Mr. Thompson turns 23!

Finally! Now we are both 23 and when someone asks how old we are they won't notice right away that I'm the older one :)

I love to celebrate. I will celebrate anything really, if it gives me a theme and an excuse to throw a party or have a few people over.

This year, Eric's birthday really stumped me. I was racking my brain all week on what to do for Eric's Bday that wouldn't cost an arm and a leg. In the past, I have spoiled him so much I was afraid he would be disappointed this year. His birthday fell on a Friday, which would normally be great, but due to Eric's work schedule and other prior obligations pending for that day, I only had a few hours to spend with him. We had originally planned on doing his birthday dinner on Sunday, but I just couldn't let the actual day go by without some type of Birthday-ness.  I had finally come up with a plan, but I couldn't put the plan in action until after he was gone, and he wouldn't be recieving this birthday surprise until he got home, so at a last minute lame attempt, I suggested we go get Birthday Sundaes before he went to work. So poor Eric probably went to work thinking that this was how it was going to be from now on -now that we were married and had a kid, I just didn't have time to celebrate his bday...

Muahaha. Well, we fooled him!

A 23rd Birthday Love Note Trail

Each heart has a reason why we love Eric :)

Mr. Thompson loves a German Chocolate Cake and Reese's are our fave candy :)

It was great to be woken up by a happy husband who really appreciated my efforts. 

Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails...

I can't believe I forgot to blog about this.

Baby Thompson # 2

IS A BOY!

Again :)

I was so worried that I'd be having another boy because I didn't have a name for it. We have long ago picked out the name 'Olivia' for our (hopefully) future daughter, but once we had finally agreed on Tristan, I just fell in love with the name. I couldn't have loved it more. I thought I wouldn't ever find a name I loved as much for a boy.

When I found out I was pregnant again, I just knew it was a girl.
My main theories were:
a. Nausea but no vomitting (with Tristan, I spent the first 20 weeks throwing up everything I ate)
b. I didn't have any boy names left, so it had to be a girl.
c. Chinese prediction calendar.

There has been a very popular myth in Eric's family that has held true, and I chose to not accept this myth. Wish I would have!

The myth is that your hairline predicts what your younger sibling is. It works for the 5 kids in The Thompson family, and it works for me. (My hairline--in the back--is a "W" shape, and I have a little brother. Hairlines that are straight across indicate that you have a little sister)

The day that Tristan was born, I flipped him around and I looked at his hairline-- STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW! I had quickly told Eric I was recalling my statement from an hour ago (during my labor) and that we could indeed have more children. And then when Tristan was about 8 weeks old, I started to notice that his hairline was not straight. I asked everyone what they thought and they all agreed his hairline was not straight. I chose to ignore it and believed that I was having a girl. So you can imagine my surprise when the technician said "Okay, are you ready? See these are the legs...and this is not a leg." There was no doubt about it. There is a little boy inside of me!

After the ultrasound, we had about an hour to kill before my next appointment so we grabbed some lunch and started our name debate. It lasted about 20 minutes before we realized that we had already decided on the name a couple weeks ago. We decided that we would stick with our guts.

Ryan Joseph Thompson is expected to be here on September 13, 2011.

(Fun fact: Ryan means Little King!)

I must say, I thought I'd be so disappointed but I am not. I am thrilled! We have been having a particularly rough patch financially lately and feel that this may be a blessing in disguise. It will be so great to have two boys that are so close in age, and the only thing we'll really need to purchase is a toddler bed for Tristan! We already have everything we need. Of course, Ryan will need his own blankie because Tristan will certainly not be sharing that (he won't even let me cuddle with it) but otherwise, we are set! Which is great, because it has helped me to manage my stress a lot more this time around.

Mother's Day Surprise!

Ohmigosh, I have been slacking so so much on my blogging updates.

Times have been a little tough on the Thompson family this past week, but we are keeping our heads up and still trying to enjoy our days!

Mother's Day was wonderful :) My boys (FINALLY!!) got me a "Preggle pillow"- I have been wanting this since 2nd trimester with Tristan and my dreams have finally come true. Seriously though, such a great gift! This time around, I am much bigger and night time has been a lot more difficult.  I complain so much, Eric gave me the pillow at 12:05am on Sunday so he could finally use his pillow again.

My OTHER surprise was not revealed until the following morning. After sacrament meeting we snuck away to attend Tristan's very FIRST Mariner's game! It was the most beautiful day to watch a baseball game. Of course, it was dark and cloudy at our house so I packed sweatshirts and blankets, only to get to the field and get a sunburn!

We got amazing seats! We were right above the scoreboard in left field. The scoreboard lady was nice enough to let us borrow the ONE :)

Tristan loved every minute of the game. He made some new friends with the people sitting next to us, and danced to all the music, and even got on television! 

By the 9th inning, he was fading fast, and I had a sleeping baby on my hands (so rare, he almost never falls asleep any place other than his crib and the car)

And of course, the best part! They were giving out free Mariner's earrings to all the Mom's :)

All in all, it was a great day. I got to spend the day with my boys, and I even got to take a nap and I didn't have to change any diapers! It was a pretty good deal. 

Hope all the other Mama's out there had a great day too!