New Pics of Addison & Brooklyn

Visit with Santa

This year, we were surprised there was no crying from either of the girls when we went to see Santa. But Brooklyn wasn't too sure about the elf decor that was to the side of him. Maybe next year we will be able to get a smile out of both of our girls when they go to see Santa.

Brooklyn=Mess

A few weeks ago, Brooklyn thought it would be fun to play with a whole cube of butter. Here is the mess that I found. She thought it would be fun to put the butter in her pretend frosting container. It looks like she had fun.

Bangs

I have decided that it's finally time to grow out Brooklyn's bangs. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to style her hair in the mean time?

Picking out pumpkins

Brooklyn is at a really fun age right now where she gets really excited about doing things. She was so excited to pick out her pumpkin. I love watching her get so excited about things.

Bumbo Chair

I have become a big fan of the Bumbo Chair lately. Addison loves her chair. She sits in it while I play with Brooklyn and while we eat dinner. It truly is wonderful!!!

Addison holding her head up

Addison has been working on holding her head up during tummy time, and last week she figured it out. She is growing up way too quickly!! Here are some pics I was able to take.

Addison's Photo Shoot Yesterday

Addison is starting to smile now!! She's so cute. Unfortunately, she also has baby acne. I was going to wait until it cleared up, but I think she is too dang cute to not post a few pics.

Fun at the Park

Friday, Ricky promised Brooklyn that we would go to the park after he got off work. It ended up being a cooler day, so we ended up going. We all had a really good time. Here are the pictures we ended up taking.

Addison's Birth Announcement

New Mom Update

Things have been pretty crazy these days. It's taken me sometime to adjust to being a new mom again. Brooklyn is a excellent big sister to Addison. And Addison is learning to be a better sleeper at night. Here are a few pictures that I have taken recently. Sorry I haven't posted more pictures of her when she was smaller, but I figured this would be easier to do most recent so I don't procrastinate anymore.

Things have been pretty crazy these days. It's taken me sometime to adjust to being a new mom again. Brooklyn is a excellent big sister to Addison. And Addison is learning to be a better sleeper at night. Here are a few pictures that I have taken recently.

Baby Addison Arrives!!!

Okay so this is Ricky posting and it is my first time doing this blogging thing. Maybe i'll get addicted to it like so many people out there, but I don't think Perez Hilton has anything to worry about. Well, the picture above is our beautiful new baby girl Addison Mae Thiot. She is absolutely perfect. I was a little worried that having another child was going to be difficult to share my love. All of that went away the second I laid eyes on her. She is so wonderful. Words can't even describe how wonderful she is. Becky is doing great too. She truly is a trooper. This wasn't exactly the best time for us to be having a baby. Many of you know I got laid off of work about 3 weeks ago. My last day of work is June 30th, that's right tomorrow. It's been a little stressful around the Thiot home. Becky definetely was a rock during this whole experience. Let's fast forward to today. We had this pregnancy scheduled for this morning. We had to call at 4 am to find out when to come in. I called and they said to come in at 7 am. I couldn't go back to sleep I was so excited. We got to the hospital and they said "sorry, we made a mistake. We don't have room for you." We stopped off at Sonic for some breakfast and went home. We barely had enough time to eat when the hospital called back and said, "Come back we have room now." So we got to the hospital and got our room around 9 am. Becky got her IV and the process started. We watched Baby Mama to get us in the mood. Long story short, at around 3:20 the nurse came in and said, "oh you are ready." Becky had to keep her legs together to wait for the doctor. I kid you not once the doctor came in the baby was out 10 minutes later. Becky only had to push through 2 contractions. No sweat at all, hair in it's place, and make-up looking great. Addison was born at 3:44 pm and weighs in at 6lb 13oz and 20 in long. She has blonde hair and the cutest little face. We are so excited to have her in our family, if you can't tell. I am just so grateful to have such a wonderful wife that is such a good mother to Brooklyn and now Addison. More pictures will follow. Thank you all for all the help.

As of Monday the 29th of June we will be adding a new family member to our family. I am scheduled to be induced. We are really excited!! But we are still hoping to get this little one out sooner without being induced. Does anyone have any suggestions? Here are some pictures of my big belly and Brooklyn.

Big Girl Bed

Brooklyn's Big Girl Bed

Brooklyn enjoying her Big Girl Bed.

This past weekend, Brooklyn tried sleeping in her Big Girl Bed that Ricky and I got her. I was a little hesitant at first and didn't like the whole idea of making her grow up too fast. But Ricky insisted that we give it a try. So far, Brooklyn has woke up in the middle of the night every night and has slept pretty well. I have heard of horror stories of people's kids waking up at all hours of the night, numerous times and crawling out of bed and wondering around the house. But so far, Brooklyn hasn't tried to get out yet. Wish us luck in the days to come!!!

Mother's Day and 8 Weeks to go!!!

32 Weeks

I can't believe how quickly the time has been going by. I'm starting to get a little nervous about being a mom to two girls instead of just one. I've had so many thoughts running through my mind about Brooklyn feeling neglected when the baby comes and if I'll love this second baby as much as I Love Brooklyn. Everyone reassures me that this is all completely normal and that I'm not horrible for feeling this way. It's amazing the Love that a Mother has for her children. I think of my own mother and the unconditional love that she has for all four of us kids no matter what is going on in our lives. I hope that I can be like my Mom, and love my kids all equally and unconditionally. Happy Mother's Day Mom and Robynn (My Mother-in-law)!! You women are amazing!! I want to thank Robynn for welcoming me into her family and loving me as a mother does. I appreciate all that she and my own mother do for me. 

Easter Pictures

This is the pose that I chose. I love the smile, but hate the bunny!! Oh well, what do you do?!

Ever since Brooklyn turned two, it has become more and more difficult to get her to pose for the camera. We went and got her pictures taken at Target and here are a few pics that sort of turned out (I'm not that impressed as you can tell!!)

Family Tree

Last year Ricky's parents gave him a tree for his Birthday for our front yard. Last week we finally went and got one (almost a year later). The hold up was we don't exactly have a vehicle that we can just bring a tree home in and Ricky was also unsure how much his parents were wanting to spend on a tree. So, Ricky and I were at Home Depot just looking around and found a tree that we liked and we decided that we would just rent one of Home Depots trucks and get the tree we liked. So, we now have a cute little tree in our front yard. Here are some pics from the planting of the tree:

Look at that amazing circle!!

Ricky's mom helping him put the tree in the hole.

The tree planted.

Brooklyn having fun getting dirty!!!

The Results

We are pleased to announce that we are going to be welcoming a sweet baby girl into our family in July. We are so excited that Brooklyn is going to have a sister!! What fun it will be for those cute little girls to grow up and play together. If anyone has suggestions on names, please let us know.

Update on the belly bump

I have had several people this pregnancy that have doubted my honesty. For example, I was at the doctor's last week, and a nurse even asked me if I was really as far along as I claimed I am. She was only joking, but she said it was amazing that I wasn't showing yet. I promise that I am really pregnant and that I am 20 weeks along. Tomorrow we find out if were having a boy or girl and we are so excited to find out who is joining our little family. Either way I will be just as excited. But personally... I think it is a boy. Vote on what you think it is. 

President's Weekend

For President's weekend, we went and visited our good friends, the Warnick's, which live near Houston. The Warnick's are moving up to the Dallas area in two weeks and we wanted to come and visit them one last time before they moved. Were really excited that we will be living closer to them now. During our visit there, we were able to go to Galveston and check out the aftermath of the Hurricane 5 months ago. It was amazing how quickly everyone was able to clean up the mess. There were some parts that were worse then others. For the most part, everything was back to normal. Here are a few of the pics that we took near the beach.




(Note: Do you notice anything in common in these pictures? Yeah... that would be the part where Brooklyn never looks at the camera. It is impossible to get that girl to look at the camera!!! It's so frustrating!!)

Does this look familiar?

To all those parents out there... this is a common image of how our kids look when their teething. Poor Brooklyn has all four of her fang teeth coming in at the same time. She has been waking up in the middle of the night, she's a little whinier then usual, and is constantly chewing on her poor fingers. I wish those teeth would just break through already. My Poor Girl!!!