Landan's Gymnastics

Landan had his gymnastics exhibition this last weekend for the year. Basically all the little kids got together and got into groups and rotated through the events (trampoline, floor, beam, and bars) doing skills they had been working on. Landan started out the year pretty loose and not able to do much but he loves it now and practices constantly at home so he's getting really strong. He's going to be in a 6 yr old boys class this summer even though he's not 6 yet. His coach thinks he'll do really well in the boys class. We were so proud of him.

Everyone got a medal after the event. This is called a flash. Apparently boys only do one arm and girls do two. You do this at the end of your routine.

Enjoy the video. This kids got a lot of power.

Photo Shoot!

The greatest part about having a little girl is being able to dress her up. Before my mom left we got some of her newborn outfits and had her first fashion shoot. She was a natural. She was awake and quiet the whole time. This first one is one of my favorites. The bow was made by my friend. Her blog is on my sidebar, (Cranberries and Capers). Thanks so much Cindy, it looks great!!

Kylie's first bath

As you can see she is less than thrilled.

Ahhh...much better. She likes to be swaddled a lot.

Singin' in the Rain!

Gavin Loves Rain. This was water that was dripping off our roof. He loves to play in water.

Gavin is Two!

Before our new baby came, my second baby turned two. He's getting so big. He's so sweet and always smiling. It's so easy to make him happy. And he such a cuddly little boy too. He loves to give hugs and kisses. He gives kisses to his sister all the time. We had a small little party with just the 4 of us at home. I made his cake. We did presents first because Gavin got a sesame street movie, then we watched it while we had grilled hamburgers for dinner. Then we had cake. It was fun.

Gavin's first present was his sesame street movie. It's the only thing he will sit and watch. He loves it. It's the old school so it's the first show from the first five seasons. Very Old School.

He also got a bubble blowing lawn mower. He loved this present. He's played with it every day since. He got so excited whenever the bubbles came out.

And this was his cake. Happy Birthday Big Boy!!

Our Baby Girl!

Introducing Kyliana Kristine Thompson (Kylie)

6 lbs. 0 oz

19 in

Born May 7 @2:45 pm

Our little girl is finally here. She's absolutely beautiful and aside from having some trouble getting her days and nights mixed up at the beginning, she is a great baby. I plan on relating her birth story later for journaling purposes. Everything went smoothly and we're both doing really well. The boys are so excited, especially Landan. He loves to hold her all the time. Gavin surprisingly loves to hold her too. He really likes her. He doesn't particularly like the fact that i can't pay as much attention to him as much but so far he doesnt' seem to be taking it out on her which was my fear. My mom has been here to help out with that. She takes the baby so I can hold Gavin some so he doesn't feel completely misplaced.I think it has helped a lot. She's such a sweet baby but very little. she lost a lot of weight right off the bat so she was only 5 lbs. 6 oz when we brought her home but she's gained most of it back. She's a sweetheart. I think we'll keep her.

Please excuse the less than flattering, non-makeup look. i was tired.

Catch up

This blog is going to be a big catch-up for the pictures I've taken the last couple of months. There are a lot. I had a bunch of different blogs in mind to write but it just never happened. So here they are.

First there was St. Patricks Day. I was goign to do some fun stuff with the boys since it was spring break that week but I just didn't get around to it. I did take some pictures though.

I also had a fun experience. We went to the outlet mall just to look around becuase it was a beautiful day. I ended up finding a $20 bill on the ground. Score!! I've never found more than a quarter in my life. Lucky day for me!

Then there was Easter. I saw these treats at Walmart and decided to make some for myself. They were delish.

On Sat. we colored Easter eggs. Landan did pretty good. Gavin just wanted to dump the eggs in the dye and then stick his hand in afterwards so I ended up doing most of it for him.

Then during quiet time, the Easter Bunny came and left some presents in the yard that the boys had to go find. Landan got all the hard to reach places and Gavin got the ones that were left just on the ground. Landan still got more but that's ok, they still both enjoyed it.

Later I cut Gavin's hair. This is only the second time it's been cut in his life. It was getting almost long enough to put in a small ponytail in the back. But I didn't do that great of a job so his babysitter had to fix it for me. It looks much better now but it's much shorter than I meant it to be.

These are my strawberries that we planted this year. I hope I get some this year although I"m not expecting many the first year. They are supposed to fruit all summer. I"m just so excited that I finally got my strawberries. I made Kevin promise we would have some as soon as we bought our first house.

This last picture I took today. It's for Grandma and Grandpa. Not the face, just the outfit. Doesn't he look good?