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Lando

Again, by the time you are old enough to read this, hopefully you have learned I am a bit of a wuss when it comes to hot days. I don't like hot days. I don't like them at all, we don't get along. It has been HOT. Today, driving home from Grammie and Grandpa's, I was thinking, "If there is a heat index of 113 degrees here, I wonder how hot it is in Ethiopia?" So I checked. According to our friends at The Weather Channel, it is 66 degrees in Addis Ababa and raining. (A huge rain front blob is covering half the country according to their radar. Sorry Lando, I don't know the technical term for the blob.) I have to admit, I thought it would be hotter in Addis little Lando. Your Mom has learned she really needs to work on her geography/weather skills when it comes to Ethiopia.  

Yesterday you got mail! Okay, it was addressed to me and intended for you, so no federal laws were broken. It was a good piece of mail, it was a package from Von Maur. Sorry, if I had been thinking, I would have taken a picture of it wrapped for you. Grammie sent you this present. Note that the enclosure card has your name on it REALLY big. I think she was afraid I would think the Darth Vader alarm was for me. (So you know, when I was born, your Uncle Spence didn't want a sister. He wanted a cat, so he called me Darth Vader for a bit. Your Uncle Spence is highly allergic to cats.)

{source: me}

Lando, today I babysat your cousin Lilypad. For 20 months, Lily is pretty busy. We played with blocks, watched Justin Timberlake do the "Evolution of Rap," looked at the American Girl catalog where she identified her "Baby" (She got a chocolate bitty baby for her 1st birthday from your Dad and some crazy person I. Your Dad says he is never going into the American Girl Place again.), watched Elmo, made cakepops, napped twice, went out to lunch, and ate applesauce. Yes, the Lilypad and I made cakepops. Lily needed Grammie's help, as well as my help, but she did it! While at Grammie and Grandpa's I also got to see Grandpa's "new" toys. Your Grandpa bought a 1927 Model A truck and a train set. (Lilypad has already been for a ride in the truck. Grandpa thinks you are really going to like it. So you know little Lando, Lilypad is starting to call Grandpa "Papa.")

{source: me- Lily's cakepop is the one in the front that is really shiny}

So you know, Saturday marks one year on the waitlist! We can't wait to see your face(s) for the first time. Maybe then I can talk your Dad into doing a post. . .  (he laughs and continues to watch the White Sox) Your Dad doesn't like to write.