Repentance, Part I

According to my mother, I have been derelict in my duties in keeping you up to date with the goings on of the Hutchings family.  Who me?  So I guess this is the beginning of my repentance process.  I'm going to do some massive "catching up," so if you don't want to see massive loads of pictures, either go visit someone else's blog, or run, very fast, away from your computer.  We recently got back from a trip to Utah.  We timed it so that we could be in town at the same time as Nathan's sister Misha and her cute family.  They just moved to Washington (state) from Ohio, and so were in town for a few days on their way to their new place.  We only had 2 days with them, but it was a lot of fun.  We hung out,

 

played games, celebrated Misha's birthday,

 

 

and attempted to get a family picture where everyone was actually looking at the camera.

 

One of the best parts of visiting family is watching the girls interact with and get to know everyone better.  Savvy always adores being with Grandpa and Grandma,

and (Great) Grandpa George

 But this time she also enjoyed being with Aunt Misha, Uncle John, and Cousin Caleb.

 

 

If she could talk, I'm sure Ella would tell you that she loved her visit too.

 

  

  

Uncle John did his best to teach her his tricks, though his attempted lesson in walking hasn't taken as of yet...(thank goodness)!

Though he did seem to have the magic touch in other ways.

Cousin Caleb even took some time to teach her about belly buttons.

 

 It was so fun to be together--we just wish we could do it more often!

She definitely knows what she wants.

The other day we were just about to sit down and eat dinner, so I put Savannah in her high chair and asked her if she wanted to drink some milk. She responded, "No! It's potato time!"

Uncles are cool.

I just realized I never posted these pictures! We recently got to spend some time with Andrew before he headed off to Europe. Savannah loves her Uncles. After the visit she asked me at least 30 times, "Where's Andwew?"

Just chillin'.

Subliminal Savanese

Yesterday morning: Savvy is sitting in her highchair, just having finished her breakfast and I go to lift her out. She looks at me and says, "Mama, ice cwrean cone is good for my mowf."

This morning: Savvy woke up a bit early and I really didn't want it to be morning yet so I had her come and climb into bed with me. I started asking her what color things were. Then I pointed to the TV and asked her what color it was. She responded, "It's black and den you turn it on and it's Elmo!"

I love this little girl.

Nathanese

If you spend any amount of time in our household you will rapidly discover that more than one dialect is spoken. I last mentioned Savanese, but today it is only fair to give equal attention to another dialect--Nathanese. Nathan was just breaking down some diaper boxes to take out to the recycling bin and in the process knocked over a can of lemonade he had set on the kitchen table, causing it to spill. Any guesses as to the words that came out of his mouth?

"Yo, yo, dang it!"

Translation please?

Savannah just said to me, "No Mama! Stop spooping!"

What? Does anyone speak Savanese?

Ella Enchanted

Savannah Smiles