Sunday
Feb. 20, 1949
Dearest Mother & Daddy,It was so nice having you surprise us last Wednesday and we only regret you didn't stay longer. We have wondered if you got home all right and if you went to Pittsburgh the next day. We said tonight we ought to send you some postal cards so you would inform us as we have received cards for such purposes so often.
After you left, we found the "candy" you left in the dish, Daddy & it was really sweet of you but you shouldn't have done it. We are entirely too spoiled by such wonderful and generous parents.
Catherine was quite awake until about 11:00 after you left & kept wanting attention all the next day. Too bad her grandparents don't come more often. Right now she's hoping to be picked up but I just fed her (7:00 PM) and hope it will last her until 10:00 & that one for the night.
She sleeps through pretty well from about 11:00 to 4:30 or 5:00 but she is extra hungry about 7:30 or 8:00 in the morning then. Also before she goes to bed we nearly always have to give her a bottle plus breast feeding.
Friday we received a very pretty pink plastic quilted bottle holder with zipper opening in it to keep bottle warm – from Mrs. Blaine Cochran and a Utility Bag - Red Koroseal [?] trimmed in Black with should strap from Bob & Harriette.
We got a very clever birth announcement from Hester and Henry "Hawk" [?] Thrasher – They had a 7 lbs. 7 oz. boy – John Allen born at 1:57 PM, Friday, Feb. 4. It was a picture on one side of Hester holding the baby obviously taken in the hospital when only three days old. Then on the back was all the vital statistics.
Harold went up to the Placement Service last week to see about job possibilities for lawyers in & around Ohio. They have four firms who want to take on graduates and there are over 60 in the class – doesn't look too bright for all.
Saturday was a real nice day & Harold painted the stool which you so kindly brought over – and plans to put another coat on it tomorrow. He also scrubbed the bathroom cleaned the whole apartment and made oatmeal cookies. After Catherine was fed at 4:00 we bundled her up in her pretty pink sweater, bonnet, booties, bunting & drove up to the Market. Katie and I waited in the car while Harold did the weekly shopping.
We finished up the cake & found it very good to the last bit and still are using the cream – we feel quite like plutocrats for its so seldom we have it on hand. I'm sorry we didn't realize that the other half pint was in the market bag until after you left.
Jeanne Campbell is coming over Thursday for dinner. She was to come over on Monday but then we called & cancelled that as that is are only night to wash.
Mrs. McGonagle called the next morning (Thursday); it was a coincidence for I had planned to call her & tell her you had been here. She was very understanding about your not getting in touch with her.
We had a nice card & note from Marie & George Walmer. If you recall, she told us that we had been married on their 30th wedding anniversary. In the note she said we were keeping pretty close to their dates as their first was born on Jan. 28. (Is George, Jr or Dot the oldest in their family?)
It's hard to believe Catherine is already three weeks old. I don't have too much time while she's on a three hour schedule as I just put her to bed when its time to get her up again. (She's really beginning to cry now so it look I'll have to end this.)
This morning I made formula – thinking two bottles would be plenty – one for tonight & one for tomorrow morning but she was quite dissatisfied with the little I gave her at the 11:00 feeding that I had to give her a bottle then – and after I put her to bed 1:30 – made up three more bottles – hoping to run her through tomorrow morning. I don't know whether to ask the doctor to change her to bottle feeding entirely or not. She nurses for quite a long time & then never seems too full.
I've got to go now for she's not kidding about the crying now.
Love, Harold, Jean and Catherine
Tried to measure Catherine & it look like shes 22 inches long now – 2 1/4 increase!
No comments:
Post a Comment