Dear Daddy, This is Saturday afternoon- Louise just bothers me – her tooth is quite swollen and almost through so she hasn’t felt so good this aft – but do I ever wish you could have seen her in the night. Leah Jane slept with us and Louise in her crib – and Lois and I talked all night: Till two-thirty. Every once in a while Louise would wake up and smile and say Frank as that is the name of the doll your mom gave her – I made it and stuffed it and as it had been made for Frank as a baby we named it Frank. She’d say Frank and Hi and cute sweet things and night night and then right back to sleep and this morning she woke up and would you believe it? Instead of saying Mommy as she usually does she said “Kenny Kenny” in the bed and Take down: I think she’d heard me tell Lois that sometimes she said Daddy and so she just wanted to prove it to Lois. And she was so cute and motherly to Janie – and if you could see her eat like a grown lady sitting on the stool as Leah Janie was on her hi-chair. She didn’t say grace very well, but she hollered the “amen” so loud it’s funny you didn’t hear it and then giggled – but then her tooth must have begun to hurt – cause she fussed a little and then it took her an hour to go to sleep – talking and fooling and acting silly. She is so much prettier than Leah – and Lois always says how beautiful she thinks Louise is and says she knows that she’s much prettier than Janie and I feel so silly. Lois says Louise is the prettiest baby she has ever seen. Leah isn’t pretty, but she is learning words since we have seen her now – she said thanks today and we for Louise, I guess Lois’ mother-in-law is pretty hard to get along with – and it’s sort of hard. Lois goes Wednesday night – will stay at an Aunt’s place in Wisconsin and wait for Larry to let her know about Ill. I feel sorry for her – the trip, stops and all – but if I were doing it and YOU were there for me to see it would be worth it so I can see how she feels. I’m glad you aren’t the worrying fussy type like Larry is – it’s hard bad enough that I “was” that way – Darling I say was because I knoe once we are together again nothing will ever worry me. The only thing that worrys me now is the way mamma feels – Oh, Louise is sweet right now – you should have heard her say butterfly as plain as that. And oh the talking is coming fast now – I mean the groups of words. Honestly dear she’s so cute and also cute acting that it’s almost breathtaking...

As it’s Saturday I’ll close and help Mom and write more tomorrow – hope the mail brings me a letter. I love you.

Sunday at nearly six:

I went to Sunday school this morning – the little boy wasn’t too bad as I held him every minute – and now we have to start the Christmas program soon and I am the one to do it – Jean will be a lot of help – but **** I wish you were here – I love doing it – but I hope that little boy won’t make the practices too bad – Being Sunday school I don’t think I can use the strict discipline methods I’m used to using when I was a teacher – But I will be busy.

Louise is the cutest thing you ever saw – I found my old blocks and does she ever leave them – and believe it – she can name every letter on them - my daughter – Me who doesn’t believe in kids knowing their ABC’s –but even I can’t help but think it’s cute – this aft I went to church. It’s such beautiful snowy weather Momma came to meet me with Louise – so I dashed back with Lou to show her to the minister and his wife. He had asked me when I shook his hand. “How’s Ken?” and I’d said fine and then when I went back he had meant the baby he thought the baby was a boy named ken ---- Maybe there will be another Ken in our family someday – Here are three of the toys that we sent for for Lou. They are nice – but very expensive – The phone $2.00 the other 61¢ and 79¢

These are the towels that I chose as part of my present from Dad. $4.00 (four) Aren’t they swell? And won’t they look nice in our new bathroom?

I didn’t get a letter from you last night – but I did get one from your mom – Will enclose it. Dear I AM SO PROUD OF YOU. You are so grand and won’t I be glad when I can have you in my arms and oh gee, dear I can’t wait. There isn’t a word or a meaning that Louise doesn’t know.

More later

Nite nite darling I must

Get to bed. Yours

Patsy.