MEXICO

What do you get when you mix a very tall, half Italian gringo and a sassy, fair-skinned Mexicana?


Well,  none of us know yet... but hopefully sometime soon we will! We just returned from Thanksgiving in Mexico where we celebrated the wedding of John-Paul Poppleton to Juliana Gutierrez. It was an absolute blast. Festivities began at 6pm and ended sometime after 4am. The reception was part 5-star restaurant dining (amazing food and service), part late night clubbing (complete with glow sticks and whiskey) and a few traditional wedding moments (like the cake cutting...which no one watched but me, Ma and Robert)

Peter must have a little Mexican in him because he managed to stay in good spirits until past midnight every night we were there and endured countless cheek pinches and head rubs. Juliana's grandparents both pulled me aside at different times to tell me, "pero no le ha peinado!" "You forgot to comb his hair!" I don't know if it's because we buzzed his hair when he was younger...

but it has grown straight up/outwards ever since!

Here is a picture of the happy couple!

What? Peter snuck into their wedding photo?
That might be a little much....

The Ergo carrier saved us as we carted Peter everywhere. He was able to take all his naps and we were able to keep socializing!

She's beautiful! She's a girl - right?

Nope - not a girl. I'm not dressing my little girl in grey hoodies, "Daddy's Little Allstar" onesies or a button down shirt.


This was the latest outfit he was wearing when I got that comment.

The little badge says "Momma's Little Guy"

How about here? Does he look like a girl?

Daintily gnawing on the carrot... 

ARE YOU KIDDING ME PEOPLE?

ugh

He sings like his Daddy (hopefully)

Disclaimer: This has been uploaded so that you can enjoy Peter's musical talent. Please ignore the voice in the background. Occasionally, (as in when I'm in Mass, the organ is going full throttle and Robert is next to me carrying the tune) I'm pretty convinced I have a great voice. Unfortunately, that's just not the case. Also, I'm abnormally bad at remembering lyrics...
Luckily Robert has a great voice and can sing for the both of us! Hopefully Peter takes after him.

He has taken to doing this "singing" a lot. He was doing it in Trader Joe's the other day and the cashier asked me if everything was ok. Obviously she's just never been around talent before.

Shopping with Peter

While Momma tried to find appropriate wedding attire for the upcoming festivities of John-Paul and Juliana (hooray!!), Peter entertained himself with the dressing room mirror. He was so excited about the smiley baby looking back at him - "who knew there was someone as cute as me out there!"

I'd like to apologize to the employees of New York & Company for the pile of drool you found on the bench in the large fitting room...

Halloween

Isn't he the cutest fattest spider you've ever seen? Unfortunately he was much to tired from his trip out West to see the Grandparents to go Trick or Treating, so no candy for Mom or Dad this year.

Starting a blog

To my dear friends and family,

I decided to get off of Facebook so that  1.) I could be more selective about sharing information and 2.) I can spend my time better.  I'm not sure its a permanent move,  it is  a really convenient way to communicate. But its a busy time of life with Robert in school and working full time and me working part time and being a mommy and wife full time, so I think I can find better ways to spend my time. In the meantime - I thought I'd share pictures and Poppleton adventures with those I really care about on this blog (rather than sharing them with my friend from high school's ex boyfriend's mother who happened to "friend" me.) 

The name Pebble Hut came from Poppleton, from Old English popel ‘pebble’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. But since this isn't quite a settlement yet, we're calling it Pebble Hut. 
I'm mostly going to be sharing pictures and I really dont expect you to read everything - but if you're ever interested in the going ons of the Robert Poppleton family you know where to find us!