Birthday Boy
My baby
is four years old today.
I adore this boy.
2 commentsJanuary 27th, 2012
Post Christmas Post
Christmas is never complete until the Buxtons arrive! We enjoyed our post Christmas visit from Mackenzie (who Evan, for some reason, is now calling “Wah-kenzie”), Debbie and Doug.
They left for their own home this morning, and we miss them already.
The proverbial Christmas dust has settled, and now it’s just us Cotters…
Add commentDecember 30th, 2011
Whirlwind
Christmas came and went in an absolute flurry of activity, as is the tradition. It was wonderful to spend time with beloved family. We missed Paul and Jason dearly. We gave thanks for our many blessings. We watched proudly as Jake narrated and Amy played the part of Mary in our church Christmas pageant.
We ate well. And much. And often.
Unfortunately, we did not take many pictures, but here are a few…
And a few more…
Thank you to everyone who helped make this a very special Christmas. We love you all!
1 commentDecember 27th, 2011
Christmas is Exhausting
I just HAD to stop my ferverent preparations to kiss this adorable little guy of mine and snap his picture. Isn’t he the cutest thing???? He is my forever Christmas present. Almost exactly four years ago he put me on that exact couch for a WHOLE MONTH awaiting his arrival.
Add commentDecember 19th, 2011
Tree Decorated
We have decorated Ophelia and she looks lovely. There is still one more box of ornaments that may get added throughout the coming week, but, for now, we are all done and we are all tired out!
2 commentsDecember 16th, 2011
Tree Hunting
Our first years here in NH, every Christmas we Cotters packed up the kids (or “kid”, in the early years) for a day-long outing and headed out to a tree farm in search of the perfect, most enormous Christmas tree we could find. As time wore on, our lives became more and more hectic, and we eventually abandoned this time-consuming tradition in favor of a quick, simple trip to the local florist, where they had perfectly lovely, pre-cut trees of rather large size. Even still, as life our lives continued their steady progression from peaceful and bucolic to crazed and chaotic, it seems our Christmas trees got smaller and smaller, as we desperately tried to simplify things for ourselves and somehow reclaim some of the time we seemed to have lost.
This year, we made a return of sorts to ‘days of yore’. While Jake and Amy were at school, John and I took Evan on a special trip to a tree farm, where we three chose for our family the most beautiful tree we could find. I believe it is our tallest tree ever. She stands about twelve feet and is somewhat slender. Her name is “Ophelia”.
Now I just I hope we find time to decorate her!
It made me happy to share with Evan the experience that Jake and Amy grew up with. John and I enjoyed it immensely. Evan was, as you might expect if you know and understand him, completely unimpressed. He saves jumping up and down with joy for other, more impressive events.
He did, however, enjoy using the measuring tape, playing with the farm’s friendly, sweet dog, and snapping pictures with my camera….
Add commentDecember 14th, 2011
The Holiday Pops
This past weekend, Amy, Grammy and I made our annual pilgrimage to Symphony Hall to see the Boston Pops Orchestra perform their Holiday concert. We had a fantastic day together, and we really enjoyed the concert. It made for some very special holiday memories!
Add commentDecember 12th, 2011
