Evie Joyce

I love being a mom. Evie is so sweet and beautiful. We had a rough start but now we're great. This last week she has started sleeping through the night(6-8 hours). I can't believe it. She sleeps either on my chest or right beside me and when she starts waking I'm almost excited to get up and nurse her. She is crying so I will write more later.

Micah Anne's 1st Birthday

Micah Anne is Josh's sister's baby. She turned one on May 16th and her party was on the 17th. We got her a baby doll and she loved it. She kept kissing and hugging it which made us think that she will really love Evie once she gets her. Micah really favors her mom, who looks a lot like Josh, so I think there's a good chance her and Evie will look alike. Evie is going to be so lucky. She will have Micah who is only a year older than her and Violet who is about 2 months older than her. She'll also have two big boy cousins, Jackson and Tucker, to protect her and one big girl cousin, Veronika, to teach her all the "girl stuff".

Update

I went to the doctor yesterday and he said two important things. First of all, Evie has dropped. He said this is good because it is suppose to be the very fist thing that happens in the delivering process. He said it is called engaging. This made sense to me because for the last week or so Evie hasn't been kicking my ribs. Secondly, he told me if he had to guess he would say we will go full term, meaning I have still have a whole month to go. Considering mom went two weeks late with all three of us, this news is probably pretty accurate. I was kinda hoping she would be ready to come a little early due to how bad I feel, but I would rather her come when she is ready even if it's several weeks late than come early and have any problems.

We Have A Name

We finally decided on a name for the baby. Her name will be
Evie Joyce Thomas

Play Time

A few weeks ago Paul through a shower for one of her friends. I had to bring the dogs because Josh wasn't going to be at home. While Paula finished getting the house ready before the shower Andrea, Steve and I played with the boys(Jackson & Tucker). Jim and Bruno LOVE them. They chased Jackson and Tucker all over the yard. Jackson thought it was fun and exciting but I think Tucker felt a little cornered by the dogs sometimes. Needless to say the dogs slept well that night.

I'M BACK

I finally figured out my stupid password and ID for my google account so I can blog again!
At first I thought "Oh my, I'm going to have so many things to catch yall up on"; but when I really went through what was worth blogging there was only two events exciting at all. Now I know how boring my life really is.

1st......One Year Anniversary Disney Trip










We had such a great time. We(meaning me) relaxed more on this trip so it felt more like a vacation.

2nd

WE GOT PUPPIES











Their names are Bruno and Jim. I named Bruno and Josh named Jim(I know.....it's weird to have a dog with the name of a family member....sorry Uncle Jim.) They are a "Designer Breed"(two different pure breed dogs intentionally bred together) called Puggles (Pug & Beagle). They were 7 weeks when we got them and they are now almost 11 weeks. They can both already sit and now we are starting to train them to lay down. I love them sooo much.

Free Saturday

This weekend was the first free Saturday we've had in '07. Our church's Upward Basketball League started the first of January and ended last weekend. Josh and I would referee at least three games every week and I took pictures through out the season for the closing slide show; so about 4 hours of every Saturday was spent at church. It is a great ministry and we love doing it but it's nice to have a little time off.

We spent our whole Saturday cleaning house. It feels so good to have a clean home.

Anniversary Dinner

Monday night Josh and I had everybody over to celebrate mom and dad's anniversary. We had spaghetti and pineapple cake. The boys entertained us all night while the men watched "Best of Will Ferrel" and the women sat on the floor and talked.

I think all little boys like wearing other people's shoes. I remember the summer Austin stayed a week with us, him and the little boy Andrea was babysitting kept wearing my shoes around the house.

Steve's Birthday Dinner

Steve's Birthday Dinner

Christmas Day

Christmas morning we all went to Dodi and Poppa's. Mom fixed a big delicious breakfast including grits, biscuit, pecan pancakes, and breakfast casserole. After stuffing our faces we sat around the living room and opened gifts. The best part was watching Jackson and Tucker get excited about every gift. They were so cute.

We left mom's around 1:30 and headed to the Starks' gathering(Mrs.Lori's family). Every year all the Aunts, Uncles and cousins draw names for Christmas gifts. It's really nice because everybody gets a gift and nobody has to go broke buying a gifts. Josh's cousin Janet had my name ans she got me a cute little green purse.

The Starks' Christmas was over around 4 so we went home for a rest before the Thomas Christmas which started around 6. Every year it is at Josh's Grandma's house but she got the stomach bug Christmas Eve so it was moved to Josh's Aunt's house. We had a great time but by the end of the night I was extremely tired; but not too tired to play with my new scrapbook caring case. I felt like a little kid. Josh kept yelling at me to help him clean all the gifts and paper off the floor but I just sat on the living room floor playing with my new toys:)

Christmas Eve

Josh and I spent Christmas Eve at his parents' house. We ate dinner(chili dogs and cheese dip) and opened presents from eachother. Josh's mom got Sarah and I both a heavy duty mixer. I have wanted one for a long time so I was very excited. Josh got Seinfeld season 7 which completes his Seinfeld collection except for the not yet released season 8. We don't get to spend very much time with Sarah and Micah so we really enjoyed getting to see them.

When Josh and I got back to our house we decided to open our presents from eachother to save time in the morning. I got him a surround sound system and he got me a beautiful Pea coat, Shrek 1 & 2, and a coffee maker.

Josh's Birthday

Josh's 24th Birthday was the 15th so Monday we went to Outback to celebrate. Steve was sick so it was Josh and I, mom, dad, Paula, Brad and the boys. Jackson and Tucker were both a little sick so they didn't have to great of a time but the food was still good and Dodi and Poppa loved taking care of them.

By the way I have never noticed how pretty Paula's profile is. I hope the boys get her cute little nose.

Christmas Time

I had decided I wasn't going to decorate for Christmas but our trip to Branson got me in the Christmas mood. We don't really have room for a big tree so I made a blue and silver Christmas corner. Our entertainment center is decorated in more natural tones. The snowpeople beside each vase are souvenirs from our trip last weekend.

The Nativity was a wedding present from one of Josh's aunts. I love it. Someday I'll be able to set it up with our kids and tell them how it was the first Christmas Nativity mommy and daddy ever had.

Weekend @ Branson

Friday after work Josh and I set off to Branson with his parents. Saturday morning we went to the new Branson Landing and then to Silver Dollar City. We got to see a few of the Christmans shows in the park. The last one we saw was the most popular one. It was in the Silver Dollar City Saloon. You had to get in line at least a hour in advance to get a guaranteed seat. There was an overflow line that we got in. They would let people from this line fill in any extra seats after everybody else had gone in. It was really cold and we had been in line for 30 minutes so we really wanted to get in to see the show. We ended up getting a seat but we were the last people who got in. The show was really cute but the best part was the the "snowball". It was hotchocolate with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. The Saloon was the only place in the park that had it; it was soooo good. Sunday we went shopping at some of the outlets. I really enjoyed getting to spend so much time with Josh's parents. They are terrific people. We had a great weekend and a fun mini vacation.

Update on Grandpa

Josh's grandpa is doing very well. The doctors are pretty sure he will be able to keep his foot. They have it in a pressurized oxygen chamber to help the tissue heal quicker. As it heals they doctors will cut away any of the tissue that isn't getting blood to it, so we're not sure how the complete outcome will be. I just can't imagine how painfull all the scar tissue is going to be. He has a great attitude about the whole thing. The oxygen chamber is making his blood extremley rich in oxygen so he isn't having to wear his glass. The doctors told him his improved eye sight will only last as long as his foot is in the chamber, but it's still pretty cool and I'm sure it's incouraging to him considering he's been in a hospital room for over two weeks. Thanks for your prayers.

Brad's B-Day Dinner

Do you think Jackson is learning to pose for pictures?


















Josh has completely fallen in love with Tucker. He talks about how cute and sweet he is all the time.

We had a great dinner. Paula already wrote all about it so go see her blog for more details.

Josh's Grandfather (Olen Thomas)

Wednesday afternoon Josh’s grandfather was in an accident. His foot got caught underneath his truck while he was trying to stop it from rolling down a hill. After his first surgery the doctor told us he wouldn’t be surprised if he ended up losing his foot. After his second surgery a few days later we were told that they thought his foot could be saved. He had another surgery yesterday morning. They were expecting to finish cleaning his foot out and then stitching it up, but for some reason they couldn’t get the stitches in. We don’t know what’s going to happen so please keep him in your prayers. He is 78 so this will be a hard recovery.

Wedding weekend

I had so much fun Saturday. I love sending time with my whole family. We are so lucky to have eachother and even more so to get along so well. I can't wait to see everybody again.

Beautiful Family