Our Peanut

Goodbye

This poem was discovered mysteriously in my Mom's house, a few days after my Dad died, and kept on the bulletin board until read by a good friend of the family at my Mom's funeral on October 24, 2008.

To Those I Love
by Isla Paschal Richardson

If I should ever leave you whom I
love
To go along the silent way, grieve
not,
Nor speak of me with tears, but
laugh and talk
Of me as if I were beside you, for
Who knows but what I shall be
often-times?
I’d come, I’d come, could I but find
a way!
But would not tears and grief be
barriers?
And when you hear a song I used
to sing,
Or see a bird I loved – let not the
thought
Of me be sad, for I am loving you
Just as I always have…you
were so good
To me….so many things I wanted
Still
To do….so many, many things to
say to you…
Remember that I did not fear…
it was
Just leaving you I could not bear
to face
We cannot see beyond…but this
I know;
I loved you so. “Twas heaven here
with you.”

Lettuceheads

Charlie joins a long line of Hoffmanns who've worn lettuce on their head - his great grandfather, his grandfather, his dad.... And now Charlie brings the lettuceheads into the 21st century and beyond!

The Jumper

Kinder Kalisthenics

Jeepers Creepers Where'd You Get Those Peepers?

Finding the Feet

Moses Hoffmann

Let my poo poo go!

The Smile

I Think the Blue Eyes Are Going to Stick

First Generation Gillerds

Junk in the Trunk

More Charlie

A Guy I Was Sitting Next To on the Plane

I'm posting this to establish some balance between all these cute Charlie pics.

Charlie Hoffmann

Close-up

Smiling Eyes

We have two undocumented but undeniable smile sightings from Charlie. Here he seems to be on the verge of one.

Even When They're Closed, They're Big

Feet

Pa Imitating Charlie's Poop Face

The Peanut II

Bath for Baby Blue Eyes

Two Larrouxs. Two Hoffmanns

The Peanut

It's Official

Happy Stump Fall Off Day!

La Leche de la Madre via Padre

What I, Charlie Hoffmann, Think of Life Outside the Womb Thus Far

A Little Breather

Next time I think to myself, Ï need a little breather." I've got one.

Our Little Eskimo

More Charlie

Charlie Sock Hands

Nice Work Mom

Siamese Toe

Charlie

The Caretaker

Thanks Mom

Waiting

It's Springtime for the Hoffmanns in Anderson!

The Rhineland is a fine land for meeee!

Thanks Chris!

Hillary Clinton is the Evil Bunny Frank from Donnie Darko

Who's Your Daddy?

little socks

We have a sock tree in our back yard!

coochie coochie coo.

Baby Hoffmann at 32 Weeks

Because the doctor wanted to remeasure the kidneys, we get a rare 32 week glimpse of the baby. The kidneys are fine. According to their measurements, the baby is 4 lbs 1 ounce so far.

Shiny Device

Made My Day

Adolf Kitler

Cats that look like Hitler

28 Weeks

World's Smallest Bodybuilder

I would like to watch this little guy eat a chunk of cheese, his little hands turning it quickly under his teeth, mustache wiggling, and then he stops.... something has spooked him. He stands very still and sniffs the air. Something is not right, he thinks to himself, and darts back into the forest.

The Empire Apple

Boy, I love em! A nice blend of sweet and tart with a crisp, crunchy texture. Not soft and mealy but crisp, like a granny smith only more sweet than tart. Be sure to pick up your's today!