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dear grace,
hello my little girl. today you cried for four hours straight. you must have been as excited as i was to see fireworks, because you were inconsolable until nine pm when the cul de sac of fire started here at cherapple. then you went right to sleep and slept through the entire event! i'm so sorry for your little tummy and whatever else is bothering you! if i had a magic wand and could wave it all away i wouldn't hesitate to do it. also, you ARE growing! you are fitting snuggly into your newborn clothes which used to be baggy, and eating almost every hour for fourty five minutes each feeding. whoah. today we went outside on the swings to try to calm you down and it worked for a while, you were so stiff with gas or bubbles or whatever you were workin out of your system and as we swang (swung?) you curled your toes. i looked over at grandma elaine and she was sitting in the swing next to us with her toes curled the exact same way. she loves you so much, she tries every day to come over and do yardwork and help out around the house and hold you and talk to you. i'm certain your crying spell today was as difficult on her as it was for me to hear you. sort of heartbreaking. not even country music helped! gram francis loves you very much too- all weekend we've been sort of mia from the computer (we traveled with you up to afton wy for mudvolleyball which your father played with the scherbals and almost won the entire tournement) so we havent been able to ichat (video chat) and gram is goin crazy missing you! everytime we get on the ichat she just says how much she wishes she could hold you and just wants me to stick the whole computer in your crib so she can talk to you while you kick and move around. we are all in such wonder of you. and no matter what anybody says just know i love you the most! so today was a little )okay REALLY) hard for me to see you so sad and upset. please bring the happy content girl back, but if you cant i understand and instead help me to figure out how to make you a happy content little girl once more. happy fourth of july my sweet sweet girl, it's a tender day for me and someday i hope you know why.
i love you dearlydearly,
mom

ps you just tooted HUGE so i bet you are feeling 10092395809468 times better.