The Kentucky Thalman's

Oh my it has been awhile! I didn't think having 2 kids was changing much but little things like keeping up the blog have been put on the back burner and forgotten about. Here is a little update Eli is now 7 months.  He is sitting up, can get down to his belly and back up to sitting again.  He is army crawling everywhere and is starting to pull himself up.  He is starting to be a Mama's boy and starts crying and reaches for me when others are holding him.  He is also having a rough time with growing teeth! He just cries and cries, gets really snotty, and sleeps terribly! This mama is exhausted!   He is starting to eat solid food.  We started with rice cereal and he loved it and then moved to baby food.  He hasn't been so enthusiastic about that.  He has gone up and down with wanting to eat food and then not wanting to at all.  He lost a couple of ounces from his 4 month app. to his 6 month app.  The doctor isn't super worried but...

What a long and fun Christmas break we had!  It was 3 weeks long Here are some highlights Dinner with my sisters at PF Changs.  Thanks Grandma Nita! Cousin Nativity Visiting Santa Clause. Neither cried!! Everyone spent the night at Nana and Papa's on Christmas Eve.  10 kids, 10 adults, so many presents!  We weren't done opening presents until 2pm! Trip to Vail for the weekend. SO cold, but beautiful! Got to go snowboarding on the most beautiful powder day Shooting guns at the Pawnee Sledding with Cousins! Eli loving his Tickle Monster book Riding on Papa's four-wheeler  Fritz restaurant where a train delivers your food! Visiting the model train exhibit at Union Station in Kansas City BACON FEST!! We really had a fun time in Colorado and Kansas City for Christmas vacation.  I will say though, 3 weeks is too long for a vacation with 2 kids!  We...

It all started August 21. I had been trying everything to get my labor going. I had been going lots of walks, doing zumba, and even got a pedicure the night before as a special present from one of my sweet sister in laws (she heard it could start labor).  That morning I mowed the lawn.   (It seriously needed to be done and I enjoy doing it). NOTHING was working. Reasons why I wanted to have this baby early 1.  Scott was going to start school the next Wednesday. (6 days) 2.  My mother in law was coming the next day and I wanted to have her to help as much as possible. 3. I was getting more and more stretch marks on my low stomach because of how low he was.  I didn't get any with Jackson. =( 4. I was sleeping awful. 5. I was 39 weeks pregnant, soooo yeah. At my 39 week appointment, that afternoon, I had the doctor strip my membrane. I was a little crampy that afternoon, but nothing too serious.  My friend Hannah came over that night to watch ...

I am not a patient person and it is definitely showing.  Baby boy is due Aug 29, so that makes me 38.5 (ish) weeks.  I had Jackson at 37.5 and I had every intention of having this baby then too.  All the signs pointed to it.  I was having a lot of braxton hicks, I was dilated a 3 almost 4cm and 50% effaced.  We even had a false alarm of 4 min. apart contractions for over 3 hours to only go away a little after.  My doctor last week even said that I was now 4 cm, 70% effaced and my water bag was about to pop.  Still nothing. He is pretty squished in there! This was 36 weeks weighing 6 lb 2 oz. I've been walking, doing zumba, eating pineapple, been getting lots of foot massages from my hubby, and nothing seems to be moving him along.  Oh, PLEASE give me patience!! He will come when he is ready. But I have been ready for WEEKS! No room left to grow! Jackson is so excited to be a big brother.  We have been talking about it for...

All of his new underwear from Nana and Papa! Well I took the plunge and decided to give potty training a go before baby #2 makes his appearance at the end of August.  Buying 2 sizes of diapers is NOT in our budget and his poopy diapers were seriously AWFUL smelling. I wanted to do it at the end of June but things just kept coming up during the weeks and I didn't want to have anything interfere with the week of house arrest. We put out a potty chair around Christmas time to kind of introduce it and make it apart of everyday life.  He would sit on it to brush his teeth or while Scott or I was going to the bathroom.  It took him awhile to even sit on it without a diaper on. He even went pee in it a couple of times.  About a month ago he started not wanting to sit on it at all and I figured the novelty of it was wearing off and I put it in the closet.  He would ask for it and want it, but I would always say "When you're ready to big boy and use it we will get ...

How did that happen?! 2 years ago today we got to finally go home after his open heart surgery after being born, which you can read about  RIGHT HERE What a fun little man we have on our hands.  He runs around all day.  Loves anything to do with balls, cars, and trains.  Typical boy.  He talks in full sentences, sleeps in a big boy bed, and we will soon start potty training! He also sings songs the ABCs and many songs he has learned at church.  So cute to listen. Thank you Lucie for the adorable pictures!   For his birthday I really wanted to do something low key and not too much work.  Of course that doesn't apply to the cake, the most fun part! We took what Jackson loved and made a party out of it. A ball party.  We had it in our backyard, invited a few of his friends (also my nieces and nephew were in town!) and played with big and small balls, all sports balls, and bubbles (ball shaped). Now...

Quick update. This pregnancy has not been so nice to my head (lots of headaches) and my stomach (HOLY feeling like I'm going to explode from being so bloated!).  Luckily, I have been feel much better! Seeing a chiropractor helped with the headaches, and well the bloating?  That is still off and on. I am 24 weeks (seriously? This is taking forever and going by so fast at the same time!) I weigh about the same as with Jackson at this time, but I am much bigger in my belly.  My doctor at my appointment today told me our little man is being projected at around 8 lbs at birth.  NOOO!! Jackson was 6 lbs 3.8 oz.  I'm seriously frightened about anything bigger than that! Oh well. Jackson 27 weeks Little man 21 weeks One thing that has been nice (I guess I'll call it that) is seeing this little man more often! We have been seeing a high risk doctor for our ultrasounds because of Jackson's birth defects and that means lots...