About Me
The first picture is of me with Dad and Mom when I was just 5 weeks old. I weighed in at 7 lbs. 4 oz. and I was 19 inches long. My hair was coal black and there was lots of it
My mom kept a very thorough journal and took many pictures about my baby years in a book titled "Our Little Baby".
Milestones
- Sat up alone at the age of 5 and 1/2 months
- Stood up alone at the age of 11 months
- Walked alone at the age of 11 months plus two days.
- I didn't get my first tooth until I was 8 months old
My first word was not the traditional Mama or Dada, it was Get, pronounced "git". One night Daddy took me out to look at the full moon. My request was simple, "Daddy, git me the moon."
Bryan Memorial Hospital
The second picture is of the hospital where I made my entrance into the world on July 8, 1940.
Mom often related the story about the day before I was born. It seems she went to a family picnic. She was full of energy and very, very hungry. She ate her fill of water melon and strawberries and Grandma Holtgrewe's homemade Angel Food cake until she felt miserable. When labor began, she blamed it on gorging herself and the summer heat.
To this day, strawberries, and water melon, are among my favorites. I used to ask Grandma Holtgrewe to make me her homemade Angel Food cake on my birthdays.
