This past season was Rays first year getting to go duck hunting with Daddy!
We bought Ray’s waders at the Neuse River sport shop.
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Jan 01 2019
Bringing in the New Year with friends! Tiff invited Stewart to introduce him to Kim but it didn’t go anywhere. The kids made it to Midnight for the first time!
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Jan 03 2019
Happy birthday to my precious Margaret! Her baby sister was due any day so we had a family supper and birthday cake. She was excited with her puzzle. Age 2- Margaret is a true treasure. She brings joy to everyone she meets. She loves fancy Nancy, coloring and riding in her pink push car. Her best friends are Ray and nursery friends.
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Jan 04 2019
The sign you’re holding is actually a bag I got from dollar tree. Ray was so excited for another baby! Margaret was too little to understand.
We sold the Cadillac to make room for baby girl!
When doctors away the Daddy’s will play!
-I was surprised you were a girl. I really thought it was a boy. The little string test had showed a boy.
My cravings: Blueberries. I ate so many that my Pee was red and I was scared something was wrong with me. Then I remembered the blueberries.
Ray came with me this day to check on his baby sister! He is so excited.
A guy who works at the meat farm purchased the car. He said he drove it to the mountains the first weekend. We paid a guy Charly went to school with to clean it up for us for around $200. He did an amazing job and it looked like a new car.
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Jan 08 2019
Margaret is always in the refrigerator. She drinks a lot and wants her cup with her at all times. She especially loves juice and chocolate milk.
Sas loves to color and read! This table has been nice for you to be able to sit and play while I clean dishes
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Jan 14 2019
Baby Bump
Nothing fits😬 This was in a bag Jean had given me of maternity clothes. I looked like a whale and never wore it.
Santa came to PCA to greet the kids. We took a pic together!
‘ I’ll l ove you forever I’ll like you for always as long as I’m living my baby you’ll be. ‘
Surprise baby shower from my coworkers. The spinach balls were delicious ❤️
Left: Week before Reese
Right: \240Week before Margaret
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Jan 29 2019
Our hospital room was so tiny. I could touch the sink from my bed. If we linked arms we probably could’ve touched both sides of the room.
I went to the doctor the day before you were due. Unfortunately, they told me I was not progressing much yet and it would probably be a few more days. I was scheduled to be induced next week if you had not come. I felt very bad and took a nap in the back of the car while mama got her nails done. I continued to feel worse and worse. I had Nana Kathleen on standby to come when needed. She got to our house around 10 PM and we headed to the hospital. I went to triage and they kept me. My nurse was a friend of Tiffany’s. Reese was the hardest of all of my deliveries. I had pushed for over an hour when Carolyn my midwife suggested that we may need to consider other options. I had her and the nurses pray and after a few more pushes she turned and came out. When I saw her a few weeks later she said, ‘We prayed that baby out didn’t we?’ \240At one point while pushing I said, y’all are praying to Jesus aren’t you?! You were delivered first thing in the morning. My parents were surprised when I called and said, ‘Are y’all ready to meet your granddaughter?’ Your siblings were born in the same room but they sent me to the tiniest room to have you. On the ride home they had given me pain killers. I took them without eating and was pretty high by the time we got home. I laughed uncontrollably about mice l, hallucinated and cried about nothing. It was a miserable 2 to 3 hours until the medicine wore off.
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Feb 05 2019
Margaret came down with the flu shortly after returning home. She had been holding Reese the night before for probably an hour. I was so worried that she would catch it. I kept a mask on just Incase I had it.
I spent 2-3 days with this mask on
One week old
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Feb 11 2019
Margaret came to me with half of a pill. I didn’t know if she had eaten the other half or if it was one that Charly had cut. We quickly went to the ER. Thankfully she had not and was fine!
Age 2
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Feb 14 2019
Reese is a good infant and sleeps typical at night. She’s still sleeping in our bedroom for the first few months in her manger. Ray and Margaret share a room and are adjusting well.
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Feb 15 2019
First Month
Tummy time on her blanket from Ness and Les
My girls ❤️
You had such a nice tan complexion
Such a good infant!
First time at church
Wrapped in a ‘church blanket’. The same one Ray and Margaret used. Mrs.Marie gave it to Ray.
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Feb 17 2019
Everyone loves to hold you!
You wore this outfit a lot. I almost bought a different one but Daddy reminded me that the zip up ones are easier with the many diaper changes
Watching ‘Fancy Nancy’ and snuggling with sissy
It’s my turn to hold her!
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Feb 18 2019
Margaret playing with uncle dickie at Morgan’s birthday party
Lots of the family met Reese for the first time tonight.
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Feb 24 2019
Month one- *Notices Faces
* Starts to Coo
* Gassy smiles
* Hates bath time
I sleep best with my mommy
Wrapped in my mommy’s baby blanket
Just started smiling
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Mar 16 2019
Current price of diapers
I thought they were too quiet.
It’s too cold to go outside so I would sit you in the sunshine.
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Mar 18 2019
All dressed up for church!
Smiling with his mouth shut to hide is crazy shark tooth!
You stick your tongue out a lot! Theresa says you look just like Dadaddy.
We had a play date with Kasi and Jace. She gave Margaret this Minnie mouse. Margaret said she had fun playing with ‘Dat little boy.’ They also let us borrow a bouncy swing for Reese
A little dirt never hurt. How about a whole lot of mud?
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Mar 28 2019
Name: Reese
Meaning: Enthusiastic
Middle name: Elizabeth
Meaning: Pearl
Month 2- All Smiles
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Apr 04 2019
One of our favorite things to do is play in the yard. We usually rotate between riding bikes and Rays jet ski and then go to the backyard to play on the swing set.
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Apr 11 2019
Happy birthday to ma! I love going to ma’s house. She always has candy for us. – Ray Ma loves me. – Margaret \240We brought supper to Ma’s house and ate around the dining room table. We ate here every Sunday growing up. It is rarely used anymore so it was special to eat there again. I remember playing under the table when I was little and looking at everyone shoes. They would all be wearing dress shoes or hoes with no shoes from where they’ve been at church.
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Apr 16 2019
3 months - You keep your pointer and middle finger in your mouth a lot
- love outdoors
Reese had cradle cap worse than her siblings. We tried a couple of different things but it just took time to wear away on its own
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May 01 2019
Catching a bass at Mr. Paul’s!
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In both pictures the girls were headed with me to the Mother’s Day banquet at Philippi. \240 \240
Mother’s Day lunch with Grandma Peggy
Ray had a sharks tooth develop. He looked pretty silly for a few weeks.
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May 18 2019
End of school days ..
We’re so proud of you!
Nannie and Da Daddy
Wyatt Latham
We love Miss Burrus❤️
Message from Mrs.Burrus: ‘ Hi my sweet family. I pray that you all is doing fine. Please tell Ray that I love him and hope to see him again’
Ray’s teacher Jesst left early to have her baby Anna Claire and Mrs. Davine was Ray’s teacher.
We are so proud of you!
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May 27 2019
Ray graduates Kindergarten!
Mrs.Burrus was our favorite!
Mrs. Davine filled in for Jess!
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Jun 16 2019
Fathers Day
My dad‘s favorite thing to do: Hunting with me
I love it when my dad: Spends \240time with me
Dad is really great at: Tree work
My dad‘s favorite food is: Pizza with lots of meat
Ray age 7
What is daddy’s job? To clean up the logs
How old is daddy? He’s three
What is his favorite food? Chicken
Margaret- Age 2
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Jul 02 2019
We go every year to keep the girls in Apex. They had a lot of fun this year making home videos. One of their videos was about a mystery and a character named ‘Slappy.’
Headed to the pool with this crew!
Ray braved the slide this year!
Twister.
Making crafts with Aunt Amy.
Margaret loves to paint
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Jul 09 2019
We read charlottes web for the third time this Summer. It’s one of our favorites.
I had to monitor Ray due to his potential sleep apnea. I spent three different nights documenting the things I noticed. Twitching, jerking, mouth breathing etc..
Daddy found a mole😬
They love to play under this old truck.
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Jul 18 2019
We love to go swim at Susan and Mr. David’s in the summer.
6 months- Sleeps in a pack n play
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We ride our gator over there!
Looking like Daddy!
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Jul 19 2019
Sassy loved having lots of people to visit with. Nannie and Da Daddy came the first half of the week and GiGi and Woody came the 2nd.
View from the room!
Night walk at the ocean!
The roof was leaking😬
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Sep 19 2019
Field trip- We took a boat tour of historic Newbern. Unfortunately, the captain did not tell us many facts about Newbern. It was basically just a boat ride. We were super impressed with the downtown area and hope to come back and ride the trolley!
We were excited to stop by WITN. Statia Strong was there on a lunch break eating canned soup.
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Sep 20 2019
Sassy and Ray do chores for money. They love to count their money. They especially love to spend it at Martha’s thrift store!
Big girl
Went to visit Grandaddy. He sits on his porch when the weather is nice with his dog Charlie.
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Sep 21 2019
8 months old - feeding herself
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Riding to ma’s.
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Sep 24 2019
What’s your Favorite part of homeschooling? \240Doing it in my underwear – Ray
Writing his spelling words with chalk
Little mama
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Sep 25 2019
‘ Her signature pose!’
This picture was taken at Genesis’s gender reveal. It’s a boy! We can’t wait to meet Lawson.
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Oct 22 2019
Making jellyfish caps at co-op
Worm races
Where will the frog jump?
Building beaver dams.
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Oct 29 2019
Field Trip to WITN. Such a cool day. \240We toured the TV station. The gentleman who gave us the tour was originally from Janesville. He was great with Ray and showed us all the behind the scenes neat things of the news. Everyone there was extremely kind and friendly. We met the weatherman and even got to pretend to do the weather ourselves.
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Dec 21 2019
Last year vs this year
We took this at a Cabela’s store traveling back from Georgia. Margaret said she wanted a big girl bed. Ray said he wanted a Razor, BB gun and equipment like my dad.
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Dec 24 2019
We made Christmas cookies for Santa! I recorded ‘The nativity’ for us to watch and then realized it was in Spanish. We read a Christmas story instead. \240
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Dec 25 2019
Margaret loves her big girl bed.
Ray took his BB gun outside and shot a bird right in the four head first shot. He’s killed numerous birds since then. I wasn’t sure if I should be proud or disturbed.
Christmas at aunt robins
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Dec 27 2019
We had our Sunday school class Christmas party at ribeyes followed by the escape room. We were not impressed with the escape room.
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Dec 30 2019
On an unseasonably warm day in February Hilda Everett was born on fifth Street in Washington at her childhood home. Dr. Swindell came in to assist with the delivery and her mother commented that it was warm enough to roll your sleeves up.
She was born on February 1, 1927, at a time when sliced bread was just being created along with jukeboxes and early televisions. her father chose to name her after her mother and said he wouldn’t even consider other names. At her birth he said he wouldn’t trade $1000 for her being a girl.
Her first memory was at five years old at the home she was born in. Her daddy would stop at the driveway and let her ride on the running board to the backyard. She also recalls her neighbor Lucille Jackson getting a splinter in her behind. ’ Mrs.Martha had her turned upside down in a swing trying to get it out and Lucille was just a squalling!’
Time went on and she was about 17 years old sitting in algebra class at Washington high school when in came Wallace Respess. \240‘I thought he was just about the best looking boy I had ever seen !’
Years later at first Christian Church in Washington on second street he became her husband. They were married alongside their friends Cameron and Doris Pfeil on Christmas! They took their honeymoon to pilot Mountain.
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Dec 31 2019
It is said that the most important work you will do will be within the walls of your own home. Mrs. Hilda raised four children one of which nicknamed her greasy because her nose was always greasy. She got tired of sitting in that house one day and decided to drive to a friends. Only trouble was she didn’t know how to drive. When she made it there she couldn’t stop and just kept riding around in circles. She finally kept going and stopped in the bushes at home. That wasn’t the only fun car ride. Once she took her 64 Ford and drove Margaret Harris to the hospital to have her baby but she had the child right in the car on the way there. (They traded the car soon after.)
Mr. Keith recalls that she always made a birthday cake for her children. They especially loved her chocolate covered peanut butter balls. She would hide them in the piano to keep everyone out of them.
‘Nannie’ is her title these days. She is in her 90’s but still able to live at home. She especially enjoys whenever we go to visit.
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