Ty trying to crawl today

Ty at 6 months old 07-12-2010

First Annual Glen Lakes Pinewood Derby

Great Giveaway!!!

I want this!

But I don't want to be selfish....

so I will share the info with everyone!

The prize: An autographed copy of Sarah Eden's book,

Courting Miss Lancaster and a $50 gift certificate to

Claire Waite Photography

(GC can be used towards a session fee,

custom design fee or prints)

Check out the site for how to enter!

Now we're swingin'!

I love Craigslist! There are some really great deals on there! I found a stroller that goes with Ty's carseat, a papasan infant seat and a papasan swing to match!

He liked it for a minute last night...then he decided he was starving!

He likes it much more today!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

I thought it would be fun for Adalyn and her friends to have a Valentine's Party. And I thought it would be fun to have brunch with the moms of her friends at the same time. So we did! And it was fun!!!

While the waffles were being made, the kids (with help from the moms) decorated their bags for their Valentines. For brunch, we had waffles, sausage, bacon, hashbrowns, fruit and waffles. YUM!...oh yeah...don't want to forget the CHOCOLATE!!!!
After brunch we frosted and decorated sugar cookies, the ate the extra frosting

Exchanging Valentines

Eating the candy from the Valentine

Claire was so kind to take pictures of all of the kids at the party and make these cute Valentine's for us to share with everyone!

Thank you! Thank you!!! To all the moms that came and helped this party/brunch be a success! We will have to do it again soon! maybe St. Patrick's Day or Easter?

Miss America weekend

Darla and her girls were treated well!

Watch this!

Darla, Katie Stam Miss America 2009, Jessica and Jasmine

They were also interviewed

by Gretchen Carlson from Fox & Friends

Watch this!....get a tissue first though!!

Ty Evan Thompson

Born Tuesday January 12 at 3:37 AM

in the comfort of our own bedroom!

Ty weighed 7 lbs 8 oz

and was 20 3/4 inches long

Translation

Here is the translation for the video of Crazy Adalyn

Mom - What does Tanner say?
Adalyn - LITTLE FETCHA!!!!

Mom - What do you say?
Adalyn - SUCKA SUCKA!!!!!

Mom - What does panda say? (from Kung Fu Panda)
Adalyn - OOO OOO MY TENDAS!!!!! (tenders)

Mom - What else do you say?
Adalyn - FETCHA FETCHA!!!!!

Crazy Adalyn!

These are a few of the things Adalyn walks around saying. She won't always do it when asked to. After the video was over, I asked her who she says this stuff too. She said, "Tanner and the missionaries!!!" She cracks me up!

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Way past due for an update!

I have been horrible this year about blogging! I guess I got sucked into Facebook and that is where all the pictures and updates end up.

Well...our biggest news for this year so far, would have to be that we are expecting a baby the beginning of January! I am now 24 weeks and feeling great! Some of you already know what went on this week but here goes anyway for the record.

I had an appointment with my midwife Monday, she said she would like me to get an ultrasound. Not necessarily because she thinks anything is wrong, but just to check and make sure everything is fine. I was a bit shocked to say the least! I talked it over with Evan and we decided that it would be fine and to just go ahead and do it. I made and appointment for Tuesday at 4:30. I called the ultrasound place that morning to ask how many people could come into the room. The lady told me nobody could! I was so mad and told her that was CRAP! This is supposed to be a family time where my husband and girls could see the baby with me! I was also going to see if Mom could come too. She put me on hold and when she came back she said the rooms are too small and they have liabilities because of the radiation, the girls can't go in, just mom and husband. I told her I would call back later and hung up. Um...Radiation??? How can that be safe for the baby??? I don't think she knew what she was talking about. I am pretty sure they don't use radiation.... how about sound waves...ultra sound???

I called Mary (my midwife) and cried, asked her if she knew of another place I could go. She said to just go and then get a 3D or 4D ultrasound at Arrowhead. I could barely talk and told her I wasn't doing all this for fun!. She said she knows and to just get it done. She said she and Nedra are working on a letter to this lab about how rude they are to all their clients. We hung up and I bawled for awhile.

Adalyn was getting a bit nervous and while she hugged me she told me, "Don't cry mommy! Be happy!!!" After crying for awhile, I remembered my conversation with the lady that schedule me....so I called the lab back and asked for her. She came on and I couldn't control my emotions. She kept asking me questions, like are you having pain? no, are you okay? yeah, It took me awhile to get my emotions together to talk to her. I told her that yesterday when I called, I asked for a time in the afternoon that my KINDERGARTNER could come, now I am being told no one can be with me, This is NOT what I want!!! She was very sweet and put me on hold for awhile and came back, she said she couldn't get a hold of the tech I was scheduled to be with, but she talked to the manager and will try to get me the biggest room (she said they are all tiny) and Evan and the girls can be with me. YEA!

I was so relieved I sat here and cried some more! A few hours later I got a call from the lab saying they needed to reschedule because of a mix up with the scheduling of the tech at two different locations. REALLY!? Why was I not surprised??? I was actually fine with that and re-scheduled for today.

SO!!!! We went today Evan AND our girls!!! Everything and everyone was very nice! The baby is healthy, measurements were right on...few days later (Jan 7th) than the due date the midwife gave me (Jan 3rd), but I am late anyway so no biggie!

Here is what we saw........

Thinking ahead!!!

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Finally....some cooperation!

Look at my adorable Adalyn!!!

She finally decided to cooperate

so Claire could take some pictures of her.

Of course, it was during someone else's

photo shoot. {Thanks Shalise for being understanding

when the kiddos interrupted your picture time!}"

......it also would have been nice if I had actually

washed her face and done her hair!!!

Thanks Claire!!!!

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Tartar Sauce!

My niece Kacie stayed with us for a couple of days last week. I have heard her and Ansley say, "Tartar Sauce!" before, but never really paid much attention. Kacie says that she learned it from iCarly. It is used in place of, "Dang!, darn!, etc... This visit! the little phrase was said many times! Even after Kacie left Ansley kept it alive. She has added her own little accent to it, which is actually kind of funny to hear her say "Tata sauce". It quickly became annoying to hear every time Ansley opened her mouth, but I guess it is growing on me and I have even said it a few times. The funniest thing is that Adalyn picked up on it right away! While she was eating lunch today she kept saying it. I had to grab the camera fast.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Since we didn't get around to making and sending

Christmas Cards out. I thought it would be fun

to send everyone we love a Valentine!

...if you are only seeing this on here,

and not in your mailbox...KNOW

that we LOVE you too!!!

Keepin' it REAL!!!

(THANKS a BILLION Claire!!!)

Listen To My Talented Nephew!

Tanner wrote a song and performed it at Youth Olympics! I wish I would have been back from Pima to hear it live. He sang it for us at Darla's the next night though. GREAT JOB TAN!!!