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Family Tree
John Frederick Fischer - great grandfather
Catherine Fischer - great grandmother

Neil Gildea - great grandfather
Mary Ivey Gildea - great grandmother

John George Fischer - grandfather
Catherine Gildea Fischer - grandmother

Neil J. Fischer - father
Mary Ann Saraf Fischer - mother

George A. Saraf - grandfather
Mary Gannam Saraf - grandmother

Karem Gannam - great grandfather
Annie A. Gannam - great grandmother

The New Baby
weight at birth - 7 pounds 13 ounces

height at birth - 20 3/4"

amount of hair - very little

color of hair - light brown

complexion - fair

notes - Cute little pumpkin. Blue eyes and hardy appetite!!!

Messages

letters and notes

Sister Mary Daria, Phyllis Tabakian

phone calls

Mrs. R. E. Jenkins
Mrs. Virginia Huber
Mrs. Henry Pickney (Eleanor)

Gifts
Grandma "Kate" $5.00
Mamie Gildea - Mattress pads
John "Buddy" Fischer - Blanket
Philip Saraf - Christening Dress
Henry & Virginia Huber - Dress
Mimi Mataxas - Sweater Set
Catherine Valenti - Sweater
Mary Valenti - Dress & Slip Set
Joyce & Boot's - Party Rubbers
Nancy Morrissey Shea - Crib Toy
Grandpa & Aunt Lizzy - Johnson Set
Isabelle Powers Killerin - Silk Sac
Joann Ulivo Adams - White Doggie
Sister Mary Daria - Bib, medal & crib medal
Mike & Marian Gannam - Dress
Ray Clanton - Flowers
George & Lilian Lindsey - Fruits
Mr. & Mrs. Valenti - Flowers
Henry & Virginia Huber - Flowers

Early Visitors

the first visitors
Daddy & Grandma Mary
"Rosie" Saraf
Retta Russell
Antoinette Saraf
Phyllis Tabakian
Grandma "Kate"
others
Joyce & Boots
George & Lillian Lindsey
Jean Sollar
Henry & Virginia Huber
Catherine Valenti
Mimi Mataxas
Mary Lou Palmer
George, Antoine & Philip Saraf
Sammy Tootle

Baby Pictures

Taken by Royce Photo Co date Nov. 5 - 1954

notes From the position of her right leg
she just got her first look at her
"FAMILY TREE." Down Girl!!!


Image adjusted to counter fading. Click for a better look! (Not what you'd call a real looker!)

first word Da Da 5 months
first sentence about 12 or 13 months - the sentence was "Mama, I tee tee."
first drank from cup 3 months. Drank alone from cup aug. 1, 1955
first ate from spoon Dec. 11 - 1954
first used spoon to feed self 1 year
first recognized object in picture about 10 or 11 months. The object was doggie - duckie - animals

other first experience and achievements

Nov. 18 - 1954 Took first auto ride. went to see Aunt Phyllis's & Dr. Mazo's office.
First trip to Savannah Beach with Mama & Mimi Mataxas - April 26, 1955

Illnesses

first illness measles December 27, 1955 - Jan. 1, 1956

others Infected throat and intestinal flue (she was a very sick baby) Jan. 21-27, 1956

Protective Measures - immunizations and innoculations
                                  Jan 25, 1955
                                  Feb. 25, 1955
                                  March 24, 1955
Vaccination (smallpox) April 28, 1955
Measle shot around Dec. 1st
Polio shots Jan. 11 - Feb. 8 - Sept.

notes
Kim cried very little with her shots. She's a very good little girl. Her vaccination gave her a fever between the 8 and 10 days and made her a little restless but otherwise she had no trouble. Scab fell off on 20th day. A new small scab formed and fell off on 24 day. 3rd scab fell on 28 day.

Friends

plamates

Iris

George, Cathy, Cindy

Neil, Chris, Pat

other friends

Jenny Delinger

First Birthday

date Nov. 4, 1955
Little party at Grandmama's
Iris, George, Cathy, Cindy, Chubby, Sissy, Neal, Chris, & Pat came.

Kim loved it and had a wonderful time.

Harold & Grandmama - shirt and corduroy pants
Phyllis - big beautiful dolly
Joe and Retta - $1.00
Daddy - little toys

First Christmas

Spent Christmas eve and most of Christmas day with Grandma Saraf.
Visited Grandma Kate at Wilmington Island, Aunt Phyllis & Uncle George,
and Retta and Joe.

Gifts
Ray Clanton - Doggie
Retta & Joe - Nite lite
Sister Daria - Sac & Medals
Grandma Perky - Gown
Grandma Kate - Sweater
Grandma Saraf & Rosie - shoes
Philip - duck for bath
Phyllis & George - bottle holder and blanket pins
Henry & Virginia - Swiss bells
Mrs. Huber - Sweater
George & Lillian - Sweater, Hat, Booties
Buddy & Lynne - Duck bath soap

Additional notes in the back of the book and on additional notebook paper in the back of the book.

Infant - Hair was dark. Colic - cried all the time; slept very little. We held and walked her day & night. Constipated a good bit. Started Tivisol at 3 weeks. Bathed in bath pan on dining room table.

1 month - Same

2 months - Same. Toward the end of 2nd month she started getting a little better. Slept more - didn't cry quite so much and started laughing and playing with me a little.

12 wks. Kim found hands. Started bathing in kitchen sink. Coos and plays and laughs. Notices objects real well. Turns over by herself.

4 months
She's as cute as a doll. Hair is starting to grow and she's going to be a blonde, we think. It's getting lighter every day. She makes all sorts of noises now and plays pretty well. She can roll over and over now.
       Kim has a ferocious appetite and we are really thankful. She loves her stroller and I keep her out in the sun as much as possible. She has a beautiful suntan already. She loves being around people and always puts on a show for them.
      Our Kim's a living doll! But she has a horrible temper and wants her way. And she loves to be held and that I do practically all day. She has the most beautiful smile, the prettiest laugh and the cutest expressions. Found feet and tries to play with them. Kim loves her stroller but never sits - she must stand. Kim loves animals especially dogs.

5 months
Pulls my hair constantly & loves it. Cute as can be. Strong as an ox. Trying to cut teeth. Crawled a few inches April 14. Kim loves to stand and she does it well. She can stand with her hands on a chair - alone. She actually takes steps with someone holding her up. She makes all sorts of sounds - she acts like she's trying to talk.
      Everything she sees she has to touch or pick up. April 16, Kim went to Doctor Mazo with severe cold. We moved Kim into her own room April 12. She never fussed about it.
      When Kim was about 5 1/2 months I started bathing her in bathtub and she loves it. She also started saying Da Da but we don't believe she really knows what it means yet. Kim's a tall baby, very healthy and loves to eat. She wants to touch everything she sees.

6 months
She still doesn't crawl but rolls over and over to move. Learned to sit alone. Crawled backwards. Knows what Da Da means and who he is. Plays good and loves to play in tub. Trying to talk.

Seven Months
Kim's learning to crawl forwards little by little. She now says Ma Ma but I don't think she knows yet what she's saying. She says words that sound like Baby, Bubba and bottle. Kim's as cute as a bug! She's a little ruffian.She laughs so hard and loud and she loves to play rough. Kim loves to listen to animal sounds. Around the 1st of June Kim had a chest infection and Dr. Mazo gave her medicine which fixed her up fine and she's doing fine now.
      Well she finally crawls! Now Kim pulls up on furniture and she's into everything now. She also says Hi and Hey. June 30, Kim's first tooth was peeping through. Now she's big, beautiful, playful and loves daddy and ma ma very much.

Eight Months
Kim came down with a chest infection. Dr. Mazo gave her two penicillan shots and they did the trick. This was Kim's first time to take penicillan.
      Kim is growing so fast! She loves to play rough and dance with daddy. She's making more and more sounds every day. She says dog now. She was getting into everything so daddy got her a playpen. She likes it okay!
     Kim's getting lots of hair now and its still blonde and it is curling. She's just simply beautiful and a living doll. She's trying hard to walk. She pulls up and can stand alone for just a second and then bam!! Kim pat-a-cakes all the time for mama and daddy.

9 months
Kim stands fairly well alone now and she's starting to take steps. She's just a doll and pretty as a picture. (I guess mama and daddy are just partial!) Kim seems to have trouble sleeping at night and wakes up scared. So she's been sleeping in bed with mama and daddy for a few nights. She'll get straightened out before long we hope.
     Kim has the cutest expressions and makes more noises now. She's really growing up. She got three new teeth this month. We took her to Wilmington on Neil's vacation and she enjoyed the water very much, but she got her hands and feet full of splinters on the dock and Aunt Retta and mama had a time getting them out. She survived!
      She loves Iris to death and they play very well together. She also rides Iris' rocky horse now and loves it.

Ten Months
Daddy has now taught Kim to say Lordy, Lordy, Lordy! She makes the funniest and most awful faces anymore. I don't know where she's getting them from.
      Kim is now walking and she looks precious doing it. She finally waves and says bye-bye. She just acts so grown any more and I just can't believe I have a daughter doing the things she does. It seems just yesterday she was an infant.

Eleven Months
Kim is in to everything now. She's going through a stage now - she's gotten very bad and doesn't listen to Mama or daddy any more. She has leared to dig with her spoon and bucket and she loves it. However, she eats dirt as fast as she digs it. She also climbs the steps before you can turn around. She has fallen twice but hasn't hurt herself seriously.
     Kim is trying her best to talk and will repeat almost anything you say. She has repeated a couple of bad words so far
(sh*t - dern).
     My daughter is so grown any more - with other children she thinks she's as big as they are. I just don't have a baby any more.

Twelve Months
Kim talks up a storm anymore in her own baby talk. She has now learned to wipe her nose with Kleenex and she's trying real hard to blow. She also puts her wet diapers in the bucket for mama.
     Kim now runs to meet Daddy at the door and she loves to play with him at night with her toys. She's really growing up now. She'll repeat any word you say and she's trying to make sentences. She dances all the time, climbs on everything in or out side and she's learning to feed herself. She's also using the toilet very well now. Kim is a very smart child and very affectionate and lovable. She loves to play now and really enjoys her toys. Most of all she loves her "Bookies." Our Baby's growing up! She's beautiful!

13 Months
Kim's second Christmas. She was really excited over everything. She loved the tree and decorations. She loves her toys and plays with them well. Kim got the measles on Dec. 27 but didn't have a bad case because she had had the shot. She's fine now and learning new tricks everyday.

14 Months
Kim fell on the floor furnace and burned her hand. It got infected but I think its going to be okay now. Kim went to Dr. Mazo's for a check up Jan. 11 and she's a very healthy little girl. She had her first Polio shot.
      Kim was a very sick little girl Jan. 21 thru 27 with an infected throat and intestinal flu. She had over 104 temp once and couldn't keep anything to eat or drink on her stomach for 4 days. She's fine now and a perfect doll. She's so grown now, talks up a storm and does "anything in the book." Her favorite pastimes now are rocking in the rocking chair (rock-a-bye-baby), playing in the tub and talking on the phone. She also has gotten very devilish, and mean at times with a horrible temper. She's precious and she's Mama's and daddy's baby!