...Three Months

Where does the time go?

It's really hard to believe that three months ago today our little "Booger/Boogie" Ryan was born. I wouldn't say that it feels like just the other day but it definitely does not feel like three months ago!

Our little man is getting so big and it is awesome to see his personality blossom more and more ever day. We posted the other day about how he laughed for the first time...I think that is goes without saying that we cherish all the time we get to spend with Ryan and look forward to all the milestones and fun that the future holds for him and us as a family. I will say too that it is a little hard to believe that all these "first" are our last. The past three years have been a whirlwind of kids, kids and more kids (literally)! After both Sydney and Dean were born I personally (Olivia speaking) was not ready to say I was done having kids...and in all honesty, as much as we were not planning on trying for another kid I think that Ryan is the perfect way to finish our family. Right now we truly love our life but are glad to be moving on to this next phase as a family of 5!

But with that being said [after going off on a small tangent]...going back to Ryan. He is such a sweet, lovable and  mild-mannered child. His smiles just make your heart melt. Listening to him talk and watching him just take in everything around him is just so amazing to witness. Children are truly a blessing from Jehovah. So on that note...this post is dedicated to Ryan and how much we love our little man and cant imagine our lives without him. WE LOVE YOU RYAN!

And before I forget here are his current stats...

Birth Weight: 9lbs. 7oz.         Current Weight: ~13lbs

  Birth Length: 20 inches           Current Length: ~24 inches

Miscellaneous Ryan Trivia...

• Ryan's middle name is James, which is also Nick's middle name
• Ryan started sleeping through the night at 2 months 1 week old!
• He is determined to suck his thumb like his big brother Dean...he is close to getting it but not quite yet

And of course this post would not be complete without a few pictures...Enjoy!

This picture was taken just this morning. He is such a happy and easy going baby :)

Don't you just want to pinch those cheeks?!?!?!?

Never in a millions years did we think we would end up with a kid with blue eyes!

Trying to suck his thumb

Have a good rest of your week. Much love, Nick and Olivia

Big Bear Twenty-Eleven - A Sneak Peak!

So last year we were fortunate to be able to take a Thompson/Keane Family trip up to Big Bear....it went so well that we decided to make this year the 2nd (hopefully) Annual Thompson/Keane Family Trip. Sure it can be crazy with five adults and SIX kids running around one house for a whole week but the scenery, good food and time together is well worth it!

So we left Monday early afternoon and finally made it to our final destination, our cabin a.k.a. "Once Upon A Pine", right around 2 pm. Lucky for us Big Bear just had about two feet of snow dumped on it making everything beautiful...and cold! Here are a few pics from ride up...

Ever since we told Syd that we were going to the snow she has been obsessing about making a snowman...so of course as soon as she saw the first sign of snow while we were making our way up the mountain she felt it necessary to ask us [every 5 minutes!] to pull over so that she could make a snowman. We had already been on the road though longer than we should have been so we told her she was going to have to wait till we got to our cabin and she could make a snowman there...being the clever girl she is though she told us we needed to go faster! By the time we got settled in and unpacked it was a little too cold and too dark to be able to make her snowman so she did have to wait just one more day but she did FINALLY get her snowman...and boy was she proud if it :)

Since then the kids have been able to go sledding a few times, play out in the front yard, play table hockey, go in the jacuzzi and much much more. Right now all the "Big Kids" (Nick, David, Jen, Micah & Dillan) are out hitting the slopes and enjoying the beautiful crisp sunny day out on the mountain. We still have a few days to go and many more pictures to take and we will make sure to post the full album as soon as we have it but for now we will leave you with this last few pics to keep you wanting more ;)

Till then...much love! The Thompson

It's The Small Things In Life

So I know we said the next post would be about the last three years of our lives but that will have to wait still till the next post. Like everything in our life it will get postponed just a little longer :)

I really wanted to share this though...

For the last week or so Ryan has been on the verge of actually laughing for the first time. He has been cooing, gooing and all that other cute baby stuff for awhile now but today was the day....and it was awesome....Ryan laughed for the first time. Both Mommy and Daddy got to be there to witness it too. I wish we could have gotten it on camera but the boy is camera shy...so no video just yet but hopefully in the near future we will be able to and can share it. So that's it for now. Till next time...

- O

And so it begins........

Wow!  


So, we're finally going to start "blogging" about our kids.  There has been nothing more rewarding for us than raising our children.  So many people have told us that if you do not record or keep track of your kids events you will regret it.  As time goes on we realize that more and more.  There are so many funny things our kids have done in the last 3 years and we are slowly forgetting them. Not anymore.  We hope that this will help us document events in our kids lives and look back at this.


Most everything in this blog will be about our 3 kids.  Here is the basic rundown of our family:


Mom and Dad

Sydney is 3.5

Dean is 2

Ryan is 2.5 months.

Our next blog will have a little bit of what has happened the last 3 years.