Hey Jakey,

"My mother never breast-fed me. She told me she only liked me as a friend."
--Rodney Dangerfield

Ha ha ha, pretty funny. Rodney died this week, and so did actress Janet Leigh and photographer Richard Avedon. You know, I never really thought about it, but I realized that I've seen almost every single one of Rodney Dangerfield's movies and LIKED them. Caddyshack, Easy Money (with the irrepressible Joe Pesci!), Back to School. Even Ladybugs didn't suck. Not to mention Natural Born Killers. Nah, his part in that one was just plain CREEPY.

Let's see... we wound up NOT going camping this week because daddy started having some pretty bad chest pains on Monday. We didn't go to the hospital, but I did stay home that day just to make sure he didn't get any worse. So when Wednesday rolled around, he still wasn't feeling a hundred percent, so we just stayed home and chilled. Pretty scary, your daddy having chest pains, but he's okay now. At least he says he is.

You've been awfully fussy and clingy the past couple of days and I can't figure out why. Heh, just in time for gramma coming on Wednesday. She's going to think that we've been mistreating you.

Well, my windfall of free, fun autumn things to do has kind of run itself out, and I got to stay home with you and daddy most of the week, doing things around the house, cleaning and such, getting ready for gramma.

It really breaks my heart when daddy says things like: "Jake likes it when you use two different spoons to feed him lunch," or "I usually put him down for his nap around 11, and he wakes up around 1," or "He's been doing this lately, or that lately..." *I* should be the one saying those things! *I* should be the one staying home with you all day! *I* should be the one who knows that thing about the spoons, or when you like to take a nap!

I bet you would have a lot more fun with me around all day instead of your daddy. I'd take you to the park every day, and to the lake, instead of sitting around all day watching your daddy play X-Box or watch the Giants/Raiders/whatever.

Okay, time to wrap it up and come home to give you sugah! Love ya!