Four Months

Four months old!!! I think the months keep getting shorter and shorter and he just keeps getting older and older. He is such a sweet, happy and laid back baby! He's seriously a clone of his daddy! He looks identical to him and does everything he does. I think it amazes Alex more than anything that his son is so much like him! It gets old hearing EVERYONE{that's not exaggerating either, even complete strangers} tell us that Mak looks exactly like Alex but I am thankful that he does. He is still nursing when he's with me and bottles at daycare. He is now at 5 ounces at daycare and is still sleeping through the night! He was pretty much sleeping through the night at 2 weeks old and we've been very fortunate for that. He has his FIRST TOOTH!! I felt like a horrible mom when his teacher text me and said "you know Mak has a tooth right?" No!!!! I wanted to be the one to see it first but our little boy showed no signs of a tooth coming through and we think it popped through over night. He hasn't been fussy at all and we are so thankful! He isn't rolling yet but I know it'll be sooner than later! He's still a mamas boy and I love it!

Welcome to the World, Anderson!

Alex and I became an aunt and uncle{AGAIN!} to our handsome nephew, John "Anderson" Thompson IV, today! Kat's due date was March 24th and we all just knew that shed be delivering a week after her due date like both Amy and I did with our first! Last night, Kat text us all saying that she was having some bad back labor and her and John{they live in Camden} were headed to Moms and then headed to the hospital!!!! This was about 1030-11 pm! I was too excited that I couldn't even go to sleep in hopes of heading to the hospital to wait for my precious nephew to arrive! Sure enough, I didn't fall asleep and at 3 am, we got a text saying she was getting hooked up!! I woke Alex up and grabbed Mak and we all headed to the hospital to wait!! She had the complete opposite labor and delivery as I did, she labored hard and actually felt contractions where I don't even know what a hard contraction feels like but after 25-30 minutes{if that!} of pushing, at 11:05 am March 19, John and Kat became parents to their sweet Baby boy! He is so tiny weighing in at 6 lbs 15 oz! He looks just like his daddy and Mommy and baby are doing great! Mak was so excited his best friend has finally made it into this world! I can't wait to see how much trouble these two will get in and how many boys they beat up for messing with their cousin, Anna West! Having three baby's with only 5 months between the first and the third is going to be so much fun! AW, Mak and Anderson will be in the same class at the same school! How cool! We love you sweet Baby A!

Mak meets his Great Grandparents AND his Great Great Grandmother!

The last weekend of my maternity leave, Alex, Mak and I packed our car up and headed to Alabama for a special occasion! Alex's Great Grandmother was turning 90 years old on Valentine's day!!! Alex's grandparents and his great grandmother had never met Mak and we were excited to finally introduce our precious little boy to them! It was our first long trip in the car with him and we were nervous at how he would do in a car for 7 and a half hours especially since he had proved to us he didn't like the car. We had the car packed and headed out after Alex got off work around 445-5 and made it to the hotel around 12:30 and I was so proud of Mak who slept the entire way except for me to feed him one time! Alex's family had gotten there about an hour or two before us but we unpacked the car, visited with them a while before heading to bed! The next morning we got up, enjoyed breakfast and headed to his grandparents house! Let me tell you one thing, MomMom(Alex's great grandmother) may be 90 years old but she doesn't act it! She was completely smitten with our little boy, as well as his grandparents were, but she just adored him! She wanted to hold him, rock him, and just stare at him! In fact, he was being alittle fussy when she was holding him and I tried to go up to her and she waved me off haha! It was a happy introduction for sure that Alex and I will forever be thankful that Mak had(and has) the opportunity to meet his great great grandmother as that doesn't happen often! The entire weekend we just visited with everyone and I finally met Alex's Uncle(his mom's brother) and his wife and son. We ate, drank, played cards, laughed, talked, visited the Aviation Museum on the base, and enjoyed seeing everyone! Sunday came faster than we thought and it was time to head to church, snap a 5{!} Generation picture and get on the road bc in 12 hours, I was headed back to work for the first time in 12 weeks not to mention I had to leave my baby with complete strangers! We had a great weekend with family and can't wait to see everyone again soon!