Merry Christmas

We got a little something extra in our stocking this year!!

Introducing

Reese Evelyn Thompson

It was quite the Christmas celebration this year with the arrival of our daughter, Reese. I woke up quite early Christmas morning feeling uncomfortable and woke up Troy shortly after to let him know that our day would not go as planned. Instead of an extended family Christmas party...we were going to extend our family! I was dead-set on having our Christmas before we went to the hospital...so we quickly ripped open our gifts with a very sleepy Kai. Didn't clean up or even have breakfast before we left. All went really well with the delivery...Reese was a trooper! We checked in at 9am and finally got to hold her at 2:26pm. She is one chunky baby, weighing in at 8lbs 10oz and measuring 21inches long!! She has some of the chubbiest cheeks I've seen on a baby...and is as beautiful as I imagined! We hope you all had a great Christmas - because ours was stinkin' AWESOME!!!! Merry Christmas!

Just a couple weeks left...

So, its been a long while since I've updated!! A lot has happened in the past couple of months. We moved into a cute little house (pics will come when I finally get organized), Troy started a new job, which he absolutely loves, and we've gotten quite a bit closer to having our little girl here. This is my sad, sad attempt at a self-photo of my belly. With Troy being gone as much as he is, its tricky finding the time and remembering to have him take the picture...so I thought I'd give it a shot. I have just over two weeks left, but my midwife says I shouldn't expect to make it to my due date. I don't want to get my hopes up, so I'm planning on January 3rd still - Kai was 5 days late. Kai is starting to talk to "baby sister" a lot more - and its the cutest thing when he thanks Heavenly Father for her in his prayers. He is also grateful for sandwiches and cake. :) Thats pretty much all the excitement here...we hope you are all well and enjoying this wonderful Christmas season!!

A Winter Bath

I just want everyone to know that the bath was not actually cold. Kai said his hair was cold and we needed to keep it warm with his hat. I just thought this was a cute picture and I wanted to share it with all of you. :)