Ray and Fran and Faye and Buck

Best family photo ever!

2011-08-09T16:22:00.001-07:00

4th of July

2011-07-25T21:04:00.001-07:00

Busy busy summer. Camping, Car shows work and more work : )
Buck is getting big and even sitting up with no help.
Faye is getting bigger and smarter. Sometimes I forget that she is 3.

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Go Browns

2011-03-30T12:33:00.001-07:00

3 Months Old!!!

Faye in Sunriver 2-2011

2011-03-03T20:08:00.001-08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUCK.

2010-12-28T19:10:00.000-08:00

I had just got done watching the Wild Bunch in the livingroom and I retired to the bedroom where Fran was watching the Pink Panther.
I no sooner laid my head on the pillow when Fran said it's time... it's time?... HOLY SHIT!!!! IT"S TIME!!!!
The xt 15 minutes were a blur because I had the pedal to the metal on the way to the hospital.
We got to the hospital at 11:30 p.m. and were holding our brand new beautiful baby boy at 3:16 a.m the next morning, December 28th. His name is Buck and he is 6 pounds 10 ounces of awesome and 20 inches long.
Faye is here with us in the hospital and we are all pooped and excited to take Buck home.
Happy Birthday beautiful boy.

Trip to the North Pole

2010-12-13T13:09:00.001-08:00

We took the train from Hood River Oregon to the North Pole on Saturday.We went with our friends Janice and Greg and their 2 kids Rocket and Nico and Aunt Sandy.
It was a weird little jaunt that only took an hour and a half and I don't really think we went to the North Pole. It was more like a ride through the dark to some dudes house covered in alot of lights from Wal-mart.
But nontheless it was fun to be together and the kids had a blast.
There was snow!!

Big Buck

2010-11-29T12:34:00.000-08:00

I thought that I'd post a nice profile of Buck.
He's looking down at something? Not sure what it is?
I'm getting really excited.
We have just over a month to go.
It's seems to be going fast and slow at the same time.
Is that possible?

Moving in alert: BABY BUCK GORDON

2010-11-23T11:36:00.000-08:00

Check out the new title of this blog.
I don't know what took me so long.
Maybe it was that I was just savoring the good news or maybe I was just so happy that I didn't know what to write?
Regardless, I find myself here and I find myself overflowing with happy that we are having another baby.
For those of you that do not know, we are having our second baby somewhere around the date of January 9th 2011.
It's a boy and we have named him Buck. It's a solid name.
Faye is really excited to have a little brother and knows that Buck is moving in right after Christmas.
Fran and baby are doing very well and all are healthy.
We love you son and can't wait to meet you
Love, Mom and Dad

Here is another great Buck.

Mrs. T

2010-10-07T15:01:00.000-07:00

Faye put on all her plastic jewlery and was running around saying "I pitty the fool"

"I want to make Mommy a heart."

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Cow poke

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Queen LaFayfa

2010-09-11T17:47:00.000-07:00

Faye and GiGi

2010-07-26T13:31:00.000-07:00

This is just in From Faye's school.
I love the future!!
In the future Teachers just email the parents during the day from their phone!
I am so thankful that technology was not around in the 80's
Faye's is really lucky today. It was a good email.
Poor Faye.
Click to see bigger.

Ride to live. Live to ride.

2010-07-06T11:42:00.000-07:00

Thanks for the great photo Dave.

Fence

2010-06-01T14:52:00.000-07:00

We built a new fence so this little girl can run free in her natural habitat.

FOOT PHONE

2010-04-29T11:39:00.000-07:00

Our daughter the comedian. Read below.

I was working on our Mother’s Day photo-shoot today and took a few snaps of Faye. In the middle of her “photo session” she said “Teacher Jen, the phone is ringing, the PHONE is ringing!” I said “It’s okay Faye, Teacher Susan is going to answer the phone”. She then said “No Teacher Jen, I’m gonna get it!” and proceeded to answer what could only be her “foot phone”! I laughed so hard I think I may have spit... Your girls cracks me up!

Anyhoo I thought I would send you the photographic evidence...a few out-takes!

See you tomorrow.

Jen

Family Portrait

2010-04-05T14:26:00.000-07:00

After Faye was done finding eggs she actually sat long enough for Ashley Brown to snap a sweet family portrait.
Thank you Ashley Brown.

Settled in

2010-02-25T11:13:00.000-08:00

Obviously Faye has settled in nicely in her new class.
Faye and Faye's good friend and Classmate Gemma can be seen unwinding on the playground after a hard day of learning about the letter J.
The photos were taken by teacher Jen and sent via cell phone.
I love that teachers now have the futuristic ability to send parents instant messages and photos.
That should keep the kids on their toes for the next 16 years.
Gemma's Mom titled this photo "Pick no evil"

I hear that if you do this too much your face can get stuck?

Phase one complete

2010-02-08T10:10:00.000-08:00

Faye is moving on up!! Phase one complete. Last week she moved up to the "pre-school" class. The toddler room is now just a memory. It's much more of a scheduled day of learning. She has been re-united with her original gang of friends Gemma, Cooper and Megan. All of the sudden she enjoys going to school everyday. Weird. WHO'S KID IS THIS?
Here are some pics of Faye on her first day of pre-school.

Time traveler.

2010-01-13T15:24:00.000-08:00

Fran captured an image of Faye traveling through time.

Buttermaker gone wild.

2010-01-04T14:05:00.000-08:00

Be prepared The Gordons have gone digital HD video.
Many videos are coming.
This is a teaser like just before a new Star Wars comes out.
It's called.
"My Daddy nom blan nom Mommy"

2009-12-21T11:40:00.001-08:00

I know you don't believe me but she is really good!!
Not only did she play the drums but she used the base drum for a fort. She totally fit in it.

Santa I want markers.

2009-12-14T12:16:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the delayed post lately. We can seem to find Faye's "pause" button. I think all will be forgiven when you take a look at Faye and Santa (played by David Kennedy).
She was really good this year. She didn't freak out at all. She very calmly asked Santa for some markers and candy. Then she just sat and visited for somewhere near 7 or 8 minutes. After she got damn and gathered her thoughts she looked at Fran and I and said "Santa liked me". Santa is a good man and you better believe that Buttermaker is getting some markers for Christmas.
More to come on that subject soon. Please click on the image to get a closer look.

The Great Pumpkin

2009-10-26T11:20:00.000-07:00

We all went out to the farm on Saturday to feed the livestock and get a few pumpkins for the porch. Here Faye can be seen riding in her reverse rickshaw that was either powered by Fran or myself. It seemed like a pretty sweet set up.

Towers and Tunnels

2009-10-15T11:57:00.000-07:00

Faye is going nuts building towers and tunnels and proud of it! Tunnel tunnel ton ell.
See!

We took a trip to the cedar creek grist mill in Woodland Washington. Just a tiny blip on the sight seeing map but it was fun to take the old truck for a fall drive. The huge salmon were swimming up stream and just beating their brains out trying to get somewhere and best of all the curator showed me his new welder that he bought on Craigslist.

Easy Rider

2009-09-28T13:21:00.000-07:00

NOBODY TOUCHES THE BINKY!

2009-09-16T09:53:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics that Maya took at a party that Dominic and Patty had when his parents came to visit from Chicago.
As you can see Faye is still very much attached to that binky and this is the look that you get if you even think of taking it.
Very pit bull like. You can see that Grandma doesn't even know what kind of danger she's in. NOBODY TOUCHES THE BINKY!

Rune and Faye looking alot like Dominic and Fran at last call.

Thanks for the photos Maya!!

Dory

2009-09-10T11:01:00.000-07:00

We went looking for Dory Boats in Pacific City. We didn't see any but Faye looked hard.

Real hard.

Long crazy summer

2009-08-18T15:24:00.000-07:00

We have been doing a bunch of camping because that's what the recession says we should do.
A little of the coast and a little of the mountain. Jason and Jill were here. Al and Adriane were here. Michael, Bree and Stella were here. We had a great time with everyone. NOTE: Faye went poo poo in the potty for the first time today. Let's take a poll. Who wants me to post pics of that?

Superstar!!

2009-07-27T12:17:00.000-07:00

Michele Holmstrom used to rock this headband when she was peanut in the 70's. She gave it to Faye and now Faye is channeling John Bonham and all the good of the 70's. SUPERSTAR!!

Boat

2009-07-27T11:04:00.000-07:00

Whitey bought a boat and Faye likes it alot.
Sorenne took this photo a few weeks back and I just stumbled across it again.
2 peas in a red and white pod on the water.
P.S. Faye has "rest home hair". It's caused by spraying her down with sun block not from being 100 years old and laying in a bed unattended.

pride

2009-07-16T14:35:00.001-07:00

Fran took this photo of Faye and I crossing the street in Centralia Washington. It makes be want to explode with pride.
I love this photo more than any other photo ever taken!! click on it to view it larger so that you can actually see Faye and her cute backpack.

Look how many!!

2009-07-15T15:54:00.000-07:00

We went berry picking on Sauvie's Island last week. Faye loves the berry's. She can't get enough of the berry's. We had to actually physically remove her from the farm before it was all said and done with. She would have ate berry's until she exploded. We also learned that she likes to pull the wagon, not ride in the wagon. When we got home Fran made blueberry and Raspberry Jam. It turned out pretty damn good. I think it might be the first of many canning sessions to come in the future. Pickles and peppers?

Westward Ho.

2009-07-09T12:30:00.000-07:00

Who you calling a ho?
Aunt Sherry and Uncle Russ have been driving around the country for 3 weeks and they made it all the way to Portland from Hermitage Pa. They arrived on Fathers Day Sunday and we spent the day showing them our fair city. It was really nice to have family in town and to catch up. Thanks for taking the right turn at San Francisco Uncle Russ and Aunt Sherry!!

cotton candy

2009-06-23T10:06:00.000-07:00

Faye looked so pretty running around Dominic and Patty's bay shower.
She looked like cotton candy and I just wanted to eat her up.
I know I keep saying this but I just can't get a grip on how much she has grown and how much fun she is.

Kiddie Kandids

2009-06-19T14:18:00.001-07:00

We've expanded at Ray Gordon Photography.
We added a children's portrait department. We call it "Kiddie Kandids by Ray Gordon".
I just purchased a jacked up 70's disco van and had "Kiddie Kandids" airbrushed on the side of it.
We come to your house and take pictures of your children. Is that weird?

Old McFaye

2009-06-10T15:57:00.000-07:00

We went to a Swap meet and Flea Market in Rickreall Oregon on Sunday. On the way home we stopped at a little diner for lunch instead of eating Faye plowed their field.

Father Time

2009-06-05T12:54:00.000-07:00

Crap!! Has it been a month since my last post? I think about this blog a lot but I never seem to find the time to sit down and post stuff. The Months have been flying by as you can see by how big Faye is.
Fran and Faye stayed home Wednesday to celebrate my birthday with me. We took Faye to the Childrens Rose Parade in Hollywood and then we all went out to the race track for a kick ass car show and drag races. It was a gorgeous day. 90 degrees.
Thanks to all who came out to the track and thanks to Tieneke for taking and sending us some photos.
Here I am trying to get Faye to wear her protective ear muffs by showing her how cool they look. As you can see...It didn't work.

Here is Padington Faye. She is trying to keep her lilly white Portland skin out of the harsh June sun.

I didn't see all the humor in how many candles were on my cake. I think these two need to quit rubbing it in.

Blowing out the candles. Shortly after this picure was taken Father Time passed out due to lack of oxygen.

Remember when you were a kid and someone would fart and the last kid to put his thumb on his forehead "ate the fart" and everyone pointed at them and laughed. Faye was quick!! She did not eat the fart.

The sunglasses double as a telephone from time to time.

Here you can see our shifty little bear as she is about to swipe some other kids clown candy.

Gordon Family

2009-05-04T17:05:00.000-07:00

A great photo of the family unit snapped by our friend Traci who was down visiting from Seattle this weekend. I love it. In the photo "The Buttermaker Express" makes a cameo appearance.

Here's Fran Faye and Traci Chillaxin'. The gals.

Be sure to listen to the song about Faye in the post below. It's pretty great too!!

The Slutz record a song about Faye

2009-05-01T11:18:00.000-07:00

The Slutz from Glendale California have recorded a song about our very own Buttermaker.
It's a catchy ass tune with some awesome explicit language. Thanks to Dave Tania and Sharan!!!
Wait for the part where they start screaming BUTTERMAKER!!!!!! It's my favorite.
The Slutz Rock!!

Click to hear song

Feels like summer 1973

2009-04-30T14:51:00.000-07:00

Here Faye can be seen frolicking in the park wearing a vintage faux denim jump suit that she got from her surrogate Auntie Felicia.
You go girl.

Happy Earth Day

2009-04-22T13:29:00.000-07:00

Here is Faye with her classmates working on a Earth Day project.
I like that you love the Earth Faye!!!

breakfast

2009-04-13T14:36:00.000-07:00

Faye is a strawberryblueberrygrapeaholic

Hipity Hopity

2009-04-13T14:25:00.000-07:00

Faye's urban. She's all hipity hopity.
She rocks the saggy pants and gangsta beanies.
Here she is with her home girl Fran putting their tag on the streets.
It's a shame because they act like they don't even care that they are ruining the neighborhood with their graffiti.
I just look the other way. I don't want to get hurt.
Vandalism is just something you have to put up with when you live on the mean streets of Portland.
After I took these pictures they flashed some quick gang signs and ran away.
To be honest the gang signs freaked me out.

Faye's a Natural

2009-04-03T15:57:00.000-07:00

Spring is knocking.

2009-03-19T12:22:00.000-07:00

I don't know about you but I am officially OVER winter!!!
We have been couped up in this house for what feels like an eternity.
I don't even know where to start with this post. It's been so long.
I'm just going to jump right into the photos. Buttermaker is growing like a weed.
She's starting to say words. Dada, Moma, Applezzz, bye bye...

HUG ME!!!!

This is one of the few pictures where I think Faye looks a little like me. It's the forehead. Poor thing. It's a good thing that she doesn't always look like me.

This totally looks like me , all bitchy and grumpy!
I can totally relate to this.

Grandma Pat sent this sweet hat to Faye. She love's it.
Here's some selects from our slobbery little photoshoot in the hallway.

WHERE'S MY GOD DAMN FOOD!!

Megans mom Michelle made this awesome sweater for Faye with her bare hands.
It's pretty impressive and Faye loves to wear it with her butterscotch stretch pants. Here she can be seen rocking it with jeans.
THANX MICHELLE!!! WE LOVE YOU!!

As you can see, She is still really attached to the pacifier.
"Good morning Mommy!"

This is a direct quote from Grandma...
"GET THAT NINNY OUT OF HER MOUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHE'LL HAVE BUCK TEETH"
She don't care about no buck teeth.

Who needs a stroller Faye has a giant play pen on wheels.

Along with all of her hats, she likes wearing Mom's hat too.
smarty pants.

Bad Daddy, BAD!!!

2009-02-04T13:23:00.000-08:00

The last blog post was December 10th. You missed Christmas and New Years. Shame on you!
The more photos that pile up the more time it takes and seemingly lately, the less time that I have.
I realized that it is not about the quantity of photos, rather just getting some photos up. Any old photos.
I'm going to stop being clever and "just let er rip"
Faye is 15 months old today. Happy 15th month old birthday Buttermaker, Pei Pei, Papes, Paper (all of Faye's nicknames) Gordon.
Better late than never.

Faye grew into a new hat and it couldn't be cuter!!!

Faye,like the rest of us, loves her T.V. (taken on her very own digi Fisher Price camera)

Faye Christmas morning with all the loot.

loves that binky

It snowed like crazy here in December.

We joined the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry because they have a great room for little kids to go and explore all kinds of stuff. Here is Faye wearing her Mad Scientist get up.

This cone blows air.

full on attack!

And now she's a chipmunk.

Now Mommy has her hand up a Bald Eagles butt.

Dude she is playing with a plastic chicken.

Put this one in your pipe and smoke it.

This is Faye's very first Popsicle.
It's a pretty big moment. Like driving a car or kissing a boy.

This is the Baby Throne.
You don't mess with baby when she is on the THRONE!!!

And once again, cuteness is displayed right on cue.

Mommy had a birthday and we packed up and headed for the coast to hit the Newport Aquarium and to have a birthday party at a beach house.

It was all fun and games until the toilet paper party hats came out.

Puffy Missy Elliot coats at beach.

Babushka and sunglasses are must have items for 2009.

The guy sitting next to Faye on the plane ride home from LA was a total dick.
I kept trying to get Faye to flick some diaper candy at him.

Nice designer reading glasses buddy!

The purse is the new thing.

2008-12-10T13:16:00.000-08:00

Faye loves purses.
Who doesn't?

Back from birthday in Ohio

2008-12-08T14:15:00.000-08:00

Faye's first trip to Ohio was a success. Even though it was grey and cold, she braved the flatland well.
She had 3 parties in her honor and from each she drew a slew of clothes and toys.
Thank you to everyone who came to visit. it means a lot to us.
I'm posting some photos from Faye's Portland Birthday and Ohio birthday.
We are missing a bunch of photos from Grammy Pat's. As soon as she sends 'em we'll post 'em.
Mommy made Faye a homemade cake from scratch.

New favorite song..."Happy Birthday to Faye"

Why did you stop singing?

what the hell is this? All mine?!! That's what i'm saying.

This shit smells good!

Caking makes me thirsty.

Touchdown in Cleveland. (Touchdowns don't happen very often in Cleveland)

Buttermaker kicking it old school waiting for her luggage.

Who else would give Faye her first horsey ride in Ohio. Martha that's who!

Lilly the counting Frog seems to be a HUGE hit.

The old paper on the foot gag.

Another totally awesome sugar high for our baby.

Grandma Due made Faye stuffed cabbages.
Pretty much the coolest.

Dirty folks stuck in JFK Airport trying to get back to Portland.
It smelled like hot baloney in there.

More Halloweenies

2008-11-17T13:02:00.000-08:00

Check out these photos from the WK Halloween Party photo booth.
If we were smarter we would of did a family portrait. But we're not.

1 YEAR OLD!! WE LOVE YOU BUTTERMAKER!!

2008-11-04T07:38:00.000-08:00

Our baby is one year old today.
Our little election day baby gets a red white and blue cake.
Get out and vote you lazy bums!!

The Hunted

2008-11-03T11:32:00.000-08:00

We took Faye to Wieden&Kennedy for their Halloween party. Faye got candy and pony rides.
Buttermaker was a turkey and I was a turkey hunter. I hunted her with hugs.
Fran was a Veterinarian who kissed all the turkey boo boo's made from all the hugs.
Together we were a well oiled machine.

Daddy's a little too Fudd like.

Your new desktop picture

2008-10-29T11:51:00.000-07:00

COME ON!!!! This is so cute I want to barf.
Mid summer swing.

Boobs blood and boogers

2008-10-27T13:19:00.000-07:00

I have been a little delinquent in posting lately so I thought I'd just sit down and post a ton of photos that I have been meaning to post for a while. Some may be a few months old but who cares.
Oh yeah and BUTTERMAKER will be a year old on November 4th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That year flew!!
This is from summer and it's Faye's first real boo boo. She cut her little Butter toe on the stupid plastic swimming pool.
I totally kicked it's ass for her.
Boobs Blood and Boogers (click on the photo to get a closer look at those boogers)

Somehow I missed posting this great photo?
Corky was selling this hat at his going away garage sale and Faye was making fun of him for owning a hat that is so fruity,

This playpen thing lasted for about 2 seconds. You can't cage this baby animal!!
(check out the shirt)

Faye quit being weird

The girls went with me to buy old barn wood for the floor of The Buttermaker Express.

Faye took the keys because I was "acting funny"

This day she was just showing off.

Faye went through a phase this summer where she was practicing monkey kung fu in the back yard. This photo was taken at the very instant that she was wondering why.

So slippery!

I don't even know what she was thinking here>

Caleb Speigal brought Faye this cool little wool jacket back from Nepal.
Can't touch this.

I thought I told you to quit being weird!!

Faye got these cool new red pants. A little too tight if you ask me.

This is just plain old good stuff!!

More from The Buttermaker clothing line.

Faye likes eating garden vegetables in the bathtub.
Here she is seen with a tomato that I just picked 2 minutes before.
She wastes no time.

She's always happy after her first cup of coffee in the morning.
Who isn't?

I took Faye to the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Here she is with Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's Outlaw!! One of thee most famous custom cars of all time. She hates it!

There you go.

Pretty Amazing.

2008-10-09T12:12:00.000-07:00

Faye spelled her name with these blocks.
The weird part is that we have been telling her that her name is Barbara for a year.
How'd she do that? Amazing but true.
What a smart little girl.

4 wheelin' Faye

2008-09-24T11:24:00.000-07:00

We took Faye shopping for 4 wheelers Sunday.
She's stoked.
Check out the shifty Gordon stink eye that she is shooting at the camera.
It's on!!!

Photo Booth

2008-09-22T12:36:00.001-07:00

I was in LA shooting the olympic women's beach volleyball team last week and my girls couldn't come with me. Faye had school and Fran had work.It sucked to be gone that long but Fran sent me computer "photo booth" pics of Faye every morning. I thought I'd share.

more swinging....she swings

2008-09-11T11:19:00.000-07:00

Not a baby

2008-09-10T13:49:00.000-07:00

We just realized that Faye isn't a baby anymore. She's a kid now.

faye swinging in portland

2008-09-10T13:42:00.000-07:00

faye swinging in ny city

2008-09-10T13:39:00.000-07:00

Everything is gay

2008-08-28T11:47:00.000-07:00

Long busy summer... It's been a long time since I sat down and had time to post.
Faye is loving the new daycare. She went to the Zoo. She did baby back flips when she saw the elephants. It was pretty damn cute.
The garden is big and Faye has a big pumpkin growing. It's the only pumpkin on a giant vine. It's going to be her first pumpkin right off the vine for her first Halloween.
Tropical storm Faye is standing regularly and destroying everything in her path. It won't be long until she walks. We need 6 more sets of eyes. It's amazing how damn fast on those knees a kid can be.
The Buttermaker Express is almost finished. I can't wait to take Faye for a ride in it as soon as the new paint dries.
Fran and I celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary yesterday. 14 years!!! We took Faye out for sushi. She was a wiggle worm the whole time and had a severe crush on one of the sushi chefs. She wouldn't take her eyes off of him. I yelled at him to keep his eyes on his work. That's my girl and not his. He knew what was good for him.
Here are some pics of Faye that have nothing to do with anything that I just wrote about.

We went to Lincoln City for a weekend with Janice Greg and Rocket.
A nice relaxing getaway.
Faye loves the beach. The cold Northwest beach.

Faye with her favorite animal at the zoo.
Who the hell am I to tell her it ain't real?

Gay Bear

Proof that there were animals at the zoo. If you look real hard you'll see a giraffe and he was definitely gay.

The family on the pier in Santa Monica.

Me and spike playing "My two Dads with Faye"
Funny but really gay.

Faye and Grandma Pat at the Navy Pier in Chicago.
Faye thinks the Navy is a bit gay too.

Purse Snatcher!!!

A proper Gordon wearing her babushka.

Of course Faye picked the weird horse.

If you know anything about Chicago the you know SUPERDAWG!!!!!!!

Some say Chicago's Middle Linebacker Brian Urlacher is the best to ever play the game.
Fran worked with him on an Old Spice commercial and Faye got to hang out with him.
Here is Faye looking confused.

Here is Brian Urlacher looking confused.

Here is Faye with Mickey Mouse

Here is Brian Urlacher with Donald Duck.

Here is Faye and Brian Urlacher, partying.

What a nice guy. Thanks Brian Urlacher.

4 good things

2008-07-17T16:13:00.000-07:00

Faye started her new daycare this week. She loves it. She is the youngest kid and the toughest.
Here's Faye and Fran on the first day in the morning. Check out Buttermakers bad ass mowhak.
So punk.

Still loves the swing like a fat kid loves cake.

This kid eats like nobody business. Double fisting anything that you put in front of her.
Breakfast eating machine!!

And that brings me to the 4th good thing. Even though Faye wasn't there (sadly) it was still pretty awesome.
Matt, Savannah and I drove to Scappoose Oregon because we heard Derek Anderson was going to be hanging out in his hometown bar. Who's Derek Anderson?? Come on!! Only the starting Quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. Did I mention that he was also the starting Pro Bowl quarterback last season? He's from Oregon.
Derek was really cool. We were total dorks and totally talked to him. I had about 3 pints of courage in me. I walked up to him and said "Congratulations" to him. He looked at me all squirrelly and said "for what"? I said for winning the Superbowl in 09. That got a laugh from him and a backslap so hard that I spit and choked a little. Even though we are the same height he is twice my size. Check out how happy Matt is. He's about ready to bust. I think he was peeing a little in his shorts as this picture was taken.
Faye totally loves the Browns.

Billetproof

2008-07-08T16:14:00.000-07:00

I'm doing this a little backwards and half assed but I had this feeling today that I am a total slacker and need to post something. So I give you one AWESOME image of Flavor Faye and Daddy at the Billetproof car show in Chehalis Washington. It was the best car show that I have ever been to. Check out why here http://www.billetproof.com/. Just a really great day in the sun with my girls (and Geoff Cecil) and the coolest cars that I have ever seen. The reason why this post is backassed is that I went to Big Sur and met up with Fran and Faye in New York prior to this day and I need to post those pictures and story as well. Geoff just took a great photo and I wanted to get it up asap. So stay tuned...Photos of Faye Gordon taking over NYC are soon on the way.

It was 100 degrees and Faye was still as cool as it comes.
Photo by Geoff Cecil

Raspberries

2008-06-18T20:17:00.001-07:00

Last week we were in Santa Monica. Fran had to go for work so we took the whole family.
Here are a few snaps on this awesome green couch in the hotel room.

Fayes a great traveler and a better model.

Hi Grandma, I'm going to grab your nose.

Somebody loves the camera.

She loves to make the raspberries.

Get out of town!
(Check out her first 2 teeth)

Swinging

2008-06-18T09:24:00.000-07:00

So the swing at the park is Faye's new favorite thing!!
It makes us so happy to watch her having so much fun.
We love the park!

Busy Busy Busy

2008-06-14T14:04:00.000-07:00

We've been traveling and working our asses off. Here is a quick teaser of The Buttermaker.
She will be going to LA, San Francisco, New York, Chicago and Seattle all in one month.
Yikes this kid is cosmopolitan!!

Okay...So...Whatever!!

2008-05-19T12:17:00.000-07:00

Well we got the photos back from Faye's picture day at school and I was very impressed.
Dude did a good job. Decide for yourself.
Although... is it me? or is it a bit strange that Buttermaker is in a box?? Come on! That was my schtick with her 6 months ago.
We've been there done that.
Mr. school photographer nerd needs to come up with his own ideas.
But God Damn if this ain't a cute portrait!
Okay...So..Whatever!! He did good.
But who's baby in a box picture is better??
Yeah! That's what I thought!!

Damn.

Happy Mothers Day

2008-05-11T09:36:00.000-07:00

The Buttermakers Blog is one year old as of yesterday. What a crazy year.
Happy Mothers Day Fran and thanks for making Buttermaker with me.
Happy Mothers Day to all you Moms!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUTTERMAKER BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!
conked out.

Mmmm. Kiwi and bananas!

Not a care in the world!!

2008-05-01T16:37:00.001-07:00

Here is LA Faye poolside at the Sunset Marquis.
She loved the Sunglasses. What baby will put up with sunglasses?
A really fabulous one... that's what baby! It was so fun hanging out with Ethan, Magda, Thor, Margi, Joanna by the pool.
Thanks guys for coming by.
Also Faye was trying out out for Turbo Negro. That's why she is wearing the sailors hat.

LA Baby

2008-04-28T15:25:00.000-07:00

The whole Family is in LA right now. I am playing daddy daycare while Fran gets around town in a chopper. And not some bullcrap fruity Jesse James West Coast Chopper either.
I'll post some pics of LA Faye busting a chill in her LA sunglasses real soon.

Picture Day

2008-04-14T15:18:00.000-07:00

Fran made Faye a personalized onesie for picture day at school.
It says Buttermaker and has hearts and stars and bubbles and stuff.

PICTURE DAY??

Give me a friggen break!!! Why do we need picture day?
I'm a Photographer!!
"I'll be taking the pictures around here"!! Right?
Damn straight...
Well not exactly.
Faye went off to school for this "picture day" but we haven't seen what kind of photos this guy pulled off yet?
Let's see him top this bad boy!!

That's what I thought Mister. I'll post your nonsense as soon as I get it.

The Exer-Saucer, pooping and some friends

2008-04-14T14:34:00.000-07:00

Faye has a new distraction. It's called the exer-saucer and it's one of the many rides, I being the ride operator, rotate her on every hour. She seems to love it. You've heard the term "I'm so happy that I could shit" well she loves it so much that she actually chooses to poop in it most of the time. It's kind of like her bathroom. What a fun bathroom. I think I need to remodel our bathroom so I have squeeky things to pull on while I do my business. Faye I think you are on to something!!
In other news... Kari and Todd and family came to Portland for their spring break. Kristin and Dan had a awesome bbq on Saturday. Dan made ribs and wings and all the trimmings. By trimmings I mean beer and tequila. All I am saying is that Todd ate the worm and then I heard tales of a late night moon dancing around Kristins house. Wish I had some photos of that to post. Maybe not.

Exer-Saucer

Pooping!

I think Kari was telling Faye about her automatic bread maker that she used to have.

Kristin, Kari and Tiffany. These Moms know how to throw down and party.

put the yams in the hole

2008-04-14T14:06:00.000-07:00

Faye ate her very first solid food. I made Chicken and yams. As always Faye was sitting with us while we ate but this time was a little different. She was making all these chimpanzee signals as we ate. "What is it buttermaker"? " "looks like she's saying she wants to eat your food" "don't be ridiculous...babies eat milk" Well not this baby. Fran started putting the yams in her mouth and Faye was surprised. You could seriously read her thoughts through her eyes. "What's this new taste?...How do I work my mouth?...put more in because I'm having fun spitting it everywhere!!" It looked like your typical old person at Denny's.

The very first Buttermaker food.
The Yam.

Someone is throwing out some serious signals.

"Fran what do you think she wants"???

That's right dummies...I'm glad you finally figured it out. Love the yams.

Hamcicle

2008-04-14T13:30:00.000-07:00

Faye got her first visit from the Easter Bunny. She loved her basket. She loved the celophane that it was covered in the most. All that good stuff in the basket and her favorite thing was the noise that the plastic that it was wrapped in makes. Hmm?? Check out how tall Buttermaker is getting. Skinny Minnie.
That evening Megan invited us over for an amazing Easter dinner. Faye got her first taste of ham. Although she didn't actually eat the ham she did suck on one piece for 20 minutes. I tried taking it from her a few times and she wasn't having it. She liked her salty hamcicle and nobody was going to take it from her. Not even Mommy with her pretty fingernails.

Every now and then you snap "the one" and this is "the one"

Megans delicious ham and taters.

Mom your ham is really on my mind.

Faye's Easter Hamcicle.

This is what it looks like when a baby is stoned on ham.

After you get stoned on ham you do silly things like wear your tights on your head and go around the party telling everyone "Hey look at me...I'm the Ether Bunny...You guys suck...you should cheer up...jeez am I the only one partying here? Where's my tights?"

It's thprring!!

2008-03-22T13:47:00.000-07:00

Although we have no photos of it, we just wanted to let you know that Faye finger painted at school on Thursday.
We're just saying...
I heard they took photos and as soon as I get a copy I'll post them for everyone.

it's really nice here. The daffodils are up and the tulips are almost up.

Norman Rockwells Easter Dutch Girl.

Ray and Fran's Easter Dutch Girl.

She learned to make raspberries.

and to make snot bubbles.

TAH DAH!!!
Mommy's little Burrito.

TAH DAH!!
Daddy's Little Stuffed Cabbage.

We want to thank Joanna for the awesome hand made blanket she brought us last week when she visited from Ojai California.
Faye loves it as much as we do. Look for yourself. Have you ever laid eyes on a more snugly little muffin?

Happy Easter.

Double Dutch!

Blah Blah

2008-03-14T15:31:00.000-07:00

Baby is big!!
Faye started daycare this week so Mom and Dad could go back to work. We had a good family cry Monday morning when it was time to leave her. The damn lady at the daycare was even crying. We are a very emotional bunch.

We evicted Faye a week ago from her bassinet in our room. We just stood there one night at bedtime and pointed toward her room and said "get out"!! Faye grabbed her blankets and slammed the door screaming "I don't need you weird old people anyway". She seems to be doing well and happy across the hall.
Faye's found her feet this week and apparently feet are a blast. She likes to hold them and pretend she's riding a motorcycle.

I can't remember anything else so I'll just get to the photos.
I hear Aunt Katie and friends are dying for some fresh material.
Here you go ladies, start gushing. goo goo ga ga.

Look how big she is. She litterally grew out of her bassinet. She busted out of it like a giant ape in the middle of the night.
BABYSAURUS!!!

I gots my foots.

Mommy was prompted to do a photo shoot by a really cute ducky sweater.

She knows when to work it. Look how fierce.

Here's Jeff with the ladies at Portland Rod and Custom show.

This mermaids name is Blah Blah. It's pretty much Faye's favorite thing. They nap a lot together.

Oh Blah Blah. You're my favorite!

Ain't nothin' cuter than a slippery Buttermaker.

First day of daycare. She was laughing and we were crying. What a mess.

I'm pretending like Faye is my lunch in a Bishops barbershop ad. It's just acting. I didn't really eat her. She's got a head start on her modeling career. Once again she was fierce!

If anyone cares? Matt and I reupholstered the seat in the "Buttermaker Express" it's so awesome.

Here's a shot of Jim and I on March 1st at his latest opening. We worked on the show for 4 years and I was hung over for 4 years from the after party. This is before the hang over.

I saved the best for last.

NIPPLES!!!!!!

It's been a whole month.

2008-02-22T09:14:00.000-08:00

It's been a month since the last post. I always say that. Faye is huge, She just got her drivers license and has started applying to colleges. Not really but she did go on a road trip to San Francisco. I went for work and the ladies came with me. Faye saw her first snow in Mt. Shasta city. Mt. Shasta is cool in the middle of winter. We stayed at The Woodsman Lodge and it offered "the bottomless bottle of wine" by fireside. Once in SF we stayed with Al and Adriane, our long time super friends. The trip back from SF had it's own adventures. I-5 was closed at Redding due to heavy snows for 5 hours. I bought some chains after it re-opened and we headed up the hill in the snow. about 25 miles from the top of the pass it was mandatory to chain up. Faye learned a bunch of new words while I was trying to put my first set of chains on. A few times along that drive I had that "what the hell am I doing" feeling.
Faye is enrolled in a Montessori day school that starts March 1st. She'll be learning all kinds of stuff. Apparently she'll know sign language before she can talk and she'll be learning spanish from the time she can say her first words. I can already see it in her eyes, she thinks she's better than me! Ah who are we kidding... she is!!
Other than that she is eating and sleeping like a champ and diapers are filling up like a landfill.

Outside our room at The Woodsman Lodge

Fran and Faye and some random bridge.

Silly bridge

Al Bird trying to front like he's the Dad.

Faye's real Dad

Proof that Faye is an elf.

Al and Faye were buddies he taught her how to play drums

Adrianes short ribs were way better than Phonelines.

"Faye this is Red Leader...Stay on target...Stay on target"

BLOWOUT!!

This is what Faye looks like with a hat on...

This is what Faye looks like without a hat on.

The night before we left San Francisco, Al and Adriane took us to their favorite meat restaurant.It was seriously the coolest place and it was VERY serious about prime rib. It's called the House of Prime Rib."The Hopper". The name was no joke. It literally was a house made of meat. The menu went something like this... Meat...Meatier...Meatiest. Those were your choices.
Our wonderful hosts. Thanks Al and Adriane!!

Check out this menu. No Bullshit just meat.

This old guy holding Faye has been seating people in front of meat at The Hopper since the gold rush

Al named these the Meat Zeppelins. They just flew around carrying lots of hot meat.

This is the interior of a Meat Zeppelin.

My buddy Brad even came out to The Hopper. Hi Brad.

Wang our waiter couldn't have been happier.

Bye Bye for now.

Buttermaker wears the Scarab

2008-01-24T15:24:00.000-08:00

The Scarab was the Logo of the 1970's/1980's band Journey. Today Faye wanted to wear the bug onesie that Melanie and Brian got her. She was laughing her ass off at how big the singer of Journey, Steve Perry's nose is. What a beak!

BURP...

2008-01-24T10:33:00.000-08:00

We did a little family "photoshoot" while Mom was here. I was running around like some 1950's Dad. I had the hat and the tiny camera on a giant tri-pod, everything. I'd focus, set the timer and hurry to take my place on the couch and sit. snap flash DAMMIT!!! It was amazing how hard it was to take a picture of yourself. After about 15 tries and getting frustrated I said "alright dammit everyone hold still one more" Focus...Push the shutter...run...sit..BURP...Flash BINGO!! Faye burped right in mid shutter and here is what we came away with. It couldn't have been a better family portrait. We all look insane. Perfect.

BIG NEW POST or LORDY LORDY MOMMY'S 40

2008-01-20T11:36:00.000-08:00

Have I let you down!? Are you chomping at the bit for more pics of Buttermaker?
Fear not my loyal readers, this is going to be a hearty new post. I know how much you like to snoop into our lives and I will not let you down. Faye has reached 10 pounds. She can roll over from her stomach to her back. She is wearing her first pair of blue jeans today. She went to an art opening Friday night (wearing a shirt that said "watch your fu**ing mouth around the baby". Yes we have turned into "those people". She is wearing tiny little shoes. She is owning it!! Grandma Pat is here this week and today we are all going to Powell's to be book nerds. If you see Fran please ask her about the "Doug Fir diaper incident" it's a good story that involves a super messy diaper and a public bathroom. All I can say is... when Fran and Faye returned to the table, they both looked like they had just robbed a bank.

I also just want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRAN. You are even more beautiful than the day I met you. (That day in 1989 when you bit me in a bar)

Rocket and Rockets Mom and Dad came over for dinner. Check out Rocket. Keep it clean Rocket! Eyes up...Eyes up!

OHIO STATE BLEW IT BIG TIME!!

We walked into Fayes room and saw a guilty looking Earl on Buttermakers activity pad.

Look how guilty he is.

After Earl spent 5 minutes in time out, Fran used him as a prop in a photo shoot.

This is Faye's signature sweater. White double breasted with a flipped up collar. She likes to think it invokes a feeling of royalty.

Queen Ann and The Duke of Earl????

Margi and Coady were in Portland the first week of January and all the girls showed up to flirt with Coady. What a dick.

Hal and Kim Curtis gave this Tiffany bank to Faye. Her she is putting her imaginary gold coins into it.

What?

Chicken Earl has lost his friggen mind.

Grandma Pat came to Portland all the way from Ohio via the Oregon Trail. As soon we put the oxen up for the night we headed out to see Riswold who curated a show called WAR at some random gallery in North Portland.
Here is a shy Hitler with Mom, Fran and Faye. (The photo is called "Knock knock. Who's there? The Russian Army."

Mussolini was there to great us with a good old fashioned Italian fist shake.

I liked the little sign on this table that said "Please don't set anything on Hitler"

And I saved the best for last...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRANNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:- )

Happy New Year

2007-12-31T13:51:00.000-08:00

Shit...Where did 2007 go? I guess it went where every other year goes.
I am just going to post a bunch of photos from the month of December today.
I'll keep it short and sweet. We hope you have a great 2008. Make sure you eat some pork and sauerkraut on the first for good luck. We have a pork roast in the crockpot right now. I'm showing Buttermaker how we do.
xo

Sometimes you get the bear and sometimes the bear gets you.

Faye looking for her first Christmas tree with Mom.

Cut the tree down Buttermaker!!

Georgie, who works with Aunt Katie bought Faye these awesome Browns pajamas. The Browns had a great season and Buttermaker was happy.

But then the stinkin' Browns blew their playoff hopes and she was pissed.

We are really happy that the TV show American Gladiators is coming back. It was by far the most entertaining idiotic show of the late 80's early 90's. If you don't remember watch this. It should refresh your memory or at least let you in on how much fun it was.
CLICK HERE FOR RETARD GLADIATOR VIDEO
Chalk these next two photos up to plain old good genetics.

Every Christmas Eve day we go to John Helmer the Haberdasher and buy hats. Pete and Michelle have gone with us the last 2 years. We not only had Faye with us this year but Adam Daneen came all the way from London to share in the tradition. This is a good group photo. Check out our friend Granny Gums playing Santa Claus. She made it extra festive.

Pete and Michelle...new chapeaux's

We had dinner at our house Christmas day. Whitey and Sorenne. Matt, Illick, Corky and Thor came by for Turkey with all the trimmings.
Here's Whitey and Sorenne with Clark and Earl.

Illick does his best "Diamond Broker" impersonation.

Gordon vs. Illick Portland 1918

It didn't take us long to get this oldie but a goodie. "Baby with Booze"

Mommy and Butter Eatin' Turkey.

Illick stole Fayes bib. (And he needed it)

Fran took this next set of pics and they are AWESOME!

Sometimes it gets real messy around here.

But it's always a friggin blast!!

We'll Send you away with a good old fashioned out of focus kick ass photo. Happy 2008 everyone!!

Merry Christmas Folks

2007-12-23T19:18:00.001-08:00

December has just flown by. busy busy busy. Courtney and Lockett got married in Hood River yesterday. Faye was a champion baby the whole time. She was good on the ride there and was really good during the ceremony. Not a peep. We cut our tree last week and decorated it today. We're all ready for Christmas are you? Here are a couple of pictures of Faye with Santa. Santa is David Kennedy. One of Frans bosses. I think he might really be St. Nick. Did St. Nick drink scotch? Faye is in her crib listening to Van Halen right now. Awesome. Running with the devil.....
Make sure you click on them to make them bigger. Buttermaker looks cool big.

This is from the Wieden+Kennedy holiday party. "Hey O'connor sisters...Who's your Daddy"!?

Merry Christmas everyone and happy Kwanza to you Nieratko.

Boom Box

2007-12-09T21:04:00.000-08:00

What a treat. 2 posts in one night. The photos have been piling up so I thought I'd take some time to get another post up.
As you can see, little Faye is starting to grow. She has been smiling and making all kind of great noises. Including lots of farts.
She's a gassy little gal. maybe all babies are gassy? What do I know? I'm new at this. A long time ago Dave England gave Fran a pink cloth boombox that actually is a FM radio. The Buttermaker loves laying in the crib listening to classical music. She thinks she's better than us. Hell who are we kidding? She is. I'm wondering if she is composing chamber music in that tiny little head?

Even though Faye has been growing like a weed, she still doesn't seem to fit into her clothes. Check out her pants. Fat pants went out of style in '93 dude.

Here is a great pic to show how little the Butter is. That's Frans hand she's holding onto. Obviously she has to play a really tiny piano.

Last Thursday Fran Faye Megan and myself went to Jakes for lunch. Faye has already been there twice. She's into it. We ordered the chocolate box for desert. So much chocolate and cream and good. Our waiter took the pic. I think he's a good photographer.

Alot of this happens.

Alot of this happens too. (Check out the girly little shirt.)

This is the best part of the post. A couple of photos of Faye smiling. She has a great smile. She's alot like Clint Eastwood. Check out the squint.

That shit is hilarious!!!

Buttermaker and The Duke.

Mornings are the best.

Thee Ladies O'connor

2007-12-09T20:53:00.000-08:00

Sorry I've been slacking on posting photos.
I mentioned that Frans Mom and sister Katie visited right before Thanksgiving.
We had a lot of fun while they were here. It was nice to have family close. Here is a photo of three generations of O'connor women and Earl.

I love this shot of Fran and Faye. It's taken in the morning. Time to rise and shine baby girl.

WAAAAAAAAAAAMBULANCE

2007-11-29T13:58:00.000-08:00

It's been really crappy and rainy here. It's either dusk or dark. We've been trying to keep busy and from going crazy with cabin fever. I think cabin fever accounts for us putting our child in a shoe box and taking her to "stuffed animal land".
Buttermaker has been a little feisty the last couple days so today we dressed her up like a little bear and told her we were taking her to stuffed animal land. She perked right up. It was a fun adventure for at least 10 minutes.
Today I put together a swing that Michael and Bree gave to us. Faye loves it. She likes the number 6 setting (the fastest setting). It really gets her going. It's like one of those rickety festival rides. I even black out one of my teeth and pretend that I am the hillbilly carney ride operator. I just keep yelling at the top of my lungs "THIS RIDES GONNA LAST FOREVER BAYYYYBEEE!!!! I have to yell really loud because we are cranking Kid Rocks new album. It's awesome.
Butter is just chillin with her stuffed buddies.

who's a shifty little bear?

This is a face she makes if I ever mention Dave Carnie's name.

"The Ride Operator" good gravy is he a dumb looking sonofabitch.

Okay I have to give some blog love to Kari for sending me this awesome hat with a picture of 4 minute old Faye on it.
Kari you're the winner today!!! xoxoxo

Size 11

2007-11-28T17:50:00.000-08:00

We are going to make a huge print of this and frame it for the nursery.
I bet she loves it when she gets older.
Faye is a Mens size 11.

Take it easy!!

2007-11-23T12:02:00.000-08:00

I know, I know!!! I have been slacking on the blog. It's been a bit crazy around here. A new baby and all.
I was impressed to find out after going to the W+K holiday party that so many of you folks read this blog. I won't keep you waiting that long anymore you sassy bastards.
Frans Mom and Sister (Kathie and Katie) came to visit Faye for a few days all the way from Youngstown Ohio. Home of KELLY "THE GHOST"PAVLIK, if you haven't heard of this guy, you will soon enough. Kelly is the Middleweight Champion with a 32-0 record. Following in the footsteps of bruisers like Rocky Graziano and The Raging Bull, Jake LaMotta.
If you like boxing watch this youtube clip. Every-time he knocks a guy down I want you you to stand up and shout "HAVE A SEAT YOU FRIGGIN' SISSY" Cut and paste this into your browser.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISdEAbNtZtk&feature=related

YOUNGSTOWN AMERICAN BAD ASS!

Any-who... I had a great time with three generations of O'Connor ladies.
Here's some pics of the bambina. after all that's what you all are waiting for.
Coming soon. Faye's first Thanksgiving.

Faye and her proud Daddy.

The GREATEST photo that I have ever taken!

Our Angel Buttermaker.

YIKES!!

Snoozy Magoo

"How the hell did my spaceship land here with these lunatics"

even though you can't see it, her shirt say's "world championship hog caller" Wooooo Pig, Sooey!

Baby is stone cold chillin' in her baby papasan chair that Uncle Mark bought her. Big ups Uncle Mark!!

And for Faye's next trick...

2007-11-08T19:02:00.001-08:00

We are so happy to get out of that hospital. Yuck.
We got faye out of those silly hospital clothes and put her into an outfit fit for a daredevil!
We didn't plan it that way but damn you must admit it was a happy accident.
We just happened to have Old Glory socks topped off with a red crash helmet, white T and some fancy "baby blue" slacks.
Once we strapped her into her car seat for the first time, it looked like we were about ready to blast her out of a oversized cannon at the state fair. The nurses hated to see us go.

3-2-1

Faye

2007-11-05T19:33:00.000-08:00

We are test driving the name Faye today. It seems to really suit her well.

The hospital is letting us go home tomorrow. Can't wait to show Faye her home!
Earl is going to show her the ropes.
I think we make a handsome Father/Daughter team.

SHE'S HERE!!!!!!!!!!

2007-11-04T13:53:00.000-08:00

Butter was born at 11:35 this morning. She's so beautiful and perfect.
6lbs 6ounces. 19.5 inches long.
Fran was a superstar!!! Everyone is safe and healthy and happy!!!
We'll give her a wonderful name as soon as we have a clear head.
I'll try and post more as soon as we all get some rest.
we love you all.
Introducing our baby girl!!!!!
I'm in love.

she's lovely!!!!!

I love my girls.

Buttermaker down on the farm...

2007-10-30T16:46:00.000-07:00

Farm.

We went for a drive in the country this weekend and stumbled on this little farm.
It was basically Old McDonalds farm but they called it French Prarie Farm just to confuse us.
Fran is a champ! She is at work today.
I'm chewing on my finger nails more than normal. It really is so close. Frans hospital bag is packed and I am ready to start feeding her ice chips at a moments notice. Satnd back...
It's Farmer Fran.

He's lucky Fran doesn't make a sweater out of him!

This is us waiting for the "Pigtucky Derby" to start.

I got my portrait painted on some hay.

Not tall enough to ride this ride.

Someone pooped is Caspers Cornflakes.

This time next year The Buttermaker will be stoked on climbing the hay pyramid.

The Devil.

I told you!!

The Devils fat friend.

Fran why do you insist on spoiling the Devils appetite before dinner?

Fran as the pig.

Buttermaker as the pig.

The Butterball is almost cooked

2007-10-23T11:21:00.000-07:00

The little turkey is almost done!!!!!!!
Fran is feeling a lot of settling in the lower belly region. She has the official "with baby waddle" goin on.
We finished our birthing birthing classes last week. I learned a lot of stuff that I never imagined. I feel like I could deliver the little one myself after watching 50 births on DVD. Gross.
We have been thinking of names this last week. In the spirit of the season we decided on Dracula Buttermaker Gordon. Has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

The leaves are starting to turn and fall which means the time is near. Stay tuned, It could be any time now.
It's a beautiful day in Portland.

Ladies and Gentleman let's give a warm welcome to Mr. Rocket

2007-10-23T11:08:00.000-07:00

A new friend of the family has arrived.
Greg and Janice had a baby boy and named the little fella Rocket.
We visited him for the first time Saturday night. He watched with us as the Indians got their asses handed to them in the alcs.
Stupid Indians!!!
Good Job Greg and Janice!
Introducing Rocket...He's gonna be Buttermakes little buddy.

It's like Vegas baby!!!

2007-10-15T17:08:00.000-07:00

This is really funny.
W+K (where Fran works) is taking bets on the delivery date and time. see below.
Get your bets in while you can!! You can email me with your bets and I'll be sure to call the agency booky for you.
xo
Ray

Hi All,
Fran's baby is due next month (November 9th to be exact). Do you want to bet on when it will arrive? $5 per entry, winner takes all. Winner to be determined by most accurate guess of delivery date & time. Guesses for sex, height and weight will be tiebreakers.

Either email me back with your bet or sign up on the sheet on the door of the 5NW conference room.

Bets due by end of day Wednesday, Oct 17th (just in case the baby arrives early).

Your Name:

Date of birth:

Time:

Sex:

Height:

Weight:

ONESIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-10-15T14:15:00.000-07:00

Megan Liz and Lockett threw us an amazing baby shower!
It was really nice to have all of our closest friends in one room at the same time.
I was a little worried about the coed baby shower but it went off without a hitch.
There were nice appetizers, cakes and adult refreshments. mmmmm tequila.
My post is about a week late but we really want to thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts for all the support and awesome gifts!!! ONESIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(is that how you spell it)? Thanks to Kari and Joanna for making a special trip to Portland. We love you!
Personalized thank yous are going out soon. (Notice I said "yous" for all you folks in Youngstown). ; )
We played a few games, One of which everyone had to guess how round Fran was by selecting a length of string. I'm pretty sure Paulie kicked everyones ass. Another game was a Q&A about some facts of our life.The person who knew more about us won. Courtney and Whitey tied. Never would have guessed that in a million years. Nice work fellas.

We are really ready to meet this little Buttermaker. I am dying to see what the little muffin thinks about Led Zepplin.

A special little thanks to the Simons' for giving Buttermaker the awesome football plaque that they've had since they were Fresno babies in the 60's.

Here are a ton of photos from the shower. enjoy!
Love
Ray and Fran

Our lovely hostesszz Liz Lockett and Megan. Hip Hip Hoooray!

How long is the string that goes around Buttermakers house?

Nicci and Sorenne don't even know.

Of course Jim is gay so how could he know?

Paulie knew how round Fran is and that's why he gets to go home with new vinyl.

How great is Buttermakers cake?

JoJo and Melinda

Thor isn't as sweaty as I am.

Kristin and Dan. Rockers!
We worked for Kristin at Solid Snowboards in Colorado in 1994. We go waaaay back.

Illick Brought us tequila and this is how he looked to me after a couple of shots.

Thanks to Highway for hooking us up with the space.

Liz was the MC and she did a damn fine job.

Felicia is trying to figure out if I missed our first date because I got my tooth punched out or if I drove a pontiac Fiero when Fran and I met??? The Answer is sadly both.

What's a party without the most handsome man in Portland?
Too bad he wasn't there... but Dominc was.

Highway made a slideshow of old pictures of Fran and I.

Then Paulie had to bitch slap Birch Tree.

Whitey and Sorenne got Buttermaker his/her very own airbrushed shirt.

And a sweet beer cozie.

We got awesome little hats.

And a car seat from Uncle Dominic and Aunt Patty.

Onesie!!!!!!!!!!

Tieneke and Gothy.

Little cabbage at 35 weeks

2007-10-01T10:41:00.000-07:00

Really??

Buttermaker is 35 weeks old and moving around like crazy.
A lot has happened over the last few weeks.
It's getting really close to the time that we are all going to meet this Buttermaker guy or gal in person.
We started our birthing classes. Man that's a weird sobering class. Basically getting you ready for the biggest moment of your life. I learned a lot about things that I never thought I would in that class.
I know what Wharton's Jelly is. Do you? Jus sayin'.
Megan, Lockett and Liz have been working really hard organizing a shower for us. It appears to be going great!
They have a great space rented and it should be a lot of fun. I don't know why they insisted on inviting me and every other silver back gorilla that I hang out with? Lockett assured me that co-ed is the way to go. I hope they have enough bananas!
Speaking of bananas I woke up Saturday with a hanker-in' for some sausage and cabbage and Fran remembered that it was POLISH FESTIVAL DAY!!! We went there for lunch. So damn good! I'll attach all the pictures of the food we ate. I was a bloated honorary Pole by the time we left. We then went to the park with Earl to check out the ducks. Earl didn't give two shits about the ducks but we enjoyed them. I learned that feeding ducks bread is like feeding them cupcakes. No Good!
The time is coming really quickly for us to meet Buttermaker and we are working really hard on our list of names. Nothing seems to be sticking at this point. I have a feeling that as soon as I shake that little ones hand and say "Hey man, nice to meet you, I'm your Dad" Buttermaker will say "Hi Dad my name is_______ quit calling me Buttermaker" and that will be that!
Polish food makes you strong!

This is what strong looks like!

This drunk Polish lady kept following Fran around saying "Where is more food please baby lady"?

You put money in...pierogi's come out.

The Polish are a very proud people. Dominics Dad doesn't like the Polish neighbors to roof their house on the weekend. Apparently Leo doesn't think Vodka and ladders are a good combination. "Dom it's the weekend and they're Polish...come on"

The menu is on frans mind.

Pierogi Polka anybody?

Polish soul food

Where's Buttermaker?????

These Polish goodies were right next to Jesus who was behind a TV with a mic stand and some chords. The polish aren't afraid to put jesus in the corner.

My first appearance on the blog and this dude is trying to steal the spotlight.
Whatever nice mustache!

Sleepy cabbage pierogi zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

This doesn't really fit into the story but DAMN THAT'S A BIG KID!

laurelhurst Park is right by our house and they have a good duck pond. Notice frans attire. The weather has changed and it is cold and rainy. Earl even has his Grandpa coat on.

Park tough.

Bigger by the day...

2007-09-19T10:48:00.001-07:00

Here are a few shots of Fran and Butter this morning.
That belly is seriously growning by the hour.
Fran said "It's starting to feel like the baby is just going to fall out"
Hold on tight Buttermaker! Grab a rib kid!

Browns win!!!! Thanks Buttermaker!

2007-09-17T12:46:00.000-07:00

It's been been pretty mellow around here since the last post. A few weeks have gone by and that means Buttermaker has gotten a few weeks older and wiser.

We registered for Frans baby shower on Saturday. It made the reality of having a baby even more real. We staring buying a few things for the arrival of Buttermaker. 228 Huggies to be exact. If that don't make it real, I don't know what does. so many poopy diapers on the way.

Fran is now telling me that she is pretty sure Buttermaker is a girl. hmmmm. I still have no feeling one way or the other. Either way, I'm happy. It's a win win situation.

Fran and I watched the Cleveland/Cincinnati game Sunday morning at the Portland City Bar.
It was a lot of fun. After all these years I still can't get used to having breakfast and coffee at Kick Off.
The Portland Browns Backers throw a fun party (even at 10 a.m.)
Obviously Buttermaker brought the luck we needed and the Browns beat the Bengals 51-45. Thanks Buttermaker that was the highest scoring NFL game that I have ever watched.
The Browns QB, Derek Anderson is from Oregon State. They ran a giant photo of him on the cover of Modays Oregonian.
I'm definitely making sure buttermaker is there for next weeks game. A new family tradition.

Here are some pictures for the folks back in Ohio showing that there are a lot of Cleveland fans all the way out here in Oregon.

Fran and the guys that run the Portland Browns Backers. Frans buying raffle tickets to win some Browns swag at half time.
We came up empty handed on that one.

And a few shots of all the folks in Portland who love Cleveland.

Happy Day After Labor Day.

2007-09-04T18:53:00.000-07:00

Buttermaker is all grown up and kicking Fran in the ribs whenever Buttermaker feels like it.
Fran thinks Buttermaker is "long".
We took Buttermaker and Earl to the Portland Beavers (AA Baseball) game on Saturday night.
It was "Bark in the park"!! 2 nights a summer they let mans best friend go to a game.
It was great seeing a bunch of dogs at a baseball game. A dog sitting right behind us ate too much ice and barfed everywhere.
Earl just went from lap to lap having no patience or sense of humor for a baseball game. After many lap dances from Earl, Buttermaker started kicking real hard and we had to split. Those aren't the most comfortable seats in the world.
I have the "Buttermaker Express" all cleaned up and tuned up. We drove it to Sandy (Mt. Hood) before the game on Saturday.
It purrrrrrd like a kitten all the way there and back. It sure does bring the smiles from friends. I think it's more like a laugh than a smile.
Shaun and Nicci had us over for a Labor Day picinic. Shaun made the best pulled pork and Nicci made a bad ass peach cobbler.
We played "cornhole" have you ever played "cornhole"? It was super fun. Look it up.
Anyway here are some shots from the game and Sandy Oregon.
Earls wearing a little red cape. He got that from me. I think little capes are dope.

Buttermakers mom in "The Buttermaker Express"

The Buttermaker Express in Sandy oregon. It loves the woods!! Home.

And just for kicks here is a really bizarre bust of J.F.K. that was just in some random yard by the Humane Society on Columbia Blvd. Sweet lawn art buddy!