Awesome Friends!

A BIG Thank You to all of Scott's awesome friends at work! Today I got a great surprise! They sent us this beautiful edible arrangements bouquet! I have always wanted one of these! It totally made my day and we sure enjoyed trying it out tonight! YUM! Thanks so much!

More Precious Pics

Here's some more pics of our little angel. He's such a good baby!

A Baby Story

So...I know not everyone wants to hear the gory details but for posterity sake I want to write it down. Tristan was very comfy in my tummy but wasn't growing at a steady rate inside. I measured small like always, my belly stops growing at 33cm. So my doctor, being very thorough, did a few ultrasounds near the end. The baby wasn't growing steadily and actually declining from 69% to 44% to 20% within 4 weeks. So, he decided based on that and the convenience of scheduling that he'd induce me Thursday night July 16th. We got the the hospital and around 11pm I was 2cm+ and they gave me cervidell. The next morning, around 8:30-9, I'd made little if any progress and wasn't having contractions either so they broke my water and started pitocin. Things picked up from there. Scott helped distract me by watching a movie with me and then we played phase 10. I decided to go for a walk around the halls hoping it would speed things up. By then things were getting more intense. I made it walking for and hour and around noon I asked them to check me because I was in a lot of pain. They practically broke my heart when they told my I was 3cm. I knew I couldn't handle much more and so I gave in and opted for an epidural. That was over with within the next hour. When asked how it was helping, I told him I was still feeling a lot. He insisted it was pressure and not pain that I was feeling. I could tell it definitely took the edge off what I had been feeling so I believed him and hoped it would get better and better as time when on. No such luck for me. It got worse and worse and within about 40 min I felt as bad as I did before and started feeling like I needed to push. The nurse checked me and said, "oh, your and 8 or 9!" and called my doctor to get him on his way. She asked me to try pushing to see how it felt, and as soon as I tried she and Scott in sync yelled, "STOP!" They baby was pretty far up but apparently was coming down nicely and after huffing and puffing away the urge to push for about 10-15 min my doctor was finally ready and with one contraction baby Tristan was born. Needless to say I felt EVERYTHING (minus a little of the edge off the pain) but thankfully he came fast. He was perfect! The hospital was kinda hectic right at the moment I delivered and so my nurse was like a one woman show helping my doctor and taking care of the baby. It seemed like forever until she gave him to me to hold. He was a feisty little thing. He cries so cute! When he gets real mad he makes this squeaking noise we think is kind of like a guinea pig. He was 6lbs 9oz. The boys came to meet him that night and they love him. Haydn is very gentle and sweet with him and Connor is already a pro at holding him. Today Connor said, "The reason I wanted a baby was so I could show you how gentle I can be." Bringing the baby home today was so surreal. I can't believe he's here. In the car Haydn said to Tristan,"I bring you to our home and I show you your room Tristan." Then in a mock Tristan voice he followed with "OK!" It was really cute. Welcome home little guy!
For fun here's a pic of me the day before I had him, 37 weeks 2 days, and then here's more pics from after the delivery and the boys meeting him for the first time.

Meet Tristan Nicholas Thompson!

Tristan was an even 20 inches tall, taller than both Connor and Haydn at birth. Connor weighed the most (7 lbs 4 oz) and Haydn the least (6 lbs 8 oz, one ounce less than Tristan).

Meet Thompson Baby Number 3!

Born 2:16 p.m., Friday, July 17, 2009. Weight: 6 lbs 9 oz.

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A short poem

When next we blog - this ain't no jive -
The Thompsons will be a fam'ly of five!
-Scott

We are getting excited...

That would be the understatement of the year! I am SO ready for this baby to be here. I've been thinking he'd come just as early as Haydn so when that came and went a few days ago I've been restless ever since. We've gotten a lot more prepared for the baby that I even dreamed of. We've now painted EVERY room in our house. The last room was the babies room this week. Now it is done and even set up. The boys were just as anxious to put up the baby gear as I was. I had Scott help me bring the boxes of baby furniture into the room one night and when the boys saw it the next morning they didn't want to do anything but put it together. Needless to say I was ok with that. Today we made t-shirts for the boys to wear when the baby comes. They are SO excited. Every morning the first question I get is "When is the baby coming?" and my tummy (now that it's plenty noticeable) is getting lots of hugs and kisses from the kids. Come on baby boy...anytime you are ready you are welcome!

Stats and Strawberries

We went to the doctor yesterday for Connor's 5 yr old well-child check and here's the stats...Connor is...
48lbs (90 percentile and all muscle)
47 1/2in tall (off the charts apparently and not just by a little)

He's always been between the 50th and 75th percentiles before so this blew my mind. I knew he was tall when he went for his kindergarten orientation and he was one of the tallest kids but seriously another 1/2 inch and he's officially 4 ft tall. He's grown over 5 inches this year and we figure at that rate he could be taller than me by the time he's 8 or 9! Today I looked up an estimate of how tall he'll be based on his stats now, 6'3''! I told him he might be taller than Daddy someday and he said, "Oh, that makes me SO HAPPY!" Apparently he's obsession with growing is working!

We went strawberry picking with some friends right in our little town. It was fun. The kids LOVE strawberries. Their favorite breakfast lately is oatmeal with strawberries on top. We worked hard and my pregnant back held out long enough to pick 6lbs. The kids were good helpers too of course. I heard a lot of "I eat it?" We'll probably go back again before the season is over just to stock up our freezer.

Connor's Pirate Party

We had a great Birthday party for Connor on Saturday. He chose a pirate theme. We had a bunch of games (pin the flag on the treasure chest, a pinata, and water balloon/canon ball fight) and activities (tattoos, pirate hats, eye patches, pirate stories, and BBQ lunch with hot dog ships). I made a pirate ship cake that I had more problems with than I thought I would but turned out looking ok and tasting great so I bit my perfectionist tongue and went with it. When Connor saw it in the morning he said, "Mom, that's perfect for my pirate party!" Then I felt better. It was a fun day and most importantly Connor was VERY happy with how it went. We had some old friends and new friends come celebrate with us. Thanks friends for joining us and helping to make it special for Connor. After the party Grandpa and Uncle Gabriel came to visit and we had fun celebrating birthdays (Connor and Gabriel are 11 days apart) and Father's Day. Here's some pics of all the fun...

Connor Turns 5!

Connor turned a whopping 5 years old today! I can't believe it! He had a great birthday too (aside from the ER visit and walking in a splint!)! Saturday Scott and I slaved over their room, while the boys enjoyed cartoons, to build them an awesome bunk bed. Of course, they LOVED it! It has a new theme too...we went from cars to balls. The bunk bed is perfect to give them more space to play in their room too. Connor loves being on the top bunk and Haydn quickly mastered the ascent and has promised to pay many visits. We broke it in with Connor and Haydn climbing around for a good hour. Then the boys all piled in the bottom bunk for a story. Turns out it was good we gave him this present yesterday, tonight he has to sleep on an air mattress on the floor because of his splint, oh well.

This morning, his actual birthday, we had yummy waffles with carmel syrup, Connor's request, before we made our trip to the ER. After the ER, Connor couldn't miss primary so, splint and all, we went to church. He even got to give his first talk in primary today. We wrote a talk together, about prayer, a couple days ago and I printed it off. He read it all by himself nice and clear into the microphone. Everyone thought he was the cutest thing (I hear that a lot and have to agree of course)! After church we took it slow and had dinner. He got candles in a brownie tonight because his birthday party is next week. After dinner he got his last present from us...an old digital camera. We knew he would love it since that was his other wish list item (the watch was the first one). I can't wait to see what comes out of that camera, it will be interesting. Haydn is a good photographer too...of his hand anyway. Happy Birthday Connor! We love you so much!