June/July 2009: Pop’s Day, USA Birthday and Christening Day!
Fun couple of weeks here in Sutton-ville. Dad was treated like royalty for no other reason than being a Dad. Homemade cake, fine chocolates, Mario Kart for the Wii (“I’ma Luigi…yahoo!”) and a book about Woodworking that I already had. The best part was the time spent with the kids and the fact that it was my first Dad’s Day with Charlie. Cool. Not cool was the US Open dragging into Monday. The 4th was just like every 4th in Baxter and frankly that kind of predictability is pretty neat. Parade. Check. Candy all over the streets. Check. Decorated scooters. Check. Water Balloon Toss. Check. Fireworks like only South Carolina can do. Check. Nice having an afternoon cookout with my parents, Emma and Tim as well.
After the 4th we celebrated Charlie’s Christening with our extended family. Charlie has a great set of godparents in our friends the Van Sickles and a huge family to share in this special day. Cindy put on a great post-church party complete with ELLA ART CAKE!!! Mmmm.
Side note for those that enjoy an occasional ‘tweet’: follow all great and mundane things I care to share with the masses a la Twitter. Jasut is my handle. 10-4, over and out.
Click here to see a slideshow of Pop’s Day and the 4th of July Baxter Festivities.
Click here to see a slideshow of Charlie’s Baptism.
Add comment July 9, 2009
June 2009 – Kindergarten Graduation and HHI Vacation
June is flying by – must be all the fun! Will graduated from Kindergarten which makes his 4th Graduation event in 6 years. In contrast, I can remember 2 graduation events in my lifetime. Beware: parental bragging to follow. He received the Kindergarten Media/Reading award – one of ten special awards given out across all 8 kindergarten classes! It was so cool to see! Ok, bragging ends here (for now).
A few days later we packed up the family vehicle and traveled down to Hilton Head Island where we met Mom (Grammy), Dad (Poppy) and Emma for time at the beach. Hilton Head was a GREAT place for a beach vacation. Tons of activities, a house with a pool in the backyard walking distance from the beach, running, biking, eating (seafood all but the last day of the trip), kayaking, playgrounding, etc. It was a really special time with the extended family – Tim even made it down for a day or two. Not to mention it was Charlie’s 1st vacation and he didn’t seem to mind sleeping in a pack-n-play in the walk-in closet, or at least he didn’t say he minded. Enjoy the pictures and video below.
Click here to see a slideshow of the Kindergarten Graduation
Click here to see a slideshow of our trip to Hilton Head Island
1 comment June 16, 2009
Late May 2009 Sutton-arama (plus, Charlie at 15 weeks!?!)
Four of my favorite pictures from this year are above and all came in the past few weeks (note those desserts on the 3rd picture!). May has been a fun month. Cindy and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary this month and spent an evening at the spa (say it with a high english accent for full effect) at Grove Park Inn in Asheville. The more time I spend in Asheville the more I like it there. We picked flowers for days in anticipation of Mother’s Day. Stewart “graduated” from her current pre-school and embarks on yet another year in a different pre-school. Charlie is busy setting new trends: one of his hairs is nearly mid-back – bringing back the mid-80s “rat-tail”. Speaking of wild hairs, we found a 6-8 inch long hair growing out of Stewart’s eyebrow a few days back. We just thought it was one of her hairs from her head. I swear, could things get more exciting around here?!?! Nonetheless, I do wish we would have captured it on film. We also did some light camping but you will have to use your imagination as we took 0 pictures. To make up for it here are a few videos you may enjoy…
So more of the same here. Pictures, slideshows and some videos of the kids being kids. Enjoy!
Click here to see a slideshow of our last few weeks.
Add comment June 2, 2009
Charlie 10-12 weeks, some videos and Quail Hollow Golf
Big couple of weeks here in Charlotte. Charlie grew another 3 weeks worth and is starting to turn into the dream baby we always dreamed of! Less screaming randomly at all hours of the day and night and more smiling, cooing, quiet sitting, putting himself to sleep and driving. Kidding about the last one. Stewart, Will and I made a few trips to the annual Quail Hollow PGA Golf Tournament here in Charlotte. Some golf, some signatures on hats, some reminders about being quiet on the teebox, some bus rides to and from the course, and MORNING ICE CREAM!!! The last 2 items where the most memorable parts for Stewart. The autographs for Will. Us out of the house for Cindy. We also have a video or two for you to enjoy. Fun for all ages here! We hope you enjoy.
Click here to see the slideshow of Charlie’s Progress
Click here to see the slideshow of our time at the Quail Hollow Championship
Add comment May 7, 2009
Charlie at 8-9 Weeks and Easter Celebrations
Boring...
So some weeks went by since the last post…after all it is the 3rd kid and we have proven the theory: less pictures are being taken. We find outselves at fun places with no camera. Not even a camera phone. Nothing. Baseball games, park outings, hikes, Earth Day Celebrations…it doesn’t matter what the event as lately we don’t seem to remember the camera. When we do take pictures we seem to take them at a 3-1 ratio of Charlie to other things. That is a small positive in a sea lacking in pictures. What you will get in this slideshow is multiple Easter Celebrations (Greensboro and Columbus), lots of Charlie, some siblings loving on Charlie and even a few pictures of Stewart’s last spring soccer practice. Enjoy.
Add comment April 26, 2009
Charlie at 6 Weeks!
6 weeks old, actually nearly 7 but the pictures above and in the link are of 6 weeks. If you need a more recent fix then you’ll just have to come visit. When you do, don’t be surprised if the parents are found sneaking out the back of the house to get some peace and quiet. In all seriousness things are starting to calm down a bit. No true schedule yet (although both parents are itching to get one down), but he is getting pretty close to knowing night from day. He’s sleeping from about 8-10pm on an arm, in his bouncy or on the couch next to us and then transitioning into his crib. On some nights he’s back up again at midnight for some chow but others he makes it to 3, 4 even 5am. Pretty glorious when that occurs. Now if we could get him to go into ultra-calm mode from about 5:30-8pm nightly life would truly be a dream. Enjoy the pics – 2 links: one to many, many pictures of Charlie at 6 weeks along with picnic pictures, and one to Will’s Booster-a-thon (school fundraiser). The latter is more for proof that we weren’t running a ponzi scheme on our friends and relatives via our son.
Click here to see the slideshow of the 6-week old little man.
Add comment March 30, 2009
March 2009 – Birthdays and More Charlie
A 4-year old?!?! How is that possible? Stewart had a fun day at Monkey Joe’s (think padded room of inflatables for kids) with a whole bunch of her best friends. Pizza, cake, presents and bouncing until near exhaustion…what could be better? Charlie was a late scratch as his day prior to the party consisted of mostly large amounts of crying. Stewart was over the moon with her big day and as of yet has not started talking about her 5th birthday. If the 4th was any guideline this should start in a matter of days.
Click here to see the slideshow of the big day.
Click here to see a slideshow of the progress of little man Charlie.
Add comment March 14, 2009
Charlie Videos, Cindy’s 36th and Snow in SC?!?
Ok, we now know a few things: 1) Charlie does not like water in any form. 2) Charlie does not like naked. These 2 items make bath time so rough it is near comedy. We may push swim lessons off until he’s legal age. We have captured a video of the ruckus in a sad attempt to make you feel a little sorry for us. We have balanced this view with a video of him waking up. Caution: this video may make you want to have more children. See the prior video for help with such emotions.
Oh yeah, and while we are taking pictures of Charlie we also thought it might be nice to give some time to the elder Sutton children. In snow. Big time for Fort Mill, SC.
Add comment March 3, 2009
February 2009 – Charlie comes home!
11-day old Charlie
Here are a few more pictures of little Charlie as he gets used to his new digs in Fort Mill. Smooth sailing so far minus a stomach virus that Will and I have dealt with since his arrival. Needless to say we are lighter for it. Thanks to an emergency trip down by Nanny I don’t think Cindy is much worse for it. We have had many wonderful dinner from many wonderful friends and I think all we need at this point is some sleep (more Cindy than the rest of us).
We will keep the pictures coming as we have vowed to ensure we don’t lose our camera for kid #3.
Add comment February 22, 2009
Charlie is here!!! Wahoo!
Charlie is here!
On February 10th at 11:56am Charlie Andrew Sutton came screaming into the world. Cindy handled the surgery amazingly well and we both found ourselves misty-eyed in the OR holding our newborn son. He was 8 pounds 11 ounces and measured 20.5 inches in length. This kid has the old Sutton melon and his brother’s set of pipes. For that matter he also looks amazingly similar to the way Will did when he was born. Cindy is already up and about in the hospital and craving some “real” food. Watching Will’s relief yesterday and Stewart’s unbridled joy at seeing their little brother was amazing. Pictures are attached and even a small video so you can hear him talk to you firsthand. We couldn’t be more excited to finally have him here!
Not for nothing but we have also included a few pictures from the days prior to Charlie’s birthday.
Click here to see the slideshow.
Click here to see a video a la YouTube.
Click here to see what we were doing prior to Charlie’s Birthday.
7 comments February 11, 2009
