Harold Richard Sweatman

Daddy made it home safe and sound! I was so happy to finally be able to hear his voice. Daddy was excited to see mommy and her stomach. He felt me kicking around and felt me have the hiccups. He came home at the perfect time because mommy and I both went through a huge growth spurt. I think I've doubled in size over the past two weeks that he's been home. I should weigh about 5 pounds now. Mommy is definitely getting around much slower than before. Mommy was relieved that daddy liked our new home. They have had fun the past couple of weeks getting furniture, hanging pictures and finishing up my nursery. Charley, our dog, is very happy daddy is home because now he has someone else to take him for walks. Mommy and daddy have been walking quite a bit. Last week, they went for a four mile walk and took Charley and me to Lynch park.

We were in for a big surprise on May 20th. Mommy and daddy thought they were meeting Nonna and Coach for lunch but when they got to the restaurant they found out that it was a big party for me! It was my baby shower. Grammi and Grampy did a really great job of planning everything. It was fun to hear so many different voices and the food was really yummy. Mommy's friends Deb and Sandra helped Grammi plan the games. The guests had to guess how big mommy's stomach was, figure out songs that had the word "baby" in the title and then Deb and Sandra really had fun with mommy and daddy by blindfolding them and making them taste different baby foods to figure out what they were. Some of them were pretty good, but the veal one was terrible. Hopefully mommy and daddy learned their lesson and won't be feeding me any weird tasting baby food. I think mommy should make her own baby food in the magic bullet. Nonna made the centerpieces which everyone thought were really nice. On behalf of mommy and daddy, I would like to thank everyone who came to my baby shower. It meant so much to all of us that you were able to celebrate with us.

We spent last weekend up in Maine. On Thursday, daddy, mommy, Charley and I met Nonna and Coach in Kennebunk. We spent the night at the Kennebunk Inn. We had a great time walking around, looking at different shops and for dinner we ate at the restaurant at the Kennebunk Inn. The food was delicious. If you can't tell, food is my primary focus! On Friday, we all went up to Naples to spent Memorial Day weekend with Grammi, Grampy, Uncle Mike and Aunt Carolyn. We all had such a great time. The pictures I've put up are from Memorial Day weekend. We spent a lot of time on Grammi and Grampy's boat. Daddy, Uncle Mike and Aunt Carolyn went tubing even though the water couldn't have been more than 60 degrees. Mommy and I had fun watching them. Mommy really wanted to go to but I had to convince her that it probably wouldn't be a good idea. Daddy, Coach, Grampy and Uncle Mike also did a lot of fishing. Daddy caught a fish every single day he was there. I was proud of him. I can't wait until I can go fishing with him. We all played a game called Cranium that Aunt Margaret gave Nonna and Coach for Christmas. Grampy was the "star performer". He discovered that he was very creative. We all had fun watching him do charades! Everyone spent the weekend trying to figure out what mommy and daddy are going to name me, but they wouldn't budge. Some of the names they came up with were pretty funny. They all liked Harold Richard Sweatman...but I think they must have been joking because I am sure you can all imagine what my nickname would be. I'll leave it up to you to figure it out! They all have a funny sense of humor. They also all guessed my due date. Daddy thinks I'll be born on July 7 and mommy thinks July 20th. Everyone else picked dates around that time frame. Mimi and Papa live across the street from Grammi and Grampy and they just returned from Florida. Papa and Mimi made us breakfast on Sunday. I heard mommy and daddy joking around that Papa's Restaurant was open for business.

It has been a great couple of weeks. I can't believe that in around five weeks I'll make my arrival and finally get to meet all of these wonderful people I've been listening to for the past eight months. See you soon!

Love, Baby Sweatman