You know you are a mom when....

......you wake up in the morning patting your pillow on the bottom trying to get it to go to sleep. Ahhhhhhh! What is happening to me? Until next time....

Preschool learning

I have to share a little story that a friend of ours told us yesterday about their grandson. Their grandson is 4 years old and was at preschool. Somehow a little girl in his class managed to get herself completely undressed in the bathroom and went back into the class naked. Upon pick-up from school the little boy couldn't stop talking about this incident. Once in their car, mom wanted to talk it out and asked her son "Okay, what are you worried about?". The little boy said "mommy, her butt was ugly and she didn't have anywhere to pee from".

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....for women.....

I woke up this morning and headed out to the family room where I saw Josh inspecting the wrapper of a Luna for Women breakfast bar. He had already eaten it and was studying this package with a look of concern. I asked if it was any good and he said "yes, but it is for women".. I told him it was no big deal. He continued to show concern for a good 5 minutes. I finally had to tell him "Josh, don't worry you aren't going to grow boobs or anything". He finally relaxed. That is until I told him he just made today's blog post.

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4 month well-baby appointment

Suri Jean our "string bean" isn't so stringy anymore. Matter of fact she is a BIG GIRL! Her 4 month appointment went great. She is growing very well and the doctor gave us the go ahead to start feeding her baby food. I straight up lied and said we had only been giving her cereal. Truth is, she has already had sweet potatoes, carrots, green beans, peas, bananas, and prunes. The girl was hungry. Anyhow, here are her statistics from today's appointment:

Height: 26 inches

Weight: 15 pounds

Head: Extra super huge! She was actually near the 100th percentile for head circumference. Holy Cow Thomson family. It is all the super huge brains, I am sure, right?

Suri made it through her shots, but I am pretty sure she would have cussed at me if she were able to talk. The look on her face said this "I'm giggling, things are good, mommy is smiling at me, WAIT.........what the hell.......AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Probably something like that. She forgave me, and gave me sweet smiles a few minutes later, but she was not a happy camper.

Until next time........

Exercise......post pregnancy...part II

Okay, the treadmill is in the house (Sunday) and I have run before work for two days (Monday and Tuesday). I need to run 3 more days this week. Along with that, I am also attending exercise class. Yeah, that's right people, I am hard core! Truth? I have no choice. I have to get into a bathing suit in March. And....if I don't lose this baby weight, it ain't gonna be pretty! So, here's to meeting my goals for 2 days. woot woot!

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Thank you Mulan

So, I was innocently leaning over the bed dressing Suri, when out of no where I get a HUGE karate chop to the back. I whipped around in surprise ready to kung fu kick Josh in the flank and I see a little blondie dressed like Mulan. The only words to come out of her mouth were "I beat the Huns".....What the heck? She quickly spun around and ran back up to her room. I, being a bit historically challenged, yelled for Josh to come in and explain to me what a "Hun" is. Apparently, from my interpretation, they were no good and were mean to Mulan. Once again, Thank you Disney. My back is broken.

Until next time......

2010

Well, we wrapped up yet another year. Goodbye 2009 and hello 2010. Our family is very much looking forward to this year. We have committed ourselves to making sure this year is MUCH better than last. On our agenda thus far for 2010 are 2 vacations, yep that's right, I said 2. Our first vacation will be in March when we will head to DISNEY WORLD! We should own stock in Disney. Lord knows we put enough of our money into vacations and products. Our second vacation will be at the beach house in Hilton Head, SC.

I don't want to say I have made a "resolution" for this year however I am going to make a good effort to just simplify my life. You know, get rid of any unnecessary items/clutter. I want to create a system of cleaning and organizing my house so that I do not want to rip my hair out every time I walk into my front door. Secondly, and a bit cliche, I have GOT to get myself healthy and fit again. Despite having minimal time to get to the gym I have to adapt and find a way to exercise at home as well. And third, I want to do as much FUN stuff with our family as possible. Such as zoo trips, museum trips, baking, crafts, ballgames, just little outings. I think it is so easy to just get stuck in the same "easy" routine of coming home from work and putting cartoons on to entertain your kiddos so that you/I can cook and clean.

So there you have it....Bring it on 2010. I'm so gonna kick your butt!

Until next time.....

Our Year

Wow, what a crazy year it has been. Lets take a look back and review our 2009:

*Sophia turned 3 in February

*We found out we were expecting

*We took a trip to Disney World

*We found out we were having a baby girl

*I was put on bedrest for preterm labor

*Josh got a new job as Freshman girls basketball coach and Assistant JV girls basketball coach

*Suri Jean was born and Sophia became a big sister

*Sophia played on her first soccer team

*I returned to work after 6 months off

*We spent Thanksgiving up in Michigan with the Sabol family

*We spent Christmas in Madison with my family

*We are getting ready to ring in the New Year at home, just the four of us, with plans of a slumber party, movie, and popcorn.

Although 2009 will not necessarily be remembered as one of my favorite years due to the 4 months of bedrest, I do feel very fortunate to come out of this year with a healthy family of four. May your 2010 be wonderful. Happy New Year!

Until next time.....

Christmas 2009

Christmas 2009 wrap-up:

Woke up on Christmas day and found presents all around the tree. Santa Claus and his reindeer had eaten the cookies and carrots Sophia laid out the night before. Santa clause came to visit, but Josh missed the whole thing because he was "in the potty" .

Drove to Madison on Christmas day and visited with my side of the family. Once again Sophia, our whirling dervish, trashed Uncle Mark and Aunt Kami's house and mama Pam and papa Dale's house. Instead of wearing her pretty red Christmas outfit she rocked out in a Superwoman costume most of the day. Nothing says Merry Christmas like a blue tootie and red cape.

Drove back up to our house where Papi, Boo, Kyle, and Zack were and had yet another Christmas celebration.

All in all, a wonderful Christmas. We enjoyed spending time with all of our family.

Baby Tiger

Suri Jean gives us a run for our money every night right around 8:30pm. I am talking full extension, scratching, kicking, screaming, etc... She definitely turns into what Josh calls his "baby tiger". A perfect name for her during this "melt-down" time.. Once she has this baby tiger time, she snuggles in and falls asleep. I am afraid she has her mommy's temper too..

Until next time...

Sophia's House

As mentioned in a previous post Sophia has developed this ideal house of hers named "Sophia's House". In this special house she has many features that to us "grown-up" sound bizarre and a little useless, but to Sophia they are AMAZING! I will list the features in a random order as I have been trying to add to this list as Sophia tells me day-to-day additions to "Sophia's House".

-The freezer will be full of nothing but popsicles
-My neighbor will be a girl that comes over to play all of the time
-In Sophia's house there will be a pink potty and when you go to pee pee in it your pee pee will be PINK (in reality this would indicate a bit of a medical issue, but at Sophia's House it is GLORIOUS !
-My bedroom would be downstairs in the living room and I could just fall asleep and not be lonely
-Our chimney would be bigger so Santa Claus could come down without getting hurt
-Everyone will wear "tooties" as jammies and they will wear leggings too.
-When Santa visits Sophia's house all the reindeer will be rudolphs except with all different color noses.
-AT Sophia's house all the girls will have Ariel necklaces that sing Ah ah ah....ah ah ah....
-My bathtub will be a bubble bath and it will have that button that you push that makes the water swish around.
-The only boys allowed in are daddy, Prince Eric, Prince Charming, and Prince Naveene.
-I would have a super huge swing set that the thunder-boomers didn't blow down that was (you guessed it) PINK.

Thats my Sophs.

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Couldn't wait....

Sophia woke up this morning so stoked about the falling snow. It didn't bother her that it was freezing outside or that there was barely a dusting of snow. She had in her mind that she was going to go out and make snow angels and snow balls. Sounded like a job for superdaddy. So, I woke Josh up from his ever so peaceful slumber to fulfill the dreams of his sweet 3 year old.

Sophs has been talking to me about her "Sophia House" lately. On various car rides or during bath time and even when she is helping me cook she will periodically tell me the features of "Sophia's House". In due time I will unveil the imagination of our creative daughter. Here is just a sample: "In Sophia's house my freezer is FULL of Popsicles"....

Until next time....

Christmas with the family

On Saturday me, Sophs, and Suri met up with my mom's family for our Christmas celebration. It was so fun getting all of the kiddos together. Food was eaten, presents were opened. Josh wasn't able to go due to a ball game, but no worries Sophia opened his presents for him. HEHE! That's what happens when you aren't there daddy!

Until next time......

Jingle Bells

A little more Christmas cheer!

Christmas Program

Christmas program 2009

Christmas ........already?

Christmas has snuck up on me quickly and honestly I am not ready, mentally or physically. We haven't wrapped a gift, our house is a dump, I have 4 laundry baskets full of clean clothes that need to be folded and put away. Oh the story of my life and the lives of most working moms. There just aren't enough hours in the day to get it all done, and throw a holiday in and things get really messed up. I think we will just have to wrap gifts "as needed".

Sophia's Christmas program is today and she was super excited. She wanted to get up early so that I could curl her hair and help her get ready. I was all for it until Suri decided to stay up all night with a stuffy nose. Thank goodness for diet coke. We got up early anyway and I am so glad I did. Sophia looked gorgeous when she left for school and was just beaming ear to ear with excitement for the day.

Until next time....

Daddy's Car

I was not present for this conversation but I could definitely hear it in my head when Josh told me. He and Sophia were unbuckling themselves from their seats and Josh told her "Sophia, you need to clean your stuff out of my car. It is a mess." Sophia promptly responded "Daddy, a lot of this stuff is yours. You probably need to clean your stuff up too."


Suri has spent the last week sleeping in her car seat. I know, probably not the best idea, but she is so congested that she sounds like a little piggy just snorting and snorting if she is laying flat on her back. Oh and by the way, the car seat sleeping system is not helping with the old man bald spot on the back of her head.

Until next time....

The Princess and the Frog

Sophia has been eagerly awaiting opening night of "The Princess and the Frog". We weren't able to make it to the 7:30 show so we made it a late night and went to the 10:00 show. Sophia wore her new Princess Tianna t-shirt, her tutu, her princess socks, and her princess sweat outfit. Oh and don't forget the hair glitter. She looked fantastic. Very cute movie with great music.

Until next time...

Gingerbread House

I have a coworker who is super crafty and always comes up with the neatest projects for our patients to do. This past week she brought in gingerbread house kits to be decorated. Perfect for those female patients of ours who need to work on fine motor, cognitive, and gross motor skills. Also perfect for three year old little girls who always need something to keep them busy. So, after work the other day Suri and I ran into Target and bought one of these kits to surprise Sophia with. She had a great time, and every time I went back into the kitchen she had added a little something to the house. I did a lot of the icing work and she did most of the candy. Suri wasn't all to excited about the gingerbread house decorating. Until next time.......

Simply Sophia

First snow

December 7th 2009. Suri Jean's first snow. Sure, I know, I should have taken a picture of her in the snow but that would have required me to wake her up at 5am before I left for work. Now lets be honest, that would have been crazy! You never wake a sleeping baby, especially at 5 am. Speaking of first snow, the city of Indianapolis definitely was not ready. It took me nearly three hours to get to work today and 2 hours 15 minutes was spent within the city limits. I was sure I was going to have my lunch eaten by the time I actually arrived at work. Surprisingly, I kept my cool. Not one curse word was said. Yeah me, once again!

Okay, back to Suri. We have broken the "wait until 4 months before feeding a baby cereal" rule and started "Surs" (that is what Sophs calls her) on rice cereal. She is doing great and already opening her mouth like a little bird. I love it. I always enjoyed feeding Sophia when she was little and it looks like Suri will be the same way. It looks like breastfeeding is officially over. I think the stress of work and being away from Suri most of the day pretty much just shut the tap off. We gave it a good run though. Way to go Suri!

Until next time...

What a weekend!

I apologize for the lack of posting but in my defense I could not find 30 minutes to sit down and and get on the computer. Crazy life!! Our weekend was no different. On Friday I picked Sophia up from school and we met Josh and his team at Rascall's Fun Zone to go go-carting, play mini-bowling, and play arcade games. Sophs had a ball and Suri of course loved watching all of the lights and seeing all of the girls.

Friday night Kami and Mark came up with their crew. Whew, I tell you having 5 kids in one house can get loud. I do believe that my child might have been the loudest....and bounciest...

Saturday morning we accomplished the unthinkable...Yes, I said unthinkable. We took all 5 kids to Portrait Innovations to have their pictures taken. Crazy idea, I know, but......they did great and I still have all of my hair. I am not saying that I couldn't have used a glass of wine afterward, but I did not have to make a scene as I had expected. Yeah for me!

Following pictures, Kami and I shipped the kiddos off with our husbands and headed out for some Christmas shopping and "me time". It was great. We did contemplate going to the airport and purchasing some tickets to the Bahamas, but she talked me out of it. Hey, a few hours away was good anyhow.

Saturday evening we went to the zoo. Suri slept most of the time, but Sophs loved it. We were the first in line to see Santa, but Sophia bailed. Santa freaked her out and all she would do was wave at him. Oh well, fine by me, we got to go get cookies sooner. Is it bad that my cookie had the most icing on it out of all of the kids?

That brings us to Sunday. We lounged around the house until the afternoon when we met Pamela and Dale for lunch. Whew, what a weekend.

Until next time.....