My New Hat

Thanks to my Irish sister, Mere Blake, for the new hat. I am already pretty stylish thanks to tons of warm gifts from grandmother (new sweater and C. George), the Hubbells (bear suit) and a bunch of other people. I am borderline spoiled right now, but who cares? I look ridiculous and I love it. Here's a plug for Meredith's new movie being shown at Sundance and coming soon to a theater near you!: http://wip.warnerbros.com/snowangels/

Busted!

I got arrested last night. I want to put out a little damage control before the news hits the papers. Here are official police photos, including a mugshot and a shot recording what cannot be mistaken for anything other than utter disbelief. It wasn't me.

Spendin' Time With Ladies

I recently met two more special people in the life of Mom & Dad. My Aunts Susan and Julie visited in Philadelphia for a little Middlebury reunion and to help mom give me baths, take me for walks, and help me find my smile (they did). See if you can find me in the group picture above.

Struttin'

There have been many times since birth where I considered this world pretty strange. Fistfights on ice skates, late night dance parties, classic novels turned into animatronic robot depictions with fat men in red suits at the end, but what I saw on New Year's Day takes the prize. Philadelphia has a tradition where intoxicated men dress up in sequined dresses or clown outfits and "strut" down Broad Street playing banjos early in the morning. Grandmother joined my parents in helping me explore this phenomenon, which incidentally allowed for a car-less Market Street. The pictures don't really do it justice, but here they are -

Welcome 2008

Here's a picture of me and my man Cooper Loubier on New Year's Eve. I don't remember much, so I won't embellish. I'm pretty sure I had a good time. (Not to throw off your size scale - that is a magnum of champagne.)

Festivus Christmasus

I made my first visit to the chicken and crab capital of the world (Salisbury, MD) to visit my grandparents at the homestead and celebrate Christmas. I spent a whole week down there and kept busy. It was a blur so I'll just brainstorm some thought. I helped decorate the tree in my new Christmas outfit. Admittedly, I was a little stunned by my my appearance. The snowflakes were pretty sweet, but the collar might have been over the top. On Christmas night we had a visit from Santa Claus who also happens to own the fly fishing shop in town. I got to hang with some native Salisburians, including Aunts Jessie and Emily and their respective beaus, Unlce Ben (ha!) and Andrew. (Andrew is the one holding me above.) On Christmas morning we got to open presents! Santa Claus brought me some books and a jack in the box, which I opened with Pop-Pop. I also spent time with Nana in the kitchen. I can hold things now! All in all it was a grand old time. Oh, I would be remiss if I failed to mention my first visit to La Roma. The lasagna was fantastic, the wine superb and the bread hot. Now I know what all the fuss is about.