The Dutton Family Weblog

Amazing Ivy


I can’t believe it’s been just over 9 months since Ivy was born. That’s a whole other pregnancy, timewise! She is such a terrific, awesome, cute, charming, happy, smiley, beautiful little girl! Every day, we are greeted with her dimpled smiley face in the morning, as she is happily talking to herself in her pack-n-play. [...]

El Dia del Conejo (The Day of the Rabbit)


I headed back to Arkansas for the annual Easter get-together of my family. Ivy came with me while Holly stayed home in Houston. It was a little stressful hauling an infant 500 miles north on a plane and then a rental car, but she did okay and I didn’t go insane. Then, [...]

Arriving a little late to the party


OK, so most folks with a fairly good familiarity with the internet have heard (if not necessarily heard of by name) “LOLCats.” Well, today as part of an effort to diffuse a brewing flamewar on one of my favorite websites, someone posted a link to the LOLCat Bible. I just about died reading it. This [...]

The Old Homestead


During my Easter visit to Arkansas, I decided to haunt the old homestead and see what was still there. The little white trailer house was my home from about age 7 to 16. It was parked out in a field at the bottom of a small hill. It also sat across the [...]

Me gusta el melón


Okay, this picture was just too cute not to publish. We went to Souper Salad for lunch after church today and decided to give Ivy her first taste of exotic foods like orange, whipped cream, and cantaloupe. She made faces at the orange and whipped cream, but she really liked the cantaloupe! [...]