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all of us as a possession. It was just like you to
saw them, choose and mark them for us with
such painstaking mother. Ernest is terribly proud
of them. We have showed them to J.H's godparents
Miss Stein and Miss Toclaz and they are wild over
the whole family. You can imagine how I love
Ernest's baby pictures!

Well, we are all in fine health and
just about settled. I think we shall stay
here by our sawmill in spite of certain unin-
viting features belowstairs. We get [s?eter?] up
on our floor every day. There's so much sun
and light and Bumbie sleeps all day in his
bed right in the big French window all dressed
for outdoors, comes in to meals with pink cheeks
and uproarious laughter. He is taking Nestle's
six times a day, me six times, and orange juice
before his 12 o'clock meal. He adores them all
and calls for more. Weighs over 15 lbs. Yesterday
was his 6 month birthday as you showed you
remembered in your letter mother, and
we had Gertrude Stein and Alise Toclaz over.
The baby received rubber animals from them
and a beautiful silver cup out of which he drank