Loving the Playground

This is a montage of pictures from pretty much all summer long. He loves going to the playground in our neighborhood. It was pretty hot his summer so we never got to stay long when we went. It was often a reward for being a good boy while Mama ran or cleaned house.

He often tried to eat the mulch, but liked the swings:


I LOVE the slide!! It is by far my favorite!


This is probably one of my all time favorite pics of him!


Blowing Mama kisses while he swings, so sweet


The first day he realized he could walk back and forth through it.

Here comes Peter Cotton Tail!!

Chris was deployed so Easter pics aren't quite as family oriented as usual, but Thomas had a good time all the same. We visited the Easter Bunny at the Recreation Center, went to Church with Nana and Hapaw, and had lunch at Granny and Papa's house. The Easter Bunny also came to visit Thomas and was very good to him!!






Thomas Visiting with the Easter Bunny at the Rec. Center:


Thomas with his first Easter Basket from the Bunny himself:

Christmas 2008 Thomas' first!

We had a wonderful first Christmas with Thomas! He could have been less clueless of course since he was only 3.5 months old, but he was so sweet. We stayed home since it was both our first Christmas with Thomas and the first in our house. Dave, Brian, and Melis stayed at our house during the holidays which was really nice. We did our usual rounds at my family's Christmases too. We are truly blessed!!



The Loot:



Look at this cool thingy on my arm not to mention my awesome shades and sweet ride!!



The Reindeer butt as we called it:



Tacky Christmas party at our place:



Christmas will wear a fella out!!

Slacker Doesn't Even Begin to Cover It

Admittedly I have not been very good at keeping up with this blog. So in the next couple of days my goal is to update in a brief yet somewhat fulfilling manor what we have been up to for the last year. I then have a mission to KEEP it updated!! We'll see how it goes!! I'm sure few people are even still following, but those who have stuck with me will be justly rewarded with pictures of the most adorable and sweet child in the WHOLE WORLD!!

Thomas' Baptism

On November 23rd, 2008, Thomas was baptized at Grace Episcopal Church. Most of our family and a few of our close friends were there. One of my best friends from high school Allison Hanson excepted the honor of being Thomas' God Mother and Chris's brother Brian did the same as God Father. Afterward, we had a nice reception to thank everyone for attending and excepting the charge to help us raise him in a christian environment.

Getting ready:


God Parents:


Us and our big man:


The Service:






The cake at the reception:

Halloween!!

Halloween!! I'm not really all that into Halloween, but I am into free candy!! Thomas really only went to my parents house where my grandparents and brothers were all meeting. Can't beat one stop shopping!! He looked so cute dressed up in his little dinosaur outfit! We did also go to Chris's work party, so Thomas did wear his outfit twice!!

Spikes out with Mommy and Daddy helping him ROAR!!



I loved his little feet...and can we say that Lucy is the best dog EVER. She patiently sat while I took pictures; Thomas did not.



Will(Woody) and Jackson(pumpkin baby) did great, Thomas (spunkin monster) not so much!

Pumpkin Patch

Thomas' first Holiday was Halloween. So in the spirit of fall, we went to the pumpkin patch along with Chris's Dad, my brother, his wife and their two boys. Thomas could have cared less that he was there since he was only about a month old, but we had a good time and got some great pictures!




In some countries this probably qualifies as child abuse...