Snow Day

Posted December 17th, 2008 by joy

What happened to the snow!? I rushed home from my impromptu dentist appointment (don’t ask) to beat the storm and, low-and-behold, what hit my windshield? Rain. dust-like sprinkles at first and then, as sure as day, rain drops. Big, gross, dreary, normal rain drops.

Jeremy and I are taking a snow day. It’s work from home to stave away the certain death that comes when we try to navigate Edmund (trusty but skittish Corolla) up Education Hill in even one inch of pure white, flaky heaven. We had certain plans to romp and play (during regularly spaced, state-mandated work breaks of course)–even build a snowman! But here we are, typing away on our prospective laptops (teeth intact), and I swear the very last modicum of snow from two days ago is about to slip into oblivion with the rising heat.

The only good I see in the midst of it all is that our gingerbread house did indeed receive the healthy blizzard it was expecting.

Tags: family life, home, snow

Christmas Shopping 2008

Posted December 14th, 2008 by Jeremy Hutton

Well, we survived Christmas Shopping 2008!  Instead of going to the outlet mall in Quil Ceda like usual, we instead found ourselves wandering around the Alderwood Mall getting all of our shopping done from a handful of places.  Crazy.

We’re also getting ready for Christmas by decorating and wrapping up our Christmas letter.  So for all of you looking for some of our Christmas Home Pictures, check these out:

Here’s all the gifts we wrapped!

And the whole tree … (trust me, you don’t want to see the topper anyways)

Joy’s cute little Willow Tree Christmas Nativity set.

Here’s an extra image, because it’s actually SNOWING outside, right now!

Tags: christmas, holidays

Thanksgiving 2008

Posted December 2nd, 2008 by Jeremy Hutton

Joy and I went to Palm Springs this year for Thanksgiving.  Every other year we spend the holidays with my family and then with hers.  Her family gets together down in beautiful California, where the sun is shining, and meets up at her dad’s place.

This year we almost ran into a little problem.  There was a foreseeable “storm” heading to Palm Springs which loomed about for the most part of the week.  Luckily, Joy and “Kid #1” got plenty of sun.  I wonder of she’ll be just like her mom…

Overall Thanksgiving was great!  We got see to hang out with Tyler and Lani, playing “Shark Attack” in the pool while Ben and Angie took to a little golf.

We also got to spend time around the thanksgiving table chatting about the new baby and spending some good time with Uncle Billy and Polly’s new little one.  Blue, their little girl, is the cutest.

They were also gracious enough to share some of their “newborn trade secrets.”  For example, they have this killer black and white flourish pack-n-play we may have to get and a tough-to-find simple bouncer (most bouncers today are quite intense).

I’ll have to see if I can get some photos up.  Stay tuned.

Tags: family, thanksgiving

Ultrasound Baby Pictures of Kid #1 (Girl)

Posted November 25th, 2008 by Jeremy Hutton

Hello All!  We FINALLY got ultrasound pics from Ylia of our brand new baby girl!  It took him about a week to get the pics off of his laptop contraption.  We have quite a few, so I’ve weeded them down a bit and have included only the Top 3. Here we go…

Picture #1 – The Full Body Shot

In this picture you can see her spine and her full noggin.  It’s pretty cool to think she’s got a spine!

Picture #2 – Saying Hello

Here’s a body shot as well, with her taking a sneak peak at us from the depths of “the belly”.

Picture #3 – Alien Noggin

This is just her head.  It’s a little scary, but I thought it would be good to share, just to make sure everyone knows that she has well-developed skull.  Go Kid Numero Uno!

Also, in case anyone is wondering – we have begun registering for our new baby girl.  For more information check out the Hutton Baby Registry at Babies R Us.

Tags: baby, kids, pictures, ultrasound

Kid #1 is a Girl!

Posted November 12th, 2008 by Jeremy Hutton

That’s right, after a day of nerve-racking suspense Joy and I went to the Birthing Center to find out what our little baby was up to.  Shamefully, I was a little late due to a last minute fire-drill at the new work-site and a treacherous commute through the drudges of Bellevue on 405.  Argh.

Well, our ultrasound guru Ylia (pronounced Eel-e-ya) didn’t miss a beat and whipped out his laptop-esque gadgetry with joystick attachment that magically reveals the activity of our mini-Hutton once you apply the jelly goo to the tummy of La Prega (aka Joy).

It was at that most crucial moment, when Joystick meets belly that Ylia says, “What would you like to know first – the sex of the baby or the health?”  Are you kidding me?!  The baby’s sex of course.  Show me the baby you crazy Polish man!

So he revealed to us that our little bun in the oven is actually a little girl.  Then he showed us that she had a nice beating heart and working kidneys – I guess that’s good to know too.  I made him take about a dozen pictures on his gadget and made him swear to send us pics this time – we never got our first ones.  So stay tuned, we will be updating them asap – as in tomorrow when he sends them to us via email!  In the meantime you can look at Ben Jacobson’s 16-Week Baby Picture – note that our baby is 20 weeks (4 weeks bigger) but that pic will have to do for now.

Side Note: What’s also good to know is that Joy, herself, has two kidneys that are both there.  I don’t know what that has to do with pregnancy and babies, but Ylia seemed to think it was worthy of a little extra ultra-sounding.

Tags: baby, family, kids