First Bath

Well, Max's umbilical cord fell of at one week! The next night we gave him his very first real bath. He wasn't sure that he liked it very much but he smelled so nice! Bathing an infant is such a fun experience- squirmy, slimy and fragile :)

Big and little Elmo

One of the benifits for Turner of having a new baby at the house is that I think he got spoiled more than the baby in terms of presents! My mom ran into Toys R' Us which hads a small baby section to see if she could find a new changing table pad for us and instead of coming out with a new pad, she came out with an Elmo towel for Turner. He LOVES Elmo which is funny since he had never seen a single episode of Seseme Street. Anyway we had fun with bath time the next night... not just Turner but Daddy too! (Isn't he adorkable?)

Toddler fun!

The day after my mom left was a tough day. Not tough like I thought it would be but due to the fact that we had a new baby and couldn't go anywhere it was boring. I thought I was going stir crazy but then I looked at Turner and he was just staring out the window. He isn't use to sitting around all day with nothing to do and I could tell that this was a whole lot harder on him than it was on me. I knew I needed to do something with him that was totally toddler. My final piece of motivation was when he started painting the windows with his spit. so I decided to pull out some frosting, grahm crackers and a knife and let him go at it (don't worry there wasn't a sharp edge on the knife... smooth as silk.) Well, he had a totally messy, splendid, toddlerish time. I loved every minute of it knowing that he was happy.

Daddy's boy

Just one of the precious moments we have had the last couple of weeks.

Bringing home my baby bumble bee

This is the day we brought Max home from the hospital. You can't really see Max but I love that I am holding my boys!

All is well

I couldn't believe that my husband wanted to blog about Max's birth. He is so sweet. Heather came to visit and took some adorable pictures of Max. Here is the link http://web4.sendtoprint.net/proofbook/ and type in Maxwelldavid- check it out. Heather is so talented and we are so grateful. Max's birth was amazingly perfect. I couldn't have even planned better. It was smooth, quick and very powerful. I have never been more amazed at God's ability to create our bodies to be able to bring children into this world. He really does know what he is doing. I read the book Hypnobirthing which made a huge difference and was very empowering. If you ever want to go natural I highly recomend it. Anyway enough of that- Max is doing wonderful. He is a great nurser so far which after what we went through with Turner is very releaving. So the winner of the guess the babies name contest is a tie. Only because my sister's internet wasn't working so I took her guess over the phone and it came in around the same time as my aunts. So Nicole and Shawna guessed it first! There are two honorable mentions- Jason who guessed Maxwell the very first week and the second to Shannon who guessed David Maxwell about 3-4 weeks before anyone guessed Maxwell David. Thank you to everyone who said prayers on our behalf I know that it really made a huge difference!

New Arrival

ATTENTION!!!!!
Turner is proud to announce the birth of his little brother Maxwell David Thomson
Born on March 31st 2008 at 2:49 a.m.
Weighting in at 8 lbs. 11 ounces, 21" long
He is one of the most handsomest baby to be born in the last 2 years.
Both mother and child are doing exultant.
I the pround father and husband would like to give Tiffany a great deal of credit for delivering this baby with out and drugs and doing so very lady like.
We went to the hospital at 11:00 p.m. on Sunday night the doctor broke her water at 1:00 a.m. and 2:49 a.m Max popped out.

Turner me t his little brother for the first time and was very tender and loving with him.

Cousins!

My sister and her family came this week. It was fun to have them here for a couple of days. It was especially fun for Turner as he doesn't get the opportunity to be around his cousins very often. We went to the children's museum in Salt Lake. We had never been there before and it was a fun change to the one we have a pass to in Ogden. There was a water feture there that once Turner discovered, he didnt want to do anything else. He loved it! The rest of the visit was spent trying to get him to try other things. Again a nap would have been a good thing to add to the day. I was hoping to have this baby while my sister was here but he didn't want to compromise with that plan. At least she is coming back through this next week and he better be here by then! Turner was very sad when Gage and Carter left. We will see them even less when they move to Milwaukee in the fall. Here are some pictures of all the crazy fun!

Easter

We had so much fun during our Easter Festivites. Sat. we went to my Aunt's house and participated in an Easter egg hunt. We were going to do some around town but after I heard that the little ones usually get trampled and they only get a couple of eggs we decided it wasn't worth it. So I was really excited to do the hunt with my cousins kids. It was a lot of fun and Turner really liked it. My aunt also coordinated a fishing pond and a game of pin the tail on the bunny. Turner probably would have liked participating in those games more if he had had a nap that day but we loved it. My aunt has 8 children all married with kids and 6 of the families were there. Being from a big family I love the crowds and chaos the happens when family all gets together. Josh on the other hand being from a very small family has a harder time with the massive groups but he handled it like a champ- having to sneek off from the large group every once in a while trying to find smaller pockets of people. I think my Aunt said that there was 36 people in all! It was fabulous. Sunday was a great morning. We started a tradition a few years ago of making bananna pancakes for Easter morning breakfast. That tradition was started before we had church at 9 am but we managed to fit it all in. Turner got his first tie! He looks so grown up. Sunday afternoon we had dinner with Josh's family. It was nice to have a small group after the massive group of the day before.

Saturday my nephew was baptized in AZ we wish that we could have been there but even if time and money weren't an issue I am not sure my Dr. would have let me travel that far. Oh well, it wouldn't have mattered this baby thinks that he is going to stay inside of me forever. And at this point I am thinking that just may be the case! Physically I know that I am ready to have this baby out but are you ever ready for the impact that a child is going to have on your life?

Good Friday and clue #8

Friday was really a good friday for us. Not just in name only but we had a great day. It was still a bit cold but Turner wanted to get out of the house so instead of going on our normal little walk about the neighborhood I decided that we would go to the park and feed the ducks. We had a great time except that the geese scared him just a bit. I mean with a honk like that I can see why. The park has a fenced in creek lined with ducks and seagulls. I think the highlight for him though is that they were airating the baseball fields and he LOVED the tractors. It was still a bit too cold to really play on the equipment but we had a great time exploring everything else. After the park we headed for Artic Circle to play inside and warm up a bit. He had a great time with the little bit of freedom I was able to relinquish while he climbed up and went down the slide all by himself. It was a great day.

An interesting thing happened on our way to the park that really made me think. We went because Turner asked to go for a walk. Instead of giving him what he wanted I gave him (in my opinion) something better- a walk at the park where there were new things to explore and experience. Yet when I put him in the car he threw a huge fit. He didn't think that I understood what he was asking for because when you go for a walk, you don't get in the car. I was frustrated because I felt like I was doing something nice for him and he felt like I was ignoring what he wanted. I realized that our Father in Heaven must feel this was all the time. We pray and plead for the things that we need and want in our lives. Then when the Father sees our needs and wants and tries to give us something better how many times do we throw a fit thinking that he doesn't care. Sometimes the something better takes a bit more time- i.e. eternally about the same amount of time that gettting in the car and driving to the park takes. Sometimes we can't see how the detour is getting us to where we want to go. Yet Heavenly Father is taking us to a much better place. I am grateful for a loving Heavenly Father that sees my needs beyond what I can see.

We also had a fabulous Easter but the pictures of Turner in his shirt and tie need some major editing and I am not on the computer that has that software so I will post those at a later date!

Well, I am really out of clues for the baby's name so he better come soon. The only one I can think of is that both of the people he will be named after have passed away. This is our final clue- even if he doesn't come for a couple more weeks. You can continue to guess every week if you wish but I am thinking that most of you have your minds made up by now (considering the guesses have dwindled the last couple of weeks.) Thanks for playing along with us. It has made the time pass by quicker and the anticipation a little more exciting for us!