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I'm talking to you, "time".




Sometimes I wish they could stay like this forever.

Dear Internet: I have so much to tell you!

Was that October? It went by so fast didn't it? I can't believe it is already November! Yikes.

Well let me just give you all an exciting recap of my last week or so of October. Hold on to your hats:

A few weeks ago we went to a petting zoo called Bonnie Springs. We went to it last year in October as well. It's a fabulous time of year for the outdoors around here so we wanted to do something fun with the boys (or rather Drew, you can see from the pictures how bored little Luke looks.) Anyway it is a GREAT little place for kids. They have a train ride (which we didn't do this time because SOME ONE was in a hurry to go watch a football game), and the animals just walk around outside of their cages so you can go right up to them and pet them. I even got my bum nibbled on by a deer! Good times. It freaked Drew out a bit to have them just walking around but he loved it overall.



In other Thompson family news, I attempted to start Luke on solids last week and he was not interested at all. Wouldn't even open his mouth! And since I don't have a full kitchen right now anyway (we are in the process of replacing the countertops and sink in our new house) I decided to give it another week and try again. I got some cute pictures of the little guy though.


You can tell in his face he was thinking "what the H mom?"

On Halloween we moved into our new house. (YAHOO!) So as you can imagine it was a very busy day and a long one at that. The move went smoothly except for that SOME ONE forgot to have the water turned on in the new house (I may or may not be referring to myself, details details) and so we were without water all weekend. Oops! Thankfully we have some good friends nearby who let us shower at their house and bathe our children, etc. (thanks Wayments!)

So Halloween night we were pretty exhausted. We went over to our friend's house (the same who allowed us a nice hot shower!) and had pizza and watched Oregon beat the crap out of USC. (WOOHOO! Only to lose this last weekend to Stanford. LAME!) Now of course I had to take my little guy trick or treating. But, Internet friends, I am embarrased to show you his costume. It was a quick throw together (obviously) and the kid loves dogs.

And the poor Lukester didn't even have a costume. (yes I suck)

Anyway we walked around the Wayment's neighborhood with the kids. It was all fun and games until some dude dressed like Jason fired up his chain saw in front of Drew and he FREAKED OUT. What kind of sick loser tries to scare a 2 year old like that? So for the rest of the night he was clinging to me and crying "scared mommy! scared!". It broke my heart. That night he wouldn't go to bed either. Kept screaming. So finally we just grabbed him and let him sleep in between us all night. Poor guy. I was worried he was going to be scarred for life!

Well this post is getting long. I will post pics of the house soon enough, but not until I feel like it looks decent! Here are a few pics of the backyard though (one of the major selling points for us):



We have GRASS (rare in Vegas)! As well as a huge planter box in the middle of the yard (what were the previous owners thinking?) That will be torn out in the spring. We love going back there to play and run around.

That's all for now!

Lukie Lou

Luke had his 4 month appointment on Friday, October 16. (like I said I am trying to keep track of my kiddos, since this is seriously my main journal right now!)

Little Luke is doing well.


Here are his stats:
Weight: 14 lbs 5 oz (50th percentile)
Length: 26 inches (90th percentile)
Head: 42 centimeters (50th percentile)

Despite his wretched reflux (which we are still dealing with day by day... they just keep telling me he will grow out of it) this little boy is an absolute JOY in my home. He smiles and giggles so much and I am madly in love with him! The dr. told me it was ok to go ahead and start solids, but I think I will just wait until we move into our house in a few weeks before I embark on any more chaos in my life. :) Luke is trying ever so hard to roll over and almost has the hang of it. He lifts his head up pretty well while on his tummy - but gets ticked if he has to stay on his tummy too long. He is sleeping pretty well at night - but still wakes up around 5 a.m. usually to eat (another issue I plan on tackling in the new house!)



I'm so glad you are part of our family sweet boy!

A Utah (wo)Man am I

Saturday night we got to go see our Utes play UNLV. Here's the best part....

NO KIDS! YIPPEE!

It was a much needed night out with my hubby. I haven't been to a game in so long! Not since I have had kids anyway. Thanks Katie for watching them!

Of course they beat those stinky rebels... :)
Our team is 5-1!

Someone should probably keep track of this stuff

So I am totally stealing this from Heather and Misty (thanks!) but I thought I better start writing down some things about my boys so that when Drew asks me later in life what his favorite movie was at 2 years old I can tell him "Cars - all you would watch is Cars and it drove me up the freakin wall, oh that and Elmo. LOTS of Elmo. Mommy wanted to punch Elmo in the face somedays"


Anyway...


ANDREW


Favorite person to play with: Ashie & JJ
Favorite thing to do outside: Go to the park and SLIDE!
Favorite thing to do inside: Throw the TV remote at Mom and ask to watch Elmo (Sesame Street) over and over and over again
Favorite thing to say: Oh hi Mommy (like he just barely noticed me)
Favorite treat: Fruit snacks and fishies
Favorite Food: Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwiches
Favorite book: Trucks
Favorite movie: CARS

LUKE

Favorite person to play with: Mommy
Favorite thing to do outside: Sit in stroller and doze
Favorite thing to do inside: Sit in the swing and doze (he's so lazy!)
Favorite thing to say: goo goo gah gah followed by lots of spit bubbles
Favorite treat: formula
Favorite Food: still formula
Favorite book: I read the Ensign to him in the afternoons - he is totally into it

Madly in Love with Fall (in Vegas)

This past month I feel like the pits of hell have rescinded and I can finally come out of hibernation.

I'm talking FALL WEATHER IN VEGAS. Allow me to toot the horn of all of those living in Sin City this time of year.

Because it is awesome.

I love it like a fat kid loves cake (or just like I love cake)

Lately there has been a ton of this:


Nearly every single day!
While my other one does this:


Followed by some of this:

Because he is so ticked that it was time to go home. And I can't say I blame him - the weather is perfect and it makes us want to be outside all day long. But Mommy needs a nap - I mean the kids need naps so we had to go home some time.

Anyway some other reasons I am in deep, passionate love with Fall are:
* College Football is back baby!
* The Jazz are starting.
* I LOVE fall food - soups, pumpkinish stuff, MMMM!
* The return of my shows.
* Fall clothing - I get so sick of my summer stuff living here. It is so nice to finally pull out some jeans and not feel like my face is going to melt off.
* I love that the holidays are coming! Halloween is so fun!
* Did I mention the weather? Not too hot, not too cold. just PERFECT.
* BBQ's. Yes most of you BBQ in the summer, but for us in Vegas, it is finally bearable to be outside flippin burgers.

(a BBQ pic from this last weekend when Terri was in town. Hi Terri!)

So TOOT TOOT - at least until Summer comes again and Vegas and I have another bitter break-up.

Mi Casa es Mi Casa

So we bought a house!

I'm very excited. It is double the size we are in now and I can't wait because we are bursting at the seams in this little rental. Clutter everywhere and it is driving me crazy!

So as long as there are no major problems before the closing we should be good to move in by the end of next month!

That's all. Carry on with your exciting lives.