Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Thomas is One!


We had a really nice birthday party for Thomas on the Sunday after his birthday. His little buddies all joined us for some cake and treats. Yay for Thomas! He is now 25lbs, running all over the place, climbing stairs, and babbling all the time. He eats mostly everything that isnt baby food (very picky) and has even had and loved indian food! He is headed to Florida in a couple of weeks so we will have more photos of his big belly for you all then!

Monday, December 15, 2008

Thomas at 10 months


Look like anyone we know? Hehe. Thomas celebrated his 10month in style with all of his peeps at Erik's firm's kids' xmas party. He was awake for about 20 mins, met Santa, and checked out some "ladies".
As most of you know, he took off walking by himself two days before Thanksgiving and has been running ever since. He is into everything and Daddy finally had to install the childproof safety locks on the cabinet doors in the kitchen. By the way, that doesnt mean Thomas doesnt try to get into them. It just means he slobbers all over the cabinets and stands in front of them waiting for them to magically open. He's blabbering away still these days but nothing we can understand. He still will not participate in waving byebye or blowing kisses but he is doing a good job of imitating us in other ways. His two favorite shows are Sid the Science Kid and Superwhy (me thinks because of the music in them). He loves dancing to different kinds of music and stops whatever he is doing to dance when a good song comes on.
We havent weighed him in a while but he has grown about a half an inch in the last month just based on the fact that he is now hitting his head on the bottom of the pack and play changing table.
He has taken alot more of an interest in the dogs now that he can move around after them. Molly is wonderful with him...Bandit not so much.
He is sleeping about 11hours at night for us and takes roughly 2naps during the day. He is eating everything we put in front of him. We took him to Silver Diner yesterday and he ate half of Erik's cornbeef hash!
We have finally gotten him down to about 4-5bottles of formula everyday. Gone are the days of 2 cans per week! One can now lasts for at least a week if not longer.
We are heading up to Waverly for christmas to see the Koons zoo and co. Then we head off to sunny St. Thomas with our little St Thomas to celebrate the new year! What exciting times ahead for the little guy and he's not even 1 yet!

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Thomas at the end of 8 months
















So I am little behind with the posting as Thomas will be 9months tomorrow but anyways.





Here are some photos of the little guy. He weighs 26lbs now. He is free-standing alot and every now and then takes a few steps. He took his first steps the night of our friends Brian and Laura's wedding. We didnt see that feat. He is eating everything under the sun now except he has been really fussy the last fews days with solids. He is turning and shaking his head when we try to feed him which is getting to be very exasperating. He was a cowboy for halloween and is looking forward to his first thanksgiving and chri'tmas coming up!





Other than that he is great. Sleeping through the night most nights and being really cute all day long. LOVE HIM LOVE HIM LOVE HIM!!!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Shane Daniel Larkin Arrived!



Our newest nephew arrived in the middle of the last night. Shane Daniel Larkin weighed in at 7lbs 7oz and 20.4 inches long. Erik and I have yet to see him but from the photos he looks just like Kaitlyn did when she was born. Pauline is doing great and from what I understand the second name is in tribute to my mother's grandfather, Daniel. Congrats Pauline and Shane!

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Thomas in West Virgnia during Fran's visit


This was too funny a sign to pass up.

Thomas at 8 months


Thomas is now 8 months and boy is he all over the place. He's not only speed crawling, he's pulling himself up to standing up position, letting go for a brief few seconds, and trying to climb out of his pack and play. YIKEs! No one believes us when we tell them how old he is. He also now weighs 24 lbs, has 4 bottom teeth, and 6 upper teeth, and his eating stage 3 solids. He LOVES chicken just like his mama. He HATES getting his face and nose wiped. He is finally sleeping through the night again as we moved him up to his own room and tried ferberizing him which only took three nights really. He was pretty well-behaved on our recent flight to Puerto Rico.
Now Thomas is waiting patiently for the arrival of his new baby cousin tomorrow and very excited to see the Koons Zoo kids soon in Mississippi. If anyone wants to see some more pics of our Puerto Rico trip, send me on your email and Ill send the kodak album to you! sile625@yahoo.com