My Life Journal...Diana Lewis

I'm staying with the six page idea vs. the four page only because there's so much information. You can not only find it in the words but also the photos and these are some of the sweetest photos of Diana at Nob Hill. I'm sure all of us can find a photo where we ourselves or one of our family members are sitting in a "swimming pool", it might not have been a wash tub outside maybe it was the sink. I just love sweet innocent photos like these. Her mother was so well organized in noting all of her developmental dates and  foods, Virginia loved her daughter you can tell just by looking at the first few pages of the book. Enjoy the next six pages, 10-15 and be sure to share and let me know what you think. 

Photograph of pages 10 & 11

   Diana at 6 mo. On the floor of

The living room at Nob Hill.

Diana at 7 yr. in

Her “swimming pool”

Diana on the porch at Nob Hill. She was

Eleven months old & this was the picture I sent her Daddy

who was in Greenland. 

July, 1945

In the

front yard

of Nob Hill

at 13 ½ mo.

Here I was

14 mo. Old.

The picture

was taken by

Mother

and Daddy

in the

back yard at

Nob Hill.

Photographs of page 12 & 13

SLEPT

First Week  Diana slept days, cried nights

Second week the same as first week.

Next month She has her nights & days straightened out

REACTIONS

Notices sound of voices  Sept. 1, 1944

First tears  Sept. 20, 1944

Recognized Father and Mother  October 25, 1944

ACTIVITY

Lifts head  November 1, 194

Grasps objects has always been able to hold rattle

Plays with hands Sept. 12, 1944

Sits up (supported) Nov. 25, 1944

Sits up alone Feb. 27, 1945

Creeps June, 1945

Stands with help July, 1945

Walks October 1, 1945

First Words Daddy – Pretty

Walks alone October 1, 1945

Attempts to climb March, 1946

Words together April, 1946

Uses spoon and cup cup- Feb, 1946 – spoon –

You've a little way about you

That is very, very dear,

A pleasant way that always makes

Folks glad to have you near,

That brings a smile to welcome you,

A sigh when you depart,

And that little way about you

Has endeared you to my heart.

Janet

To Diana

From Deborah

(This is hand written in pencil on the back, penmanship looks to be that of a child.)

Easter’s the day for bunnies,

For brand-new BONNETS too…

But better still, it’s just the time

To say HELLO to you!

    To Diana from Grandmother Lewis

April 1 – 1945 

This is just

for your own little,

cute self alone,

On the very first

Valentine’s Day

you have known!

With Love From Great Grandmother Beers

(This was handwritten in black ink on the back.)

Photographs of pages 14 & 15

FOODS

First feeding was at the hospital. Her first orange juice and

cod-liver oil was at one month. Prune juice added 5^th week.

Note changes At the hospital she had a formula of

evaporated milk & water. Dr. changed this to whole

milk and water when she came home.

First solid food Vegetables from the garden at __________

on July 26, 1945.

Drank from glass at eight months

FAVORITE FOODS

At one saltines, orange juice       At two bacon, banana’s, milk

PARENTS’ COMMENTS

During 2^nd year Diana has a great interest in books. At 2 ½

she knew her nursery rhymes quite well and all the alphabet.

During 6^th to 10^th year reads books like mad

During 10^th to 15^th year reads books by the dozens

Tomorrow’s blog post will include a Western Union birthday wish from her daddy along with a sweet birthday card while he was in Ireland. The card is sweet and I have to admit being in a military family myself, my heart breaks when reading about parent and child separation. I know that I’ve been asked about composing a list of all surnames mentioned in the book and their location; I will be posting that on the last posting of Diana Lewis. I’m waiting because this book also has her wedding announcement clippings; those hold additional names, that I will be sharing those later also.