Thursday, February 28, 2013

Little Buddy

The girls LOVE their brother!  They like to take turns holding him.
They like to call him buddy and adore him so much.  In fact, they thought his name was Packer Buddy Thomson and Aliyah recently had this conversation with Daddy: “Daddy, why do you call him Packer Gilbert?”  “Because his middle name is Gilbert.”  “No.  He is Packer Buddy, because he’s a BUD.” 
 





Monday, February 18, 2013

Family Picture

We tried to take our family picture and luckily, despite all the tears and frustration of that evening, we got one that will work!  (It's hard getting 3 kids to sit still, smile, and look at the camera at the same time!)

Our family picture!


Thursday, February 14, 2013

Royal Valentine's Day Ball

For Valentine's Day we had our Royal Valentine's Day Ball again this year.  The girls were so excited and anxious for it all day.  
We first had our Valentine's Dinner
Sweet pork nachos, pink applesauce, heart tarts, and pink juice - yum!
 We then dressed up for the Ball.
The girls looked so cute!  They had a lot of fun getting dressed up, doing their hair, and I even let Aliyah wear a little makeup (eye shadow and lip gloss).  She was thrilled.  She then had fun picking out my dress, jewelry, and helped with my makeup.  Here are some pictures from the evening:

Hailey Mae
Aliyah Kaye
Our two Princesses
  Daddy and the girls
 Mommy and the girls
 We got a picture of the girls with their favorite dance partner - Daddy

These pictures are a little blurry, but that is because they were dancing
Hailey really got into the Ball this year!  She loved dressing up and dancing.  She is our little dancer, so this was such a fun evening for her!  Both girls had so much fun!

  While we were dancing, the Valentine's Man came and left some fun surprises on our doorstep.  The girls were so excited to run to the door each time the doorbell rang and discover the gifts.  They loved it and we were all definitely spoiled!

 

 Packer slept during the first part of the Ball, so when he woke up, we made sure we got some more pictures.
Daddy and Mommy - 
My handsome Valentine :)
 Mommy and Packer
Isn't he so adorable in that bow tie?!
 Our family
 The two men
 Aliyah holding her brother 
 After some more dancing we exchanged our Valentine's cards and presents.

It was such a fun evening!
Happy Valentine's Day!!!
 A yummy dessert we tried making this year - Marbled Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies. Delicious!



Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Announcing Packer Gilbert Thomson

Here is Packer's Birth Announcement:
And another one of my favorite pictures of him!  What a cute, little guy!

Sunday, February 3, 2013

New house fun

You've gotta love big boxes!
They are their new favorite toys!  Keeps them entertained for quite awhile :)


We had to get new kitchen chairs since our other ones were falling apart.  The girls thought it was great that they were their size (they didn't have the legs on them yet)
Ahh, the joys of unpacking!

Friday, February 1, 2013

Packer's first bath

We gave Packer his first bath at home.  He is so tiny and cute!
He did pretty well, although his favorite is having his hair washed and scrubbed.




I love snuggling with this cute little wrinkly guy!
All clean!
Packer and his sisters.  They wanted to get in on the pictures.  They sure adore him!
We all do!  We love you Packer!