Kimberly painting Alexandria's Toenails
Original Text of an E-mail from Douglas to Family/Friends
Alexandria had another great day. Kim painted her toenails today, she had to use a toothpick as a brush because her toes are so small. Nothing ever seems to go quite as planned though and I accidentally spilled the nail polish on the carpet trying to shut off the heart monitor.
Gabriel asked to hold her today and I let him. He sat singing to her, telling her he loved her, and lightly brushing her hair with his fingers. He has a lot of very deep feelings.
Gabriel holding Alexandria
When I got up this morning I sent Kim to bed and eventually wrangled all 4 kids at once. While doing that our neighbor Joy walked over and shoveled out our driveway. (Have I mentioned I love the neighbors?) Later on in the day Gabriel, Aden, and I took our shovels over to their place and did their sidewalks. It was a cold day, but good to get the boys outside and let them run around for a bit. Aden and Gabriel did some sledding down the back hill as well.
Another set of neighbors called us from the grocery store today to ask if we needed anything, then later came by with their daughters for a visit.
I gave Alexandria a bath today and she seemed smaller to me, as if she’d lost some of the “baby fat” she may have had while in the womb… not that she had much to begin with. At some point I need to find a scale that we can use to accurately weigh her.
All in all it was a good day. Good enough that tomorrow I’m going to attempt going into the office for a bit.
