Belly Pictures!

I sometimes think to myself, “Tommy is so big! Was he EVER small?” Then looking at these pictures, I’ve decided, “NO!”  I mean, just look at the size of my belly!

A dear friend, Sarah, took some family photos for me before Tommy was born.  I know, I know, it’s been 3 months… I know. I’m behind.  But here’s my catch up.  These are my most favorites shots she took:

I’m sure you’re thinking, “Where’s Pete?”  Don’t worry, he’s coming. :-)

I love this next series of pictures.  She did such a great job getting him splashing in the puddles!

(Look at those cheeks!! Hilarious!)

This is where he realized his clothes are wet.  It’s a big problem.  You’ll see why later on…

More of me… I’m excited that I have a more than a few pictures to choose from.  Usually people can’t get good pictures of me, so this is very, very cool.

Wait, was that Pete?

Yup, Pete finally made it in.

Remember those wet clothes? Ya, Jack is so mad that we aren’t paying attention to his wet-clothes-fit that he starts biting his clothes.  That’s my boy!

(This is my very most favorite picture.  I was so close to sending this out as our baby announcement… “Jack is so excited to announce the arrival of his baby brother…” Something like that.)

And when that didn’t work, he just started taking them off.  We just have to capture that on camera for black mailing purposes later.

Nice work Jack.  But more importantly, nice work, Sarah.  Thank you so, so much!

Halloween in December

So, I’ve wanted to put up the pictures of Jack’s Halloween costume for a while now – have I mentioned that I’ve been behind on a lot of things besides making sure my children are fed.

Pete let Jack choose his costume and he was very excited! He looks so cute in his Toy Story soldier costume, huh?

At ease, soldier!

I might be getting coal in my stocking…

Why? Probably because I have really shirked my responsibility as a mommy-photographer.  Poor Tommy has less than half of the photos that Jack had at two months old.  For instance: we have several videos of Jack… but I’ve only been able to save a couple of Tommy.

Pathetic, right? And this is pretty much the only proof that mom and dad came to help us for two weeks. 

I really love this video, although it doesn’t do Tommy justice.  He loves to smile and talk to you.  His AGOO’s are just adorable.

 

And these are some more of my favorite pictures of little Tommy.

We love, love, love this little darling of ours!

He's Here!!

I'll put down the details sometime soon... but for now I'll just share some pictures of our sweet, cuddly, little Tommy. He was born on Saturday, the 2nd, at 3:12p. Weighing in at 8lbs 13oz and measuring 22 inches long, he is definitely a healthy baby.

We went back and forth on his name - and back and forth - finally settling on Thomas Owen.

His head was already too big for their little hats! It's sliding off as we are gazing at him...

They rounded his weight up to make it a whopping 8lbs 13 oz.

Happy daddy. And, if you notice: I'm sleeping. :-)

Tommy is feeling like sleep is a good idea, too.

Audrey was my AWESOME nurse who helped me through 12 of my 15 hours of labor. My hero. I would be very ungrateful if I didn't mention my other heros: Pete, my mom, Sarah and Sue.

Jack was so stinkin' cute with Tommy. He was very excited to see me and his "baby bruder".

Jack took advantage of the nice T.V. view from the bed.

Then Jack asked to hold Tommy. He loved to get up close and look at his face. I wonder if he thought he was looking in a mirror, cuz they look so much alike!

I love this cheesy snicker face!

My attempt at fancy photography.

And this picture pretty much sums up the weekend: exhausted but satisfied.

We LOVE you so much, Tommy!