Trivia: John Wayne is known for his famous scene in True Grit where he puts the reigns in his teeth and charges while shooting.

June 10th: Duke's First Dentist appointment. I was nervous about this because Duke, though very good doesn't like his mouth messed with, which I get I don't like people all up in my face too. Dentists are also in prime biting range. The morning of I was dreading the whole visit. I knew we needed to go because Duke chipped his tooth from grinding he teeth a bit a go and I was worried about that and ensuring we were on track with his teeth. The Dentist asked to work with Duke because he has been reading about dental development of different Genetic disorders such as Duke's and was excited to work with Duke. Duke sat on my lap during the exam and did surprisingly well. He didn't like having someone in his mouth...but who really does. No cavities and his chipped tooth isn't soft so woo hoo!!!

[poem, "The Sky", he read on his 1969 "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" (1967) appearance] "The sky is blue, the grass is green. Get off your ass and join the Marines."

May 27th: Duke with those who have served

Duke and his GG!

Why is it I have a ton of pictures of Duke and a ton of pictures of Uncle Eric....but can't find any of them together??

Duke and Pop Rock....he's not drunk he just looks it.

 

Today Is John Wayne's Birthday.

May 26th: Duke's favorite movie for the longest time has been Despicable me. The minions are to credit for Duke being able to say Banana and Apple. When is having a 2 year old moment and we need him to get back to his normal calm state....Despicable Me is his Yoga. As we get closer to July 5th and the launch of Despicable me 2, he is getting more excited with each trailer and commercial.

 

 

John Wayne Fact: The evening before a shoot he was trying to get some sleep in a Las Vegas hotel. The suite directly below his was that of Frank Sinatra (never a good friend of Wayne), who was having a party. The noise kept Wayne awake, and each time he made a complaining phone call it quieted temporarily but each time eventually grew louder. Wayne at last appeared at Sinatra's door and told Frank to stop the noise. A Sinatra bodyguard of Wayne's size approached saying, "Nobody talks to Mr. Sinatra that way." Wayne looked at the man, turned as though to leave, then backhanded the bodyguard, who fell to the floor, where Wayne knocked him out by crashing a chair on top of him. The party noise stopped.

May 22nd: Duke has had the same seahorse that has been sleeping with him since he got it From Teresa and Ray Piecy for his first Christmas. now that is is older he still uses it but can hit the belly to help him go back to sleep (poor baby is just like his mom and needs noise.)  Last night the batteries failed at around 2am. I notice a noise in his room, but didn't hear more until 4 am when the sippie cup jail cell rattling started. I went into his room and touched his seahorse to turn it on for the wide awake baby. His poor seahorse was out of batteries. It was an easy fix, but it made me think of how reliable his seahorse has been to him. It's been thrown out during unwanted naptimes, lay next to him when sick and allowed me to check on him without disturbing him. His sweet seahorse that watches out for him, that one day will not be on his bed, but will be in my heart.

"I'm not going to give you those I-was-a-poor-boy-and-I-pulled-myself-up-by-my-bootstraps-stories, but I've gone without a meal or two in my lifetime, and I still don't expect the government to turn over any of its territory to me. " John Wayne

May 1st: Duke has taken to the Bat, he try to make a bat out of anything that is straight, this morning he tried to bat his Cars ball with a zip tie....needless to say...it didn't work.

FYI- Guess who also liked Baseball.

"My problem is that I'm not a handsome man like Cary Grant, who will be handsome at 65. I may be able to do a few more man-woman things before it's too late, but then what? I never want to play silly old men chasing young girls, as some of the stars are doing."- John Wayne

March 2nd: For Mom's Birthday this year she took us all to the Zoo. Duke roared at the lions until they roared..then he roared a little softer.

John Wayne Trivia: He was close friends with Maureen O'Hara who was his costar in several films until his passing.

January 15th: Future DJ's of America