Steve and Jess' visit

Steve and Jess came in for a visit, overlapping for a day with Janet. We had a full house and we could not have been happier! As you can see below Mable got her besos (kisses) in with Steve...look at that tongue action!!!!

Thomas is not sure what to think of this crazy person saying "HELLO" to him! Maybe if I touch him he will stop!

Smiling at Jess!

Steve entertaining Thomas.

Janet's Visit

A childhood friend of Tommy's from Louisiana, Janet, came to visit this past weekend. We had a super fun time (as always) with Janet. Thomas was glad to meet her and we were glad that Thomas was glad. He loved him some Janet arms! He actually fell asleep upright in her arms, the picture above is a close up.


Mable has been very good with Thomas and she has been fairly understanding when people come in the house and go straight for the baby. Well...not so much with Janet. Mable had to be the first to be greeted and was none to happy when Janet finally came to say hi to Thomas. Below Mable gets some Janet love.

Janet had the "magic touch"...which allowed Mom to get dinner ready!
Bright eyed Thomas and Janet sporting green!

We were so glad to have Janet in town for a visit!

Christmas Cheer

Here is the outside of our house with our Christmas lights. Tommy some how had time to take care of me, the baby, build two entertainment centers, work, and put up Christmas lights!






Thomas through the Christmas tree!
"Sleeping Heavenly Peace!!!"











Santa Baby!












Yeah...happy Santa Baby did not really last all that long!!!













Baby's First Christmas!

I was trying to be a little artistic with the camera!

Merry Christmas to all!

What Daddy's been up to.

Tommy has been busy building two new entertainment centers for the living room. They are now finished and in the room. They look AWESOME and hold all of our media equipment and all of our dvd's...plus room left over.







Thomas congratulating Dad on his build.











This is the right one which is currently being blocked by the Christmas tree.













Thomas trying to take some of the credit for the entertainment centers!



















This is the left one which houses all of our electronic equipment. There is so much room we are still trying to figure out what to put on the other shelves!



















The full picture! They match the fireplace perfectly! Our next project is the kitchen wall, cabinets and counter top. Poor Tommy always has something to build!

Thomas the swinger

We had a busy and fun day today! Thomas went grocery shopping with me and did really well for most of the trip. He isn't the biggest fan of the 'ole car seat...but is, with each trip, getting better with it. So...we made it half way through the shopping trip before I had to take the car seat off the cart and swing it wildly through aisle 14...all the whilst trying to steer the cart back to
aisle 7 to pick up the mayo I forgot(real mayo, not Miracle Whip Mr. Tom) ! All in all a great trip though.







Ready to go to the store!






Oh and the good thing about morning shopping trips is Thomas gets worn out and actually naps! He has not been sleeping much during the day, 15 to 20 minute cat naps usually...that is it. But today he pretty much slept from 11:30am to 3:00pm. He preferred a few different locations during this time though, crib, mommies lap, swing, mommies lap, mommies lap, mommies lap...you get the point! He is getting closer to napping in his crib.










Sleeping in my swing.









He is on his 5th night of sleeping in the crib by himself (WHOO HOO!) and is doing really well with it. (Hopefully I will not jinx him!) He sleeps from about 8pm to 11:00pm to 1:00am, and then from then until about 4am, then may sleep until 6am, and then he lays with us until 8am.

He has also decided he likes to be swaddled. When he was born he refused to be swaddled. He hated his arms being tied down. Well a few nights ago he was crying just to cry so Tommy wrapped him up like a little burrito and he has slept that way every since. He loves it!





Mommy the burrito maker.














Little burrito!






soo...after his nap the next door neighbors Erin (mom), Lilly and Grace came over to help with some Christmas crafts. We did a few crafts and made some peppermint bark and played with Thomas and Mable for a little while. We had lots of fun!






Sitting in the kitchen.






All in all a good day!

Godfather D.O.C.

Thomas loves this dancing Tigger that Grandma Paulette got for his Dad a few years ago. He will stop mid-cry just to stare at it (WHOO HOO!).





















Dad burping Thomas, the "Pere pat" defintely helps here!

















Dan giving Thomas a little beso!















Dan stretching and playing with Thomas.














Tommy's roommate from college came into town last weekend to see Thomas for the first time. Dan is also Thomas' godfather, and Dad couldn't have picked a better person for godfather duty. Dan played with Thomas in the kitchen (and also did some stretching) while we cooked lunch. We had a great weekend and were even "Those People" that ask for unpaid doctorly advice from the doctor friend! Hey...you would do it too if you had a new Chief Resident of Pediatrics standing right in front of you....congrats to Dan for that awesome acheivement!

BY THE BY...this is Mom...formerly known as Sallie finally posting on the blog! Yep...you want to know why I am finally getting to post???? Because my son is in his crib...by himself....for the last 27 minutes....now that is progress people! Maybe we won't end up with a 2 year old sleeping in our bed after all!

Big thanks go out to everyone for all of your support...we really appreciate all of the advice, hints, tips, help, words of wisdom and just love that has poured our way!

More Thanksgiving

More Pictures from Thanksgiving and the end of November.
Loves his chair and yawning.
Mom working out her legs with some Thomas Bouncing.
Aunt Melanie gets some face time.
Talking to Momma.
How cute is this outfit.
Happy Holidays.
Baby and Daddy
More Holiday Card Ideas
I think we are a cute family.
He Hates hats but is super cute.
Trying to burp the hardest part of Thomas' day.
Loving Dad's shoulder.
Pushing off of Dad.
Our 1st Real Snow Fall
Backyard of the 1st real snow fall.
Hi There.
He is so aware of everything.
Loves to ham it up for the camera.
Looking at Momma.
Mable prepares for the holidays.
Watching Gameday setting up the christmas tree.
The Grandkids.