The Wisconsin Home - Decorated

Wow, it’s crazy to think it’s almost been a year. In so many ways time has flown by so quickly – and there are other ways it hasn’t. I guess that is how life goes. Mitzi and I have been discussing this “year” mark and have come up with a few things about this last year that we will be sharing shortly. But in the mean time, we have some pictures to show of the home that we moved into. We have had a lot of questions about it – and so without further delay, we are ready to share some of those pictures as we’ve been busy painting, buying decorations, and getting it ready.

The Sun Room/Now Music Room

The additions were the rug, lap, accent table, curtains and rods, paint and decor on the piano.

The Family Room from both angles.

Showing the breakfast nook and sunroom in the back ground

Additions, everything!!! We still needing to purchase a new TV to place above the fire place and finishing painting the trey ceiling.

The Entry way - small and simple. Additions - everything.

Hallway wall - Things we had around the house.

The Dining Room - My first ever and my Favorite!!!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

I know, I know, it’s a little early, but hey - we are traveling over Thanksgiving weekend and had to get this done now because I knew it wouldn’t if we waited.

As the Holidays are quickly approaching and so was Abigail’s birthday - we decided to get some pictures during Abigail’s 3 year-old session. Benjamin and Abigail did great! I wish we could say the same for Hailee – yet again she wanted nothing to do with this experience.

So from our family to yours – Happy Holidays!

Turing Three - Abigail Paige

It’s crazy to think our little Abby is turning three this December - time really does fly by. With our upcoming vacation Mitzi and I decided that we should have Abby's pictures taken a little early this year as we knew that we would not have time after getting back from Utah with it being so close to Christmas.

Where do I start with this girl? She is the center of our house - everything revolves around Abby. It’s amazing how she can set the mood for our home. She has the ability to make us all laugh, cry and unfortunately be frustrated. She does not hide her emotions – in fact I do think she could hide them… In general, she is a very happy, playful and helpful little girl. She enjoys her siblings when they do what she says.

Abigail love’s to go to church. She loves playing with kids and does excellent in nursery. In January, she will be a sunbeam which means if there are no changes, Mitzi will be her teacher. I am wondering how this will play out and if Abby will be OK when another sunbeam will want to sit on Mitzi’s lap.

We always know where Abby is. Just listen for a moment and you will either hear laughing, crying or her shouting at Benjamin. On a very rare occasion, she has been known to be quite, but it’s usually when she is doing something she’s not supposed to do. With that said, Abby loves to color, put puzzles together, play with her dolls, play dress-up, have pretty fingers and pretty toes (nail polish), LOVES to go shoppin', and watch a cartoon here and there. Really she’s all girl! Thankfully, she will play some boy games/toys with Benjamin.

So without further delay, presenting Abigail Paige:

One of those dress up moments!

Mitzi and I both thought this pose made Abby appear so much older.

A classic Abigail moment with her Boots!

We had to get those eyelashes!

Turning One - Hailee Jo

It’s been almost a year - seriously??? This Friday, October 29th 2010 will be Hailee's first Birthday. WOW - It’s crazy to think it’s been a year. Where has the time gone? Its seems like we just moved out of that dang apartment 3 months ago and traveled down I-80 screaming – what were we thinking? I still find myself asking that same question from time to time. (Shaking my head and laughing) It’s been a year – I will tell you that.

With Hailee’s birthday quickly approaching Mitzi and I found ourselves with the three little ones at a place we vowed never to go back when they filed for Bankruptcy – Kiddie Kandids. There is a whole story behind that one, but we won’t go into that today.

We are picture freaks – anyone who knows us well can vouch for that. With Benjamin and Abby we had their pictures taken at 1 month, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, 1 year and then every six months after that. Some might say a tad excessive, but I don’t think so – they change so much so fast that I want help remembering them. Needless to say, we missed the 6 month mile stone with Hailee.

Hailee has been a wonderful addition to our family! In general she is an observer, but she can also be quite the “ham”. She is a very happy little girl that LOVE’S her big brother and thinks kindly of her overbearing big sister – sorry Abby; Hailee does love you, but you have been known to be quite bossy. She can say Dada – of course! Buba was just after that and Mitzi says she knows Mama, but I haven’t heard it. LOL! She loves waving bye and she put everything, seriously EVERYTHING in her mouth – this has been quite challenging.

Hailee is known to rub her eyes and ears when she is very tired and she will go down to bed by herself with a bottle and her blanket when strapped in her car seat. Hailee has a wonderful smile and a very contagious laugh – she’s a true Thompson through and through. She has been crawling for quite some time now and she can stand up on her own and balance herself. Mitzi said she took a small step last night and I missed it. We tried to get her to do it again, but she caught on to what we were trying to get her to do and she wanted nothing to do with it.

So enjoy with us! Happy Birthday Hailee Jo – WE LOVE YOU!

Two New Teeth

A couple weeks ago, Hailee got two new teeth. She is growing up soo fast. Hailee has also begun to sit up on her own and she is now scooting on the floor. I bet by the end of the month she will have a complete crawl down.

Backyard Neighbors

When we purchased this house we were under the impression that we were not going to have any back yard neighbors. Well, we were wrong. Apparently during the winter we did not notice them as often, but we’ve discovered that we have some regular visitors. We’ve enjoyed the intrusion, they are only about 100 feet from our back door.

About 3 to 4 nights a week we see our neighborhood watchman (a wild turkey) cross the street and head into the woods returning home from a long days worth of work.

Pewaukee Lake

We were invited to go out on Pewaukee Lake with some friends of ours. We had an amazing time on the beautiful lake. Benjamin cried when we had to leave and we can’t wait to go back out. Everyone but Hailee had a blast – she was not a fan of the life jacket.

We have become fans of Pewaukee Lake. Every Thursday they have a free water skiing show in the summer. We attended our first show this last Thursday. It was cute, fun, and a little quirky but we had a blast. We were impressed with talent of these athletes.