An Update on the Thomas Boys

Things are great at the Thomas house. Busy and a little crazy, but great! We thought we would upload a few pictures and videos to fill you in on what is going on!


Andrew
He is still a pretty fussy babe,



but when he is quiet, life is good!

We love to go outside after dinner and watch Luke and Daddy ride in the bike trailer and the wagon! Andrew watches from his little bouncy seat.




Andrew is getting bigger every day - and outgrowing outfits left and right! Thanks to everyone who has sent us cute clothes, he is managing to stay in style, in and out of growth spurts!

At least once a day, if not more I end up wearing Andrew ... just not enough hands to go around!

Luke

Luke is busy busy busy. It seems like every day he tries or learns something new! He loves his ball machine and he especially loves to carry the balls around and drop them! In order to be as efficient as possible, he has fine tuned his abilities to hold more than one ball at a time.

Recently, we took Luke to the park and put him in the swing! He loved it! He is also learning "Mama" & "Da-Da", and got a little practice in!

Most of you have seen Luke's shocking face (we call it Shock and Awe face). I posted a pics below - but also a video so you can see it in action!

Happy Birthday Luke!

Our little guy, Luke, turned one on April 9th! We had a party for him the next day! We had such a good time and were so thankful for all those who helped us prepare for the party. Thanks to all who came and shared with us, and thanks also to those who wanted to be there but had to settle for sending birthday wishes out way!



We had leftover cupcakes for days ... but nobody in our house minded too much.



We had a great turn-out! Thank you Aunt Bev for the helium tank, and thank you Daddy (and Bobbi) for blowing up and tying all of those balloons! They were a huge hit with the little ones.




Thank you cousin Linda for our cute "Birthday Boy" T-shirt!




And thank you again, cousin Linda, for Andrew's cute onsie to go with!

We were so proud of our little guy (who has had intermittent bouts of stranger danger) - not a single melt down with a house full of strangers (who later sang to him)!

It took a little encouraging for Luke to dig in to his cake!

After the guests left, and we had a rest, we opened presents! Thank you! Thank you! We can now completely do away with adult furniture and decorate our house top-to-bottom with primary colored Fisher Price toys!

First Haircut!

We took Luke to get his first haircut! We went to the appointment well equipped. We had puffs (cheese puffs and cinnamon puffs), toys, books, a frosted easter egg cookie, and a portable DVD player with baby genius nursery rhymes. Much to our surprise Luke handled it really well! Mom didn't handle it quite as well! He looks like a grown up now! BOOO!

Happy Easter

One of Luke's favorite games is to walk up and down our hallway dropping toys and then picking them up. He is unable, at this point, to walk on his own, so he can only do this with a hand (or two) from Mommy or Daddy. Mommy and Daddy love this game too (about as much as we love changing out the diaper genie), but we humor the little guy with countless trips to and from the front door, bending and stooping and aging our vertebrae on step at a time.

So, hooray for Easter! Celebrated by picking up eggs - Easter is a holiday tailor-made for our little hunter-gatherer. So Easter morning, we took Luke out to our front yard where daddy had conspicuously sprinkled eggs filled with pennies (so they would be fun to shake) and let our little guy go crazy! Turns out, he liked shaking the eggs even more than picking them up. Here are a few pics and a video of all the fun we had!

Andrew (little brother) passed on the Easter egg hunt this year. He opted for a festive bib and a nap instead.

Happy Easter!