Oh....Where to Begin....

I'm still in the midst of trying to figure out how to make my pictures smaller before uploading them onto the blog. My new camera is totally awesome but that awesomeness comes with some hefty byte sizes. I might have to resort to actually reading the instruction manual. Anyhow....back to business:

Where shall I begin?
Should I start with how much Lily absolutely loves and adores her little sister?
Or how about how much fun I'm having with my two perfect angels (wink, wink) and how hard it's going to be to go back to work?

These past two months have flown by thanks to a lot of visitors and a lot of help. Nana was here for the first two weeks followed by Aunt Wendy then Aunt Betsy and ended with Auntie Sa. I don't think I would have been able to do it without everyone pitching in to entertain the Lilster, so thank you!

Now it's finally fall and the weather has cooled off! I've been getting out of the house with the Thompson Twosome quite frequently and probably earlier than I should have with Kennedy. However, have you tried to stay cooped up in the house with a 21 month old who has ants in her pants? Sure I got looks when Kennedy showed up at the park. And I'm sure I was judged at the pumpkin patch carrying a newborn around. Whatevs. Mommy needs to get out too and winter will be here before we know it when we really can't get out as much. (DREADFUL to think about.) Even though it's fall, it's still summer of sorts around here: The days are long and fun, nights are short and things definitely get heated throughout the day.

Kennedy had her one month check up and we are most pleased to be able to call her Normal Head Thompson (instead of Big Head like the three of us). 50th percentile for head size and 95th for height and weight. She's sleeping anywhere from four to six hours at night and we're able to lay her down awake which she does pretty well with. She's a good eater, has started smiling (mostly for her father) and doesn't pull of her bows.

Lily.....What can I say about Lily. She's a mess. She's a perfectly hilarious, stubbornly defiant three year old stuck in a 21 month old body. I know I've said it before, but it's true. She still has her father COMPLETELY wrapped around her fingers and toes. It doesn't help the situation when she looks up him as he's putting her to bed, grabs his face with her hands, kisses him and says, "Night night, Daddy. I love you." ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!?! Yet all day the only thing that seems to come out of her mouth is, "No." "NOOOOOOO." And she proceeds to throw herself on the ground and kick. (Probably doesn't help the situation that I laugh and turn the other way.) It's a phase. It's a phase. It's a phase. It's a phase.
Her vocabulary is CRAZY!!! Thanks to Nana, cars are "car comings." She'll say bus and truck but "car coming" applies to everything else, stationary or not, in a picture or on the road. Thanks, Mom. :-) She also has an insane memory (not sure where she would have gotten that from) that continues to baffle us. She's able to count to eleven and will repeat you up to twenty. We're working on the ABC's right now. Again, perfect example.......all letters are "D! For Daddy!" Seriously?

Some things I've learned over these last eight weeks:
1. Since you wet your toothbrush with water in the sink, it makes complete sense to dip it in the toilet.

2. Poop can really travel up to someone's shoulder....on one side.....multiple times.

3. The above can happen to two kids in one day.

4. Toddlers can memorize movie lines when they watch the same movie 579 times.

5. Stressing over flying alone with the two girls makes the date of travel come sooner. (We leave for Houston on Tuesday!!!)

Once I get the camera/picture thing figured out, I'll put some up.

Work in Progress

So sorry for the delay.....
Trying to figure out how to make my pictures smaller so they don't take up so much space. AF, do you have any tips? (We have the same camera, I think.)
More to follow....