6-8 Months!



Being a mother of two is quiet the handful! I meant to be very repentant for not doing a better job on keeping up with Aiden’s baby book by doing a better job with Michael David’s and find that I just can’t seem to keep up! Here are the latest updates on Michael David!

Michael David never did scoot; once he learned to roll from tummy to back he just wouldn’t do tummy time. He would roll around on the floor to get what he wanted although it did get frustrating for him.

By Michael David’s 6 month baby well visit he was exceeding all milestones with flying colors according to his pediatrician. He was 27.25 inches long putting him in the 77th percentile for height, and 17.77lbs putting him in the 54th percentile for weight.

In February Mikey started crawling and forever changed our lives! He is absolutely fearless and full of curiosity! He is especially interested in things that make noise such as the hair dyer and vacuum cleaner. His favorite rooms in the house are Aiden’s bedroom and the office. He has a keen sense of when they are accessible and is in pursuit faster than a blink of an eye.



He is an excellent eater and is willing to eat any vegetable I put before him. Lately he is much more interested in real food than baby food. His favorite two favorite foods are cheerios and popcorn.



In March Mikey got his first tooth with a second following at the tail end of the month. He has started to walk by furniture and walks all around the house with his walker. He has taken a couple steps on his on but only because he was tricked into it.



He has become quiet the talker. When he’s happy he says “da da da” when he’s upset he says “mum mum mum” when he’s in deep conversation he says “doidel doidel doidel” or “yi yi yi!” More recently he has started screaming! Yes screaming when he is either excited or mad.

He is much more interested in Aiden’s toys than he is his own. He loves to play with Aiden’s matchbox cars while making car noises by blowing raspberries. He also loves to experiment; I wonder what will happen if I tap this toy on the piano, or I wonder what this toy tastes like, what will happen if I throw this on the floor.





Michael David is an absolute Joy and it has been such an awesome experience to watch him grow and develop his personality. He has been such a blessing for our family and has brought us all closer together!

Aidenisms!



On the drive home one day Aiden announces "Mom, I can't read!" the next day Aiden says "Mom! I can read now!" I said "what can you read?" He says "at!" He told me to spell a word for him so I wrote go and asked him what it spelled he said "guh Oh!"

I'm totally against junk food for kids but occasionally I let Aiden get a treat. The other day Aiden picked out a hostess cupcakes as a treat. When he bit into them he said "Mom, look! It has mayonnaise!"

Aiden still idolizes Michael, at bed time the other day Aiden says "Mom does dad usually sleep with his socks off?" he wanted to make sure he was just like dad.

Aiden and I were looking at pictures and he see's a picture of Michael David and exclaims "Oooh! There's bat baby! he's soooo darling!"

I was talk with Aiden on the phone while he was at Grandma's and he says "Mom, I made the baby a boat that transforms into a stroller!!"

I was trying to get Aiden to clean his room, I told him I would give him a surprise if he cleaned it and he says to me “Is it not a hug mom?!”

Aiden and I were playing with Michael David pretending we were eating cake, I said mine was Chocolate, Aiden said his was Vanilla then he said "Michael David said his is Cherry in his head."

Aiden has become very interested in the human body, especially the brain and skeleton. The other day at bed time he said "Mom, I don't want to be a boy, I just want to be a skeleton boy." Another night in the tub he was telling me something and said "My skeleton was thinking that."

Aiden was singing in the van and starts giggling and says “Mikey is thinking Aiden what the heck are you singing!?” He laughed some more and said “Mikey is hilarious!”

Aiden asked me “Mom, if you smell a kitty will you be allergic?”

Missing Michael!

Over the last 6 months I’ve been really spoiled in that I’ve only had to spend 2 days apart from Michael. Now that things are back in full swing at work he has to travel again. Today is going on five days away from my sweetheart and these are the top ten things I miss most about Michael:

1. Good morning hugs and kisses
2. Putting my cold feet against his warm body at night
3. Making out in the elevator at work
4. Holding hands
5. Mid-day lunch breaks
6. Cuddling in front of the TV after getting the kids in bed
7. Date night
8. Smelling his cologne on the baby
9. His laugh and his smile
10. Our talks on the way into and from the office

Michael gets home tonight… I can hardly wait!

Christmas festivities!

Christmas is one of my favorite holidays, if not my favorite. There is a sort of magic that comes with this particular holiday that is infectious. I am really big on traditions; I think they help capture the Christmas magic. I liken Christmas to a wedding; you spend so much money and time preparing all for one day in the end that goes by really fast. It is for that reason we celebrate this holiday as long as possible starting the day after Thanksgiving.



Every year our ward does a Christmas Party and they have the Primary children participate in a program. This was the first year Aiden was old enough to participate and I absolutely loved watching him sing!! (I tired to load video but it was too big)

One of the first activities we did as a part of our Christmas festivities was making gingerbread houses. Any one that knows me knows that I have a tendency to be cheap or frugal. So instead of buying a kit I bought graham crackers, candy and some squeeze frosting. All and all it wasn’t too bad however we did have a challenge keeping the structures together as we waited for the frosting to dry. Michael kept a pretty good spirit about it even though he had to deal with the frustration of getting the structures to stick!



Since we have young kids it doesn’t make sense to invest in expensive Christmas tree decorations so this year we made some of our own. My siblings and I did this as kids more because we were poor but I had very fond memories of doing this. The ornaments are made from dough with equal parts flour, salt and a little water. You cut out the shapes you like put on a cookie sheet, make a whole to hang them with and slow bake them at 350 degrees – cooking time takes 1-2 hours.

For our neighbors every year we make Christmas candies and this year was no different. We went crazy in the kitchen baking caramel, English toffee, peanut brittle, and chocolate covered pretzels.

I have wanted to make our own stockings for the last couple years but this was the first year I felt Aiden was old enough to appreciate a stocking – we opted not to do them in prior years. We picked out some darling fabric and my AMAZING husband put them together! They turned out absolutely darling and no one could believe they were home made.
A new tradition Michael and I started this year was to purchase one new ornament together. We picked out a cute Santa with a bow on a soft tail Harley-Davidson. That is the motorcycle we would like to buy next.



On Christmas eve we had the family over for dinner. Grandma read a Christmas story and we tucked the kids into bed. Aiden was so excited and said he was going to stay awake so he could see Santa!


In the morning Aiden came running into our room exclaimed “Mom! Santa Came!!” he went running back into the living room and came running back and said “I got new gloves!” which were tucked in his stocking.





After opening presents we made our traditional Christmas breakfast then settled in on the couch to watch my favorite Christmas movie of all time “A Christmas Story!” We had a wonderful Christmas and are so grateful for the opportunity to celebrate the birth of our dear Lord and Savior.

4 Months!


Michael David is getting bigger every day and every day I fall more in love with my little darling. Michael David is now 4 months old and so advanced according to his doctor. Michael is 26 inches long! putting him in the 82nd percentile for height and 15.06 lbs putting him in the 49th percentile for weight.

Some of Michael David’s milestones include:

Rolling over – tummy to back and back to tummy He’s trying to scoot although he’s not particularly fond of tummy time!


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He is very talkative and often sings out.

He sucks his thumb and will chew on anything he can get his little hands on.

He had his first solid food on 11/19 which was oatmeal. He had no problems eating it although he didn’t seem to like the taste so much. Since then he’s had sweet potatoes and bananas both of which he enjoys very much. He’s had carrots and green beans – he gagged on the green beans, I gather he didn’t like the way those tasted at all!





Some of the cute things he does is stick his tongue out and blow raspberries – a trick his daddy taught him. He plays peek-a-boo, another trick he learned from dad. He pulls the blanket over his face, when you say “where’s Michael” he pulls the blanket down and bursts out into laughter.



He is a very active boy and enjoys playing in his little jump up toy and his exersaucer. He also loves to watch the wiggles.


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Lately he’s become more of a mommy’s boy- which I love. When I walk by him in his jump up toy he jumps so high you think he may come out because he is so excited to see me. He will also stretch out both arms toward me to let me know he wants to be picked up!



He sighs really loud when he yawns and it is just darling.

He also LOVES his grandma Robbins and get’s so excited when he sees her in the morning.

He is absolutely fascinated by Aiden and enjoys watching Aiden running around and play with his toys. Aiden does a great job entertaining the baby and the two of them laugh and have a great time together.



Michael has lost the hair on either side of his head and now appears to have a true Mohawk. Of course everyone comments on how adorable it is. He’s also starting to get a bald spot on the back of his head. His hair is growing back in and appears to be blond – his eyes are also still blue.

Last night Michael slept for 5 consecutive hours!!!

Saint Louis…

We took a road trip to Saint Louis in October to spend some time with the kids and Michael’s folks. We had a great time! They say a picture is worth a thousand words so rather than recap the trip the pix below outline some of the highlights.


Grandpa Thomas with his youngest grandchild - Michael David Thomas


Grandma Thomas loves babies - Michael konked rightout while Grandma was holding him


Baby girl with baby boy


One of Aiden's favoite things to do while we were there was helping Grandpa!


Aiden's best pals at Grandma and Grandpa's were the dogs - Rocky was his favoriate and they spent endless hours running around the yard.


Need I say anything?? Lol!


Matt was really proud of himself for getting Rocky to shake his hand


Dawson's all time favorite activity was playing the Wii, especially with his Dad. Dawson and I played a few games but I had a hard time keeping up!! His favorite game with me was a fitness test where my age came out at about 86!! In my defense I was fending off kids while trying to do the test!


The kids always love riding around in the golf cart! Samantha is such a good driver an will have her learners permitt in less than a year!


Here's the Thomas Family baseball team!! You can tell these boys mean business!




You can't see the ball in either picture - Danny is very serious about playing catch. Here he was hollering at the boys as he throws the ball, it was such a riot!


The bat was a little big for Aiden but he still got some good hits in!


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Daddy's baby girl turned 14 this year!! And has already reported that she has a boyfriend, watch out daddy!

School Celebrations!

October was a fun month for Aiden because he was able to celebrate his birthday and Halloween (his favorite holiday) with his friends at school!

For his birthday we made him a poster with pictures from each year of his life with comments on what his interests were each year and mile stones he achieved. It is tradition for each child to do a “walk around the sun” on their birthday in class while their class mates say what they like about the student.









On Halloween the students got to wear their Halloween costumes to school. They did a parade around the different class rooms showing off their cute costumes and then had a party back in their class. Aiden had a ball doing this!