My mom came over yesterday and I invited her to come with us to story time at the local library.  Leah was not her overly happy self but was okay with a little help from her soother.  We sang a lot of nursery rhymes that were around when I was a kid and I am sure were around when my mom was a kid too along with a few Raffi tunes for good measure.  My mom brought over a few goodies from the past that she came upon while doing a intense winter cleaning of every nook and cranny in her house.  Leah now is proud owner of OshKosh overalls (which I believe never go out of style for babies, though I probably could have skipped that fad in high school looking back at pictures), a sweater to grow into to that my Oma knit and a strawberry jacket that my mom sewed for me when I was young.

My mom hardly saved anything clothes wise, which is probably for the best but still has most of our toys.  When she got out some rattles for Leah, I totally remember them from I was little.  There were a few toys everyone my age seemed to have; a fisher price rotary telephone, a rainbow xylophone and a tupperware shape sorter (red and blue with yellow shapes to put into the ball).  I was pretty happy when Leah received a rotary phone just like I had when I was a kid, except that hers is pink.  I am not sure if she will ever know how to actually dial that phone, even if she has it till she’s ten as who has a phone like that anymore?  I love a trip down memory lane… so here is Leah wearing the same overalls I did (or my sister, my mom’s not totally sure) over twenty years later playing with her new phone.

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For the record, Leah now weighs 17 lbs, 10 oz and is looking and feeling great!

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