August 15 2001 August 18, 2001

Finally A Good Sleep
The past 5 days or so, Alex has been setting off his alarms in the night. They were low heart alarms. This was because his alarm was set at 80 and he is old enough now that 80 is not too low, infact he can safely go down to 60. So every time poor Alex went into a deep sleep his alarms went off. They would keep going off until he woke up and brought his heart rate back up. The poor kid didn't get a deep sleep for a long time. After much work with the monitor company here, we finaly got a new monitor yesterday afternoon. We all finaly got a good night sleep. Liza had a little friend over to play today, they had a good time and we are planning her birthday party for Saturday. I hope a few kids can come. Alex was really talkative this morning, and that was fun too.

Liza's party
Well, the party is over now, and we can all rest. Early this morning, I began to sweat, it was pouring rain, thunder and lightning. We were planning a pool party for Liza today. It was 6am and everyone would be here at 11am. But... Lucky for me, by 11:00 it was beautiful outside. The sun was shinning and it was fairly warm. Everyone came and had a great time, the kids had fun in the pool and the parents mostly chatted and made sure the kids didn't drown. There were 3 other girls and one boy. We had hot dogs and salads and chips. Lizas cake was chocolate with "dirt and worms" on top in icecream cones." Liza had a ball, she got some really neat toys. Thank you to everyone who sent her gifts. She had a great birthday today. I can't even believe that she is 3!

Comments:
Grandma Wall Liza is so grown up, I can't believe it. We enjoyed having all of you hear and celebrating her birthday, I wish we could have been there for the party and for her birthday today. We'll call later and wish her a happy day. Love you all,