Grandparents ARE more fun than parents!

At least they're more fun than parents trying to juggle a toddler and a newborn (excuses, excuses). Check out Jacob in the wading pool at Grandma and Grandpa Hutch's. I think he's enjoying himself, what do you think?







Grandma labeled the following picture "should have wiped", but I say, what's wrong with a little snot trail?



Maybe she should have labeled this next picture "should have pulled up". Just a thought...



Okay, this one clinches it, he was DEFINITELY having lots and lots of fun.



Stay tuned for more pictures of Jacob's whirlwind trip to Tuscaloosa. Thanks again to G & G Hutch!

Baby Face

Nicholas is very, very sweet to stare at. Behold:



He has cute yawns.



And cute sneezes.



He also has cute SMILES!

















Matt and I think that some of his smiles give him a sly-Harrison-Ford-as-Han-Solo sort of look. What a little heart breaker!

Widdle 'Colas

Nicknames are a fickle business. My name (Robyn) is a lightning rod standing tall in a nickname electrical storm. Robbie, Robear, Bosco, Bobyn, Robs...I've heard it all! So, naming Nicholas meant that nicknames would be a part of the equation. We're cool with Nick, but you just can't call a baby Nick. So right now we're sticking with Nicholas (much like Jacob is Jacob still and not Jake) and choosing less grown-up sounding nicknames. We've found that the winner so-far is 'Colas. It's sweet, it's unique and it's two syllables! Try it, you'll like it!

Here are some pictures of our widdle 'Colas in various stages of cuteness.







Did we mention that he gets mad a lot?



Meredith told me that the correct name for this hairstyle is a faux-hawk. Jacob had one too, but his had less Elvis to it. Nicholas's is very '50's rock and roll singer.



Also, thanks to everyone who voted that he looks more like me. I don't know that you're right, but it feels good to be voted for. (It's all just a big popularity contest...)

Take me out to the Ballgame

It was the big man's 30th birthday. His dad wanted to take him to a Braves game...and the big man invited the little man to join him.



I told him he was crazy (and wonderful), but he insisted that spending his birthday evening with Jacob, his dad and his brother Garrett sounded great. So he loaded Jacob up and took Marta (Atlanta's railway) to the ball park. Let me say that again, he took a 2 year old on MARTA. By himself! Carting Jacob's carseat and a backpack full of Jacob's stuff on his back. What a man, huh?

Jacob was dressed to kill in full Braves attire (thanks Shayleen!).



Jacob had a seat, but I guess 30 pounds don't keep those seats open very well! Check out that mouth as he tries to keep it open!



They even got there early enough to watch batting practice.



Jacob was a P-I-double-L for his daddy (apparently they had quite a wrestling match) but he was a dream for Papa and Unkie Garrett.







The funniest detail of the evening is how much Jacob ate. Pizza, hot dogs, peanuts (poo-nuts as he calls them), soda, nachos...he truly got the full ball park eating experience.



He even got a taste of Papa's hand for good measure.

Happy Friday!

O-U-T

Jacob and I have definitely enjoyed our front yard/driveway area this summer. I can't say the word "out" or "outside" around him or he's insistent that we indeed go outside. Jacob's grandmas were so good to keep up our outside play while they were here. Grandma Jan took a bunch of pictures of Jacob in action that pretty much sum up the joys of being out o' doors.

J.J. and Nick G.

Check out those names, we've started a boy band! And let me tell you, these are a couple of heartthrobs. I expect many a young girl will have posters of them up on her wall before long.

In other news, Jacob is definitely interested in Nicholas, or "Aaaalas" as he calls him. He likes to come over, say "baby" and put his head on his pillow.









Look at these boys! Two boys! Our boys! I love it!!!







Check out that sweet big brother (and that HUGE mosquito bite on Jacob's temple)!

Nicholas G

This boy is cute. Really, really, really cute. I had better not write too much because I just took a pain pill and it's definitely kicking in (wink, wink). However, some day I will post on the blog about Nicholas's birth and all of the harrowing and wonderful details of the day. For now enjoy some cute pics of our unbelievably cute boy.

Announcing...

(Kind of) Nicholas Gamette Hutchison. For now this will have to do. I'm not to savvy with the blogger. Robyn's sister jana will be posting some pics of Nicholas later on tonight. For now, he weighed 8 lbs, 13 oz and was 21 1/2 in.

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