Off to the rivah!

As we feed the boys more and more food, we're learning some things . . . for example, sweet potatoes stain! So, we have dinner in diapers when we eat them! Hudson and William are learning to love their high chairs, too!

Will


Hudson


We headed to the Rivah today for a belated celebration of Cousin Carrie's Graduation! We had a great time! Here are some pictures from our trip:

Sugie with Hudson and Judah swinging


Getting ready for our first swim in the baby pool! (Do they look like miniature Florida tourists, or what?)


All set! (Hatch with William and Shannon with Hudson) Thanks Cousin Kelly for the pictures!


Pool Time! (hud and will)


Hudson checking things out!


William getting a taste of the new surroundings . . .


William . . . dipping his toes in!

Uncle Judah playing with Hudson


A sleepy William with his lovely Aunt Katie (When he is not sleepy, William loves to stare at Aunt Katie!)


Cousins! (Mary Beth with her son Shawn Thomas and Shannon with Hudson . . . William was too cold!)

Sunny Days, Wishing the Clouds Away!

We've had a great, relaxing week this week after the big wedding! (Did I mention that at my lowest point last week, I accidentally walked out of a store with two rolls of wrapping paper without paying for them and I didn't even realize it until 3 hours later?? Awesome. And, they trust me with two babies!)

Here are some pictures from this week!

We started off Memorial Day with some rice cereal for the first time . . . we were eating at Sugie's and didn't have our bibs, so we had to make do!

Hudson taking control of the situation . . .


William, going for it!


We went to the park with friends and tried out the swings for the first time!

William and Hudson


William relaxing in the wind


Hudson loving every minute!



William playing with his favorite toy, his blocks


Hud is growing strong and using his muscles to roll over and prop up!


It appears that Will does not like it when Hudson sucks on his head . . . poor baby!

Welcome to the family, Unkie Brett!!

Presenting . . . Mr. and Mrs. Brett Larson!



Aunt Katie and Brett had a BEAUTIFUL wedding on Sunday!! It was so much fun for our family to be there to celebrate each of them, their marriage, and the new Mr. and Mrs. Brett Larson as a couple! Super-Nonna came in for 5 days to keep the boys so that we could help with wedding details, and they brought Will and Hudson by the reception for a little while. We all had a great time (Will and Hudson had special permission from the bride to be able to wear white on her big day)! We are just thrilled for the happy, and very beautiful, couple! We love y'all, Katie and Brett! :)

As you may imagine, I didn't have the chance to take many pictures, so Katie's friend Christie kindly shared these with us. She got some great ones! We took more of the babies with us and the family, but I don't have copies of them yet . . . so, those are yet to come! Enjoy!

Saying "I do" (and, yes, that is the Matron of Honor in the background! ha ha!)


Kiss the bride!


Sugie, the stunning Mother of the Bride, and Handsome Uncle Christopher


Uncle Judah strutting his stuff with Cousin Cameron (beautiful!)


Babies and boys (Hatch with Hudson, Bumpa, and Uncle Christopher with William)


Hudson and William checking each other out . . . looking handsome! (notice the dimple in Hudson's knee chub!)

William smiling at his Daddy!

As for me and my house . . .

This past Sunday was a great day for our family. Hudson and William were both baptized on Sunday at our church, West End Presbyterian. Our pastor and friend (and Shannon's former co-worker) Kevin Greene baptized the babies. It was a great time of celebrating God's goodness and Jesus' love for our family.

Shannon with William and Hatch with Hudson


May the name of Jesus always be sweet to our boys!

Hudson Hall


William Jeffrey


A family shot after the baptism (some of us were a little tired! Shannon with Hudson, Hatch with William)


We were so honored to have our friends and family come from far and wide (California, Annapolis, New York City, DC!!) to celebrate with us.

Hatch with William and Mark Peverill from DC

Allison, who flew in from NYC and was an all-star party planning machine, with Hudson (her namesake!) and William


Aunt Katie (from San Francisco) with Hudson, Shannon with William, and Uncle Judah


The Great Grans . . . Great Granddaddy, Great Grandma Sue, Shannon with Hudson, Hatch with William, and Nana


Great Granddaddy with Hudson--so sweet!


Everyone with Sugie and Bumpa! (Nonna and Grandpa Reppard were also at the baptism, but they headed to do their party-planning duties before we could snatch pictures! Shoot!)


Our h0me group and friends met a few years ago and no one had babies. Our home group had five babies from December to April this year!! Wild!! The pint-sized gang: Grayson Brock, Sylvie Bohlen (note her hand on Gray's knee!!), Mae Kennedy, Harper King with William (who she declared is "reaaaaaaally heavy!"), and Eve Kennedy with Hudson

(we missed y'all Spencer Dixon, Anna Peterson, and Watson and Trib Caldwell!)


The boys . . . Hudson and William . . . Hudson wore Uncle Christopher's Baptism suit (24 years old!) . . .


Watch this last series closely . . .

Hmmm, that looks good to me . . . I wonder if it will fit in my mouth . . .


Yum!


Oh, sorry, William!

As promised . . .

Here are the pictures that we promised from last week! More pictures coming from William and Hudson's Baptism on Sunday . . .

Enjoy these!

Sweet faces . . . can you tell they are brothers? William and Hudson


Giggles


Giggles, continued

Sweet faces!

Hudson sitting on his own!


Will's new toe-grabbing trick


Working hard with Daddy (hudson and william)


Fun outside (william in exersaucer and hudson in bumbo)


Hudson enjoying himself!


William with his pops!