St Con Ed, Scout Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. on the bed and stay there for a little while. We'll see what happens. Well, she kept going up and down the stairs again. And I finally made her go lay down on the bed. And she had her little bag packed. And then pretty soon she said she had to go. And then, then was when she told me that a major indication that a baby is going to be born happened in Taylor. But way earlier that afternoon, her water broke. And she was in the process of, at that time, telling me that she was having contractions every five minutes. Here it is, almost broadcast time. And I had to hurriedly call Gary, a bourgeois, who, by the way, folks, we owe a great round of applause because he's the one who takes care of our reruns when I can't be here. And I want to especially thank him yesterday on such short notice that he did a rerun broadcast. I apologize that it wasn't a more less played rerun. But this was totally unexpected. I mean, it wasn't unexpected, but it was unexpected, if you understand what I mean. So, it's 50 miles to the hospital on windy country mountain roads. And, of course, every police car in Arizona has a radar. So, I hooked up the ECM, the electronic countermeasures, and loaded Annie and Pooh into the Bronco. Annie's having contractions every five minutes. And Pooh looks like she's seen a ghost and doesn't really understand what's going on. Even though we had bought her a book explaining pregnancy and babies and all of that kind of stuff. And I had read it to her and with her, and she'd ask questions, and we talked about the questions and the answers. And I thought she understood, but she didn't really. And that will be a little obvious a little later. So, Annie's in the Bronco and has a reclining seat on that side. But she doesn't want to put the seat down and recline. And she's got a seat belt around her and a shoulder strap and, you know, a womb full of baby. And I knew she wasn't comfortable. There wasn't really much I could do about it. I had my hands full on the road. And, by the way, folks, at this time of year, it's not unusual to find big, giant, 2,000-pound elk standing right in the middle of the highway. Or deer crossing. And occasionally even a whole herd of antelope. So I had to be very careful. It was twilight, and it's so difficult to see things in twilight. And I was trying to exceed the limit, so to speak, without getting caught. Knowing that if I didn't make it to that hospital, and she was already having contractions five minutes apart, that it's possible that that baby was going to be born on that road. And last time I helped give birth to a baby was in Vietnam many, many years ago. And to tell you the truth, I don't even remember what I did. So we raced down the highway and ran into a whole convoy of highway repair, highway construction equipment. You know, the ones that lay down the tar stuff and spread it, and they creep like one-half mile an hour. It wasn't just one or two. It was a whole long line of these things. Now this, needless to say, made me a little nervous. Made Annie a lot nervous. And Pooh was trying to talk to Annie and tell her how much she loved her, and she knew Annie was in pain. And every once in a while, Annie would yell out a few yelps like a wolf howling at the moon. And poor Pooh would be beside herself wanting to comfort her mother and not really even knowing what was wrong. And her mother, of course, at times, being in the condition she was, would snap at both of us. Leave me alone. Drive faster. Oh, it hurts. You know, that kind of stuff. And it's not funny. I mean, it wasn't funny to her at all. It's kind of funny looking back on it for all of us, but at the time it wasn't funny. And Pooh was beside herself. And I'm trying to explain to Pooh what's going on and how her mother feels and where we're going while I'm driving and hoping not to come across an elk in the road or deer or a herd of deer. And then I had to pass this long line of highway construction equipment in the twilight, not knowing if there was some fool in the other lane coming toward me with no lights on in one of these sort of gray cars that you can't see during twilight. And as we began to get closer to the hospital, her contractions began to get closer together until it wasn't five minutes apart. It was more like two minutes apart. And I began to get very, very nervous. And I and Annie and Pooh, all of us, were extremely happy to get to that hospital. And nothing had transpired up to that point except an awful lot of sweat and nervousness and screaming and yelling and all kinds of things. But we got there and we got her in, went right into the room, and they stripped her down and put her in the bed and put all kinds of wires and tubes and microphones and stuff on her. And then it began to become clear to everybody what was happening and just how far along it was. Because right there on that monitor right in front of me was the baby's heartbeat. And it was wonderful. And Annie was on the bed and the contractions were coming faster and faster and faster. And the nurse looked up at me and she said, I need to examine her cervix. She'd gone to the doctor yesterday. He told her that he would check her dilation next week. Ho, ho. Little did he know, if he'd have checked her yesterday, we wouldn't have been up against the wall like we were. But we were up against the wall because I took Pooh out of the hallway. Pooh and I played Toss the Teddy Bear. For a few minutes, the nurse came out and said, if she's going to deliver any second, would you help me wheel her bed into the delivery room? So I did. No sooner did we get into the delivery room and get her transferred over to the delivery table, I guess it's called, and get her legs in those weird things that you wouldn't catch me dead with my legs in them. And the doctor walked in and took one look and Annie started bearing down. Let me backtrack a little bit. You see, when Pooh was born, this all really took us by surprise because when Pooh was born, folks, Annie was in labor for 12 hours. And it was just as excruciating for me as it was for her. And there were times during that 12 hours where I could, I swear, I felt exactly what she felt. And so last night was a big shock. I mean, we were expecting not as long because I've talked to many women who have given several births and they say that the second time isn't as hard or as long. But I didn't expect it to be like wham, bam, thank you, ma'am. It's all over. And neither did Annie, but she was thankful for that. But I'll tell you, I think Annie suffered a little more pain this time than she did with Pooh. I mean, the screams were primal. They came from somewhere that I can't touch. And so it touched me deeply. And at one point, she took a deep breath and bore down and pushed. And then when she let out this breath, that just this primal scream came out that, and in the scream, she said, Oh, honey, I'm hurt. And I've got to tell you, folks, something primal in me let loose. I mean, I could feel the adrenaline rushing and I was ready to fight. I wanted to kill somebody to stop her from being hurt. And I don't know where that comes from, but I think it's in all of us. And I had to really hold that back because I think that's the instinct in men that has been bred over the centuries to protect our women. And boy, there it was, welling up in me. And all of a sudden, Annie became Superwoman. She almost broke my arm a couple of times. And, of course, she was holding my hands and I was holding her hands and trying to help her with her breathing. And then all the next thing I knew, my arms were in positions that I never thought they could be in. And, of course, she didn't even realize she was doing it. And then I saw the baby's head. And I knew that it was almost over. And at 8.36 last night, 8.36 p.m., our second daughter was born and Annie was able to lay back and breathe deeply and slowly and a smile came over her face. The doctor did all the necessary things that he has to do and took the baby over and put it in a bassinet. And in the meantime, Pooh had come to the delivery room with us, just followed the bed right in there. I mean, this is the craziest hospital I ever saw because when Pooh was born, they made me put on all kinds of weird things and scrub and put on a mask and a thing over my head and booties over my shoes and told me I could do this and couldn't do that and stand here and don't stand there. This hospital, nobody said anything to anybody at any time. You didn't have to put anything on or take anything off or stand anywhere. I mean, I could have done anything I wanted, which is a big difference between big city hospitals and rural hospitals. And it was wonderful. So Pooh got to see a little bit of the beginnings of the birth of her little sister. And I think that after the explanation in the car while we were on the hospital, on the way to the hospital and all of that stuff, I think she was deeply impressed and has a better understanding of what life's all about now than she did before. And at some point, one of the nurses took her by the hand and took her down and bought her a Coke and set her in the chair. And Pooh sat there and cried for her mother for a little bit because, as she told me later, she wanted to make her mother not hurt, who is a good little girl. She's always been a good little girl. And then, after the baby was born, Pooh came down all by herself, pushed open the delivery room door, and came in to look at her little newborn baby sister. And Pooh and I, because her mother had not been able to pick a name, had picked Allison Dovey Cooper. Allison, because Annie had expressed at some time within the last week that she liked that name. And Dovey, because that's my mother's name. And Pooh chose the spelling. She liked it with a Y. So her name is A-L-L-Y-S-O-N, Allison Dovey Cooper. And Pooh stayed in the delivery room after that, right up until the time that we all helped take Mom down to her room where she could sleep for the night. Now, when they put the baby in the bassinet in the delivery room after the baby had been born, the baby began to cry and wail and scream bloody murder. And she just turned beet red all over and clenched her little fist just as hard as she could. And I knew that she needed somebody to hold her. That was very clear to me. And everybody was so busy. Then finally, I asked the nurse if she could get the baby and she did. She brought the baby over and, folks, I held that baby in my arms and she stopped crying instantly and just opened her eyes and I know the babies can't see at that point but they'd already washed out her eyes and she opened them up and had the biggest beautiful brown eyes and just appeared to be looking at me but I know I'm not deluding myself. I know that she couldn't see a thing. I know that she could hear my voice, though, and Pooh and I had spent many hours talking to her through her mommy's tummy before she was born. When I began to talk to her, she just soothed right down and I knew. I could hear myComость in the эфф The House by Roger All and Eve Well, I don't know where that came from. I wonder if anybody does. Let me just check what I've got here. Because I don't even know what's... Come on. Anyway, I held that little baby, and she was just wrapped in a little blanket, I guess it was. And I held her for a long time. Quite a long time, as a matter of fact. And, as I said, she loved it. She loved every single second of it. She loved to be rocked. She just settled right in. Sort of went to sleep, if you will. But she really wasn't asleep, and then I held her down so that Pooh could see her little baby sister. And Pooh began to talk to her, and she opened her eyes, and it looked just exactly like she was looking at Pooh. It's the most incredible thing I've ever seen. It was like she knew who we were. And maybe she did, because of all the hours that we did spend talking to her through her mommy's tummy. And so she was very comfortable with us. She wasn't as comfortable with the nurse or with the doctor. In fact, she didn't like that doctor at all after he had done what he had to do. And then I stood back up with Allison and talked to her some more. And this, folks, is what she said to me. While tearing off a game of golf, I may make a play for the catty. But when I do, I don't follow through. My heart belongs to daddy. If I invite a boy tonight to dine on my fine fill and hatchie, I just don't keep asking for more. But my heart belongs to daddy. Yes, my heart belongs to daddy. So I simply couldn't be back. Yes, my heart belongs to daddy. Yes, my heart belongs to daddy. So I want to warn you, laddie. Though I know that you're perfectly well. That my heart belongs to daddy. Because my daddy, he treats it so. And that's the way that it ended up. I had to give her back to the nurse. I didn't want to. I wanted to take her home. But, of course, I couldn't do that. And Manny couldn't go home anyway. So the baby went back in the bassinet. And the bassinet disappeared to the nursery. For the baby to be all cleaned off. And weighed seven pounds, one ounce. And I forget how long she was. But to a big man like me, she's not very long. I don't care how long she is. She's just a little bitty, bitty, tiny, tiny little baby. And I just love her dearly. I loved her before she was born. And I'll love her until the day I die or the day she dies and beyond anyway. So it really doesn't make any difference. Now, Annie, everybody disappeared because all of a sudden we began to hear some screams from other parts of this place. And everybody, the doctor, the nurses, everybody disappeared. And there's Annie still laying on this table. And not very comfortable. And not finished. And everybody disappeared. And there's Poo and I. And I'm trying to keep Poo entertained and talk to her and tell her what's going on. And Annie doesn't feel too good. I've got to tell you that. She felt a lot better than she did when she was giving birth. But she didn't feel too good at all. And she wanted some water in the worst kind of way. Finally got her some ice water. And she did the first thing that you're never supposed to do. And you've gone through tremendous physical effort. And you're real thirsty and real tired. And she wolfed down half of a big giant cup. And I don't mean cup like cup of coffee. I mean big giant like, you know, these super whammo whopper deals you get at Circle K or places. It looked like one of those big giant cups that they brought her ice water. Well, she sucked down about half of that before you could even blink an eye. And Poo and I played toss the teddy bear and talk to Mommy and hold her hand and explain what happened and all that kind of stuff until people began to come back. And then got Annie all finished and cleaned up and ready to go. And we helped her off the table and into a wheelchair. And that's when drinking that much water all of a sudden produced the inevitable result that all men who have ever performed hard labor in the sun and then have done the same thing, have discovered it all comes right back up. And that's what happened. And so we spent a while sort of getting Annie back to normal and cleaned up from that little episode and then down to the room she went. Well, by this time it was pretty late at night. And actually it was about ten minutes till ten. I called Gary and I believe that he announced the birth of our new baby girl at the end of the broadcast last night for those of you who weren't listening. And for those of you who called today to congratulate us, I'm sorry we weren't home. Poo and I get up to school. Well, I'll tell you the rest of the story in a moment. But we weren't here as you all discovered when you called. And I want to thank those of you who sent flowers and wished us well. And thank Anthony Hilder and Daphne who called and left the wonderful message on the machine. I couldn't believe it. They sang a duet together and it really sounded good. In fact, it sounded so good I couldn't figure out who this was for a few minutes. It was Anthony J. Hilder and Daphne, his girlfriend. And it was wonderful. And thank Swiss America Trading for the flowers that you sent and Allison's first little stuffed toy, which is a little stuffed pink pig. And I bet she'll love it and it'll probably be her favorite forever. So everybody at Swiss America, thank you dearly for that. Well, after we got Mom to her room where she could get into bed and relax for a while and not have to meet anybody's expectations of anything, and all her tests were done and everything, it was late. And I still had to feed Poo because we hadn't eaten anything. And whether or not I was hungry, I had this little five-year-old girl who had just been going like a lightning ball all day. And I knew that she needed to be fed. So we said our goodbyes to Mom, and Poo and I walked out in the parking lot. We got the Bronco, and then we sat there and just talked for a little bit because I wanted to make sure that she was okay with all of this and there wasn't any trauma that was going to come up later. because really, I was really surprised, well, she could just go anywhere she wanted. And she did. Because we were all busy with other things, and nobody was really watching her, although I'm sure all the nurses were sort of keeping an eye on her, and if she'd have gotten in any trouble, they would have, you know, helped her out, whatever. But this is a different kind of a place where we live. It's one of the most beautiful places in this world. And people here are more real people. It's more like it used to be in other places in the country and is no more. It's one of the reasons that I moved here. This is like America used to be. Everywhere, but is only like this in some places like this across this country now. And you'll learn a little bit more about that later in this story because it's surprising. So Poo and I sat there and talked, and that's when I heard that she, when the nurse took her down and put her in the little waiting room and gave her a Coke. Actually, it wasn't a Coke. It was a Nestle's grape, is what it was. She told me how she had cried for her mommy because she didn't want her mommy to hurt so bad. And so we just talked. And I just asked her questions and talked to her and explained things to her. And she asked me questions. And when she felt pretty good about all that and I figured that it was all okay and she was really happy with her baby sister, then we set off to get some chow and some food, some stuff in the belly. And there were some restaurants along the way and there was a, but I don't know if any of them were open. I know that we passed at Jack in the Box and McDonald's and even Poo won't eat at McDonald's in this family. We don't, we hate that place. Two places we'll never eat. That's McDonald's and Burger King. Any place else is fair game. But we passed at Jack in the Box and all kinds. But Poo didn't want to eat in any of those places. She didn't even want to stop and check and see if a restaurant was open. She wanted to go to the Sonic Drive-In. And she really likes the Sonic Drive-In. And so do I. But I didn't suggest that. That was her idea. And that's where she wanted to go. See, we have a 58 Chevy. And the Sonic Drive-In kind of takes you back to the 50s. So every once in a while I'd take her and her mom to the Sonic Drive-In and the 58 Chevy and that just carried over into liking to go there all the time. It's kind of like the old A&W root beer places. They have real good hamburgers. Not junky hamburgers but good hamburgers. And good drinks. And limeade made from real limes. And stuff like that. You know, not limeade made from something that tastes almost like Kool-Aid but not as good. You know. So we went to the Sonic Drive-In and Poo ordered a hamburger and some fries and a diet Coke. Which turned out to be a Pepsi because they didn't sell Coke. And I had a limeade and a steak sandwich and some onion rings. And then we sat and talked some more. Talked quite a bit in fact. Poo and I talked probably last night as much as we've ever talked. Talked a lot. And you know, Poo and I have been friends from the day she was born because when she was born she was having some problems and she wasn't too happy for about a week or two. And she had some digestion problems and so I would go to work in the morning and Annie would be with her all day and she would clean the house and all that kind of stuff. And when I got home in the evening I would sort of rest a little bit until it was time for Annie to go to bed and then I would stay up with Poo all night. And I mean all night. Sing to her and hold her and rock her and we got to be best pals during that time. And we've been best pals ever since and anybody that's ever seen us together will tell you that. I mean, we're just good friends and always will be and I hope that Alice and I can develop that kind of relationship also. And I'm sure that we will. And then it came time to drive home. By that time it was really late. I mean really late. And we had to get up this morning and then go and get Annie and the baby. So we drove home and being as it was so late and we were so tired and I mean really tired folks. Really tired. And there was a possibility that there would be elk or deer or antelope on the road. And we did the speed limit exactly. And Pooh was so tired and so sleepy and she just couldn't keep her eyes open even though I'd ask her to help me keep an eye out for the animals. At one point she said, Poppy, I just can't keep my eyes open. I'm just so sleepy. I said, are you going to help me watch for elk? I just can't keep my eyes open and then that's the last I heard from her until we got home. We live a long way from the hospital. When we got home I woke her up and we went inside. Pooh went right to bed and I tucked her in. And then I made a couple of calls. And I went to bed about 30 minutes later. Out like a light. Until about sometime around 2 in the morning when Sugar Bear began to bark he's a wonderful watchdog. And when he barks you must pay attention. Because he didn't just bark for nothing. He's not one of these dogs that just barks. He only barks if something's wrong. So I got up at about 2 in the morning and by golly there were two cars up here where they're not supposed to be. And they were police cars and that made my heart race a little bit because I had no idea what they were doing up here. And I watched them for a little while for about an hour I guess. Until I figured that they were on a stakeout on the houses below us which they've done in the past. And then at a certain point they both turned on their lights and went racing down the hill and spotlights all over the place. So I know that somebody had reported a burglar down in the town off the mountain from where we were and they were just using that spot to do some reconnaissance I guess. And anyway so that took about an hour and a half out of the night and went back to sleep and woke up this morning and by golly you know you really miss Annie when she's not around and you got a five year old girl to get ready to go because who wanted a ponytail and try as I might I couldn't make a ponytail that didn't look funny. And so we didn't have a ponytail this morning. And Pooh couldn't find her socks. And we couldn't go to the hospital unless she had some socks. So we finally found her some red socks and one of them had a big hole in it. And she was uncomfortable for a while and she finally said I'm used to the hole Poppy we can go now. So we did. Oh and she couldn't find any toothpaste because her mother had taken the toothpaste to the hospital. So we finally found some toothpaste and got our teeth brushed and my teeth brushed and off we went. Driving to the hospital and Annie is expecting us there early. The nurses and doctors are expecting us there early. And we get to the park where the night before we had passed this long convoy of road construction equipment. Well folks they were back. They were back with a vengeance and they were all over the place. The road was blocked and they had this guy out there with a red flag and a stop sign and they say you can't go. So how long is it going to be? Oh maybe 15 or 20 minutes or maybe 30 minutes. Oh boy. So Pooh and I sat there and talked about the baby and about the night before and about what we were going to do that day and how nice it was going to be to get the baby home and Pooh wanted to know how to hold the baby and all of that kind of stuff and that's what we talked about. But it wasn't just 15 minutes and it wasn't just 20 minutes and it wasn't just 30 minutes and I was getting ready to pull all my press credentials out and slap that card up there in front of the windshield and put that Bronco in four wheel drive and take down the shoulder. When all of a sudden out of nowhere comes this follow me truck and they let us all go. And so we got there late. And of course Annie wanted to know why we were there late as if you know we weren't occupied with anything. So we had to explain why we were late and then we went down to see the baby in the nursery and they told us that Annie could go home but the baby couldn't. I said whoa you know I start feeling this adrenaline again. No, no, no you're messing with my family. What do you mean my baby can't go home? And she had a white elevated white blood cell count and something else. I forget what it was. I knew perfectly well what it was this morning and I knew perfectly well what it was before I started this broadcast and now it's just disappeared right out of my brain cells. And I'm still very tired. I haven't had any sleep today. And about the only one that's had any rest and the one that needs it most of course is Annie. And she should have a lot of rest. But anyway the the the gist of the thing was is we had to wait around till 11 o'clock to find these tests that came through to see if we could take Allison home. And if everything wasn't really right I didn't really want to take her home but if we could I did want to take her home. I don't know if you understand what I'm talking about. I wanted to take my baby home. But I didn't want to take her home if taking her home was going to endanger her in any way. So we waited until 11 o'clock. And 11 o'clock became 12 o'clock. And finally we began to ask questions and they brought all this paperwork in for us to do. And one of the indications folks that this is still like America used to be they gave me all this paperwork which I told them to take and stuff it you know where the sun don't shine and not in those words it was very nice because these are very nice people and they're all nurses and doctors who are just doing what other people tell them to do. But very nicely I told them to take this stuff and stick it where the sun don't shine we don't give social security numbers we don't fill this stuff out we don't sign birth certificates we don't do these things we don't dance. And you know what nobody batted an eyebrow nobody cared. One of the nurses says oh you don't pay any taxes do you? I said I pay all legal and lawful taxes which I am required to pay but I am not a tax payer. And she just smiled the other nurse says well is this a you know when I gave her some papers that she wanted me to sign and stuff and I said well we don't we don't do these things. And she said is that your personal preference or is there some other reason? I said well I've done a lot of study on these subjects and we don't sign these things. She said okay and left. And I love it. So the baby stayed because the white blood count had blood cell count had actually elevated gone up quite a bit. So what that means basically is she's either been exposed to an infection in utero or utera or however that's pronounced in uterine before she was born or she has some kind of small infection which could be a large infection if it's not treated properly. So we left her there. Have it treated properly and we'll go back again tomorrow. Whether she's ready to go or not makes no difference. I'm going back bright and early tomorrow morning to see my little daughter and hold her and tell her that I love her so she's assured that she's not alone in this world. And I saw the nurses there who were very very nice ladies and they were holding the babies and talking to them and treating them very well. So when we left we had ordered a crib from J.C. Penney and they had promised that it would be here last week ladies and gentlemen but the girl who took Annie's order neglected to put it into the computer so the crib will not be here until Tuesday. So when we left the hospital with Annie we went down to the flower shop where I had already ordered a beautiful bouquet of roses specially done just for her water. And because we had to drive so far back home in Arizona I had them put these little glass vials of water and some kind of special thing in there that keeps them fresh for the trip home. And then I had to go find something for the baby to sleep in until Tuesday. Because I'm not the kind of father that just pulls out a drawer and throws his baby in the drawer. I don't do that. This is my daughter. You've got to understand this is my little child. So I had to have something nice. At least a picnic basket. Something. And actually I bought her a beautiful bassinet. And so she'll be sleeping in that bassinet when she comes home. Hopefully tomorrow. If it's not tomorrow it will be very soon. And I'm just as pleased as much. Pooh is just as happy as can be. In fact about three hours ago Pooh came down and said I want to give Allison a present. And I thought that was really nice. So Pooh disappeared into her bedroom. Then she came back and she said what kind of present can I give her? And I told her it had to be something very small but bigger than her mouth because babies put everything in their mouth and you can't have anything that will fit in their mouth. And it had to be soft and cuddly and something that she would really feel good touching. Because that's what babies do for a while. They just touch you know. And mostly they want to put something in their mouth. And it's usually a nipple or a bottle and that's all they care about for a while. Well Pooh disappeared into her room and dug into just about every box and corner and hole that she's got in that room and came out with this cute little stuffed animal that was just perfect. And she was so proud of herself and she went over and put that in Allison's bassinet alongside the pig that came from Swiss American training. So Allison now has two little stuffed toys. and I spent the rest of the evening getting ready for this broadcast. And you know this broadcast was so important to me to talk about this and tell everybody out there who's wanted to know when Annie has the baby and all about it. And I was so rattle brained and so tired and really excited and a little disappointed that my baby is not here. And I forgot to turn on one of the key pieces of equipment that lets the broadcast out of here to go to where you are. So you had some dead air time at the beginning and of course that's the way it goes. Moving west. She is a beautiful little girl. Big fat chubby cheeks. In fact she looks just like Pooh did when she was born. So who knows what she's going to turn out looking like. Pooh had a fat head, fat cheeks, puppy eyes, and a little flat nose and a lot of black hair on her head. And she just looked like babies look like. They all look cute and pretty and cuddly and especially if they're yours. They're just beautiful and that's all there is to it. But you know in the first week they change an awful lot. At least Pooh did. And I think most of them did. There's a lot of trauma in being born. And there's a lot of baby fat that comes off because you're not fed as steadily or in the same way that a baby is fed by its mother in the womb. So the first two weeks there's a big adjustment there in the body and the swelling goes down from the birth trauma and all of that kind of stuff. The baby actually changes color. She's changed color from last night to this morning. Quite dramatically as a matter of fact. Last night she was beet red and almost purple and her nose was blue. This morning she looked just like a normal pink baby should with all the normal color and no more purple and blue. And no more beet red. And of course they put their little hands in like little I don't know what you call them, mittens. Mittens I guess because baby's fingernails folks are sharper than knives. and she had already scratched her cheek so she had on these little mittens which Pooh thought was kind of funny and always wanted to see the baby's fingers and then put the mittens back on and see the baby's fingers. We spent a few hours with that baby this morning and I spent the most time with her I guess holding her and rocking her and talking to her. Pooh can't wait to hold her but of course she hasn't been able to do that yet. Just a little too soon and I want her to get used to it and sit down on the couch and have me right beside her and Annie right beside her so that we can make sure she's holding her real good. I think that will just tickle Pooh Pink. By the way her real name is not Pooh it's Dorothy Marie Cooper and for a while a couple of weeks ago it wasn't Pooh she said she didn't like that name anymore she wanted to be called Dorothy and then back to Pooh so I guess we'll call Allison Alley and I hope that I have told you this story in a good way and I hope all of those of you who have asked over and over again about Annie's pregnancy and about the new baby I hope that this satisfies all of that curiosity and delivers to you the best of the best of the last two days and we'll keep you posted on how the baby's doing and all that kind of stuff I know she's going to be fine she just looks as healthy as can be to me she doesn't look like anything's wrong with her and she doesn't act like anything's wrong with her and I think it's just a normal body immunological reaction to all the stuff that she's been through but we'll find out tomorrow morning and of course I can't let you know tomorrow night or Sunday night but I'll certainly let you know Monday night how all that goes I wanted to get Annie on the radio but as usual Annie won't come near this microphone and probably will never come near it for the rest of her life I don't know but that's her choice and Pooh maybe if she wants to will tell you about her experiences in all of this on Monday night but that's up to her too if she doesn't want to do it then you're not going to hear from her because we don't make people do anything around here unless it's a matter of something that's important and only then in a good way and that's why our daughter's such a good little girl is because when she needs it she gets the discipline that's required never heavy handed and only when it's required in fact tell you the truth folks while I'm not against spanking we don't do it in this family when Pooh does something wrong she goes to her room she has a wonderful room full of toys and everything and when she wants to go in there and play she just loves her room and when it's time to go to bed she loves her room but when she does something wrong you send her to her room she hates it she stamps her feet and slams the door and kicks the wall and then after a while she comes out and apologizes and says she wants to be a good girl so that's how we do it in our family and anybody who's ever seen Pooh knows that she is well behaved and she says yes sir and no sir and thank you and please and may I and all of that kind of stuff and she's a good girl and Allison I know is going to be just as good well I thank you for putting up with my new father babbling tonight I am just as proud as bunch I am so happy and so tired and does there's come surrender to the rest of day when the heat of the road can you turn away and it can you turn every moment and it sees me through it's enough for this rest of the warrior just to be with you and can't can't we feel but love tonight it is where we are God just to be a love and can't we feel I was glad to rest And I'm making you ready Like a boy To live the better there There's time for everyone If they only learn The twist and collide to go Move the doll and turn There's rhyme and reason Through the wild outflow When the heart of the dark What's pointed Be some time with yours And the happy feel To love tonight Is where we are Is where we are Is enough But it's what I wonder That we've got to fall Can't feel the love Tonight I was glad to rest Is enough To make change And back upon The deep of everything Is enough To make change You're listening to The Hour of the Time I'm William Cooper And I'm Pooh Folks, tonight It's going to be Kind of a special program Some of you Who really aren't Into this kind of stuff May not like it But those of us Who have families And understand What this fight Is all about Probably Will love Every single Second Because folks This is What it's all about And You see Why Would we Be interested In a future world In which we're not Going to live If we didn't love Our children And it all Started folks Like this With a man And love And love And love Can't keep his mind On nothing Yet He'll change the world Or the good thing He'll find If she is bad He can't see She can do no wrong Turn his back on his best friend If he put her down With a man and a woman When he says left behind I'm a hold on Is what he needs Keep him on Is what he needs Keep him on Keep him on And he needs If he said that He'd get all to me Well, this man Is what he needs I gave you all this And I said I'm a hold on To the night Let it go Baby, please I'll take me back When I'm a man When I'm a man I'm a hold on I'm a hold on He's a man's hope He can break me up With me And I believe If he's a baby He's a man's hope He's a man's hope I'll come He's a man's hope He'll take me back He'll take me back We'll never fall We can do a long call We can never fall We'll never fall We'll never fall I know it's like a season Baby, baby, baby Oh, I'll never fall We'll never fall We'll never fall We'll never fall Well, I bet this is just about the craziest radio broadcast that you've ever heard, folks, because you never know what you're going to hear on the hour of the time. But you can always be sure that it's from the heart and it's the product of something that we really care about, whether we're talking about our family life or whether we're talking about the research we've done, or whether we're talking about the future. Poo has expressed a desire to be my co-host tonight. Good evening, Poo. Hi. Thank you for sitting in with me tonight to help me along with this. You're welcome. We've sort of had kind of an exciting last few days, haven't we? Yeah. Pals forever? Pals forever. That's the way our relationship is, and I certainly believe that's the way my relationship is going to develop with the new addition to the family. And I know you're all eagerly waiting to find out what's happened with that little baby. Well, she's home. In fact, we brought her home, I believe it was Saturday. Was it? Yeah, Saturday morning. But you see, folks, you have to understand that the medical profession sometimes gets in the mode that they believe that they're God. And they didn't want us to bring the baby home for some reason or other. In fact, there were no doctors there. The nurses in the nursery were talking about a 10-day regimen on antibiotics, and the baby would have to stay in the hospital for those 10 days. And, of course, many of you know that I wasn't going to go for that, not in your wildest dreams, because there was no justification for it except to put more money in the doctor's pockets. So I started asking questions and demanding to talk to doctors and people and administrators and everybody else. And the upshot of it was that nobody bothered to check the culture in the lab, and there was nothing wrong with the baby, and there was no infection, and there was nothing growing in the culture. And so we brought the baby home. She's healthy. She's beautiful. She's very, very happy. I was absolutely amazed. The first night, she slept all night long. Didn't cry. Didn't wake us up anything. The second night, she woke up, I guess, about 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning, probably more like 3, for a feeding. Went back to sleep and slept all the way through until morning. So that's the way that goes. You know, we were so proud. I was so proud. And I know Annie was, too. And I was so proud of Annie when Pooh was born. Annie went through 12 hours of intense labor. And, you know, it started out her going through all the pain and ended up with me going through the pain with her in that first birth. The second birth was all Annie and I was helping her through, except for a couple of times when she almost broke my arms. But, you know, Pooh, when she came back from the hospital, by the way, her real name was Dorothy Marie Cooper. Pooh is a nickname, as in Winnie the Pooh. What are you laughing at? Do you like your nickname? Uh-huh. Do you like Dorothy? Uh-huh. Yeah. You were surprised when you saw a movie, and there was a Dorothy in that movie, too, weren't you? Remember The Wizard of Oz? Oh, yeah. I tried. Oh, yeah. Well, I know you only forgot for a second because you're not the forgetting type. Uh-huh. It's not about stuff like that. Well, folks, let me tell you something. When Pooh popped into the world, there was about a week or two weeks, I forget which, but it was at least one solid week where she was having problems with her digestion. And she just wasn't feeling good. She couldn't sleep. And she would just cry and cry and cry, and she couldn't keep any food down. And the doctor said there was nothing wrong with her. And so Annie would watch her and take care of her and take care of the house and cook the meals all day while I was at work. And then I would come home, and I would rest for as long as I could until Annie was so tired she had to go to bed. Then I would get up and spend the night holding Pooh and singing to her and talking to her and holding her and rocking her and throwing her up in the air and everything you can think of. And I did just as much to keep her company as I did to keep myself awake so that I could watch her and take care of her. Changed her diapers and tried to feed her and everything like that, and eventually she was okay. Do you remember that time? But, honey, did you really throw me up to the air? Sure I did. I still do sometimes. You mean like you did, um, um, right, I mean, this night right now, honey? Yeah. Oh, you mean like that, Weezy? Uh-huh. But you don't remember those days, do you? Well, we developed a pretty good friendship. Started at that time, and it's just continued right up until now, huh? Yeah. You like that friendship? Yeah. It's pretty neat, huh? Yeah. Oh, she's giving me the secret sign. She made up her own secret sign just for me and her, just for our friendship, folks. And, uh, no, we're not part of any brotherhood or anything, but, uh, I guess Pooh had been listening to my broadcast for so long she thought that was absolutely necessary. So, anyway, this is sort of how Pooh and I do it. Oh, she's giving me the secret sign. Thank you. Love is kind of sweet, a spooky little girl like you. You always keep me guessing, I never seem to know what you were thinking. And it's a very look at you to show your mind and way away again. I get confused cause I don't know where to stand and smile. And hold on to me, love is kind of sweet, a spooky little girl like you. I get confused. I get confused. Well, that's kind of the way it goes with us. We do things together, we go places together, we talk to each other, we're really pals. We play. We play a lot, don't we? Uh-huh. What kind of games, what do we play anyway? Um. You have your computer, we do things on your computer. Yeah. And we do things on my computer. Yeah, like games too. Uh-huh. What were you doing last night? Um, playing airplane games. Playing airplane? Boy, you were playing airplanes. Folks, this girl is a pilot. She was flying a Learjet on Microsoft. Ha, ha, ha. It's the, um, flight simulator. And she can really fly really well. I mean, she can take off. She can fly. She can turn. She can change altitude. She can control the engines. And this is just like flying a real plane. I mean, as close as you can get without dying if you crash. Uh, the only thing she can't do yet is land. But she knows how to click on the right button to make the program land for her if she wants to. And, uh, you know, she's not doing bad because I can't land yet either. So, we don't worry about it. What else do we do? Well, we catch ball. Yes, we do. Well, we take walks with Sugar Bear. Yeah. And he sometimes, um, doesn't want to walk with us. But he, he's checking around the trees sometimes. So, that's why we have to call him to come with us to take a walk. You like that dog? Yeah. He, he, he sounds like, his name sounds like Sugar. Sugar. Well, it does. Yeah, sugar. It's sugar. Sugar. Yeah, I think sugar's better. Well, folks, it proves since she was just a little over, I guess, a week, almost two weeks old, but she's, uh, she's been everywhere that we've been. She has met an awful lot of people. Uh, she has learned to be a good little girl under all kinds of different circumstances. For a while, we called her a traveling baby. And, um, she has, uh, grown, and I'm just so proud of her. I'm pleased as brunch. And we were both really not expecting another addition to the family. Back then, I'm pretty sure Pooh thought she was going to be the only one for a while. And I think her mother and father did, too. Although, I did kind of wish in my heart of hearts for another child so that Pooh wouldn't be alone a lot of the times. Because we travel a lot, folks. And she's there with us by herself. And when we get somewhere, it's usually adults who attend these functions. And so she doesn't get to meet a whole bunch of, of other children. And, of course, we live up on a mountaintop. There are no next-door neighbors. And so her greatest playmate is her father and, uh, her dog. And when her mother's not too busy, her mother, too. Her mother doesn't play with her as much as Sugar Bear and I. But her mother probably loves her more than all of us put together. And we certainly love her. And, uh, so anyway, one, um, numeral, um, time, uh, we just, you know, rediscovered how much we love each other. And, uh, my love loves me a kind of my love. I can't see anyone but you. I can't see anyone but you. So, uh, my love. You're a love. You're a love. You're a love. You're a love. You're a heart star. I'll come to my heart. Come to my heart. I don't know if it's cloudy. I'm a love. I only have one. For you. You know that, Annie. I've always only had eyes for you and I only have eyes for you. I only have eyes for you. I love you. I love you. I love you. In fact, I love you very, very much. When you say, you're a love. I'm a love. I only have one. I only have one. I only have one. I only have one. I only have one. I don't know if we're in our day. I am so proud of you I am so proud of you So long you are here Come on, I'm so in my mind Maybe maybe millions of people Come on, I'm so proud of you But there are things of it From you And I only have For you Oh, I've got to be careful around that song. We might end up with three. I think it's the Shabop Shabop that does it. I'm not sure. But it wasn't too long after that that Annie announced that she was pregnant. And actually, she kept it secret for a while. And when she announced it, We were all just as pleased as punch. And Pooh said, What's pregnant? And what was it? A baby. That's right. Where was that baby? In the hospital. No, no. When Annie was pregnant, before it was born, where was the baby? In the doctor? No. Before the baby was born, where was the baby? Don't you remember? We used to feel... In the tummy. That's right. Did you feel the baby move? Yeah. I... I... Sometimes I didn't feel it move somewhere. But sometimes we did, and we talked to that baby, didn't we? Yeah. I mean... Well, you know what? It's sort of... It doesn't feel like nothing in the baby's tummy. You know what I mean? You mean in the mommy's tummy? Yeah. It just felt like a lump once in a while, huh? Yeah, because it felt... I mean... It feels like something different. It's... Like it's not a boy or a girl, huh? We didn't know for a long time, did we? Yeah. Um... I thought it was a girl, and then... Well, it wasn't a girl. I was right. You were right. But there was a while when you wanted a little brother, huh? Yeah, but... But you wanted a little sister, too, huh? Yeah, because so... So we could change dresses together and look pretty. Oh, that would be a lot of fun. Yeah, so nobody... So I don't have to button my buttons up. Oh, you mean your sister could help you? Yeah. Well, that's wonderful. Well, let's get into your story. You know, Annie was pregnant for nine months with that baby, and we felt the baby move, and we talked to the baby through Mommy's tummy, and... Where should I start? Well, why don't you start on the night that we went to the hospital? How did all that happen, anyway? You and Mom went somewhere that day, didn't you? Where did you go? I think I... I think we went to Show Low. You went to Show Low? Did you go to Taylor? I think so. And then you came back home sometime around, what, 3 o'clock? I don't know. And then what happened? Well, and then... Her tummy was, um... Um, feeling pretty bad. And then what? And then so she said, Well, let's go to the hospital. And so we did. And then it really was hurting in the car. And so... And it took a long time to get there, didn't it? Yeah, it was... It was the twilight bark. The twilight bark. Now, folks, that's how she refers to twilight time. Because twilight bark is what the dogs do. You know, in the morning they talk to each other in twilight, and at night they talk to each other in twilight. And so... Who calls it the twilight bark? And then... And then... Um, we went to the hospital. And then she sat down on the bed. And then it was... It was... Cumming. It was Cumming on Thirsteen Heights. Yes. What happened? How long was Mommy in the room with the bed? Um... Not very long, huh? Yeah, but... Then, um... Then they took... Um, her to the other room. And we played... Catch the Teddy. Yeah, Catch the Teddy. And... And then Poppy helped take her to the other room. Yeah, and so I had to... Stay in... The other room. So I did. And then... Um... Well, not for a while. I mean, you were in the delivering room with Mommy for a while. Yeah. And then... And then, um... A girl came and said... She... I mean... I mean, she brought me... And then, um... She said, Can she have this... I mean... I mean... Crackers... Grab crackers and some... Um... Great juice? And... So you said... So my dad just said, Yeah. And so she brought me to the first desk and she let me have it in color. And then what happened? What? Well... Weren't you kind of worried about Mommy? Yeah, and then I was crying for my mom because I really love her and I care about her. I was crying for that because I really, really love my mom. And then what happened? And then, um... The... The same girl said, Want... Want me... Want me to go check your mother? And so she did. And then, um... She said it was a baby girl, um... Um... When she came back and I said, I knew it was a baby girl. And the next thing I remember is you were opening the door to the delivery room and you were standing right there with me. Yeah, and I was... And I was... Just staying with my baby sister. She looked very happy with the hat on her. She had a little hat on, huh? Yeah, so she won't get cold. I mean... So her head won't get cold or anything. She won't get cold. What did you think about that? Well... I don't know if I think... You don't know? Uh-uh. Were you happy? Yeah, I was happy. And what was Mommy doing? Um... She was feeling better. Better. And... And then... She wasn't yelling anymore, was she? Yeah, because she was really yelling when she... When it hurt really bad. And then she said, Can I get her up, honey? And then Poppy said, No. I'm afraid... I mean... I mean... I mean... You can't get up because you have to stay you have to stay in the bed. Yeah, the doctor wasn't quite finished with her, was she? Yeah, but... But then, um... She wanted some ice water when she was in the next room. And so... Ice water. And this girl came and got her some ice water. And so she drinks it. and then, um... I did a taste and Poppy got a taste and then, um... This cup came and then she threw it up from the water. She drank too much water. And then? And then she stayed at... She was... She had to go... Um... She had to stay at the hospital so we had to go home and spend the night one night and then the next day we... Wait a minute. What happened when we left the hospital? Oh, yeah. I forgot. What about all those talks we had? Where did we go? Why don't you talk about that a little bit? Okay. And then we went to the Sonic Drive-In or Jack in a Box and I told him maybe maybe, um... the Sonic Drive-In was open. So I was right. So we ate there and then I mean we ate there and then we were talking about lots of things like um... when the... I was crying about Mom and then all those things and about the little baby and about the baby was born and the name Yeah, and the name was, um... Allison W. Cooper. And you figured out how to spell Allison. Yeah. You added the Y instead of the I, huh? Yeah, because we sort of liked the Y me and Poppy. That was a lot of fun, folks. And, uh... we came home and it was pretty late, wasn't it? Yeah, so Poppy told me to go to bed first and then he went to bed and then he took me and then he said, um, don't you really are you excited? And what did you say? Yep, I'm excited. And I was excited too, folks. In fact, we couldn't wait for morning, could we? Yeah, and then I was still sleeping at night and then the next day we went to pick up mommy and so we did and then we... Well, we missed her, didn't we? Yeah, I really missed her that night. And it was kind of rough in the morning. Yeah. Because I couldn't make a ponytail and you wanted a ponytail really bad. No, I don't like a ponytail with me. Really? Yeah. That's not what you said that morning. Did you change? Um... In fact, you've got a ponytail right now. Mm-hmm. But in the... when the next day we went to pick up mommy and so we did. So we had to wait for the baby to come with us home. Yep, and it's time to take a break. You remember Craig Smith? Yeah. Remember his daughter? Yeah. Remember Gene Miller? Yeah. Remember all those nice folks up at Swiss America? Yeah, she had, um, she had a little girl named Katie and I got her a picture in my room draw. You played with Katie one day for quite a long time. Yeah, because, um, she had a swing to go swing and back. So we... so I played out with her and swing and a lot of things I had to do. I pushed the cradle and her baby. They're pretty nice folks, aren't they? Yeah. We like them a lot, huh? Yeah. And now we'll get back to our broadcast. That little baby. Boy, we looked at that little baby and we knew there was a future, huh, who? Yep. That was... Boy, that was the next one in line. Now there's four of us. Yeah, because we got one and two and three and four. And little Allison, you got to hold her today, huh? Yeah, because I'm, um, I mean, I'm baby... I, I was, I mean, when, when, when we, we were going to, um, the Pine Top Play at Shovel and we stopped by Arby's to eat something. We were in, and Poppy told me to fix my own stuff, but Mommy was holding the baby. She, she just eat with one hand and drink with one hand. And how did you feel about holding that baby? Well, tonight, um, he, um, Daddy showed me how to hold, hold her. And I hold her just by the neck. Neck. Well, you didn't hold her by the neck. You supported her under the neck. In the head. Yeah. And where was your other arm? Um, by the feet. Yeah, and you held her pretty good, didn't you? Yeah, now I know how to hold her, but she's kind of heavy. Yeah, so you didn't hold her too long, huh? Yeah. But you're helping Mommy? Yeah, but I don't, you know, because Mommy wants to help me, I mean, help her to, to change, to change the diapers, but I don't know when I'm going to change the diapers. Well, it won't be too far off. You have to remember that she's, she's just been born and she's so tiny. And she's so little, you can't, I mean, you can't even play with her or hurt her when she's a little baby. Yeah, we just kind of look at her and boy, Yeah. this is what we think, huh? Yeah, the sweat pavement is falling Only you can do make a sweat seem bright Only you can do make the darkness fly only you and you for love can fill me like you You want to sing along with this? Yeah. Okay, go ahead. I can't fly with the love fly only you Okay. Only you can break a change in me But you You are not that me When you hold my hand I understand the magic that you be You're my dream come true My one and only you Only you Can make a change in me But you You are my grand dream When you hold my hand I understand the magic that you You're my dream country My one and only you And only you Hey, that was pretty good. Thank you. You know, you haven't done that in a long time. I was worried you wouldn't remember all the words. You didn't rehearse today. In fact, I haven't heard you saying that in over a year. Is that the first time? Yeah, because I like this show tonight. Boy, me too. I really like this show because I love my family. I love you, I love Mommy, and I love little Allison. Well, I wouldn't leave without you and Mommy and Allison, and you wouldn't leave me and Mommy and Allison, and Allison wouldn't leave without me and Mommy and Poppy, and Mommy wouldn't leave without me and Poppy and Allison. That's absolutely right, and I'm glad you understand that because you don't have to feel insecure all the time, do you? Yeah, because, well, Mommy doesn't like me to ask a lot question. About what? That's not true. Mommy doesn't mind you asking questions unless she's really, really busy, and then that kind of gets on her nerves, huh? Yeah, but, you know, my, well, I'm wearing this pretty, pretty dress today, and, I mean, tonight, right now, and it's, and it's really pretty, it's, it's got, um, uh, whatever you call this, this blue, vest, a blue vest, a blue vest, and I got, um, a shirt that's white, uh-huh, and it's got a little flower on it, and I got this blue shirt that's got, um, you mean a blue dress, a blue dress, and it's got, um, pink, yellow, red, orange, I mean, yellow, and that's all the colors I got on my dress. And where did you get that dress? At Walmart, and I got two passes that got, um, a pink and white, um, pants. And how did you get them? Well, I got them at Walmart, too. Mommy, Mommy said that if you'd be a good girl in Walmart, and she'll buy me something, so I did, and she bought me, um, earrings to stick on, you know, those little earrings. Oh, yeah. And she bought me that whole bunch, but I left it in the car. Uh-oh, that's why I didn't see those, huh? Yeah. Well, why don't you tell us, what does the little baby look like? Can you remember? It, well, Mommy said it looks like her, but what about, I said, what about me, and she said she looks like you, too. Actually, she looks very much just like you looked when you were born. She looks like a Spanish girl or something. Really? What makes you say that? Well, she looks like those Chinese girls, you know what I'm talking about? Uh-huh. Well, she's half Chinese. Yeah, because she's got those eyes, well, she's got those eyes right now because she's a baby right now and she's got those eyes that look like those eyes? What do you mean by those eyes? say that again. Oh, you tell me what that means. Those eyes. Does she have any hair? Yeah, she has the same hair that I got, black hair. And how about her fingers and toes? Well, it looks like mine, too. And are they little, big, medium-sized? Little. Her fingers are tiny, little, and Poppy told me their fingernails are sharpened. Very sharp, huh? Yeah, because I saw this, I saw this thumb, I mean, her thumb, and her fingernail, that was really sharpened. Yeah. How about her head? Didn't she hold her head up? Yep, I hold my head up. No, can Allison hold her head up? Yeah, she can hold her head up. She can? I mean, she might. Well, she might, but she hasn't, yeah, it flops around like it's attached to a rubber band, huh? That's why we have to put our hand under her head and neck to support her. Yeah, because, um, well, tonight I was just holding her, and I hold her by her neck and and, and Poppy told me I, you gotta, um, uh, point her like, like I did by the counter, um, downstairs. Well, folks, she doesn't really hold her by her neck. What she means is that she holds her hand under her neck and head like we showed her so that the baby's head doesn't flop around and fall off. babies just don't have any muscles in their little necks and so gotta do that. And what about the top of her head? What's the rule? Don't ever, um, touch it really hard or, just, I mean, just don't touch its head. Yeah, right on the top, huh, because the bones haven't come together yet. Yeah, because it doesn't really come together. Yeah, gotta grow a little bit, huh? Yeah, gotta grow a little bit, then you can't touch your head. Yeah. Yeah, but when you get five or two, I mean, I mean, I mean, I'm talking about, if you get four or five, or any age, and then you can't touch your head when you grow big. How old are you? Five. Why? And are you real big compared to that baby? Well, makes you feel all grown up, huh? Yeah, because, because today I don't know what to do. I mean, today I don't, I didn't know what to do, but I did know what to do. I just think about it, because yesterday I did, I mean, I did the same thing, and, um, I did the same thing today, too, because I just pretend I went to school, and I did a lot of things, um, really good, because I like going to school. It's a lot of fun. Now, when you said just pretending, that's because you really don't ever go to a school. You learn here at home, huh? Yeah, because, because I, it's not really a school, it's just my room. It's our room, and got a lot of stuff, and boy, she learns how to read with the real phonics, folks. She doesn't get into this whole word baloney that has so many illiterate people running around. Well, well, um, well, um, this day, um, I mean, I think this happened a long time ago, it was not pretending. I learned my hooked on phonics, and it's got three more pages to go to, to read the other letters, so don't slap, practice, anything, like those, you know what I mean, like that stuff, and the, like the, like the way you pronounce the alphabet? And are you going to teach, are you going to help teach Allison when she gets a little older? Yeah, but, but when she gets five, I'll give her, um, a quarter, and, and when she gets, I mean, when she's five, I'll teach her how to be an artist and write and all those stuff. You'll teach her how to be an artist and write and all that stuff? Yeah. You can write, huh? Yeah, because I can, well, you see, I write, um, And you are a great artist. Yeah, I am, and, and, um, I, I can write, um, P-R-P, I think. Uh-huh. And, is that a word, honey? Well, you know that's not a word. You know what words are. You can spell, and you can write, and you can count. Yeah, and I can count all the way to 20, I think, and. Yeah, 20. Yeah, I'll, I'll, I'll show, oh, I mean, I'll. One day you even went to 30, and you surprised me, but you haven't done that again yet. Well, I'll show you how to get to 20. I know you can do that. Okay, let me do this, okay? Okay, go ahead. Okay, everybody? Okay. Okay. Okay, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, um, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twelve, twenty? Twenty, that's right. You did good. Guess what, I hear your little sister crying. yeah, because she's downstairs in her white cradle, it looks really good and it's even got a cushion with it. She likes it a lot, huh? Yeah, because she likes that cradle, but once you get a little older, I can play with her. Yeah, you know, I was really proud of you when you decided you were going to give your little baby sister a gift and you made that decision all on your own. What did you give her? Um, a little tiny rabbit and it's got holes on it. And that was one of your little favorite rabbits too, huh? Yeah. Well, that was very nice of you and it was very selfless and I'm very proud of you. Thank you, everyone. And I'm very proud of the way you conducted yourself at the hospital and I'm very, very proud of the way that you've handled all of this and the way that you treat your little sister. Honey, but what about the way I asked? Well, that's what I'm talking about. But you know what? I think you're starting to get a little bit silly like children do sometimes when they're getting a lot of attention. What do you think about that? Well, you know, folks, I don't like vegetables. I like macaronis. I don't like bananas anymore. When did that change? This morning? Yep, I think so. I think I said I don't like no bananas now. Wow. Well, you know what? I think it's about time for us to get out of here. I've just about run out of things to talk about and you're getting a little bit silly, so why don't we do that? How about we talk a little bit more? No, we're out of time, babe. Okay. Now, when Mommy gave us this little baby, we decided that she was our hero, huh? Yeah, so we went to the gift shop and we told Mommy that we're going to get you some cactus, not even flowers. That's right. We told her we were going to get some cactus, huh? Yeah, and then we went to get the flower shop and then Mommy was staying in the car so she wouldn't see the surprise so we got her some pretty flowers and then she said, wow, that's beautiful. Thank you because we bought her that because she was a really, really hero. That's right. and she brought us a precious little addition to our family. Oh, I really love my mom and she's really beautiful. She is and she's very special. Time to say goodnight. Goodnight, folks, and I'm a princess and God bless you all. Goodnight, folks. God bless you and Annie, my dear, this is for you. We love you very much and thank you so much. You are our hero. Thank you. 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