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1.07.2014

HUNTIN SQUIRRELS WITH GRANDPA LOVIN



ohhhh, huck and his grandpa lovin. it has been such a treat for me to watch huck and the O.G. huck spend so much time together. they're pretty much inseparable at this point. and i might be biased but i want to say it for the record, i really do have the greatest dad. EVER. we are two lucky ducks to get to call him ours.

huck got this amazing toy bow and arrow set for christmas, handmade by some genius lady in southern oregon, and one morning last week before huck had even changed out of his jams, my dad popped down from his home office upstairs in between phone calls to ask huck if he wanted to go squirrel huntin'. huck smiled so big i thought his cheeks were going to shoot straight off his face. of course his "santa christmas hat" had to go too, because it is still christmas where huck lives and also it improves his aim. the line of trees along the back fence has since been renamed "squirrel forest," and the boys have silently prowled back there just about every day since, off to catch them some squirrel guts. i got these and about five million other really killer shots of their first expedition in the maybe three minutes i was out there without a sweater before i froze my butt off.

p.s. right now huck is downstairs with his grandma jumie making homemade play dough out of peanut butter and powdered sugar and they are singing "angels we have heard on high" together. so what i am saying is, eat your heart out, other grandkids. 





kills me dead, that kid.

42 comments:

  1. So adorable that it made my overly emotional pregnant self cry. Can't wait for my little boy to get here.

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  3. oh my he looks like a christmas-y peter pan elf... too cute!

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  4. You have the coolest parents! Huck is so lucky to have them :)

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  5. That smile! Grandparents are some of the best influences on kids, Huck and you are so lucky :]]]

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  6. this is the cutest thing i have seen in forever.

    www.modernsuburbanites.blogspot.com

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  7. what a cute little elf he is :) that hat is amazing.

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  8. What Great Memories!! Thank You for Sharing All This Love!

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  9. adorable! these photos will forever be special.

    jacobcphelps.blogspot.com

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  10. He looks like a little Robin Hood!

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  11. how wonderful for huck that he has that one-on-one before the rest of the grand kids follow - they'll have an amazing relationship with their grandparents too, i'm sure (as both you mom & dad sound amazing) but, there's a special bond between grandparents and the first grandchild in particular, no?

    http://currenttempo.blogspot.com

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  12. How cute is he!
    LOVE the photos!!!

    XX,
    Whitney
    The Retail Therapist

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  13. I HIGHLY suggest ogling these photos while listening to The Middle East "Blood." This pairing was maybe the best thing that happened to me all day; it was, dare I say, perfect.

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  14. BEST!
    I want/need/am going to order a bow and arrow set asap now. Too dang cute.

    http://existenceofwonder.blogspot.com

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  15. huck is just the sweetest. what a magical moment you captured! :)

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  16. omg!! huck is the cutest!!

    xo josephine
    www.joselovincolors.com

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  17. Huck is lucky boy to have such a great Grandad, these are the memories he will cherish! He is adorable!

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  18. Oh gosh, your dad is just the sweetest to do all of that with Huck! Hopefully Huck will remember all these cherished one on one moments with him! Just perfect!
    And those bow and arrows are the coolest things ever!! ;)
    xo TJ

    http://www.hislittlelady.com

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  19. Absolutely gorgeous, he is such the happiest little boy!!

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  20. Oh my GOSH this is the cutest post ever!!! Huck is the sweetest!!!

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  21. DYING!!! Everything about this post is perfect. He's beyond.

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  22. He looks like a little Christmas Cupid. I think that should be an actual character. What a goober.

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  23. this is the cutest, sweetest thing i have seen in so long. i hope you are enjoying portland. take huck to the children's museum! we are there constantly and it never gets old. then again, neither do grandparents :).

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  24. huck is so dar cool. but, the winner of this must be that papa of yours. such love and imagination and whimsy and play. this is the stuff, right here.

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  25. 'eat your heart out, other grandkids...' means what exactly?

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  26. cutest dang thing i ever did see.


    i got bit by a squirrel once. no joke. i thought i was gonna die of rabies.

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  27. CUTE. ack.
    i'm due any day now with a little boy and these pictures make me so excited...

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  28. These pictures are beautiful

    Love from Marbella, Spain x

    http://busyburt.blogspot.com

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  29. cutest garden gnome in christmas pjs ever.

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  30. His childhood is like the sequel to Finding Neverland.
    I love the imagination in your world.

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  31. So cute and will be such a fond memory for him when he is older, I'm sure!

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  32. OBVIOUSLY, there is so much to love about this post. SO. MUCH.

    But best of all, I love that Huck's hat is pointed up. In all the pictures.

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  33. oh this gave a me a really good chuckle! his face! HOW SWEET.

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  34. shut up. this is adorable! oh huck.

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  35. Alright stop already you're killing me! Huck, too cute! Also… can your parents be my grandparents… just saying' ;)

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