Tuesday, April 30, 2002

 

It's been awhile and a lot has happened, so I thought I should put a note here.

First of all, the big thing this week: A young man we know was shot Saturday night and he died Sunday. His family is obviously pretty upset and we've been spending time with them. The young man's (who would have been 20 this fall) father is an elder at our church. They have 4 children and Alton was the youngest. They are a very close family. All in all though, I think they are handling it very well, but I suspect they are still in a state of shock. It was very sudden.

Alton attended college in Huntsville, AL. He was with two of his friends and they were getting gas in their car at a station. Someone in the area started shooting. Alton ducked down but the bullet went through the door and into the back of his head. He was the only one hurt in the area. His best friend is in total shock and keeps asking when Alton will wake up and talk to him. I can't imagine witnessing something like that. It's a terrible world we live in. I'm told this is the second shooting in the area in 2 weeks.

In better news, Xander has a tooth! It made it's appearance the day he turned 6 months. I could feel it beggining to cut through the gums. The next two days it was about the same, then yesterday it poked up more and today it has poked up enough that you can see it. Xander is also eating rice cereal, applesauce, and mashed potatoes. No canned baby food for him. It's so easy to make this stuff at home. For applesauce, just slice off a chunk of apple, put it in the microwave for less than a minute, then scoop out the apple 'meat' from the peel. Viola! Yummy applesauce. For the potatoes, I peel and cut russet potatoes into chunks and boil for about 20 mins. Then I mash them with a bit of the water from boiling. They are yummy too. As for the rice cereal, he eats 'Cream of Rice'. He loves it mixed with some breastmilk or apple juice.

That's about it for now, other than getting ready to have company in a few weeks. Also, we had planned to go visit James' parents this week, but with the death in the 'family' (church family, that is) we post-poned it.

Well, it's time to go out for a walk before Xander's dinner. Ta Ta!

Dawn posted this at 7:35 PM.

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