A Lot of Pictures!

Our first Thanksgiving with Thomas was very busy and very fun. It started on Wednesday night when our friend, Sarah Pearce and her mom and dad stopped by to see Thomas. We had some cookies, caught up a little bit, and then The Pearce Family got to witness Thomas and his amazing sprinkler system in full effect. Not once, but twice while I was changing him, the sprinkle system kicked in and watered the baby room floor. We should see our first tree spring up any day now. Here is a picture of Sarah holding Thomas.

On Thursday, I got up and ran the Thanksgiving Day Race at 9. We then packed up the car and headed to my parent's house for brunch. That turned out to be baby central, as several under 3 year old's were there. It was fun and exhausting at the same time. We then headed to the Moore's Farm in Russelville, Ohio for an old fashioned Thanksgiving in the country. Here are some pictures of that evening:

Emily carving up our 22 pound Turkey!

Thomas (with Aunt Tricia) learning the correct hand posture for praying. He actually did this on his own several times over the weekend. As first time parents, it does not take much to impress us.

Thomas meets Aunt Kate.

What do you do after dinner? That's right, take a nice bath and get cleaned up.

Overall, Thomas did pretty well on his first family holiday. He will be a crafty veteran by the time Christmas gets here.

Happy Slapsgiving!

If you don't watch How I Met Your Mother, first off shame on you, it's an awesome show, but this clip may not be that funny. Still worth a watch. Happy Slapsgiv....I mean Thanksgiving everyone.

I didn't go on my first date until I was 16!

Thomas had his first "date" last week. Emily's friend, Katie, brought her baby Liliana over for a play date. Liliana is a few weeks older than Thomas so Katie has been a great help to us with advice. I was not home for this date, but from what I heard, it went pretty well. The parents have already started planning the wedding details!

So You Say It's Your Birthday! (6 days ago)

Happy birthday Coley!

This is about 6 days late, but it's the thought that counts, right?

Boy's Night In

Last night, Thomas and I had our first boy's night in together. Emily was feeling good and her book club was getting together, so she decided to head on out for a few hours and let the Anderson boys hang out at home.

I have to say, at first, I was a little nervous. Emily provides the one thing that Thomas always wants.....food. What if he got a sudden hunger pain and I couldn't help out? Well, Emily was able to leave me with some food with the help of a pump and a bottle, and we had some pre-made formula that the hospital was nice enough to give us, so I felt OK on that front. The other thing I was worried about was not being able to keep him happy and/or sleepy. Turns out I really had nothing to worry about at all. I got to feed him at 7, which he happily took. I got some good awake time with him. Good meaning, he was awake, he was focusing on me and my funny stories, and he was not crying. Then around 8:00, he fell sound asleep until Emily came home at 9:30. Not a bad first boys night in, if I do say so myself. This picture shows you the extent of what Thomas did:

I think he took it easy on me, knowing I was a first timer.

You Know What's Fun to do at 3 am with a crying baby?

NOTHING! Just kidding.

I've actually learned a few things about myself being up that late trying to get Thomas to go to sleep. First, I learned that I can count the individual nails on the hardwood floor in our dinning room at least 3 times before I get distracted and have to start over.

Second, I learned that I can make up a song on the spot and repeat it over and over again for an hour. Some of the better lines from these songs have words that rhyme with "Tom" "Poop" and "Diaper".

Speaking of diapers, third I learned that a diaper is not clean until you confirm that it is clean. You could have changed a dirty diaper 2 minutes before, but if he is crying, you better check again.

Finally, I learned that no matter how much he cries and keeps us awake, Emily and I are going to have the patience and the energy to wake up and help calm him down. I can't believe how quickly we both have adapted to this new schedule. Just when we think we are too tired to be productive, Thomas will do something new and get us all excited and re-energized. It really is a lot of fun. Besides how can you not have all the patience in the world for this little face:

WARNING: Half Naked Baby Photos Ahead!

We took Thomas to the doctor on Monday for his first checkup. Everything looked great, even his jaundice was gone. He is really doing so well. He eats a lot, he poops a lot, and thankfully, he does not cry a lot. (Talk to me in a few days and that last statement may be different). Here are some pictures from the doctors office.

I am the CHAMPION!

What you lookin' at, Mom?
Thomas William Anderson....Good to meet you Dad.

Time to go home....I'm sleepy or maybe I'm hungry, or maybe I need a diaper change.