No Baby Yet...

Today is my official due date and we don't have a baby yet. Dr. Newton is allowing me to wait until my appointment next Wednesday but if baby Thompson is still snuggling in the womb-rooom, she is going to induce.

Anyway, you will hear from us sometime within the next week. Have a good one!

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!

Abbie officially turned two today. I can't believe that two years ago today she joined our family. It's gone by so quickly yet it is hard to remember life without her. She is definitely a joy in all of our lives...mom, dad and big brother. I'm not sure what we would do without her big smile, enthusiasm, or afro.

We had her party last Friday (you can read about it in the previous post) so we didn't do a lot of celebrating today. We did tell her "Happy Birthday" all day and reminded her how happy we are to have her as part of our family.

It was a busy day today. This morning was the Holiday Outreach event at Kyle's school that I organize. We received a lot of donations for Corps of Compassion and tons of families came out to walk. All in all, it was a success.

After the event, I came home and prepared dinner with Sam. We didn't call it Thanksgiving this year for two reasons...1. I've never prepared a turkey and if it turned out totally yuck then I would have ruined Sam's holiday. 2. I really wanted to invite over our friends Tara and Scott and they don't celebrate Thanksgiving. This way, it worked out well for everyone. No real pressure on us to make the turkey perfect (Sam basically helped prepare the entire meal with me....thanks Sam!) and it was a Thanksgiving free environment (no turkey decorations, pilgrim outfits, etc.) so Tara and Scott were comfortable joining us. They are two of our closest friends and we just don't see them often enough so it was great to just hang out.

Hope everyone had a nice day and enjoys a long holiday weekend. Below are some photos of Abbie taken over the last two years.

Abbie's 2nd Birthday Party

This photo pretty much sums up Abbie's birthday party. She was tired and cranky the entire time and spent a good majority in tears. Luckily, everyone else seemed to have a good time. We had pizza and salads, watched movies in the front yard, played with toys and generally let the kids run around the house and yard playing with one another.

It was a small family party with a few really close friends. We had the big Halloween party a few weeks ago so we didn't feel the need to invite everyone we know all over again...thank goodness!

Abbie got some really fun gifts and when she wasn't crying her eyes out, enjoyed being with all her friends and their older brothers & sisters.

Thanks to everyone for being so helpful...didn't count on running a party with a crying baby! You were all fantastic as usual. A special mention for Sam...she came over a few hours early and helped me hang lanterns, assemble and hang the movie screen and put together the movie projector. Hopefully birthday number 3 will be a little more enjoyable for the birthday girl!

This is about the best smile we saw all night

Ruby enjoying a strawberry cupcake

Nate enjoying the party

Auntie Lindsay & Auntie Sammy

Kristen & Grover helping blow out the candles

Abbie hanging out in her brand new wagon...thanks Gubler and Butler Families!!!!!

Abbie opening her presents with Elise & Lulu

Two of my favorite things...

Yesterday I got to do two of my very favorite things...run a race with my family and go see James Taylor.

Tripp, Kyle, Abbie and I ran the Nike 5k for Kids yesterday morning. Abbie still rides along in the jog stroller but Tripp, Kyle and I ran. It was a beautiful day for a run and so much fun to see all the kids out for the race. Tripp and I aren't really into sports...we don't watch football, basketball, baseball, tennis, etc. on television and we aren't big supporters of either my college team or the UNLV team so it is nice that other than golf, there is a typle of activity our entire family can be involved in. Kyle really enjoys running and we hope that as we continue to particiate as a family in the 5k runs and I participate in the longer ones, Kyle and the other kids might develop a love for it as well. This was probably my last race before new baby comes but I hope he/she has enjoyed joining us in the races while in the womb room.

My parents invited Tripp and I to see my favorite singer/songwriter/musician, James Taylor, last night. I've seen him more times than I can count but it doesn't diminish the enjoyment of each additional concert I have the fortune of attending. My parents invited two other couples to join us and one asked if we knew who James Taylor was. I explained to her that I think children develop a love/hate relationship with the music their parents listed to...they either love it or they hate it. I happen to love it and besides my very favorite, James Taylor, also enjoy listening to Carly Simon, The Beatles, Kenny Loggins, Carol King, Neil Diamond and many more. I'm thankful that I had the opportunity to listen to and appreciate artists other than what the radio was targeting to my age group. Having said that, I think my dad will forever be sorry that none of his girls took to The Limelighters.

As a quick note...as it comes times to go to the hopsital for the arrival of new baby, one of us will post that we are heading there and we hope to post a quick note announcing it's arrival shortly after the birth. We may not be able to call everyone right away, but check the blog for updates on arrival, gender, name, etc.

First Day of School

Abbie started her first day of preschool this morning. She will being going for 45 minutes once a week until she hits three. I think at that point she gets to move into a bigger girl class.

She was the only kid with a backpack but she was probably the only kid with a 10 year old brother who wears one to school every day. She knows what this school thing is all about!

Anyway, she had fun learning about the letter F, coloring, making a project (she got introduced to scissors and glue), singing songs and having sharing time.

I apologize for the quality of the last two photos...they were taken with my phone. At least I was able to capture them!

Big Girl Bed

Abbie is officially sleeping in her big girl bed. She made the change over the weekend. The nights have been going really well but she's had two rough nap times and one great nap time. It takes her awhile to fall asleep for her nap. She gets too excited about being in the big girl bed and being able to reach the blinds and open them (I may have to do something about that).

Luckily, she isn't trying to climb out of bed, which was my greatest fear. With the gate up and us placing her in the bed, I think she thinks of it as a crib situation. Kyle is so excited to have her finally sharing their room!

Halloween

I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween. Ours was a busy one.

Tripp and I joined Kyle for his class party. It was fun hanging out with the kids for pizza, games and cookie decorating.

Samantha and Lindsay came over in the evening to take photos of the cousins in their costumes. These photos are courtesy of Lindsay. Sam took some as well but it could take me a little while to get my hands on them. I should have just uploaded them before she left.

Our little family went trick-or-treating for three hours. Both kids had a wonderful time but watching Abbie run up to each door with her brother was so fun. She was running so fast and waddling around in her chicken costume...if it wasn't dark I would have recorded it for the blog. She finally pooped out and rode around in her big red car watching everyone as Kyle ran from house to house. We ended the evening with a visit to Grandpa Marz who was handing out candy solo on his front porch. Both kids went to bed after 9 p.m. but I think this once it was worth it.

Next year we will have a third musketeer as part of the Halloween Party...can't wait!