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confined to my bed & helps take
care of the baby all the time.
Oh, cousin Millie, this baby! He
grows lovelier & sweeter every
hour & is so good. I believe he
weighs twice as much as he did
when we left Raleigh & is now
twice as pretty. Three of the
officers of our regiment called on
him today & I wish you could
have seen how well he bahaved.
My Husband cames to me every
evening about dark & stays until
after breakfast- if I could only
hear from my dear Mother, I
would be as happy as a Queen.
Mr Anderson misses the baby &
rocks the cradle like he had
been used to it all his life.
The only trouble is when he walks
him- both father & baby's heads
are sometimes in danger the
ceiling is so low. My old friend