Thomas Tales

Thanksgiving

2009-12-03T08:05:00.000-08:00

I was blessed enough to get to be off the whole week of Thanksgiving. The perks of working in a school district. We had a full week, including two awesome visits from old friends, family reunion, two Thanksgiving dinners, night out with friends and one night had a bunch of friends over to watch a UFC fight on TV. First I have pics of our visit with Ken and Erin. Josh and I went to college with Ken at SAU. He married Erin a couple of years ago and they now have twin 9-month old little girls. Ken and Erin are originally from Memphis, TN. and currently live in Galveston, TX. They were headed back home for the holidays and stopped at our house for a break. Texarkana is conveniently a great spot in the middle and it was so AWESOME to see them. Josh and I really want to try and go down to visit them in the spring. Take Jaxon to the beach for the first time- cant wait. Here are some pics from their visits.

Ken, Josh and Hailey (I think) :) Mattie, Hailey and Jaxon

Erin, Jaxon and who knows?

Next are various pictures from the week..

Jaxon was trying to help Daddy take out his bag of dirty diapers! This was so hysterical and the cutest thing!

Ready for Church- I thought this sweater was adorable!

Jaxon has came across his sunglasses that now he likes to wear! Too funny!

I received a box in the mail this week and as you can see it had those little styrofoam things in them and Jaxon thoroughly enjoyed them. Needless to say they were everywhere after he got done playing with them. We had to get the vacuum cleaner out to get them all up.

Weeknds full of Nothing

2009-11-16T07:21:00.000-08:00

Josh and I were talking this weekend about how all week long we can't wait for the weekend and then we do nothing. He said what is so good about the weekend if we do not do anything. When I say anything we mean basketball game Friday night, birthday party Saturday, out to eat Saturday night and church on Sunday. I explained to Josh that I look forward to the weekend even if we do not do anything because I get to spend time with him and Jaxon. I love getting up on Saturday morning and not having to immediately start getting ready to go some where. I enjoy morning time with my precious little boy because most mornings it feels as though I just barely have enough time to scoop him out of the bed, change his diapers and clothes and then out the door we go. I love not being rushed on the weekends and not having to be anywhere on time. If we decide to do something we do not have to rush, just go at our own pace and enjoy. If I have learned nothing else in my life I will always remember that we are not promised tomorrow and that we should live everyday as though it could be our last- because it very well could be. In the everyday rush of life I always thank God for my many blessings and the breathe he gave me this morning. Life is so short and we take it for granted!

With all that being said I enjoy the weekends because we do nothing, but spend time together. When my life is over I want to have so many memories of time with my family and friends. This coming weekend- Birthday party Friday night, my niece dancing in the Mistle Toe Fair Saturday morning. Best of all an old friend from college days- Ken and his family are coming through Texarkana Saturday afternoon and they are going to stop and visit. I am so excited- Ken and Erin are the sweetest couple and they have 9 month old twin girls that are adorable. I have not had the pleasure of meeting the girls at all and have not seen Erin since their wedding which was 2 years ago. So I am ecstatic to have them come visit and let all our little people meet. Haha Also, I cannot leave off church nursery Sunday morning. All in all I cannot wait for another weekend.

Halloween Pics

2009-11-05T09:16:00.000-08:00

We took Jaxon to the Fall Festival at our church. He had a really good time watching all the other kids and he enjoyed the bouncy house. We also took him to the grandparents' house to trick or treat (off course he his not getting all that candy, but mommy and daddy are enjoying it).

Jaxon and Cade

Ooohhhh! Look at all those goodies!

My Little Tiger!

Adorable!

Jaxon's First Birthday Party- Monkey Theme

2009-10-19T18:31:00.000-07:00

We had Jaxon's first birthday party this past Saturday. We had a alot of family and friends over to the house. The theme was monkeys and I was happy with the way it all turned out. We had pizza and drinks, monkey cupcakes, banana pudding and monkey munch. Jaxon had the best time playing with all the kids. It was such a great party and we made many memories!

O so Busy!

2009-09-28T19:30:00.000-07:00

Let me start by saying "I hate rushing all the time!" That is exactly what I feel like I do. I never take time to relax and not rush to the next appt., work, etc... I even find myself eating my food really fast when I am not even in a hurry. Then I stop myself and try and slow down. With that being said we have been really busy around the Thomas house lately. So finally this weekend we did not do anything and just relaxed. It was extremely nice to not have to be anywhere and Sat. I did not even leave the house. ha- I loved it!!! On Friday Jaxon started his third antibiotic, hopefully this one will knock out this viral infection he has had. Last week the fair was in town and we took Jaxon out there twice. He absolutely loved the fair, mostly because he loves to be outside and we rode a few ride and he enjoyed that! Anyways we just got a new laptop so I will be getting some new pics and video up soon.

Update on the Wilson baby
He had open heart surgery last week. They got everything fixed and he made it through the surgery. Still keep this family in your prayers they have a really long road ahaead of them!

Everybody is Sick!

2009-09-10T08:37:00.000-07:00

Everyone in the Thomas House is either currently sick or has been sick. Josh was sick with the crud about a week ago. Then Jaxon started feeling bad last Friday. Of course the Friday before a three-day weekend. Which always kinda scares me because I always think we would have to go to the ER because the pediatrician's office would not be open. So we made it through the weekend and he really didn't get bad until Monday night. So Monday night we were up until around 4 because he could not breathe very well and just coughing, sneezing basically the works. Anyways so he finally passed out around 4 and then I called in sick to work and took him to the Dr. I was completely exhausted from not getting any sleep and then Tuesday morning I also was not feeling very good. Jaxon had an infection and he is now on antibiotics and so am I. We both are starting to feel better and he only got up one time last night- woo hooo! Also I have a prayer requests a couple that used to go to our church and we still keep in touch through mutual friends are going through some difficult times. They are pregnant with their 2nd child and having some major problems. She is going to deliver in a couple of weeks in Little Rock and as of right now they know the baby has double cleft palates and major heart problems. Please please keep this family (The Wilson's) in your prayers.

2009-08-31T13:20:00.000-07:00

Mommy and her little man ready for church. I thank God everyday for this happy baby he has blessed Josh and I with.

Let me go Mom I am ready to walk! This was a while ago, but officially August 21st last Jaxon starting. Not alot and he still would rather crawl only because it is faster.

Here are some more dogie door pics. They are HILARIOUS!!!

Been BUSY!!!

2009-08-18T13:15:00.000-07:00

Wow, it amazes me at how fast time can fly! I have not posted in about 3 weeks, we have pretty busy at the Thomas House. Jaxon is not officially 10 months old and is teething like crazy. He has had his bottom two teeth since he was 5 months, but last weekend one of his upper front teeth and upper eye teeth broke through. Also the other two up top are trying to come through along with his two lower eye teeth. He is so close to walking too. I can't believe he is almost 1 year old, I have been working on invitations and other things for a party. We are so blessed- words cannot express the love I have or feel for my child. In the fast pace of life it is so easy to forget how much we need to be thankful for, ( the air we are breathing or for tomorrow because we are not promised those things- and they are so easily taken for granted!) School is about to start so of course that means that I am extremely busy at work and it probably will not slow down for a while.
On a good note- my necklaces are doing extremely well. This past weekend I had 25 orders that I got made. So far since yesterday when I delivered all the previous orders another 13 placed new orders. woo hoo!!! The necklaces are doing way better than I had originally thought they would. I am also organizing the baby dedication at our church next month. Which will be a huge one consisting of roughly 17 kids. So needless to say I kinda feel like I am being pulled in many different directions. Hope everyone is doing well and I will try and get some pics up soon!!!!

Teeth and Necklaces

2009-07-30T08:49:00.000-07:00

Well when we went for Jaxon's 9month check up the doc mentioned we needed to start bushing his teeth (both of them!) So below are some pics of us attempting to brush his teeth for the first time. It actually went pretty well he kinda liked it and thought it was fun! He would pull away and then really cautiously leaned back in and open his mouth back up. You will notice there is no toothbrush the little kit came with this thing I put of my finger and some toothpaste.

Next, I have been working on a project that I am finished with. I am really proud of myself because I did not think they would turn out this well. I am going to try and sell them. It has been so far making them. I made five different ones to get started and below are some pics. Let me know what you think of them!

WHAT DO YOU THINK? HONESTLY!

Sleepless Nights are Kicking my butt!!!

2009-07-28T11:16:00.000-07:00

For those of you who do not know- Jaxon does not sleep all night!!! Yikes, I know after nine long months I am not sure how much more I can take. I am so exhausted by the weekend that all I want to do is catch up on my sleep. We have tried everything from letting him cry, keeping him up later, feeding him when he wakes and nothing seems to help. He wakes us on average twice a night. He usually will go in 3-4 hour spans. I know that he can sleep all night I just do not know what to do to make this happen. So I welcome any suggestions or helpful hints. Please send them my way!!!

Weekend News

2009-07-27T07:41:00.000-07:00

We had a pretty low key weekend. First I got some pics of Jaxon playing with the doggy door. I have been waiting for this day and after nine long months he finally found it. Although I was surprised that he did not try to put anything through it other than his hand! ha

Next he is sitting in Harly's chair. I bought this chair for her when we moved into this house and it sits at the front window and that is where she stays. She loves to look outside and watch everything that is going. Anyways I have been thinking about getting Jaxon a bean bag or a little chair of his own so I thought I could test this one out and see if he likes it. I was surprised but he did stay in it for a total of maybe 6-8 minutes which for my child if anybody knows him is wonderful. He is a very busy body always on the move and never calm!!!

First he is Harly!! My furry baby!!!

Okay here he is with his sippy cup. Really he is just chewing on it because he does not like it and really just enjoys playing with it! Watching Praise Baby collection, which I love! Pretty calm- I was shocked!!!

Okay I have had enough- how do I get out of this thing?

Can you help me- Mommy?

And he is off

We headed over to a friend's house yesterday afternoon for a cookout. We had fun visiting with everybody.

Brandy, Cade and Jaxon (love this pic)

Supper Time!

I want my mommy!

Jaxon & Cade

2009-07-23T06:41:00.000-07:00

Yesterday my best friend Brandy, her husband Brandon and their baby Cade (who is only 5 weeks younger than Jaxon) came over for a visit. So Jaxon is now 9 months and Cade is 8 months so they are really starting to pay attention to each other and it is so sweet. Mostly it is hilarious though because Jaxon tries to crawl all over Cade and he also likes to try and bite him ( something we are going to have to work on in the near future). So here are some pics of the boys Look at those pretty blue eyes!

Best Friends!!! AKA - Partner in trouble (these two I am sure are going to make us go completely gray)!

Next is Jaxon playing in my closet, which he loves to do (probably because it is so messy and alot of stuff on the floor to get into). He likes to get in the hanging clothes and hide. Notice he has found one of my sports bras and has managed to get it around his neck and one arm and is wearing it!!!

Canoe Trip

2009-07-20T08:08:00.000-07:00

This weekend Josh and I along with three other couples went canoeing. It pretty much took the entire day and then when we got back we cook burgers at our house and had the canoe group over plus about 5 extra. We dropped Jaxon off with my parents Saturday morning and they kept him all day and Saturday night ( which was lovely getting a full nights sleep) and we picked him up on our way to church Sunday morning. We had a really good weekend!

Samantha, Me, Brandy and Crystal before we got started

Me and Josh

Cale and Crystal

Brandy and Brandon

Me and Brandy

9 month

2009-07-20T07:52:00.000-07:00

Okay Jaxon's actual birthday was last Thursday the 16th, but I took this pic this weekend and wanted to list what he is doing.

9 months

Weight: 20 lbs 8oz (50%)
Length: 31 inches (97%)
You are still wearing mostly 6-9 month clothes. At this point your length is not an issue in your clothes because you are either in a onsies or shorts. Now that is going to be an different story come the fall, when I have to find pants long enough for you that are not to be in the waist.
Have two teeth on bottom
Crawling everywhere and pulling up on everything
While standing up will let go of whatever you are holding on to and stand for 10 seconds and then fall down.
Will take a few steps behind a push toy
Will say "da-da, ma-ma, and will wave bye-bye when you want to. Never ever on Que!!!
Still not sleeping all night- work in progress! On average waking up 1-2 times a night
Not fighting sleep hardly at all anymore like you did when you were younger. We will just rock you a little and you are off to sleepy-land
You have really started liking the great outdoors even in the 100 degree weather. You know when we walk out the door it means we are going outside. You like to stand at the windows and look outside.
You chase Harly around the living room trying to get her toy when she wants me or daddy to play with her. When you get close to her she will just grab it and run to the other side of the living room.
Eating some #3 baby foods. Table food that you like- Cheetos, scrambled eggs, crackers
You are clingy at times and it really all depends on your moods. Sometimes you only want me no matter who we are around and sometimes you really want daddy, poppa, or papaw. You are really cute when you like to act shy and hide your face and not make eye contact with whoever is talking to you!

A New Look!

2009-07-16T13:36:00.000-07:00

Okay as I promised here are some pics of my living room. I re-arranged the love seat and recliner and moved Jaxon glider back to his bedroom. The glider has been in the living room for a long time, but we needed the room in the living room for Jaxon's toys. Now he has a corner that we push all his toys into so that are not all out in the middle. At least it makes me feel like the living room is not a total disaster.

This first pic is looking in from the kitchen/dining area

The entertainment Center- One of my favorite things about the living room. I found a similar entertainment center on the Internet and printed it off. When we were building it I gave it to my husband and this is what I got! It looks a lot like the picture- guess that is what you get when you husband and father-n-law are carpenters. Notice the blinds are up on the window to the right, because some little boy likes to stand and look out the windows (wonder who that is)!

I apologize for the next pic for whatever reason I could not get it to post correctly. Not sure what I did. The love seat and recliner are directly across from the couch.

Here is Jaxon in his some new swim trunks. Well I have had this pair of trunks for a really long time but he is just now fitting into them. I actually bought these back about 3 years ago before we were ever even talking about having kids. I found them on a sales rake at Wal-Mart they were $1.50 I could not resist.

Jaxon and Mommy ready to go for a swim!

Weekend Pictures

2009-07-13T07:30:00.000-07:00

Our weekend was nice and relaxing. Friday when I got home from work I decided to re-arrange the living room. I meant to take some pics to post to get feedback but I forgot. I will take some tonight and post them tomorrow. First I have two pics of Jaxon with his 4th of July outfit on that I forgot to post last week. I just can't believe how big his is getting, they grow up so fast. He looks like he is trying to dance! lol

The next pic is of me and Josh Saturday night we went out with a big group of friends.

The men in my life. Jaxon and Josh ready for church Sunday morning. I have left Jaxon in the nursery before (without me staying in there with him) twice I think. Both times he did really well. But not yesterday he cried when I handed him to the nursery worker and then I calmed him down. When I left I heard him cry again and I waited outside the door until he quit and then I went on back into the sanctuary. Then about 15 minutes went by and my number popped up on the screen so I walked really fast back to the nursery and Jaxon had almost made himself sick from crying. Ms. Glenda (sweet sweet nursery worker) said she hated to make me come back and get him but that he was not happy. It was so sad he was all splotchy on his face and his nose was running. It broke my heart! I just hope he does not start this every Sunday. Pray for us that he does better next week! Notice the shoes he wore all of 5 minutes maybe, he HATES shoes!!! and the last two pics are of Jaxon playing in all his toys Sunday afternoon. He likes to sit down and pull the toy box over and drag ever toy out of the box. Adorable!

New Pics!

2009-07-10T08:31:00.000-07:00

Okay here are some pics from last week when I got to stay home with the little man. In the first two he has found the window and loves to look outside!

The next two: I caught Jaxon giving Harly some loving the other morning! it was so sweet I looked over and he was patting her on the back and she was just sitting there. Her expression was like "Please make this kid quit hitting me!" Harly does really good with Jaxon sometimes I will catch him pulling her hair or trying to head butt her and she doesn't do a thing just lays there until someone notices and pulls Jaxon off.

I was doing laundry last night and Jaxon was in the utility room with me. When I left to take the clothes into the living room to fold them I put him in the basket and he thought is was funny!

Okay if you saw some of my older posts you know there are some pics of Jaxon and me in front of sunflowers. Well the last one bloomed yesterday and it was the tallest one yet. So to show how tall it really was I made Josh hold Jaxon in front of it. The pic turned out kinda foggy and I am not sure why, but anyways it is crazy at how tall these flowers are!!!

THAT'S ALL FOLKS!!!

Time to Catch Up!

2009-07-09T05:58:00.000-07:00

Well,
We have been busy at the Thomas house. I feel like we are never at home other than to sleep. The week of 4th of July I took off work all week because my parents took a vacation, so I got to stay home and enjoy time with Jaxon all week (it was wonderful)! Anyways so while I was home with baby boy I got behind on my blogging, obviously. So I promise to post some pics tomorrow of what we have been doing the last 2 weeks. While I was at home with Jaxon we practiced the sound "ma-ma" which he is saying all the time now. Most recently though was this past weekend (the 3rd, 4th, and 5th) he was waking up like 6-9 times a night- absolutely horrible. Finally on Monday (which never seemed like it would come) I took him to the doctor and he apparently has some allergies. His doctor put him on Allegra twice a day and it has helped tremendously. Poor baby by the time we got to see the Dr. on Monday he was sneezing, coughing, had a runny nose and what rubbing his eyes and nose all the time. But like I said the medicine has helped a lot and he is doing much better and only woke up 2 times last night. I feel like I might be able to make it. (lol yeah right)!I promise tomorrow I will post some new pics!

Our Weekend

2009-06-22T07:47:00.001-07:00

We had a pretty lazy weekend, we did not do alot. We did go swimming again with Brandy, Brandon and Cade. After swimming we went out to eat at a hole in the wall restaurant that was really good. So I am going to post a bunch of various pics from the weekend. I also left Jaxon in the nursery yesterday for the first time. I always take him to the nursery and stay in there with him, but yesterday I left him and went back to the sanctuary. The ladies in the nursery said that he did great!

Cute boys with their shades on!

Here I am with both the boys. As you can see Jaxon is trying to take Cade's sippy cup!

I had to take a picutre of this! My in-laws have planted these sunflowers and they are huge. We set the boys in front of them for some pics. Then I took a pic with Jaxon just to show how tall they are. They are taller than me and I am 5'9- that is just CRAZY!!!

I had been getting a baby shower gift ready and Jaxon heard the tissue paper. So here he came a crawling and I gave him a piece. He got in front of the mirror and really had a good time shaking that paper all around. Finally had to take it away when he had ripped it to shreds and started eating it. haha!

Jaxon 8-months

2009-06-22T05:47:00.000-07:00

I know that today is June 22 and Jaxon was 8 months old on the 16th. But I still took his pic and wanted to list what new things he has been doing.

What you are doing at 8 months:

You are wearing 6-9 months clothes. Really you are right on track as far as your size, except that you area extremely long (you are going to be tall)
Eating mostly baby food, but you like to taste whatever mommy and daddy are eating. Things you have tried off our plates... beans, mash potatoes, roll, strawberry, cool whip, cheetos, vanilla wafers
You are still taking 2 naps a day each are usually 1-2 hours long- one in the morning and the other mid-afternoon
You weigh 20 pounds and I am not for sure on length
Crawling everywhere and getting into everything
Very wary of strangers, lots of times will cry if they hold or try to talk to you
2-weeks ago you said "da-da" I am pretty sure it was on accident! haha
You are also pulling up on everything- the couch, my legs, chairs
You still only have 2 teeth and they are on bottom
You love to go swimming and ride the four-wheeler
You love Harly and always try to touch and pull her hair. You know her name because when I call her you start looking around for her. When you are in your stoller you try and run her down.
You go to bed at 8:30 now and usually wake up around 12:30-2 and will go back to sleep with some patting and then wake up again around 4am and you get a bottle then. After the bottle you go back to sleep and don't get up until 7ish.

Pool Party

2009-06-15T07:35:00.000-07:00

We went swimming this weekend on Sat and Sunday. This was Jaxon first time in a pool. I knew he would love it becuase he loves playing and splashing in the bathtub!

Jaxon's BFF Cade let us borrow his sunglasses!

Brandon, Cade, Josh and Jaxon! What a Crew!!

All in all I feel like we will spend a lot of time in the pool this summer. Which is great because I love the water. We are blessed both my parents and Josh's parents have a pool so we will always have somewhere to swim.

Family Pictures

2009-06-14T13:02:00.000-07:00

Okay so there is this extremely nice house in town and they always have the prettiest flowers. It is obvious they have a professional landscaper. Anyways I was driving by the other day and saw the perfect spot for a family picture. Josh has been telling me we cannot afford to have professional pictures taken. So I decided to stop and ask the home owner if he minded if we took some pictures in his yard. To my surprise he said "YES!" I was so excited and when you see the pics below you will understand why! It was SOOOO HOT and the mosquitos were really bad. We had to keep checking Jaxon to make sure there wasn't any on him. We were so hot and it was on a busy busy street so people were driving by just staring. Josh was a trooper and did not complain too much. Ha! He really didn't have much of an argument since my mom took the pics-FREE! Thanks Mom!!! So between the heat, mosquitos and busy street you can see why I am so happy we got a couple of good pictures. Hope you enjoy the photo shoot!

Next I added a pic of my mom, Jaxon and I. Also there is really good picture of Jaxon by himself.

Weekend Fun

2009-06-08T12:56:00.000-07:00

This weekend we headed out to the lake. Josh's parents and brother and his family are all camping out there this week. We had a good time enjoying the nice weather

Check out Jaxon's mohawk. You can barely see it in the pic, but it was so cute in real life.

Here is Jaxon with his uncle Jeremy. Just taking it easy!
Here is Josh, trying to catch a quick nap. He and I took the opportunity to relax while Jaxon took a nap. It was really nice and relaxing. I was in the hammock while Josh kicked back in the lounge chair.

Her is me and Jaxon swinging in the hammock. Surprisingly he liked it, but only for a short period of time.

I wanted to show this picture. I bought this contraption the other day on clearance at Target. It is called "Walking Wings" it really is a back saver. Jaxopn is really still getting used to it. He loves for you to walk him around so I thought this could really come in handy.

First Time!!!

2009-06-05T13:31:00.000-07:00

Okay I am a first timer blogger, so bear with me until I get this stuff down. As you know if you read my profile I have a 7 month old baby boy and a husband that I have been married to for 4 years now. So to get my blog started I just wanted to add multiple pics of all of us. Enjoy!!!

Here are my babies Jaxon and Harly. They both bring a ton of joy to my life, but only one likes to wake me up crying at roughly 4 am every morning :). Isn't being a mother so wonderful. They say you learn how to adjust to no sleep and that is so true.

Here are the wonderful men in my life. If you can't tell by the picture Josh does not like to take photos. Jaxon was getting really cranky at this point during our photo shoot.

I absolutley adore this picture.

Jaxon getting some love from mommy! Hope everyone has a great weekend.