The Thompson Tales

1 Year Pictures

2010-08-27T20:27:00.001-07:00

How in the world have we gotten just 2 days away from the baby’s first birthday?? Every day just gets better and better with this little guy! He has adjusted well to being back at the babysitters, but I know both he and his daddy miss their male bonding! Here are his most recent pics that a friend of mine took. She did an AMAZING job!

Phone blogging!

2010-07-12T19:05:00.001-07:00

this is a test!

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Bath Time!

2010-04-05T19:42:00.001-07:00

Here are some cute pictures from bath time tonight! I just love this baby and all his parts!

Life just does not get any better than this!

Happy Easter!

2010-04-05T19:36:00.001-07:00

We had a great 1st Easter with the baby and his Mimi and Grandpa! It was a fast trip, but it is so fun to see him with his grandparents! Here’s our little Easter bunny!

I finally caught that precious smile on film!

His first (of many) baseball games!

The 7th Inning Sleep!

The Easter Bunny visits!

Poor bunny ears! Next year he is holding out for chocolate!

Love this little grin!

I just love how he is holding on to his egg!

A failed attempt at a bluebonnet shot!

Showing off his Easter outfit!

7 months?!?!

2010-03-29T16:37:00.001-07:00

Please tell me how the baby can possibly be 7 months already! The time is really flying by. It is amazing to watch him interact with people and his toys now. He is so aware of his surroundings! He just can not seem to take enough of the world around him in. His eyes stay in a constant state of wonder, and I hope he always looks at the world this way! He is truly a blessing, and we couldn’t be enjoying him more!

Here are some things we want to remember about this age:

You weigh just over 16 lbs and are 28 inches long. (Tall and Skinny!)
You have finally decided that you are a roller.
You love your jumper.
You are a great eater.
You can say dada.
You love to play on the floor with your toys.
You love your exersaucer, but can’t understand by you don’t bounce like when you are in your jumper.
You love to play Peek-a-boo.
You “sing” yourself to sleep.
You are a great eater.
You still only cry when you need a bottle, diaper, or ready for sleep.
You love to kick!
You have the most ADORABLE smile that you cover with your tongue.
You reach and grab anything that is within your reach.
You are still mesmorized with the camera, so we can not capture that smile!
You reach for us to pick you up.
You are amazing and the best thing in our lives!

You rolled right off the quilt!

Trying to catch you in a smile!

Look Ma! No hands!

Always trying to sit up!

Happy Easter!

Almost a full smile!

Sweet Bunny Feet!

Just a Swingin’

2010-03-28T18:54:00.001-07:00

The baby’s new favorite activity is to swing! My sister gave us the baby swing and thankfully we have a play set in the back yard! I think we will be spending a lot of hours out here in the future!

Baby Bunnies

2010-03-28T18:49:00.001-07:00

This past week we found a nest of baby cottontail bunnies. They were just the cutest little things. This evening we discovered that they had all died sometime during the night. It was heartbreaking to find them.

Spring Break

2010-03-28T18:43:00.000-07:00

We had a great spring break filled with family, friends, and food! The Friday we got out, we headed down to my parents to drop of the dogs and then headed down to South Texas to my hometown. It was so fun to have a lot of my childhood friends meet the baby for the first time! After a couple of days there, we headed back to my parents and spent the rest of the week with all of my nieces and nephews! The baby LOVES his cousins and could not get enough of them! I am so grateful that he has so many kids on my side of the family to play with. It is really neat watching all of them interact with the baby! Here are some pictures of our week!

6 Months?!?!

2010-03-04T18:09:00.000-08:00

We still can not believe that the baby is now 6 months old. Time is really flying by. but it still continues to get better and better!

Here are some things we want to remember at this age:

You've rolled over only twice
You are working on a tooth and make the cutest face while playing with your gums
You have found your voice and squeal ALL the time
You LOVE LOVE LOVE your baby food and will eat all veggies and fruits
You continue to sleep through the night most of the time (other nights you get up just once)
You really notice your puppies now and try to grab them when they get close
You love your exersaucer
You love to chew on your softer toys-no teething rings for you!
You have the most adorable laugh
You are still such a good baby and hardly ever cry
You will lay in your bed in the mornings and sing and play for about 30 minutes. We try to sleep but end up listening to you and just giggling!
You are mesmorized by any technology
You are the best thing we have ever done!

Here are some pictures to enjoy!

What a difference a year makes...

2010-02-01T18:26:00.000-08:00

From this....

to this.....

Talk about an amazing year, and it just keeps getting better and better!

5 Months?!?!

2010-01-31T18:31:00.000-08:00

I seriously do not know how it has already been 5 months since this little guy has joined our family! It keeps getting better and better every day. Just this weekend he has started this precious (and sometimes not so precious) high pitched squeal, and he has finally realized he has feet and that it might be fun to grab a hold of them! He loves to laugh out loud and will laugh with you! He still continues to be such a good baby and makes every day so much better for us! Here are some pictures that my cousin took this weekend. We love that she has a new fancy smancy camera to practice with! I'm not above offering up the babe as a model!

A Quick Update

2010-01-24T19:57:00.000-08:00

Life with the baby still continues to get better and better! Everyone said our lives would change...we just can't possibly understand how great it gets until we had our own baby. He is still just the sweetest little thing and so good!

We've had a special guest this weekend. His Uncle Peter came for a visit, and the baby has just been mesmorized by him! Nana and Papa come to town on Tuesday. They couldn't stand the thought of not seeing the baby while he was 4 months old! haha Then this weekend Steffi comes for a trip to Canton! We can't wait!!

It is just amazing how much the little guy changes on a daily basis. Just two weeks ago he started going in his exersaucer and he could barely reach with one toe! In a weeks time he had grown enough to touch both feet to the bottom and turn himself around. This past week he has really started to interact with his toys. Just this afternoon I was on the couch on the computer and heard him grunting in his exersaucer. He had one of the toys around the neck and was trying to pull it off! SOOO cute!

He has started laughing with us and has the cutest chuckle! He is really interacting with people and his surroundings. We have started baby food, and so far he has loved everything we have given him! We've gone through green beans, sweet potatoes, peas, and squash. Up next are carrots and then on to fruits! We still need to work on the mess! Sometimes it takes a couple of times to get all of one spoonful in his mouth! I think in the next couple of days we will break out the highchair that Mini and Grandpa bought him. I think he is ready for it, but I've haven't been! Time is just going by so fast. I want it to slow down just a bit, but every day just gets better and better!! Here are some pictures to enjoy!

4 months old

2010-01-02T20:15:00.000-08:00

I really do not know how the baby is already 4 months old. I want time to slow down a bit, but every day really does get better and better. This little guy is the best thing we have done, and we are honored to be his parents. I don't know what we did to deserve him, but we are so grateful that God chose us!

Here are a few things that we want to remember:

He loves to "talk"
Smiles when he sees people
Grabs and bats at his toys
He loves his bouncy seat, activity mat, and a singing bee he got for Christmas
He is a great traveler
He had learned he has a tongue and loves to stick it out at you
He is eating about 5 ounces at a time
He is a great little sleeper
He loves naps
We can lay him in his crib with a paci and burp rag on his face and he is out!!
He is sleeping through the night--usually 10 hours
He really only cries when hungry, needs a diaper change, or is ready to sleep
He got his first ear infection--poor baby!
He loves being around family
He has captured our hearts!!

Baby's First Christmas!!

2010-01-02T19:42:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful first Christmas with the baby! We spent quite a bit of time with both sides of the family. The baby is definitely loved by his grandparents and cousins!! Here are a few pictures from our adventures. We hope each of you had a wonderful holiday and that 2010 is the best year yet! Every day our life gets better and better!

Be vewy vewy qwiet! I'm huntin wabbits!!

Two of my favorites guys! I just love this picture of my guys!

Santa and the baby

Our family of three enjoying the lights

What a face!!!

Like Father Like Son

This is how the baby spent his first Christmas gift exchange!

Christmas Loot!

Santa must have been exhausted from delivering presents!
We found his asleep in Nana and Papa's living room on Christmas morning!

Love the little hair feathers!

Santa Claus is coming to town...

2009-12-02T20:19:00.000-08:00

and he stopped by our house a little early!!

We finally made it to take come Christmas pictures with the baby. It also just so happened to be his 3 month birthday! I cannot believe that he is already 3 months old. I need time to slow down. We've put away his newborn and most of his 0-3 months clothes. He still continues to be such a good baby. He has started to smile more and is cooing. He has lots to say to us! He is recognizing us more and more and definitely knows who his mommy and daddy are! He just melts our hearts. We though our life was good before the baby, but boy were we wrong! This is what life is about!! Enjoy some of my favorite pictures from our photo shoot.

Giddy Up Horsey!

2009-11-01T14:31:00.001-08:00

Go to town!

Giddy Up Horsey!

Don't fall down!

The baby had to test out his cousin's new saddle!

Happy Halloween!

2009-11-01T14:17:00.001-08:00

From the cutest little baseball!

Apparently there IS CRYING in baseball! hehehe

A Traveling Man!

2009-10-03T19:16:00.000-07:00

The baby and I just got back from a short vacation to visit my family. The little guy is a traveling champ! We only had to stop once both times for a diaper change and a feeding. I am so grateful that there were no screaming fits because I'm not sure how I would have done with those! He continues to be the best little baby. He got spoiled by his grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and all the cousins. It's so fun to watch the kids interact with the baby. While we were gone we missed the daddy, but so grateful for the time around other people. I was starting to go a little stir crazy at home. It looks like I may be heading back to the land of the working in a week as long as I get the all clear from my doctor. I don't want to go back to work, but I am trying to save some of my days for emergencies or mental health days. :) We'll head back to my parents next weekend to pick up my mom who will be watching the baby when I head back to work.

Earlier this evening I weighed the little guy and he is over 9 lbs now. He is growing way too quickly! He is 5 weeks as of today. It's been the best 5 weeks of our lives!

The little native is getting restless so I better go check on him. Here are a couple of recent pics. Enjoy!

Growing!

2009-09-11T13:02:00.000-07:00

This little guy is growing so fast. He weighed 6 lbs 11 oz today at his pediatrician appointment. He is now finally past his birth weight! Here are a couple of pictures from this past week!

Making His Blog Debut!

2009-09-05T20:29:00.000-07:00

I've decided not to use the baby's real name on the blog. If you know me in real life, please send me an email (my email is in my profile) or if you Facebook, be sure to add me as a friend. There are lots of pictures going up there!

The baby is finally here! Due to some blood pressure issues I was put on bed rest on August 19. I also made a couple of trips to triage for blood work and monitoring. After being released 2 times, the 3rd time was a charm! We went to triage for the 3rd time on Saturday, August 29. My blood pressure numbers actually looked really good, but my doctor was not happy with the baby's heart beat readings. They started higher than usual and would drop down some and go back up. Thankfully it never got to a point where he was in distress, but my doctor said she was looking for another sign to take him and this was it. Within an hour or so, I was scheduled for a C-section. We were taken up to the OR while my parents anxiously waited. We were in the OR at 2:00 PM, the baby was born at 2:03 PM, and I was rolled out by 2:35. Talk about an efficient doctor! Before leaving the ER, my doctor told me that the baby's cord was wrapped around his neck twice. THANK GOD she took the sign when she did. It hurts my heart to even think of any what ifs.

He weighed 6 lbs 9 oz and was 19.5 inches long! The baby was a bit jaundice so we had to stay in the hospital until September 1. We are all adjusting well to this new little life. He is such a good baby and very laid back! He did lose a bit more weight than they wanted, but he is on the road to filling out! We have been blessed beyond measure and are so grateful for this little miracle boy!

Way Overdue Update-The Finished Nursery

2009-08-24T17:51:00.000-07:00

I hate that it's taken me so long to update the blog. You'd think that with all the summer months, that I would have at least added something since May. After being on a computer at work for 10 hours, getting on a computer at home was the last thing on my mind. :)

Here are some pictures of the baby's finished nursery. Not sure why they are a bit grainy.

Artwork that is hanging over the crib. The baby's name will go on the canvases on the right.

His crib with custom bedding made by my mom..his Nana! It's hard to see in this picture but its baseball through and through!

This is the wall that you see when you walk into the baby's room. These are photos of all of the baseball stadiums that my husband and I have been to together except for the Rangers. Go figure! The company on Ebay didn't have a picture of the Rangers. Maybe one of these days!

A corner in his room where I am sure we will spend a lot of time rocking this baby!

Just the start of his autograph collection!

A view from the door.

His dresser with the cutest baseball and glove knobs!

Nursery-Stage I

2009-05-21T17:41:00.000-07:00

We have begun planning for baby boy's arrival! We are well underway with designing and preparing the nursery. Over the past couple of days my mom has been here painting away. Here are some beginning stages photos. We are going with a Baseball theme. My mom has the fabric and will be making all of his bedding for us. Thank goodness Nana can sew! One of my favorite cousins (shout out Steph!) is taking on a huge project to paint some canvases with some baseball flair and eventually the baby's name (we are keeping it top secret) to hang on the wall that was once green in the pics below. Bedding and decor to come before too long I hope! I couldn't leave out the last picture of the furry babies in the nursery. They both LOVE to go in this room! Little do they know that eventually it won't be so quiet in there!

Happy Mother's Day

2009-05-10T07:57:00.000-07:00

I'm not even sure if I've told my mother or mother in law about this blog. If I didn't, I had the best of intentions, but didn't want to spread the word about the blog until I was done tweaking the layout. Maybe now I should ask them if they know about this? :) I know once the baby gets here, they will care more about the blog posts with photos!

Being away from our families on days like today is really hard. We hope both of our mothers (as well as all other mothers out there) have a wonderful day and love them both very much. Thankfully we just saw both of them last weekend and got to spend some time with each of them!

Our day will be pretty laid back and may not even get off the ground. The hubby is still sleeping! I'm going to try to convince him to take me to lunch somewhere and then to Ft. Worth to look at the last fabric we need for the baby's room. I'm sure he will be excited about that one! Actually he's the best and has been just as excited about this baby as I am. I tell him all the time that he is probably going to make a better mom than me! hehe So I guess I should go tell him Happy Mother's Day!

A Long Overdue Update

2009-05-10T07:43:00.000-07:00

I really need to do a better job at updating this blog, but by the time I get home from work I am tired of being on a computer!

We are winding down the house projects thanks to my parents being here for over a week and talking some of the projects. Really the last big thing to do on the house is to strip the garage and paint the floor. We were going to do this while my parents were here, but thanks to good ol' spring rains and thunderstorms our plans were postponed. Thankfully this is just a bonus project and isn't something that has to be done right away.

On the baby front all is going pretty well. I hit the 20 week mark tomorrow!! It's hard to believe that we are half way there! A couple of weeks ago we had our sonogram and found out that we are having a BOY!! We are both beyond excited and are in full force of planning his baseball nursery. The fabric is in, and we will be taking that to Nana the end of the month so she can work her magic! We'll finalize paint colors then as well and hopefully will find a time to get her up here to paint the nursery. Once it's painted my cousin, Stephanie, will hopefully treat us to some of her painting skills and add some whimsical touch to the room. *Hint Hint Steph check your email!!!*

I also need to work on getting some after pictures of the house, but just as we get things organize d and cleaned company comes and then we are back at square one. :) We love finally being able to have both sets of parents come visit at the same time and no one has to sleep on the floor!!

Baby update

2009-04-14T17:49:00.000-07:00

Unfortuantely there are no new pictures for today's post, but we were able to hear the heartbeat again. Hopefully we will be able to find out what we are having on May 7! I will be sure to post as soon as we know anything.

We are winding down on the home improvement projects and preparing for company Friday. Pictures will be up some time soon!

Tweaking

2009-04-11T20:07:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it's been a whole month since my last post! In between posts I've been sick while we are trying to finish up all the little projects left before next weekend! I can't wait to take some after pictues to show all the changes we've already made. We have our first set of company coming for the weekend for the Jimmy Buffett concert in Frisco. I can't wait for the concert and all of the crazy people that come out in full force!

As far as a baby update, I don't have much to report. I haven't been to the doctor in 3 weeks and everything checked out ok. I didn't get any new pictures of the baby, but I did get to finally hear the heartbeat! Talk about an amazing experience. I go back this Monday, and I hope the baby is not too shy so maybe we can find out if we are having a boy or a girl. I am dying (and I think my mom is too) to get the nursery going! Hopefully I'll have some news and pics Monday!

Week 11

2009-03-11T18:12:00.000-07:00

Tommy was finally able to go with me to my doctor's appointment
so he got to see the baby for the first time in person.

The Baby-Week 10

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The Baby-Week 9

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The Baby-Week 8

2009-03-07T07:48:00.000-08:00

Moving...

2009-02-28T12:19:00.001-08:00

My husband and I are at the tail end of selling our home and moving into our dream house. We are so excited to be spreading out into a house that is over twice the size of our current home. The formal living/dining and master bedroom furniture has been ordered. In the next week or two we will be making the final paint selections. Of course none of these updates are going to be as fun as when we get to create our nursery!

First blog post

2009-02-28T11:37:00.000-08:00

Welcome to my blog! After much prodding by other bloggers, I've decided to jump in and try my hand at blogging.