Trip to Aunt Ginger's

The boys and I made a trip to my Aunt Ginger's out near Amarillo with my Aunt Kim. Erin and Owen came with us too. We had a great time. Unfortunately, farm life is completely foreign to Hudson so it was quite the trip of new experiences. Playing with toy pistols, riding tractors, horses and four wheelers, and jumping around on hay bales. He had a blast. My cousin Moriah's two boys, Cutter and Colter, were around quite a bit so they made sure to show him all the ropes. Oh yeah, one more thing he got to try... roping!

Summer at Pappy and Oma's

We spent the summer at my parents' house. Mark worked for my dad on a house he is building just a few doors down from where they live. It worked out wonderfully because Mark could walk to work, and Hudson could periodically run over to supervise. He loved being about to work on a real job with his dad. We had all kinds of fun doing all sorts of things this summer.

Elliot busy at work emptying Oma's drawers...

Oma took Hudson to an airshow...

Hudson became a better driver than me this summer...

Elliot tried his hand at driving too...

Elliot discovered bubbles were lots of fun...

                                                    

Hudson took swim lessons...

while Elliot showed off his swimming diaper...

the boys gave us several concerts...

Hudson helped Pappy and Daddy work on the new house...

Hud built a tower to show Daddy what the new house ought to look like...

Elliot loved playing with my sister's dog, Jack...

Owen played cowboy with us...

Hudson watered Oma's garden...

Hud found a new love for bike riding...

Owen Banks Duran

Owen under the jaundice light.

My sister and her husband with their new little guy.

He's finally here!

Hudson's Hair is ALL Gone

I tried trimming Hudson's hair and ended up getting out Mark's clippers! :)
Here are a couple of "before and after" shots.

Elliot's really on the move!

Elliot loves to do this stretch thing...we're not really sure why, but he loves it none the less. He'll do it on command pretty much. We have a good time laughing at him when he does it.

1st bath together...oh so fun!














Elliot loves to spit...we see this face often!











Too cool for school.

Jan '08 Trip to Pop and Gamma's

Hudson had a blast in the snow on our trip to Boston in January.










Dave, Mark and Andy all showing the Hud how to hang spoons on their noses.







Hudson learned REAL quick.

The Hamilton Men

So handsome!