Here are a few more photos of our newest addition.  The boys absolutely LOVE Ronan.  It is so cute to watch them love on him.  In the hospital, Jacob was a little standoffish, a bit nervous, but you could still tell he was excited to meet his new brother.  Aidan, who I thought would really care less, is totally  excited about Ronan.  Both boys love to give him kisses and hugs.  Below are a few photos of their first meetings and then Ronan, ready to go home  (And no, he doesn't have freakishly long, bent arms - his little onesie that they give him in the hospital was a little big and the arms were super long.).  Enjoy! 

Before, during and after

A few hours before we met our son . . . 

(Hard to believe he was inside of me just a few days ago)

Mama meets baby

Skin to skin bonding with mama

Our newest addition . . .

We are so excited to introduce Ronan Isaac Thomas.  He was born early on Friday, January 23 at 7:56pm.  For being 3 weeks early, he was still a big boy!  Ronan weighed 6lbs 15.8oz and was 20 inches long.  He is so awesome and a great baby!  I will post more later . . .

The Mailman . . .

Sooo, apparently the mailmen that my children see wear lamp shades on their heads.  The boys have been cracking me up by walking around the house with a lamp shade on their head.  Jacob informs me that they are playing mailman and hands me my mail while wearing the shade.  I find it very funny.  And perhaps I should start paying more attention to the mailman . . .

Disclaimer Number 2

Finally, all of the Christmas pictures are up!  I know it's alot, but we have so much fun during the Holidays and I wanted to share it with all of you.  I won't be offended, heck I won't even know, if you choose to hit the back button on your browser and skip the gianormous amount of pictures.  But you will be missing out on some pretty fun stuff.  It's up to you!

Christmas Afternoon, Part 4

The final part of our Christmas Day is spent with my mom's side of the family.  Nan, Aunt Lori, Uncle Les, Josh, Luke and Andrea joined all of us in the afternoon for a final round of gifts and hanging out.  As always, it was a blast!

December 25, 2008

Mid afternoon entertainment - dog flying

Aunt Lori and Uncle Les scratching to see if they won big . . .

they did not.

Aidan riding around in the huge dump truck that Josh, Luke and Andrea gave him.

Jacob figuring out how his big new crane works - from Josh, Luke and Andrea

Grammie, Andrea and Luke

Andrea

Checking out the awesome truck and boat from Aunt Lori and Uncle Les

Aidan in his normal dilemma, do I want to finish the crackers I'm eating or open another gift . . .

Lazer pointers aren't just for dogs and cats!  Doug was given a lazer pointer to use with Rosco.  However, the boys had more fun chasing it around.  Rosco figured out pretty quick where the light was shining from and sat in front of Doug, watching it.  My boys didn't care and had a blast running around trying to catch it.

Then the shirts came off and it was "man time" and the wrestling began

Aidan thought it would be funny to take it a step further, luckily the other boys, I mean men, didn't follow suit.  Which was surprising . . .

Riss and Rosco conked out after a busy day . . .

Christmas Morning, Part 3

The third part of our Christmas day is spent at my parents house.  We go to Grammie and Papa's to open gifts with them and Uncle Doug and Aunt Riss.  Nan was also there to watch - her presents come in part 4.  I didn't have a chance to get a picture of what Santa brought for the boys before they got ahold of them.  Santa brought them each a Big Wheels bike to keep at Grammie and Papa's house.  They loved them and the rest of their gifts. . .

Jacob trying to figure out the kaleidoscope 

Oh, my sweet Aidan . . .

Rosco enjoyed the day too

Aidan opening a gift

Jacob playing with his new Bob the Builder toys

Cody opening a gift

Aunt Riss

Grammie

Riding the new Big Wheel!

And yes, it was actually a cold and rainy Christmas for AZ! 

And windy too . . .

Christmas Morning, Part 2

Part 2 of our Christmas morning includes Gramps, Farmor, Aunt Jamie and Uncle Travis coming to our house to open gifts.  We have homemade cinnamon rolls and enjoy each others company.

I can't remember what was making Jacob laugh, I still thought this picture was cute

Jacob helping Farmor open our gift to her while Gramps looks on

The boys LOVE playing with Uncle Travis.

Although, Aidan looks a bit mischievous in this picture.  I hope Uncle T was ready!

Jacob was having a blast!

Opening gifts from Gramps and Farmor

LOVE that laugh!!

Christmas Morning, Part 1

We began our Christmas morning at home, watching the boys enjoy their gifts from Santa and Mommy and Daddy.  It was an entertaining morning.  All we should have gotten Aidan was food.  Yes, food.  We would ask him if he wanted to open any presents and he would say no, "want fruit bar" or "want cinnamon roll" or "want cheerios".  He definitely had food on the brain.  It was pretty funny.

The train table and stocking stuffers from Santa and presents from Mommy and Daddy.

On their way out to check out their loot.

Jacob admiring the sunglasses Santa gave him in his stocking

Somehow I get the feeling Aidan might feel like he got jipped with the tooth brsuh . . .

Jacob showing off his new train from Mommy and Daddy

Aidan's turn to show off his train.

The boys also got Dr. Seuss books from us too.