Rochele, an unusual name? For those of you who don't know, her name was a combination of Rock and Michele and means...."from the little rock". We thought that was appropriate. Rochele was always one of our more spirited children and was not afraid to get a little dirty in the process. When she was very young, Michele saw something stringy hanging from Rochele's mouth. Upon further examination, it was found that she had put a "daddy long leg" spider into her mouth. Thus Rochele's nickname that has stuck through her life.....Roach.
Being the 2nd child, I'm sure Rochele felt ignored from time to time. Being very young parents, we hardly knew what to do with our 1st child. With two in our home, it was just twice the fun. Rochele had some serious changing to do between her baby stage and her young adult stage. As a baby, she hardly made a peep. She would stay in her crib for hours on end with never a complaint. She could entertain herself without us hardly even knowing she was there. Even when we took her for her shots, she refused to cry. She seemed to make up for all that quietness as she got older. Once she could vocalize words, we were destined to an endless stream of songs, movie recitals, and anything else she could remember to spew out of her mouth. Until the day she got married she could perform almost any show she had ever seen. If you can't remember a Disney song....just call Rochele, she can sing it to you still today! Now we see her own daughter following closely in her mothers footsteps.
Click on the slide show and see the fun we had raising Rochele and learning to appreciate her zest for life. No matter how old she gets, or how many kids she has, she will still be "Our Little Girl".
5 comments:
I love this video dad. Of course I love to be center of attention, JK. I have and always be your little girl. Very apporiate song since it reminds me of you everytime I hear it. It's amazing how much we do and go through in life. And maybe my singing will come in handy one day. Maybe I will be called to be the singing lady in the primary...knock on wood. You should post Jill's video on here also. My kids loved seeing me as a kid, they never thought I was one. Love you Dad.
Rochele, Jill's video is posted on a blog entry earlier in the year. Just look through the archived blogs from last April.
Glad you enjoyed it. It was fun to relive the memories of those crazy days.
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What a cool Dad you are. Can you be mine? :) JK. That is really a nice thing to do. Two down four to go! And then you will have to do one about you and Michelle, before and after marrage, and then you will have to do one for each grandkid. . . and . ..
Well I can see you will be busy. Good keep you out of mischief!
Neat pictures! What a tribute to Rochele! She is lucky!
Dad you have an amazing gift. That was so awesome. Of course I got wet eyes.
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