Blessed

We are blessed....there is no better way to say it!

This weekend, while not what I had planned for Kyle's 30th Birthday, proved the point at how blessed we really are.  Even though we haven't had hot water at our house since Thursday, we are blessed to have Andy right down the street and willing to spend all day in the basement working on the plumbing in our house.  Not to mention Kyle, who worked on it until 11 pm last night when he had to work this morning, just so the boys and I could have a warm house.

We have amazing Grandmothers for our baby boys who have kept us very well supplied in food. I probably won't have to cook for a few months thanks to both of their efforts.  As well other family members who call just to check in on Ollie & Liam (oh and me too)!

Our second "family" or otherwise known as our great Meeker friends, who we had a wonderful time with last night.  Ollie was snuggled in the arms of people while he quietly slept. Liam was busy playing with friends, making his rounds begging for food and being held by whoever had an open lap that looked comfortable. 

Finally we are so blessed by our little family.  We have two sweet, amazing and healthy boys. They each have a little bit of me, a little bit of Kyle, and now a little bit of each other in them, but somehow are perfectly themselves.

We could not ask for more this Christmas!

We are BLESSED!

Dupies

Oliver Cole Thomson

I guess Christmas wishes to Santa really do come true...sometimes.

Early Sunday, December 4, 2011, we welcomed our second baby boy into the world.  Little Oliver Cole, Ollie, was born at 4:32 am in Glenwood Springs at Valley View Hospital. We had a great birth, if there really is such a thing, that was extremely fast and went as smoothly as possible.  He was born at 7 lbs. 6 oz. and 20.5 inches long.  While he was not a huge baby, he was about 1 inch longer and about 1.5 lbs heavier than Liam, the midwives were expecting a 6 pounder.

My contractions started around midnight on Sunday morning.  Kyle had literally just got in bed when they started. They were 7 minutes apart and strong enough to wake me up.  After I couldn't lay there any longer and a call to the midwife was overdue I left the bed and retreated to the living room, where Kyle found me and realized we would be leaving shortly.  We made a few calls to have a friend sleep over with Liam and pick up another friend for the drive down.  During the drive down the contractions had stayed pretty steady but they were definately getting closer together and longer.  We checked into the hospital at 2:45 am, at which point there was no turning back and we were clearly going to have this baby.  After getting settled into the room my contractions got much stronger and closer together instantly.  Before I knew the midwife had broke my water and shortly after Little Ollie was born. 

We spent a few "restful" days in the hospital, had tons of visitors and was shortly sent home to be with our family.  Liam is excited to have his little brother here, but just doesn't understand why he won't eat Cheerios, Goldfish or grapes.  As for life with two little Thomsons, it is A Beautiful Life, and I can only imagine how much better it will get. 

Kyle and I at the hospital, our last picture before Little Ollie was born.  This was between contractions that were basically one-ontop-of-another, so that is why I don't look to pleased.  Also it is sometime between 3-4 am.

Ollie after he is all cleaned up and ready to be shown off! 

 Our "big" Little Guy!

Kyle meeting his son under the warming lights....love at first sight!!!

Ollie and I snuggling. 

Liam meeting his little brother Ollie for the first time.

I couldn't ask for anything better, what a special moment for our family.

Dear Santa....

This morning we took part in a few traditions that many families share at this time of year.  Our first tradition was Breakfast with Santa.  Last year we took Liam to meet Santa for the first time however he slept through the whole thing, only being 3 weeks old.  This year he was awake however slightly confused.  This year Liam asked for .... a little brother!



Following Breakfast with Santa we went on a hunt for the perfect Christmas Tree.  Thanks to Deloy's secret Christmas Tree spot we found one that was "worthy" enough to be in our house.  Unfortunately our tree was much prettier in its natural environment. Once we got it home we realized that the tree was too big for our living room, after cutting the bottom foot off of it some of the "fullness" had disappeared, oh well!

Finally this afternoon we spent sometime turning our living room into "Santa's Workshop".  The tree is safely adhered to the wall that way if Liam decides to climb it he will won't pull it over in the process.  Lights and ornaments are safely placed on the tree roughly 3.5 feet and above. Stocking are hung above the fireplace just in case Santa wants to drop something inside. And finally a few Christmas decorations are out, including the snowman family handmade by my Grandma Pauline.

Family Photos

Clearly another family....Thanks for giving me the opportunity to take your pictures.

These were my favorites!



The Nursery

I have been waiting to write this post since I found out I was pregnant last spring.  And finally after much debating we compromised (mostly I got my way for the time being) and Baby Boy Thomson has his own room.  Like so many things this is easier said then done.

At 36 weeks and 3 days pregnant Kyle finally had a free weekend to work on the room.  Thanks to a few good friends and Kyle's hard work, this probably sets a record for transforming a 1970's bedroom into a modern day nursery (I am happy to report the dark brown cork board is gone). 

Deloy happily ripping down the cork board

A giant mess - ripping popcorn off a ceiling, I tried to stay ahead of the mess but it became an impossible mission.

Kyle framed in the closet - it will become part of our enlarged kitchen in...oh...five years!

FINALLY IT IS DONE!

Thank you to all of our great friends and family who assisted in this process, and mostly to Kyle who spent many hours on his Thanksgiving "Break" making a beautiful home for our new baby. 

If only he would decide it is time to see the world on the outside!!!

Sweet Little Lizzie

The following pictures I took of my sweet little niece, Lizzie.  There were a few photos of the cutest cousins in the world. These are just a few of the couple hundred that I took, but they are favorites.



Party Time

Liam's First Birthday party was this weekend. It was a great time that we shared with the company of family and friends. Liam was completely overloaded with toys and clothes.

I made Liam his very own airplane cake.  It was my first attempt at decorating a cake by myself and it was successful, however I don't think Liam would have cared either way.  I will get to the cake eating later. 

My little party boy entertaining his guests.



After a delicious lunch it was time for singing Happy Birthday and eating cake.  Both of these evens were a little strange for little Liam. First singing Happy Birthday, he was a little embarrassed about this and wanted hide.  Unfortunately he was the center of attention in his highchair and had nowhere to go. As for eating cake, anyone who knows Liam they know that he loves food! At first it was one finger in the icing.  It didn't take him long to discover that there was a better way.  The more effective method involved Liam putting his face into the cake multiple times.  By the end of his cake there were tons of crumbs, blue and red icing all over his face (why did a pick those colors?), a high chair and little boy that both desperately need a bath.  The pictures do not do justice to how much he loved his birthday cake.

Liam had a lot of help opening his presents from his many little friends and Daddy. 

As for us, today we are enjoying a quiet day at the house with naps for all (including the dog).  Great leftovers and playing with some new toys.  Oh yeah and laundry.