http://www.theduttonfamily.com Joey, Holly, Ivy, Rusty, Fifi (and Tootsie, RIP)! Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:46:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We abandoned this blog about 9 months ago. Maybe it is time to bring it back? http://www.theduttonfamily.com/?p=464 Last week Mom came down for a visit. She was here from Tuesday until Sunday afternoon. It was a laid-back trip for her consisting of mostly sitting around the house and playing with Ivy. It had been about 7 months since Mom had last seen Ivy in ... http://www.theduttonfamily.com/?p=456 On October 14th, U2 came to town to do a show in the Reliant Stadium. The place was nearly full, but I don't think it was quite a sell out show. Still we paid $150 for two tickets to sit in the rafters. ... http://www.theduttonfamily.com/?p=450 OK, so I went to get contact information for guy who directed my brother's band's music video, and followed his ant trail to IMDB. Joey and I were extras in that video, and lo and behold... because of that, I am now in IMDB. Cool :) (Sorry, Joey... for some ... http://www.theduttonfamily.com/?p=448 Ivy's been taking a step or two here or there for a couple weeks now, but this morning she finally did what I think can be called a "walk" -- it was 5 deliberate steps, not those foot movements that accompany falling forward, heh. Her little toes were pointed out ... http://www.theduttonfamily.com/?p=447 The mystery item was a PlayStation 3. Christmas and Birthday's came early this year! We kicked off our usage of the PS3 with a round of Little Big Planet. What a cute and clever game. Here's a clip... http://www.theduttonfamily.com/?p=446 I can sense something in the wind... *grin* http://www.theduttonfamily.com/?p=445 Now that Ivy is crawling everywhere, a whole new world of tasty objects is within her grasp.... including toilet paper! This week she seems to have discovered she likes eating paper. All kinds of paper. Pages ripped from the phone book. Sleeves from CD or ... http://www.theduttonfamily.com/?p=441 Well, the meeting with the doctor today was fairly uneventful, which is good. Results from the stress test were normal - "no blockages." In fact, the BP today was great - 118/78 :) So, I "just" have a mild mitral valve regurgitation. Cause is not known - could have been ... http://www.theduttonfamily.com/?p=440 I have been a hobby-level househunter for going on 15 years now. It's taken me from the outskirts of Ft. Bend county where a very early boggy version of Sienna Plantation was under development in the mid-1990s, to now around and in the Heights area of Houston (where we currently ... http://www.theduttonfamily.com/?p=439