HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY to Sally!

Today is August 21st and it is Sally's very first birthday! We are not really celebrating until the weekend with friends and family but, stay tuned for the photos and video posts early next week.

Both Jason and I were so excited when we woke up this morning before the girls and reminisced about August 20th of last year- Monday.

I had gone to the OB earlier that morning around 10am and had begged to be induced. I was seriously over being pregnant and was not about to be pregnant one day longer.

All day on Monday I was in pain and thought I was having contractions, but as I would move around and go upstairs and continue about my day - they subsided. According to my online studies if they go away with movement and are not regular they are probably Braxton and if they were real you could not walk through them.
They got stronger as the day progressed, but I was pretty busy that day having ice cream with Danielle Fadelli and her son Julian and then the babysitter was coming so that we could go to dinner with our "Young Marrieds" group at Skips. It was during dinner that I had some contractions but was still to shy to admit to it and thought maybe I was just crying wolf as they were 30 minutes apart at this point.

We got home around 9pm. I jumped in the tub and started timing the contractions which were totally all over the place. 5 minutes, 8 minutes, 20 minutes... back to 12 minutes.

Thankfully Adam and Raimee came over to stay the night with Mary and we were off to the hospital to have my OB check me out. Here I am asking to be buzzed in!


We got there around 10:45pm and were checked in by 11 ish. I was measuring at 6! Long story SUPER SHORT. Next thing I knew they were breaking my water and giving me an IV and I was BEGGING for the epidural.



NO JOKE - I am dying at this point, the anesthesiologist comes in and as I sit up I go from 7-10 and start wanting to push. She clicks the thing 2x and then leaves and the OB comes rushing back in telling me to just wait.

2 pushes later out pops little Miss Sally at 12:55am on Tuesday August 21st!

Then about 20 minutes later the epidural kicks in.





I am so happy that we have little Sally around and that the 2littlethomases get along so well. Mary loves having a little baby in the house and told me that she wants
more. ............ that is so not happening anytime soon.

Mary can write a couple of letters!

She was making "L's" and then I asked her to make an "A" and she did. I am so amazed.

I dont even know if this is normal or really super cool! Hooray! I am bragging.

Fun with the cousins in Temecula

Last weekend we went up to Temecula to visit with Michael (Jason's cousin) and his wife Lisa and their two daughters Juliette (9) and Sophia (6).

Jason Davis and his family visit San Diego

Meant to put these up a while ago. The Davis family rented a beach house here in San Diego and we had dinner with them and Mary had a blast meeting Kelsey (Joe and Sharon's granddaughter) who is 3 also.

Jason went to school with Jason Davis and they are all originally from Indiana.

Mary and Sally getting silly before bedtime!

Mary and Sally playing peek-a-boo before bedtime. I wish that I had caught this well before, but we were both so busy watching and laughing at them and finally Jason told me to grab the camera. He was my lighting crew.

Painting outside and then clean up time!

Mary and Sally meet some new boys - Caedon and Cole

The photos below are of Caedon and Cole Moss - Missi's boys! I had not seen my friend Missi since Jan 07! I have known her since 8th grade and we have always been in contact since.



Sorry Dad - all they had were GIRL bibs at the Thomas' house. This is Baby Cole - he is 7 months


Mary being coy with Caedon. They are 3 weeks apart!






Sally loves the swing at the park and loves her new shoes too!

Did you hear the latest about Sally?

Sally says "Hi" on video

Hopefully you can see this? I am learning how to upload stuff to You Tube and then embed it here on the blogspot.com. If it doesnt work I will take it down and try again later.

Our future Family Christmas Card photo

Here we are at the beautiful Mission Bay in San Diego getting ready for a nice family photo. We forgot our blue jeans, bare feet and perfectly ironed white shirts, but we did not forget the true family spirit and joy behind the smiles.
Why is the photo crooked? It is not, the bay is.

Click on the photos to view them LARGER


Merry Christmas from the Thomas Family. Wishing you and yours a wonderful Holiday Season and a Happy New Year!


Not our best shot, but seriously the only one where we are all looking (are we all looking??) and not crying.


This is our 2nd choice. We just want to highlight the semi-clean-and-not-too-skinky- that-day-bay and Sally's hair


This is a good shot of my eye lids, Mary's arm pits, Sally's reddish hair and Jason's "perma smile". Scroll up and down and notice it is the same in all photos.


Here is Sally's blankie covering the blood spots from an earlier accident when her one
tooth hit her lip and bled everywhere. Notice Mary's hands

Sally crawling - lets see if this works (now it is 4 weeks old)

Zoo with Logan and Emma - Anitra's kids (from Maui)

We had so much fun spending time with Logan (4) and Emma (1) at the San Diego Zoo last week. I had not seen Anitra since our Maui trip in 2006 and it was so much fun for us to meet each of the newest additions!

Mary turns 3 - on July 1st- and enjoys a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Thomas

Mary had a blast celebrating with cupcakes, Grandma and Grandpa and getting new bike!