Playing Camping

Hugh and Will's favorite game lately

Hugh at Home

I always think of my mom when I make Hugh playdough. I remember her making it for us all the time. 

Nap time

Go, Huey, go!

Hugh learned how to ride his trike all by himself. I had attached a dog leash to it and have been pulling him around on it for a year. Now look at him go!!

Playing nicely

Will and Hugh playing pirates and paw patrol together pretending the ground is an ocean.

Just hanging around

I'm finally going to try (again!) to get back to our family blog. I'm realizing and accepting it's just going to be snippets of our lives here and there. It's hard for me to accept that it will be incomplete with big gaps in time, and not tell All The Stories, and use All the Pictures! It is what it is though. 

I'm supposed to be "watching Will's show". He's put some chairs next to a tree, and I'm watching him hang from things. 

Hugh wants to climb the tree too, just like his brother.

Thank you for this fun pile of dirt and dropped food, Mama!

Every time I sweep the kitchen floor, Hugh sees the pile for the dust pan, lets out a happy squeal, and delightedly toddles over to try to play in it faster than I can get it up. Eww. 

Inner Tube Crawl

Hugh had so much fun crawling around in and out of the kids swim floaties. He was just stealing and laughing away.

A little rest break

The Blondie Bears, smothered in sibling love

They said, "Take our picture, Mama!"

Hugh doesn't get left alone much. They're always picking him up, much to my dismay. Lexa's totally in love with him. Will is always trying to play with him.

Edited to add: 

Speaking of Will's constant attempts to play with Hugh and never leaving him alone, here's what was happening while I was just trying to write that post!

Look What Hugh Has Now

Hugh likes to play with EVERYTHING. His toys, other kids' toys, especially not toys, random stuff. 

Here his is looking carrying a box like a puppy.

In the swing

Aww. Sweet baby fell asleep sucking his thumb.

Hugh always has something to say.

Hugh's been making all kinds of noises lately, moans, happy squeals, grunts, shrieks, and babbles. He's always "talking" to us. Even in bed at 6:45 this morning, he woke up, sat up, and started talking, just going on and on, happy as can be, to his trying to sleep parents. 

Saving up these moments in my heart

There's no better feeling than a baby sleeping in your arms. Just about to head to bed, but first taking a moment to savor  this cuddle.

My Boys

I never would have guessed I'd be a mom to three boys one day. Three boys. Three wild and rambunctious, mischievious and silly, busy and super active, boisterous and funny, and so very sweet boys! I think I've got some loud, often tumultous, always bustling, and mostly FUN years to look forward to  as they grow up together in this crazy, loving house of ours.

Timmy and Hugh

Hugh thinks books are best for chewing.
Timmy thinks Hugh is amusing. He sometimes wants to carry him around and off to his room. Hugh can't go in Timmy's room because it's full of legos. Legos are everywhere...

Here he comes!

 He's on the move! In one week Hugh started sitting and by the end of it he was already off crawling and pulling himself up on everything. It was so fast. He follows us around from room to room now. He gives me this big grin and crawls over to me. It melts my heart every time.

"My Brudder!"

Will is always trying to play with Hugh. This generally ends up with Hugh crying. Will's not so good at sharing his toys, and is also always trying to put things like hats on him, play cave with him by putting a blanket over them both, taking whatever Hugh has because he suddenly wants to play with it himself, trying to pick him up and move him to wherever he's playing, getting his baby food and spoon out and trying to feed him, the list goes on! He certainly is keeping me on my toes. He and Lexa have recently taken to fighting over him too. "He's my brudder!" "No, he's my brother! Let me have him!" Fun times. Will is always calling to him, "Hughby, look at this!", and asking where he is when he doesn't see him. He is very well loved!

Hello Kitty

Hugh likes to watch the cats through the window. He's always crawling over there to look.

Big and Little

Timmy and Hugh find each other amusing.  That seems to be their general take on one another lately.

We're going to the zoo zoo zoo

Timmy said the komodo dragon was his favorite animal at the zoo.

Will loved holding and looking at the map.

Will wanted to brush all the animals.

Will decorated the turtle statue with chalk. If you look closely, you can see Timmy sitting behind a tree behind him. Timmy liked that tree. He stayed there for a while.