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January 29, 2007
By Margot | January 29, 2007
Happy Birthday Andrew Paul Hutchison!
You are four years old today. We love you and we are so proud of you! I can’t believe that you are four and then again, I can believe it, because sometimes you act like you are twenty. I’m know I’m not supposed to label, but you are FUNNY. So many times in the past two years when I have desperately needed a laugh or a smile it is you who provided it. Your sense of fun and adventure and DRAMA keeps us all laughing and on our toes. You have a vivid imagination and you love to dream. A lot of times when I’m driving you somewhere and you are quiet in the back seat and I say, “How are you doing back there Andy Boo?” Your answer is, “Stop talking to me, Mom, I’m dreaming.” You have a definite ear for language and can already imitate people and accents spot on. Your Spanish accent is flawless at age four and your vocabulary is amazing – though your favorite word right now is butthead (thanks Dad). You are a monkey in the trees and love to climb to dizzying heights that make Dad and I very nervous. You love to play chase (or actually be chased is a better way to describe it). You love to scare yourself and when we are in Blockbuster you always pick out the titles with blood and gore on the cover and say in a very scary low voice with a dire expression on your face, “Look, Mom, Dad, a grrrooosss moooviie! That’s too scary for me.” You come up with funny questions like, “Mom, does Yoda speak Spanish?” You are very perceptive. When Grandpa was out and you and Sam were fighting over something and you were especially hard on Charlie and Grandpa said, “Andrew, stop that!” You looked right at him and said, “Grandpa, you are not enjoying us.” It cracked us all up. You have an amazing way of disarming angry adults into laughter.
You are a wonderful little brother and you adore your big brother Sam (when you are not fighting like dogs with each other). You always want to come when we go to the hospital and if you are there when Sam is getting a pokey you make funny faces for him. You stick up for him always and if someone is getting mad at him you say, “Don’t yell at my brother!” You are very generous with everyone and will almost always share what you have. Sometimes even when you shouldn’t – when Sammy tries to take your turn at something and we tell him no, you say, “It’s ok, he can do it.” Sammy loves you very much too and is a great big brother to you. He always wants to bring you back something from the hospital and when people offer him stickers or toys, he wants to get one for you too. You and he play together all the time and you love to hide from us together.
You are beginning to be a great big brother too. Lately, I’ve been reading you more books about being a big brother and you’ve started being much nicer to Charlie. The other day you told me, “Sometimes, I like Charlie and sometimes I don’t like Charlie.” This is progress. You’ve been singing Charlie little songs you make up that are so sweet. You’ve started calling him Charlie choo choo. After you finish singing you’ll say to me. “Mom, I just did something really nice to Charlie, I sang him a song.” Or you’ll say to Charlie, “Charlie, you’re so cute” and then you say, “Mom, I just said something really nice to Charlie, I told him he was cute.” It makes me laugh.
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You are a lefty and very proud of that fact. You have a great natural golf swing. You love art and painting and coloring and superheroes. Dressing up and chasing bad guys is one of your favorite pastimes. And swordfighting has got to be your top. If I see you accepting an award on the academy awards one day, I won’t be surprised. Your dad and I joke sometimes about your being discovered, “Who is that red headed kid? He can cry on command and for so long!”
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We ordered Chinese food the other night and you wanted a fortune cookie. I told you I’d read your fortune and you said, “Don’t read me my fortune, Mom, just give me the cookie.” I did but I read your fortune and it said, “You stand in your own light. Let it shine.” And you do let it shine Andy Boo, you let it shine for all around you. Happy Birthday!
Love,
Mom and Dad
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