My Elsie Lane...

Well we brought home Elsie Lane Thompson last thursday. She came into the world on Oct 5th at 7:50 am weighing 6 lbs 5 oz (I was shocked she was so big!) and 20 inches long. She is too big for most of little sisters preemie clothes and is a totally silent sleeper! Unfortunately no time to write more now. Maybe when we figure out which is day and which is night and how not to fall asleep only 5 minutes into nursing I will write more :)

Enjoy our excellent photos taken just this last sunday by Tracey at En Love Photography!

Shawn's pick for outfit!

My favorite!

comparison

Some comparison shots for you. 2 days before Emolyn was born...

2 days before baby sister!

39 weeks how crazy!

This week is a lot to look forward to. I am excited and nervous and excited!

Emolyn and babys room looks so cute! Linda came and decorated, its almost done I will put up some pictures when we complete the final touches.

Emolyn just figured out yesterday she and baby sister have the same mom and dad, it did not go over well.

Emolyn has been performing a new song, something about across the river. Linda any ideas?

I am going to buy myself some fun birthday presents today because I deserve them.

Yesterday was only 103 degrees I could totally tell the cooler weather! So sad...

Made an awesome photoboook of my maternity photos through Tiny Prints. Heads up, not very user friendly. I offered to tell them all about my experience...

Already scheduled newborn baby photo shoot!

Next time I blog will be with new baby pictures!

The life and times of the Thompson 3.5

Emolyn wanted to listen to her i pod yesterday, alone. She was adament she did not want to hear it on the speakers, it was for her ears only. Well at 108 degrees she was hanging out in undies, thus without pockets. But we made it work.
She was my cooking helper the other night calling herself "A cooker girl". All this time with other people she comes home with these phrases I have never used and its pretty hilarious. But we put on our matching aprons and went to work making curry and egg rolls for dinner. It was delicious.

Emolyn wanted to do some of the picture taking so here is a picture of baby sister.

Emolyn asking for the camera while Shawn was taking some pregnancy shots.

35 weeks

36 weeks

No pictures from 37 weeks yet but it is well underway. Less than 2 weeks until C section day! Only 3 more days of work after today! Ahhh! Its all really happening! We will have a baby in our house. Emolyn told me she wanted to go to the dr with me so she could be there when he cut baby sister out of my tummy so she could give her a kiss. I told her, not today.

Record breaking high temperatures are making pregnancy super fun but I have my own personal massage therapist coming over tonight! Its the little things that get me through the day! Oh and I can't wait to be home with my girls and have my bathroom done (its almost there, I should probably post a picture huh?) I am, if you will, a lady in waiting...

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The countdown is on

25 days till baby (which means 24 days till my birthday- at which time I am totally getting a free dozen Dunkin Donuts-thanks Linda!)
8 more shifts at work
1 more baby shower- Thank you sweet friends for getting together to celebrate our growing family
25 more crappy nights of sleepy
1 crib to finish cleaning, I have already ironed the crib skirt, I know me, ironing -weird!
1 last date night tonight! Emolyn is sleeping at Mimi and Pop pops. I think shawn and I are going out for thai food together. Then maybe a movie, depends on how long I can stay awake :)
25 more days left with my sweet girl being the onyl one to hold. Im already a little sad she has to share me. She prayed for me to have baby sister last night so I wouldn't be sick anymore, its pretty adorable. She says "You sick mama? You need acid pill? Sorry baby sister making you tired."
1 master bathroom in demo mode, maybe done by the time baby comes!
2 grandmas, 2 grandpas, 2 Aunts, 2 Uncles, 2 great grandmas, 1 great grandpa and 1 big sister and many more all waiting!

Maternity pictures!

We had so much fun taking maternity pictures while Shawn was home this last weekend. It was pretty warm but Tracey with En Love Photography (look her up on facebook) made it worth it. I was so nervous that I wouldn't still be pregnant and she made an appointment with me so fast. She was super flexible and had some great locations to choose from! In only 3 days she gave me 6 pictures like a "preview". And they are so fantastic. better than I could have imagined. I am so pleased and now can't wait to see more! Its hard when you aren't one of those people who feels like they are "glowing". If I am its because its hot out. So it was so much fun to feel pretty. And I always love pictures with my little growing family. Its hard not to get good pictures of Emolyn! Who of course turned it on when she saw the camera.
Enjoy our preview pictures!

49 days and counting

OK so all of the sudden its happening fast and we are going to have another baby! In 49 days or less!
Family update:
Shawn- got a job, Emolyn reminds us regularly that she prayed for Daddys new job. Aparently we should have had her doing that sooner. He is working for a company called Tiny Prints.check them out, the company is fantastic and the work envirnment makes me totally jealous, and I like my job! The lounge is a 50's diner. They take ice cream breaks. It seems incredible. He is in California for training for 2 weeks but gets to come home for the weekend.
Nicole- with Shawns new job development my work schedule should be changing to working less and being home with my girls more! Still working out the details. As for now I am still full time but on light duty until the baby comes. Which means less time on my feet and hopefully a little more weight gain. So far I am only up 4 pounds. I get weight again tomorrow and I am aiming for 10! Fat chance, no pun intended. Otherwise baby girl remains unnamed but as of last weeks ultrasound she is doing well growing (3 lbs 4 oz) and she has chubby cheeks and some hair! I think it will be pretty easy to tell the baby pictures apart.

Emolyn- babies babies babies. She loves her baby dolls, naming them, feeding them bottles (they are frequently "thirsty"), and patting them on the back when they are "crying". Yesterdfay she was telling her newest baby, "don't cry, its ok, its just me and mama". She got a new baby for going poop on the potty and as we drove to the dollar store she was calling out "Im coming baby, Im coming to bring you home". She is like the cutest little nuturing thing I can hardly stand it. She also loves do dance and watches "dancing show" which is SYTYCD. She does a lot of "high kicks" at home like she sees on the show. Also she does a lot of singing and making up songs. My favorite is "I know because". And thats the whole song. over and over. "I know, because, I know, because". Its hilarious.
So despite my lapse in communication all is well at the Thompson home.

Family camp

We just got back from family camp at church and we had an awesome time! It was so nice to be out of the heat for a little bit and great to spend that time with friends. We got to share a cabin with Andy and Meredith and 7 week old baby Jack. He slept better than Emolyn did! We met some new friends and had a great time being intentional with just the 3 of us as a family.

We had a "Western Night" on 4th of July that was so cute! There were a ton of fun games set up and Emolyn could do almost all of them. Although the shooting to knock down empty soda cans ended up being her walking up to the pyramid of cans and swinging the dart gun right into them. Oh well.
Our little western family! 26 week into building baby sister!
Emolyn LOVED her freckles.
We panned for gold and then used our gold at the "General Store" to buy, what else, candy.
The only time she wore her bandana. Man she looked cute. It was so nice to spend the weekend in Payson and to get time with our little family and our church family. Emolyn made plenty of new friends, she was very popular with the older girls who taught her some cheers and played with her constantly. It must be hard to be so popular!