Christmas Blues

'I got so much stuff, I got the Christmas haul blues'
'My relatives they spoil me, I got the Christmas haul blues'
'It'll be a long time till I play with all this stuff but I do the best that I can do' 

Face off 2005

Err, actually this is face off 2002. (You can tell it's pre-Hutch, just look at all the toddler temptations a.k.a. choking hazards on the table.) Put the sudoku down and start warming up your Scrabble chops, Clare. It's on. 

Spectacular! Spectacular!

Today was Hutch's debut in the Preschool I classroom pageant. I couldn't attend due to a prior Holiday engagement, but Lee did a fabulous job of capturing it on film. The little blond boy on the left is ALWAYS crying. Hutch was great, although he didn't really actually sing.

Happy Birthday Hutches!

Hutch almost waited to be born on grandaddy's birthday...he was 2 days too early. (And a day late for Big Mama's birthday!) Ironically, I was born two days after my grandaddy and then mom and dad made a bull's eye and got Clare's birthday right on grandaddy's!

This year we celebrated with one of Hutch's most recent favorite meals...salmon patties and macaroni and cheese...yummmm. Grandmommy made a chocolate cake (as seen in the pic). Hutch asked us to relight the candles several times. And I thought I wasn't going to be able to "capture the moment"! Ha. With a toddler around anything can be done "ah-gin".

Hutch got to spend his first night without us this weekend too! Grandmommy and grandaddy kept him successfully entertained, fed, watered, and changed for 24 whole hours. Would you believe Hutch slept to the late hour of 8am??? He NEVER sleeps that late with us....perhaps the empty beer and wine bottles have something to do with that??? Hmmmmmm.

A good time was had by all!

[Blue font in honor of what else but Blue's Clues...Hutch's current favorite show!]

For Clare!

Picassa & Blogger were apparently high on Nyquil last night, so our attempt at updating was abandoned. So here's one to tide everyone over till the next exciting installment!