Butter 'n Grits

There are many times that it's crazy to me--almost unreal--that we live in the South, and better yet, in New Orleans. Garrett and I often even laugh about it. Like when some crazy thing on CNN happened in New Orleans, or the Food Network has one of its many shows here, or you see one of the many shows rehashing Hurricane Katrina--we almost just chuckle and say "can you believe we live here?". Here we are, two Idaho kids, living in the Deep South. Sometimes I almost forget we're here and other times it's just kind of surreal. And I got a good chuckle the other night in one of the moments that had me going "Isn't it crazy that I live here?"

We have some very nice neighbors and chat occasionally, but usually only really see each other when we are coming and going and say hi and such. They have said sweet things about my boys, brought us cake once, and generally had a smile and a wave each time we see them. But since we are usually coming or going when we see them, they hadn't had a good look at Sam in quite a while. I was doing a few things out in the garage and was holding him in my arms, so this time she got a real good look. And she just couldn't believe how big he'd gotten. And her remarks went something like this:

"Oh my! That is one fiiiiine baby. Oh, girl, what you been feedin' him? He is all buttuh 'n grits. That's right, Buttuh 'n grits. Oh baby, you are just fiiiine. Your mama's put you on buttuh 'n grits, hasn't she?"

And all I could do was laugh. Sweet life in the South, where our babies aren't cute, they are fine, and we don't feed them mashed potatoes and gravy--it's all butter and grits! I guess he's all sorts of butter 'n grits and I'm loving every bit of it--especially since it must mean you've got just the right amount of rolls in all the right places. Absolutely delicious!
Tyler has been calling him "Little Butter and Grits" since then.



It's definitely the little happenings like these that will bring a smile to my face when I think about living here. :) There are certainly a lot of things about living in New Orleans that I could do without, but things like butter and grits have made my life a whole lot sweeter.