Thomas misses me

With Jodi, Thomas, and Brady still in Utah, I have nothing better to do besides this. Oh, and get ready to move. When they dropped me off at the airport, Thomas cried. He did not want me to be somewhere else. He does just fine when I go away for work so this surprised me. He even prayed that I will go back to be with him. He talks my ear off when he talks to me on the phone since I have been gone. Good thing Brady doesn't fully know who I am.

Good News!

So we made it back from Ohio. We spent a week there in order to find a home and get things ready for our upcoming transfer. We left Tuesday mid-morning and got there just in time for dinner! Wednesday we spent the day looking at several homes. We had a good possiblity and had a few more to see on Friday. On Thursday we found a temporary apartment and spent time getting to know the area. Friday we spent the morning looking at the few remaining homes and put an offer in on the 2nd home we had seen on Wednesday. Saturday we spent the day waiting to hear back, only to find out we had lost out on that home. So we worried all day sunday and then went out Monday morning to hope for a miracle. We had three hours and 12 houses to see. We ended up finding 3 good options. We wrote up an offer during lunch and then headed to the airport. We found out later that night that the house was ours! So we are praying for a good buyout offer and that the inspections will go well.

Enjoy the pictures!

Family Pictures

With Christmas only 12 days away, I figured we had better get our family Christmas card picture taken so we can get cards made. So we hurried really fast this morning before church to get all of us ready and in good moods. It almost worked. I had to bribe Thomas with a piece of candy, but he was pretty good. I dread the day when candy no longer has the desired effect and we have to move on to something bigger.

So here are our family pictures.

Brady is Here

Brady James is here! He was born December 10, 2008 (12-10-08, isn't that fun!) at 10:53 am. He weighed in at 10 lbs even and is 22 lbs long. Jodi is doing well and is feeling great. Her back is a bit sore at the epidural site. We are all glad to be back at home as a family.

No Baby Yet. . .

So still no baby. Some contractions have come, but the don't come often or regularly. I have changed my dr appointment from wednesday to tomorrow. I will be hopefully scheduling a day to be induced if I am not in L&D by then. I'll try to keep this site updated.

A plethora of pictures

I have been hounded by family for pictures, so here are some of the pictures from the last couple of weeks.

This is a picture of Thomas seeing Santa in Springdale, AR. He wanted as far away as possible. I couldn't even bribe him with the reward of a candy cane

This is a picture of me taken 11-30-08, so I was a couple days shy of 39 weeks.



This is a picture of Thomas at the Hobby Train Display the Night of Nathanial's 5K. He loved the trains. It was so fun for him to just stand there and watch. We are definitely going to have to go back another time.


And this last picture is Nathanial, Thomas and Santa Clause after Nathanial had finished the 5k. Thomas still won't get near the Jolly Old Elf. Nathanial took 10th overall in the race and 1st in his age group.

Hope that will satisfy everyone for a few more days!

Oh the things a 2 year old can come up with

So Thomas is getting an imagination. He is learning all about is world and how things interact with in it. He is really doing well with his vocab and the sentences he creates are rather funny. But today he really hit the roof.

Just to warn you, I don't know where he comes up with his crazy ideas, it is definitely not from me or his dad. But the last few days he has had gas. We are trying to teach him to say "excuse me" and be polite. So Nathanial is in working on the computer when I hear him come running into the kitchen laughing his head off. Apparently Thomas had passed a little gas and Nathanial asked him what he did. Thomas kept playing with his cars and in his manner-of-fact voice "I sneezed with my Bum." Ok. Poor child. What craziness is in his future!