seventeen

dear grace,
i heard you! i heard you laugh out loud! you were exhausted and outside on the back porch i tickled you under your right armpit/front and tummy and made noises close to your pretty face and you laughed! it was soooo cute and high pitched squeel mixed with giggles, i hated to stop but i was laughing so hard i had to take a break/breather. dad went to the hospital and got an mri of his head, he's been having numb sensations on his scalp and face, they want him to go to a neurologist, i think its a pinched nerve/disk. i wish he could have heard you laugh, when he got home you were in the tub and we tried really hard to get you to laugh again but you just smiled and turned your head shyly away and kicked- splashing us both with warm soapy water. we all smell like babies for bed and we are all grumpyly tired. dad has drill in the morning very early and will be gone until monday. hopefully he wont have to go with all the other marines because of doc orders. and where are you in all this? snugly in my arms! i love you! your graco jumper came today and i hung it in the kitchen door frame while you slept.
love,
mom