Bee Happy

I've come a long way from Norman Rockwell. As of this writing, there are 150 blog posts for 2008 (that was 15 for each month starting in March) and 33 blog posts for 2009. Blog posts are not as long as Norman Rockwell anymore, but hopefully still as interesting. Tags are topped with 99 stories and 77 pictures. There are 41 blog posts on MyGirl, 40 on RD, and 35 on GI.

RD made me promise that the next blog post would be on him so that he would be tied with MyGirl at 41 blog posts. (RD is SO competitive, I swear. He gets that from his father.)

Anyway, in order to hit two birds with one stone (so to speak), I am posting another poem today. When he read the poem in Moving Furniture and Shuffling Papers, I mentioned that I had written a poem to announce HIS arrival. He made me promise to write about that.

This one is about RD even if it was written before he was born. I wrote this on a card we gave Father on his birthday many years ago. We went up to Baguio that year to celebrate his birthday. On the way up, we stopped by the gas station so many times and I took advantage of each and every one, it wasn't funny anymore.

This one is for RD. (I love you, baby.)

23 May 1997

Dearest Father (aka Lolo G),

The time has come to let you know
All the bathroom stops were not a show
No need to worry, no need to doubt
Let us tell you what it's all about...
It may come as a surprise to you
But in less than eight months,
You'll have apo #2.

Happy Birthday!!!

Love,
Angels4Kids and MacGyver
"Kuya" GI

Slash-M signed on the card, too.
"Love you Father."

The Hallmark card said "BEE HAPPY ... IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY."