Christmas at the Duttons

HoHoHo readers.

This year was one to remember. Maya's first Christmas was filled with a lot of love and more importantly - a lot of presents! Kidding of course...but there were some good ones this year including a new front tooth. Another gift we received was the classic picture of Maya on Santa's lap. People, I will cherish this picture for the rest of my life. Some of you out there say my little Maya pup looks just like me. Some call her man baby - others Brian Jr - Brianna -so on so forth. When I saw this classic Dutton look on Santa's lap, it was like looking in a mirror. (Thanks Bileks for capturing that moment and for supplying a somewhat sober Santa).


The next great gift was not the tootsie rolled thumb drive but the visit from Grandma and Grandpa Dutton. Unfortunately, Wendy and I had to spend last year away from family on Christmas. Poor us. (We were stuck in St. Marteen for a week). SO, it was great to have them with us to enjoy Maya on her 1st Christmas.

Maya enjoyed spending time with family and playing with some new fun toys. Luckily for Maya, daddy believes in the more the better theory. Mommy is a minimalist who believes a box and a spoon are enough. Another joke...kidding hun...love ya. (She gets it from you John Wilson). Many thanks go to the grandparents, siblings and friends that made our day so special.

Another shout out to the Bileks for the bitching hand me downs. Seriously, she loves the toys and Wendy digs the style choices of the clothes you gave us. You have earned your self a wine/cheese/dinner and more wine party at our pad in 2009.

To finish off my list of great gifts, you need to check out this painting my Brother did for my Pops. This cat has talent. He also has 3 kids so it's not quite finished but it will be soon, right bro?

Now there is another Dutton who has been neglected a bit in 2008 but not forgotten. Ol' Sedona pup. She is unstuffing her Christmas duck below. It was a new Sedona record as she unstuffed that duck in about 7 seconds.

Here is a factoid for my readers:

Sedona always unstuffs her toys by biting a hole in the butt region and the proceeds to pull every piece of cotton out of a quarter sized hole. What a weird-o!

Another thing that I found quite weird was that I am now the assembler of one pink pony. It the first toy I have put together for my child and I look forward to many more! So, all in all it was a great Christmas and looking forward to another wonderful year. Love and hugs to all.

MI SOL MI TODO

MY LIFE

MY ANGEL

MY HAPPINESS

MY MEDICINE

MY LOVE

MY HEART

MY MONSTER

MY DAUGHTER MAYA ANNE DUTTON

Thanksgiving!

It has been a long time coming but it has taken me awhile to get the pictures I needed for my thanksgiving masterpiece. So many stories to tell but I will try to keep it brief. It all started with a 6 hour flight from Dulles to Portland. Maya was ticked and didn’t want to sleep on the plane, I think her feet were sore...don't know why. Once we landed, it was another 1 ½ to Cannon Beach from the airport. Dr. Dad and Val picked us up in the rental and we arrived home ready for bed! Since Maya didn’t feel like adjusting to the time change…4:00am came early for me. Luckily, I had a fresh pot of coffee next door thanks to my sis. This brings us to Thanksgiving Day. The family was cooking in 3 different houses…turkey in one, sides in the other and pies at my house. Since I was on baby duty and football was on…I didn’t make a thing. I was used more for carrying stuff and washing dishes. No worries here since I plan to do all the cooking for Christmas. On one of our visits to the stuffing house, we ran into some friendly bunnies! Anyways, the feast was grand. Cousins were passed out on the couch, uncle Mike was pouring wine and all was merry. The next morning came (at around 5:00am for Wendy and Maya) and it was time to look around. On our journey to the Ocean, which was our backyard) we spotted a herd of Elk running in the water. Wendy saw 2 crazies following the heard and stated that it was pretty nuts to get that close to a bunch of wild animals. Little did we know we were related to those crazies…oops. I also got some footage of my ma-in law trying to creep up on some pelicans. Too bad a helicopter decided to fly by at the same time. There was poop everywhere but I think Val was safe…luckily. On the final day, we took a walk to Haystack rock, the famous backdrop in one of the best movies of all time; The Goonies made in 1985. On the way home we did a little shopping. We purchased a painting for Maya's room, which is still a surprise for Wendy, since she let me pick it out. It will be our 3rd print from William Steidel and I am pretty psyched about it. It was a great holiday with lots of wine, art shops and family.