Our Little Musicians

The kids love to play the piano. They have made up there own music. Jaden has his piece memorized. It sounds the same everytime he plays it. He also taught Jill how to play chopsticks. Here is there debut.

GIRLS DAY OUT!

Jill and I had a fun Girls Day Out with my friend Kaylin and Sofi. We went to Disney on Ice, World's of Fantasy. We had some much fun. I enjoyed it almost as much as Jill.

However, she is a lot more vocal than me.

She loves Ariel and Tinkerbell, and would scream her exuberant excitement every time she saw them.

She is always so joyful you can't help but smile around Jill.

Everything was AWESOME!

That is her new favorite word, which she says all the time.

The show was full of fun music, and beautiful

colors and skating.

Disney is the Greatest Place to Be!

TWO MONTHS AND GROWING!

Hey Look at me.... I am two months old!

I Love looking around, cuddling with mom,

and I Love Milk!

I am weighing in at 10 lbs. 6 oz. and so tall at 21 1/2 in.

I am the biggest baby in my family.

I've even made it on the charts at the 50% mark.

My brothers and sister have still not made it there.

Watch out, Here I come.

There will be no teasing me.

I know I am Adorable, but I want to take this Hat Off!


My sweet friend Amy sent Tate this outfit, so I wanted some pictures to send to her. Tate was not happy by the end.

FRIDAY FAMILY FUN NIGHT!

Jaden had a real hard week at school, and we have not had much time with the kids since the baby was born, so we surprised the kids with pizza, and camping!



News Flash.... The Thomas Pizzeria has the Yummiest Pizza in town.

"CHEESE"

Mike set up the tent in the basement, and then we took the kids on a flashlight walk through the house to the tent and surprised the kids with a camp out. We had so much fun. We even went star gazing in Jaden's room at the constellations he and his Grandpa had put up. This is the way to camp! Indoors and not in the -30 below weather that it was.

We played card games, read stories, and heard spooky stories from Dad.

Good Night, Sweet Dreams on this bitter cold Chicago night.

BUNDLED UP!

I am so warm and cozy!

I can sit here all day.

Tate is ready for the negative 35 degree weather!

Baby Tate 3 days Old

Tate 2 weeks old

Here Comes Baby!

The Baby Story......

I, baby, was scheduled to come into the world on December 2 via c-section. In the meantime mommy is painting the house and getting it all ready. Nesting they say. After a week with daddy gone she went out with her friends Friday night to see the Twilight movie and go to dinner to get a big hamburger and cheese fries for me to be big and strong! In returning home mommy and daddy talked for a long time and then went to sleep.

At 5 am I was ready to get out of my cramped space by poking mommy in the ribs, and punching the water bag. Mommy woke up daddy to tell him she thought her water broke. They did not know, as this had never happened in the past with my brothers and sister. The nurse told them to come to the hospital. So a friend was called and mommy packed her bags.

On the way she timed contractions every four minutes. Wow. She was excited for the surprise and a new way to have a baby... going into labor. I am glad I could make her happy. I new she was scared to have surgery again. The Doctor was called and two hours later she brought me into the world. Saturday, November 22 at 8:16 am.

Here I am.... I am so adorable! ....Mommy calls me.... Tate David Thomas! I was two weeks early and weighed in bigger than my brothers at 6 lbs. 14 oz. I am 18 in. long and have dark brown hair and two dimples. I have met my family and we are all happy. I am also trying to stay awake for mommy while I eat, but it is really really hard to do.

See you all soon.

HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY JILL!

Our little Sweet Pea is..... Spunky, Happy, Fun, Loving, Kind, Expressive, Hilarious, Compassionate, Adorable!

Happy "5th" Birthday Jilly Beans!

We Love all of the joy you add to our family.

(Click on each picture to view larger)