy.
In the past week Wendy seems to have turned from the perfect little baby into a squirming I don't know what. She won't go to sleep at night – she just keeps crying and crying and crying and then when she finally falls asleep of exhaustion she wakes up 10 minutes later ready to get up and play some more. Last night she finally went to sleep about 10:30 and when I went into cover her up she woke up again. And then she woke up in the middle of the night which she hasn't done for ages. Also I practically have to dress her on the floor now because she keeps rolling over or trying to sit up or pushing on the wall with her feet so that it is impossible to change her on the counter. She thinks it is fun to stiffen her legs when I try to sit her down. She can only stand for a minute or two now (with support) but everyday she gets a little stronger.
I have made friends with a girl named Sandy (she's 19) who has a son born September 20. We had them over last week so her husband could meet Gerry and vice versa. Her husband is 10 years older than her and is a student at Gavilan. They live in an apartment over behind G-Mart. He is from Martin's Ferry, Ohio. His mother still lives there. They seem like a nice couple and Sandy seems quite mature – I had thought she was probably around 22. She'll have her hands full next year though as she is expecting another baby in September. She says they only want two and decided if they had them right together then she could go to work sooner. On the same subject I read an article in Parents Magazine about when to have the second child or rather when is the best time to have the second child and it says the best time is when the first one is three or if you want to wait longer then have the second when the first one is five. It says that two years olds and four years olds can be especially difficult around newborns. The two year old because they still need alot of attention and the four year old because they think they can do more than they really can.
Well, give our regards to Roberta if you talk to her this weekend. I got a birthday card for her which says "For a Special Aunt." I better get it off in the mail though. Mary Virginia, there should be a letter for you in the mail in about three or four days. I have to wait for something new to happen after writing this.
Love,
Catherine, Gerry
& Wendy
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