Buddy Juddy Love

Everyone who knows us has probably heard about our excellent friends, the Gilberts, who are a crucial part of our Richmond family. Juddy and Emmett are 10 weeks apart and we pretty much can't get enough of the two of them together! Brooke's birthday is coming up and we can't even say how happy we are that you were born :)
Here are the two buddies at the pool, matching outfits masterminded by Brooke


Tanned and fit mama Brooke with the boys

Bathtime -- Emmett still doesn't have much hair to make shampoo sculptures with

OK - earlier today was the first time that they saw each other and HUGGED and squealed with joy! I almost knocked the hugging cuties over in my rush to get to the camera. Honestly could have cried, it was so cute.

New photos

Emmett eating a pear, cuddling, and watching sports programs with Daddy

Sweet as can be

If there were a Gold Medal in Pool Mooching, the Ilnickis would win it

Skype with Nana and Pop Pop

The little I-talian enjoys some of Mommy's homemade marinara sauce and Daddy's vegetarian (thank you) carbonara sauce

GMEN HQ Gets some nice attention!

Andrew's been the lead writer for GMEN HQ - http://www.gmenhq.com - for just a week or so and today was surprised/excited/embarassed to find that the Giants page on sportsillustrated.com has been linking to his articles! That's a pretty big deal, reviewing the other sources they reference (NY Times; Giants home site; Washington Post, etc.) Also, this is unprecedented on the site. Way to go AI.

So, someone at Sports Illustrated clearly has excellent taste, Andrew knows how to press buttons with his writing (Eli > Romo, anyone?), and Emmett's Giants sweatshirt from Great-Grandma and Grandpa Engle will be getting lost of use this season.

Oh, and the Cowboy's site has been linking to the Romo article too, resulting in some not-so-nice or grammatically correct feedback. So Giants fans, pipe up! All I know is grammar and though I'm not afraid to use the comments section to defend Appropriate Use of the Apostrophe, I don't think this is the kind of dialogue that's appreciated there.

Cleo Dog

An old picture of Cleo, with a new one! Can you tell we're clearing out our computers? Here she is with her pretty hair/fur, also she was so angry about her summer cut.

Emmett with Mommy and Daddy

Here are a couple more photos from Juddy's birthday party, of Emmett with his parents. A few professional photographers were in attendance and their pics are way better than ours.

Joey and Siena

We don't have many pictures of him, but wanted to share a few pictures from Sarah and Joe of their beautiful children, Siena and Joey! Can't wait to meet you in August, little buddy :)

Andrew writes about sports some more

More exciting news from Andrew's football blogging career: he has been offered a position as LEAD blogger for http://gmenhq.com/ - this is a Giants website, which means that this season he'll be a lead writer for both a Redskins AND a Giants site. Emmett and I can hardly wait.

http://gmenhq.com/
http://www.redskinsgab.com/

Happy Birthday, Juddy!

Emmett's BFF Juddy just turned 1!! We were so happy to be back in town to celebrate at his fabulous birthday party, complete with pony rides! Juddy didn't like the pony, Emmett thought it was a dog, so it was up to Alec and the other 'big' kids to show them how it was done. Thank you, Andy and Brooke, for a great time!

Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett!

Andrew's lovely cousin Laura and her longtime boyfriend, Bryan, were married July 2 in Saratoga Springs, NY. We were so happy to be there and to see everyone! Here are a few photos from their great wedding.

Jane and Anna just before the ceremony

Congratulations also to Brian (brother of the Groom) and Shanee... here they are just 4 days before the birth of baby #2, a boy!

Andrew and Elana at the cocktail reception

Picture perfect NY day...

And the dinner reception! Everything was beautiful.

What a Monkey