Two More!

I meant to add these last two last night, so here they are!

William snuggling with his Bumpa (aka Bumps) and working on that top tooth!

Hudson enjoying a little giraffe!

Beach Babes (aka the longest blog post in the history of time)

The babies have just spent their first of (hopefully!) many weeks at the beach! We went to Emerald Isle, NC with the Siddons clan, and we had a wonderful time! (We missed you, cousin Timmy!) Hudson and Will both enjoyed the sand and the ocean; although, Will was not a big fan of the waves. We really enjoyed our time together with family, as a family!

This is a little shoot of the boys FIRST encounter with the beach!

Dipping the toes in the water . . . inquisitive William and Hudson

And, about 3 seconds later, a sad William and an excited Hudson! Oh, how our babes are different!

The waves meant that William definitely had to have a much-needed snuggle time with his pops

. . . while Hudsey continued enjoying himself!

We took a few walks on the beach as a family, which were fun but HOT


Although we did take the boys to the beach for several hours each afternoon, we also spent some time on the shaded porch in the baby pool . . . which, they love!

Ha, Ha! William

Precious Profile, Baby Will


He he! Hudson

Sweet little Hudson

All in all, we loved the beach! (thanks to aunt katie for these great pictures)

Sand=YUMMY!

MMMM!


William: You will not get my hat!
Hudson: I will get your hat!!


Funny faces with the sand!

Sweet boy!


Loving life at the beach!


We were able to visit with some family at the beach, and we even played "peep eye" with Great Great Aunt Monny!

Great Great Uncle Fred with Hudson and Great Great A' Monny with William


Hudson and his Uncle Christopher, after a bottle! (I LOVE this picture!! Getting this babe to snuggle you is rare!)

William and his Great Granddaddy after a bottle!


This is one of my FAVORITE pictures! I love the way Hudson is looking at Great Granddaddy!


Unkie Brett, Aunt Katie, and baby William


We really enjoyed our time on the beach . . . snoozing, visiting, playing, and eating some sand!

Hudson with Uncle Judah

Sugie's Heaven: A Day on the beach with a sleeping baby in her arms! (William)


And, while Will slept, Hud played!


Then brother joined in the fun!

Before leaving, we took our little family of four to the aquarium. We had a great time! The boys LOVED seeing the fish, the jelly fish, and the turtles!

Hudson tried to eat the eye off the turtle while William laughed with glee that we were at the aquarium!


yes, we are those people


This one is for Auntie Courtney who loves tree frogs!

Will and Hudson's favorite tank


Daddy saying "if you get too close to sharks, they will bite your hand off" . . .

I love this one!

Hudson, stop being so crabby!


It only took us 7 days to get the hang of life at the beach . . . I'm sure that next year will be a breeze with two 20 month olds! AHH!

Glorious!

Our recent skills are GLORIOUS! While I still love snuggling the boys when I feed them, their ability to feed themselves makes all of us very happy (ie: no more babies screaming at us to hurry, hurry up and feed them!)

William (yes, he is smiling and trying to eat at the same time. That takes talent!)


Hudson chowing down (and, apparently, wondering why I would dare bother him while he is eating!)


Playtime Smiles!


William patting Hudson . . . the boys are becoming increasingly aware of each other . . . there is a lot of poking and pulling hair and ears going on these days. For the most part, they are fine with it as long as no one gets hurt!


Where's Hudson? Oopsie!


Auntie Katie and Uncle Brett are HERE!! And, that means, the beach is near!! We cannot wait to go to the beach in just a few days! (We are all very excited to meet their sweet Baby Charlie in the fall!) :)


Hudson checking out my new pool bag!



I realized that I hadn't posted a picture of Will in his new car seat . . . here you go! Think he likes the camera? (and, in case you were wondering why my baby is naked and in the car, it's because we were heading to the pool!!!)

The University

Hatch and I took the boys to the Lawn and the Rotunda at UVA this past weekend. It was glorious! ;) It had rained, so we weren't able to get all of the pictures we'd hoped for, but we did get a few fun ones!

The boys and Ann Thompson practicing their "fake smiles"


At dinner with Auntie Al on "the corner"

On the steps of the Rotunda!


All smiles, William and Hudson


Giggles


Strike a pose (their dad was teaching them some of his awesome dance moves)


Little babies on big steps


The Reppard Four


William and Daddy in front of the lawn and Cabell Hall


Mommy and Hudsey-Wudsey on the lawn


Auntie Al and her sweet Wahoozies


Hudson is really into hanging his arm out of the side of the stroller . . . here he is exploring UVA (an early learner, perhaps?)


Sweet Will