My Special Christmas Gift

About a week before Christmas I was talking to my sister, Adele and she said that if I had Reese on Christmas I needed to take a picture of her with a big bow on (like a present). This is what I got. I had a lot of fun trying to get the perfect picture of her as my little gift...she didn't have as much fun as I did, but I'm sure she is over it. :) She is a really good baby!! I was a bit nervous, because I've heard that #2 isn't as good as #1 - but I have no complaints!

Reese is one week

I can't believe Reese is one week already! She has been such a joy to have at home...she sleeps a ton and really only fusses when she is hungry. She has sleeping stretches for 4-5 hours at night and I really have been enjoying that! :) Kai has done so well with her so far. He really likes to hold her for about 10 seconds at a time...but he always gives her a kiss on the head before he gives her up. He is very protective of her already and I love it!! We are so blessed to have her here and are looking forward to many more moments of happiness!!

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. :)

Halloween 2008

We had a lot of fun for Halloween this year! We went to a small pumpkin patch and Troy and Kai found the perfect pumpkins for carving and coloring. Troy did a great job carving, as usual - such a perfectionist. And isn't Kai's drawing amazing?! He is pretty advanced. :) We had a party for the school this year and everyone seemed to really enjoy that. Kai absolutely did not want to put on his costume. He would carry it around and play with it, but putting it on was out of the question! Troy and I tag-teamed him and forced it on...he then decided to throw a fit and cry for about 15 minutes...which I just let him do, because I wasn't going to take off the costume. When the kids started to show up for the party, he started having fun and when it was time to take off the costume, he wanted to keep it on! Go figure! Kai was, obviously, Spiderman. Troy was Superman and I was Supergirl...sorry, no family picture to show. Second year in a row we didn't get around to having a picture taken, but oh well. Hope you all had happy hauntings!

Wyatt's 24 hours in Moab

Wyatt did a 24-hour Mountain Bike Race in Moab, Utah this past October. Troy and I were able to go watch and "help out" a little bit. His team pretty much had everything covered, but we pitched in where we could. It was so fun to be there for Wyatt...I haven't seen him race in anything since high school, so it was great to be able to share this with him. Wyatt did AWESOME! He was part of a 3-man team (which was cut to 2 at about midnight due to a knee injury). Wyatt and his teammate were able to keep the team going by doing two laps at a time - the laps were about 15 miles each. The third team member was able to rejoin the group around 10am and he finished off the race. It was quite cold and VERY windy - but fun nonetheless. The picture below is Wyatt on his first lap - he's in blue! Great job Wyatt and good luck in AZ!