Monday, November 30, 2009

Thanksgiving in Palm Springs

















We flew down to Palm Springs for Thanksgiving this year. First Thomas and I, and then Shem joined us on Tuesday. Thomas did SO well on the plane rides that people were stopping us telling us how good he was. He was smiling and laughing at everyone. We went swimming every day and Thomas went golfing for the first time with Grandpa Dan and Uncle Doug. He even had his own little set of clubs. He had a little bit of a hard time away from me as you can see in the picture where he is laying on the floor sucking his thumb with his favorite blanket. Gma Arlene read him tons of books and they had an awesome time together. By the end of the week he was as attached to her as he was me....almost. We also went to a light show at the Living Desert. Thomas loved it and ran around screaming the whole time. My shy guy suddenly disappeared in the circus of darkness and Christmas lights. Not sure what happened but he was having the time of his life. We all argued over what time to eat Thanksgiving dinner, with or without Thomas. I got my way (without Thomas) and then changed my mind so he could eat with us. Haha.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Into the woods






Shem takes Thomas on a little Daddy trip every weekend. One of his favorite places to take him is to the redwoods. Thomas loves it, Shem loves it, and I love that I have some time to myself! Thomas's new skill is eating an apple all by himself. He loves apples! He has also learned to say more and more words. His favorites are Mama, Dada, DogDog, Night Night, and What's a monkey/cow/fish/lion say? He also yells alot for things when he wants them but doesn't have a word for them yet. I feel the tantrums coming!

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Unhappy Halloween!









We had grand visions of trick or treating around the neighborhood. Then we put Thomas's costume on him (a gift from our friend/Thomas's babysitter who's Mom made it for her son), and it all went downhill from there. He hated having it on, either crying or running around trying to rip it off. So, we stayed home, and passed out candy. Not so bad considering he certainly wasn't going to eat candy and I don't need it, so it worked out! ;) As you can see, I thought modeling the mouse head for him might get him into it. That didn't work either.