Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Dale. . .

Dale and Brandon are visiting the states from their new home in Germany.  It's always great to see them but this time it was especially special. 

I'll have to back up for a minute to explain this first picture.  When Dale used to work with us, he and Gloria had a love/hate relationship.  Mostly love but they picked and picked and picked on each other.  Keep in mind Gloria was much younger then- we worked with Dale off and on from about 2001-2007.  They even had pet names for each other.  Gloria called him BobB (emphasis on the last B) and Dale called her Georgetta. 

One of the things he would do to get her attention was to poke her in the forehead.  Repeatedly. 

From a mother's perspective, after the first few pokes it was pretty annoying.  And Dale, single-man-no-children, didn't seem to know that when a child cries, you should stop poking them in the forehead!!  In spite of the tears, they have a very sweet friendship.  We had the opportunity to see them very briefly while they were in town a couple of weeks ago.  They hugged.  And, of course, Dale poked:

And now, back to the reason this visit was especially special is because of this sweet little girl that looks like her daddy:


Yep, Dale and Branden had a baby girl!!  Rob and Gloria both wanted to poke her little forehead but I made them refrain!!  Maybe when she's a little bit older. . .

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