Friday, April 2, 2010
Introducing Kylie Thompson
FINALLY, I am able to get to a computer to get our exciting news officially documented :) Kylie Thompson was born at 12:23 am on Mon. March 22 after a bit of a scary delivery. I can't even put into words the relief and emotions that go along with getting such a precious little one here safely.
Brandt couldn't love her more. This is the first time he got to meet her and was beyond excited. He couldn't stop loving on her and was upset to say the least when it was time for him to leave. He screamed all the way down the hall and to the car that he needed his mommy and his baby sister.


Proud new daddy; sorta looks more like a mug shot, but I think that's due to lack of sleep not lack of loving his new little girl.
All dressed and ready to go home...
Bryce, Brandt, and Kylie spent the first evening at home doing exactly what Bryce and Brandt did the night we brought him home from the hospital; cuddling on the couch watching the Jazz game.
Brandt is getting used to having her around and doesn't let her out of his sight. There have been plenty of hugs and kisses along with some displays of jealousy as were expected. He's very quick at picking her up and taking off with her if I'm not quite close enough to get there first. So far she's very patient with him and actually sleeps through a lot of it.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Never Eat your Friends
Whenever we take Brandt anywhere (nursery, family gatherings, friend's houses...) we always go through "the list" of how to be nice with him. It didn't take him long to start going through the items on "the list" on his own and every once in awhile he adds one of his own thoughts. Last week when I took him to a friend's house it went something like this; "no hitting Ammon, no pushing Ammon, no spitting on Ammon, no biting Ammon, no EATING Ammon." I have no idea where he got the no eating him thing, but it cracks me up. He repeated it again when he went to the Hillier's Saturday, church Sunday, and again this morning when he was going to Lily and Anna's. I swear he is the funniest kid I know! :)
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Brandt's Calf
Just as he did last year, Brandt LOVES going out to help with chores at my mom and dad's. As they started getting more and more calves and pointed out to him which ones were papa's or daddy's, he started asking which one was his. Well, not too long after that one of the mom's wouldn't take her calf, so they started to bottle feed it. Brandt gets to go out and help with at least one of the feedings each day usually and has claimed it as his.

Right after I took this picture the calf nudged him and he about fell over. He still talks about how the calf is too big for him and pushes him over. And then he sometimes adds that it pushed over mamaw, too. (not too sure that part really happened :)
The calf is now big enough that he's out in the corral. When Brandt goes out to help with mid-day chores my mom lets him and the calf play together in the corral. Brandt loves that the calf follows him all around and nudges and licks him. Brandt puts his arms around him and gives him loves and pets him. The other day he came home and was so excited to tell me that the calf had slobbered all over his coat and had started to get his face as well when "mamaw" stopped him. He constantly tells us that it's his calf and he's going to bring it home. I love that he gets to experience what were some of my favorite things growing up, but it's going to be a sad day when he has to say goodbye to it for good...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
My Little Comedian
Brandt has always had the funnest personality. Now that he is getting older and talking a lot better, he says the most hilarious things. For example, the other day I was on the floor playing with blocks with him. We were stacking them up and suddenly he puts his hand out in front of him and says, "stand back ladies!" to my mom and me. He then proceeded in knocking over the blocks. If he doesn't think we're giving him the attention he deserves, he will emphatically say something like "guys, listen to me!" or "pay attention!" This is often done with hands on hips like a miniature adult. Monday when I got home from work I went to give him a kiss and he moved, so I said "buddy, didn't you miss me today?" He answered with, "no, I was at mamaw's. Then daddy came to get me." I inquired a little further with, "daddy came and got you, huh?" He held his hands out and very dramatically answered, "you were at work and the grocery store!" It was as if he was saying, "duh, mom, of course daddy came and got me since you obviously weren't going to." I actually hadn't even gone to the store that day, so not sure where he got that from, but it was funny anyway. He is such a tease, a trait I'm pretty sure he got from Bryce, and is constantly tickling us or taking something (like Bryce's hat or the remote) and running away with it hollering to come and try and get him. Often when I get to my mom's to pick him up he has locked the front door and is standing at the window watching me try to open the door and totally cracking up. His new favorite thing is when we ask him what we should name baby sister he almost always answers first with "papa Lloyd." Then I tell him that's already grandpa's name and he goes on down the list naming everyone he knows, giggling the entire time. He is definitely all boy, and thinks it's the funniest thing in the world if he toots, especially if he's sitting on your lap, and always makes a point to announce it. When he has a messy diaper he will say "oooh, I smell like dog poop, I smell like skunk poop, I smell like cow poop..." and the list goes on. My favorite is when he says "I smell like T poop." T is what he calls my little brother. :) Not only is he a tease, but he is also the biggest ham. He loves to entertain anyone who comes for a visit, especially his cousins, and the more he gets a reaction, the more he shows off. When we were at my mom and dad's for Christmas, he thought it was so fun to make Amanda Jean laugh. She's very dramatic and would cover her mouth with her hand and laugh hysterically at every little thing he did. This of course pleased him to no end, encouraged him to continue his antics, and made the rest of us laugh as well. Now Brandt copies the way she covered her mouth and laughed at him when he thinks something is funny. Oh how I wish I could spend every day watching him and enjoying all the fun things he does, but I guess for now I just have to try my hardest to take advantage of the time I do have with him and keep laughing at the small stuff. I hope I will still be able to do that when there is another little addition at our house to keep up with.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Christmas Morning 2009
After waiting patiently (sorta) all month, and Brandt only finding and opening a couple presents, Santa finally made his stop at our house. What an exciting morning it was!
Before the fun got started...Brandt woke up before my parents got there, so we had blocked off that part of the living room so he wouldn't see everything on his way to our room to wake us up. We kept him busy playing in our room til mamaw and bampa came.
Seeing everything waiting for him for the first time wearing his new Christmas jammies from mamaw Ellen and bampa Lloyd.
The biggest and most exciting "Santa present", which Brandt ran to first of course.
Since we live the closest, my parents and Curtis come to watch us open presents.

Brandt was excited to see his new rope (one of the only things he asked for) to go along with his roping steer.
Couldnt' wait to try it out. That's a pretty serious cowboy face!
Got it!!
Close-up shot of his new cowboy hat (the other thing he asked for since his has been too small for months but has still insisted on wearing it).
Trying to figure out how to get his loop back. I loved that this one thing could have kept him entertained half the day and he didn't even care that he still had more stuff to open. Wish we could all be so easily satisfied.
He was so excited about every new thing he opened and made sure to check it out good and play with it before moving on to the next present.
Bampa's job was to try to open all of the very child and adult proof toys.
Brandt helped decorate the tree this year, and he had so much fun doing it. Every couple days he would move a few of the decorations around, but he was so careful with them and didn't break one of them. Of course, I forgot to take pictures, so this will have to do. He gets an ornament from us every year and was excited to put it on the tree after he opened it.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Seeing Santa 2009
Brandt anticipated Santa coming for the entire month of December. Everytime we heard a noise outside he would get all excited and run to either the window or door and holler "Santa's here; Santa's on our house, or Santa's on the roof!" Needless to say, he couldn't wait to sit on Santa's lap at our ward Christmas party. The part he wasn't excited for was sitting at the table with all of us for the dinner and program prior to the long-awaited guest's arrival. So...we spent a lot of time wandering the halls and playing in the nursery (it didn't help that he skipped his nap that day.) As the time approached and we were making yet another lap around the hall, we happened to run into none other than Mrs. Claus (she was filling in for Santa this year). Brandt was so excited and got to talk to "Santa" before the other kids even knew she was there. It was hard to peel him away to go back in, but finally talked him into it. When she came in she made the rounds talking to people and hollering "ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas", and made a special stop at our table to talk to Brandt and let him ring her sleigh bells.
The pictures don't show how excited he was to sit on her lap and ring the sleigh bells again.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Halloween Hee-yaw!
It has become our ward's tradition to have trunk-or-treat inside our gym every halloween. WE LOVE IT!!!! It's warm, the kids can play together, the adults can socialize, we get to see all the kids in costume without snowsuits, and no dragging little ones in and out of the car to go door to door. The costume parade was lead by the scariest guy there...
Jared, the dracula.
Jared, the dracula.
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