Bella and her new cousin.
Family Christmas Picture
Our Sweet Babies
Sweet Girl!
Our Handsome Little Man

So...I am terrible at blogging! I look at everyone's updated, cute blogs and think wow, I should really update ours and then I never do! :)
So...I am updating! :)
Here is what is going on with us:
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family. It was amazing to have a few days off to spend with my two precious ones! We had fun decorating for Christmas, wrapping presents, and enjoyed a good Carolina football win (which made Daddy sad)! Bella is so full of energy and amazes me with her ability to soak up EVERYTHING like a little sponge. The things she says and does now crack me up! You never know what silly thing she is going to do or say. She loves her dance class and is often walking around the house in her dance shoes. :) She is going to be in the Stepping Out Nutcracker Fantasy next weekend and is ultra excited about being a mouse! :)
Thomas is changing so much by the minute. He is talking like crazy, walking everywhere, and has turned into my little monkey man. He LOVES climbing and his new thing is to dance (by marching his feet) when he hears music. He is too sweet and such a precious joy to us!
We are happy to announce that we have a new addition to our family. Our nephew, Samuel Turbeville was born today. We are so thankful to have a new healthy addition to our family. :)
We are eagerly awaiting the Christmas holidays. Bella has written her list to Santa (she wants a guitar and 2 cats...we shall see if Santa can find these things) and we can't wait to see her and Thomas' faces on Christmas morning! Happy Holidays to everyone! :)

Sweet, Sweet Summer Time!

Wow...I can't believe how fast the summer is going. We have had so much fun going to the pool, visiting the zoo, going to the movies, playing at Chick-Fil-A and McDonalds, and going to story time at the Library. We almost always have some adventure to go on. We also enjoy sleeping in and having lazy mornings and afternoons together! Bella is so much fun to play with now and often makes up stories, sings, and plays with her animal toys. Thomas is getting to be such a big boy! He is beginning to take a few steps, and is starting to talk like crazy. He is saying Ma Ma, Da Da, Bella, Papa, Nana, bye-bye, and hey. He is such a sweet boy and is a happy boy all of the time! :) We also have had playdates with friends, and visited Garden City beach with our friends Micheal and Madelyn and their little boy, Harrison (Thomas' buddy). The summer has been so much fun and we are packing up to go to the beach with all of the Hudson family. We will share pictures from that soon....

It's SUMMER time...

It's hard to believe that we brought our little man home one year ago yesterday. Boy, what a difference a year makes! Thomas has grown up to be a strong, sweet, and very loving little boy. He is so sweet and is just growing too fast. We went for his one year check up last week. Here are the stats: he is 19.8 lbs., eating anything and everything :), pulling up/standing and beginning to take a few steps, he has 4 teeth, and is saying: Mama, Dada, Bye-Bye (and waving his cute little hand towards himself), Bellwuh, Papa, and mocking various other words/sounds. Bella is very sweet to him and very protective of her brother. She loves playing with him and making him laugh. They are a hoot together and make me laugh and smile everyday. Bella is quite the tomboy right now. She is into bugs and will pick up any bug that she can find. We have various bug jars laying around our house. Anyone who knows me, knows that this is a adjustment for me! :) I am not a bug person AT ALL! She loves lizards, roly polys, ladybugs, and has even picked up a slug to add to her bug jar! We are having a WONDERFUL summer together. I am loving every minute that I have with the two of them.

Thomas Turns 1!!!
We celebrated Thomas's 1st birthday with a pool party at my parent's house this weekend. We had such a wonderful time celebrating with friends and family. His "real" birthday is on Wednesday, so look for more pictures to come....

New Pictures....

Happy 3rd and 28th Birthday!

Well today our big girl turned 3! It's hard to believe that it has been three years ago since our precious little girl joined our family! Bella and Shaun have the same birthday (which her daddy just LOVES). We celebrated yesterday with a family and friends party. Our house was bursting out the seams with some very special people. Isabella loved every minute of it and enjoyed her princess theme party. We celebrated today with lunch at her and Shaun's favorite place, Zaxby's. We then came home and ate cupcakes! They are calling for snow here later on this afternoon. She is very excited that it might snow on her birthday! :) Attached are some pictures from her preschool party, her Princess party and today!

Snow Day!

Christmas and 2009

Okay...well it has been a little while since I last posted. I am going to post pictures from Christmas and from the snow that we had today. Everyone is doing great in the Hudson household and we have a new addition. I got Shaun a lab puppy for our 5th anniversary. We named our new puppy Bo and Isabella has LOVED playing with him! Thomas is getting to be such a big boy and is beginning to rock. So I guess we are on the track of crawling very soon! We hope you had a blessed Christmas and are starting 2009 out with a bang! :)