The Journal of Phillip Grant - Nov 24

Last time, I think I mentioned I wanted to chat Vanessa Bachelor, get to know her a bit.  Actually, she's a friend and I was rather hoping that I could build that up to something more.

It took me forever to finally meet up with her. We chatted for a bit then I tried compliments.

She mentioned Cecil.

I tried flirting a bit. She compared me with Cecil again and he came out ahead.



I wanted to try more but it was curfew and time to go home.

Phillip, she is in love. If you had practiced charm a bit more first, she might have responded. But you rushed in and she didn't appreciate it.

Think I have a chance Dad?

Not really, but at least she is still your friend.

Eric and Kathy decided to tie the knot.  Eric wanted to make sure that baby is a Grant.

Woah, check this out.  My parties are getting so awesome that they all run to attend.

Pride goes before a fall.

Ok Dad.  Enough?

What do you know?  Dad took my comment seriously and had his first autograph session.  You never know who will turn up to these events.  I really think that Erwin should change out of his work clothes, or the police are going to stroll right up and arrest him on suspicion of burglary.

Middle of the night and my new nephew comes home.  That's Jerod Grant.  Eric didn't go to the hospital.  He only got out of bed in time to find out that Katie was coming back.  He went back to bed.  I don't think Katie was too impressed.

Dad, I only have nephews?

Boys do run in this family.  There should be one girl if there are another baby or two born.  You have one sister and two brothers.  I have one sister and three brothers.


But girls are so much cuter and sweeter.


Good luck with that.  It would be nice to have one or two granddaughters.

Katie was flat, she had very little sleep because of Jerod's birth.  Eric was trying to catch some sleep so he'd be ok for work.  So Dad got the middle of the night baby duty.

He seems pretty ok with that.

Someone teaching a toddler to walk while in the park is normal.  But Ripley is teaching her housemate Bettina's toddler to walk.  We don't see people teaching toddlers from other families too often.  Ripley has a daughter in school, but she's still in elementary so I never see her.

My uncle Rick's wife, my aunt Patricia.  I noticed her walking by school and decided to talk to her.  She has a bad rep in the family because of her fighting with Uncle Rick.  But she was nice enough to me.

My cousin Rhoda, Uncle Rick's younger girl.

The first time Eric's actually touched the baby.  He claimed that work was the reason that he didn't pick up the baby before.  You would think a new dad would get one day off at very least.

Dad, finally a party!  But why all the relatives?

I did invite your friend Vanessa.

My "Let's just be friends" friend Vanessa.  I was hoping for ...

A party like your affair in the park with every teen girl around invited?  Except your cousins.

Who squealed?

Your cousins - they were miffed that they weren't invited.

Oh.

My nephew Glen is shooting up like a weed.  He's looking a lot like Sammy these days.

So, I snuck in a phone call and asked Denise Wolff-Lessen over.  She's got a new haircut, looking good there baby!

So I complimented the new hairstyle and then tried a little flirting.

Oh, maybe this time there will be sparks flying.  She certainly liked the flirting quite a bit.