Kid’s Kwarterly!

 

June 2005

 

Hello everyone! It’s time for the second installment of my newsletter. The biggest news is that my baby brother was born but I’ll get into that later. Mom says I need to talk a little about him too. I don’t see why this can’t just all be about me! However, most of the last few months revolved around him so I guess he should be at least mentioned in this letter.

 

Let’s see. When last I wrote to you all, we had just moved into my new house. I think Mommy and Daddy have finally adjusted to their new surroundings because they’ve finished unpacking their stuff. Mommy and I would go shopping sometimes and we don’t get lost anymore. I have a few friends in the neighborhood too. Most of the kids that live near me are older. Daddy even had a lot of kids come over one day and paid them to help him tend the back yard. Mommy then gave everyone popsicles. That was fun!

 

The week before Easter, Uncle Mark came to town on his spring break. That Friday, Granny and Grampa drove down so we could spend Easter at my house. Even my Godfather Eugene came for a visit. We had a lot of fun that weekend and I got to hunt for Easter eggs both Saturday and Sunday. Sunday night, Grampa and Uncle Mark had to drive back to MD to get Mark to school the following week. Granny was going to stay with us until the baby arrived.

 

 

So, the next day, Granny and Mommy and I went to the baby doctor appointment and something happened because we had to go to the hospital after. Mommy’s blood pressure was high and they wanted to check her out. I don’t see what all the fuss was, the same thing happened before I was born. Anyways, the results came in and the doctor decided to induce labor. This meant Baby Brother was coming early, just like I did. This also meant the end of my single life. I wasn’t sure how I felt about this. I decided I would meet him and see if I liked him. If not, I would go home with Mommy and Daddy and he could stay at the hospital.

After being in labor for a while, Mommy apparently wasn’t working hard enough to get Baby Brother out because the doctor said C-section. I wasn’t sure what this was but it seemed to upset Mommy a bit and Daddy had to change clothes. He looked like a doctor when he got dressed. I guess he was going to go help the other doctors. So they wheeled Mommy down the hall which was really cool because she just stayed in the bed and the whole bed went.  I wish my bed did that!

 

After a while, Mommy got wheeled back and I got to see Baby Brother. He didn’t look too bad. He was kinda cute but that may be because he looked just like I did when I was born and of course I was so cute. Mommy and Daddy and Baby Brother stayed all week at the hospital and I got to go home to my house with Granny and Eugene. But we would visit at the hospital.  Eventually Mommy and Daddy named the boy Zachary Ryan. Not a bad name. But I like mine better.

Near the middle of May, Mommy, Baby Zach and I flew to MD to see the family. Daddy was going to E3 which is a big video game convention thing. We talked to him on the phone and he sounded like he was enjoying himself. I was enjoying myself too. Granny has a great park by her house and we got to go a few times.  I also got to help Grampa clean the backyard, plant flowers and stuff and pick asparagus. It was so much fun. Apparently I’m a good gardener. At the end of the month, Daddy came to town and we baptized Zach. We had a party after and everyone had a lot of fun. The next day we drove home. It was a fun trip.

 

It’s getting hotter outside and we turn the air conditioner on sometimes. We didn’t even have an air conditioner in California. The pool in our neighborhood is open now and I hope to go swimming soon. I love swimming in my bath tub and I can’t wait to swim in a bigger version.

 

In a couple months I’ll be starting a preschool. I’m so excited. I’ll go two mornings a week and will learn a little Spanish and French. I can’t wait! I know my alphabet (although I forget “N” sometime) and can mostly count to 30 in English and 10 in Spanish so I think I’ll do well in school. It’ll be fun to hang out with other kids my age too. I can’t wait! I’m ready, here I come world!

 

 

Well, not much else is new I guess. Zach has a website with pictures of him at www.zacharyryanadams.com if you wanted to see him. Of course a cuter kid can be seen at www.karinaskyeadams.com. I hope you are all doing well and that you miss me. I miss all of you. Keep in touch!

 

Love to you all,

Karina