Lounging Around...

In case there was any doubt that we have one laid back kid, I have some pictures to prove it. Lately, Thomas is perfectly content laying there watching TV or playing - whether he is in mommy and daddy's bed or surrounded by his toys!

Don't you love his belly poking out in this one? He doesn't seem to mind!



An Overnight Transformation

Last week we had new carpet put in upstairs. What a difference it has made!! We barely used this space before because of the old and dingy carpet. Now we have a family room space on one side and a playroom for the little man on the other! We have only had the new carpet for a few days, and we have been up there every day.

Thomas was so lucky to get so many wonderful presents for Christmas this year. Now we have a place for all of these fun toys. 

A few views from the "grown up" side of the room. The panelling is still there.....we all know I have always loved that panelling.....but the lighter carpet makes it a lot more palatable.


One more reason this new carpet came at the perfect timing....this little guy is trying very hard to get his move

on. He can't stand it when those toys get just out of his reach! Looks like we might be mobile before too long.

 



Our New Favorite Toy....

 Daddy's Hat!

Junior Cotillion

A family photo from the Peabody right before Christmas. This year Lisa was in Junior Cotillion. Hard to believe the baby of the family is doing Junior Cotillion. Thomas got to come down for pictures before and to see his sweet aunt in her pretty dress.

Since he was all dressed up, we had to get some pictures of the little man in front of the tree. Please notice that he only has on one shoe....lost it getting out of the car. I mean really? Why do I even bother with shoes? Because they are so stinking cute! Anyway....

Thompson family photo. This is not the one they used for the Christmas card, but you get the idea.

My sweet dad has been dancing with his girls for a while now. I think you could even call him a pro by now. Over the holidays, we lined up this same snapshot of Daddy with each of his girls over the years. Funny how some traditions don't change. (Even if Lisa does think that I grew up ages ago. She calls my MUS cheerleading fleece "retro." Makes me feel really old....)

I love this picture. These two have a love-hate relationship. The hate is mostly just annoyance and at the root is full of love. I'm so glad that Annie and Lisa have grown up with a brother figure in their life. How better to keep a teenage girl grounded?? Patrick and I started dating when Lisa was in second grade. I guess that does make me old, huh?

Had to get one of the girls.

So being the parents that we now are, we didn't care if we embarrassed anyone by dancing. Barely any of the teenagers were dancing and it was a good band....so before we headed home, we stole a dance. This is one of my favorite things to do....Patrick and I have been dancing together for so long that I can hardly dance with anyone else. Isn't that awful? He says its because I try to lead....me? I would never do that! : )

Daddy has never minded embarrassing any of us girls, so he joined us on the dance floor.

And this one is this short of a miracle...Lisa actually danced with Patrick and didn't even try to protest. He said that she is a very good dancer too!

Had to get my turn with Daddy too!

A very fun night overall! Only one more Junior Cotillion to go before we take about 16 years off. Won't be enjoying it again until we are parents of one of the guys. How scary is that??

Life Around Our House Lately....

Look at that smile.....that is code for one happy kiddo! Daddy was home from work and Thomas loves his Dad.
Thomas spends lots of time playing on the floor surrounded by his toys. Christmas brought lots of new toys for him to play with so he has a blast!

Sweet boy. Disregard his greasy cheeks. He gets that winter rash from the cold air outside, hot air inside, so we put lots of Aquaphor on his little cheeks.

While he doesn't look so thrilled in this picture, he loves riding in his stroller facing forward. I finally turned him around after Christmas. Little Mr. Nosey loves to look out and see everything.

Just an update on life as we know it.....nothing very exciting.

Happy Monday!

6 Months...really late!

Can you stand it? How cute is this guy?


Thomas was 6 months old on December 10th. We've been pretty busy since then, so I'm just now sitting down to document this milestone. At his checkup, he weighed 18 lbs 8 ounces and was 26 inches long. That puts him in the 75th percentile in weight and 35th percentile in height. We've come a long way from our little 6 lbs 2 ounce nugget! I think these first few pictures give you a good idea of where each of those 18 pounds are. I took these right before bathtime, which is still one of his favorite things. He is almost too big for the baby bathtub now!

Little man is such a happy baby. We get laughs like this everyday. He wakes up in the morning with a huge smile. What an awesome wake up call! He is sitting up so well now and likes to play, play, play. He can shake a rattle and can play on his tap a tune piano very intentionally now. Everything he touches goes in his mouth. He is a great eater. So far, he has liked all baby foods except peas and green beans. Honestly, I don't blame him. Have you smelled peas and green beans from a baby food jar? I was just as anxious to throw those jars in the trash can and never get one out again. I'm sure we will try again in a few weeks, but until then, no love has been lost here! I will post more on the adventures of eating later.

He has a blanket now. It is a blue and white minky blanket with blue satin edges. He loves to snuggle up with the blanket and chew on the edges. He has become so attached to this blanket that I bought another one. We interchange them and always have one to use in case the other is in the washing machine!

Thomas still loves his johnny jumper. He will go from sitting to spread out on the floor if there is a toy he wants that is out of his reach. I'm afraid we will be crawling sooner rather than later. The only thing keeping him from crawling is those sweet "rolls" he would have to lift in order to crawl. I'm in no hurry for this little one to be on the move, so hopefully it will take him a little longer.

Our sweet boy is getting so big. Hard to believe he has been here over half of a year! This little one is certainly a keeper. We are beyond blessed!!!

Thomas's First Christmas!

This Christmas we had a lot of firsts....it was our first Christmas as parents, it was Thomas's first Christmas, it was also the first Christmas that we woke up at our house. I guess this officially makes us grown ups....about time, huh?

We woke up early on Christmas morning and Patrick and I opened our gifts over coffee. It was so nice to have that time before the chaos of the day. Little one piped up around 6:30 and we got him up and ready to go to my Dad's house for Christmas. If you know my family, you are pretty surprised by what I just wrote. Yes, we were planning to do Christmas morning at their house at 7:00am. Those bums over there could sleep all day if they were allowed to, so this was a MAJOR sacrifice - all for our little Thomas. He is usually wiped out by 8:00 am and headed down for a nap, so we had to have Christmas early (really early) this year.

Here is a snapshot of the little man waiting to see what he got for Christmas. He looks a little excited, huh?


His two aunts gave him this doggy chair. He can sit in it all by himself. Look at him looking at that chair.

Trying to give Annie a big kiss!

A shot of all of Thomas's loot. A bit obscene but oh how grateful are we for grandparents! I was able to put up half of the toys in a closet to bring out throughout the year. We had to put a rush on the carpet for upstairs so we can keep all of these toys somewhere!

Later that afternoon, we had the Thompson/Shea family Christmas at my Dad's. He is a picture of the spread.....so yummy!

The little man brought his ladybug over to play with (see my Christmas Eve post for the significance of the ladybug). Thomas went crazy laughing for almost 15 minutes. Everyone in the room was completely entertained.

I had to include this picture because this is such a Thomas face. He is such a curious (some might say nosey) baby. He is always looking to see what everyone else is doing.

Here is a picture of Thomas with one of his favorite people....Aunt BooBoo played with him all day!

Patrick's parents will look at this picture and flashback to when Patrick was little. Thomas loves to put the edges of his blanket in his mouth - as much as can possibly fit in his mouth too. It is hard to catch a good picture of this, so I had to post this now that I have one. As Thomas gets older, it is fun to see what personality traits and mannerisms he has from each of us.