Gobble, Gobble

Hoping you and yours had a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Photos and more on our big day coming soon...

2 year stats

Cooper is quickly making it clear that he is going to be known as the "younger" brother and not the "little" brother... At the rate he's growing, he'll be taller and/or outweigh is older siblings by his 3 year check-up!

Height: 2' 11.75" (82%)

Weight: 30 lbs (73%)

Head Circumference: 19.61" (78%)

Just to compare weight... Riley is only weighing in around 34 lbs and Tyson 35 lbs. They are all within 5 pounds of one another. :)

School pictures 2010

The kids had their photos taken at preschool/daycare a few weeks ago. So happy they were able to get a great one of all three of them together- such a rarity!

Riley, 4 years and 9 months

Tyson, 3 years and 9 months
(I had to bribe him to sit still and smile... next year I will not be volunteering on picture day, I think he would have done much better if I hadn't been there!)

Cooper, 2 weeks shy of 2 years old.

Flying with the Stars!

Look who I had on my flight between Los Angeles, CA and Phoenix, AZ last Friday...

Yep, that's Mark Ballas, of Dancing with the Stars fame!

And it looks like he and Bristol Palin are safe for another week... must've been my "Good luck on Monday!" after our picture. :)

Party time!

Cooper enjoyed a low-key birthday celebration last night with family to kick off his third year of life!

The birthday boy with brother and sister before preschool.

Cooper enjoyed opening all of his presents...

Riley picked out these Matchbox cars for Cooper... they were a big hit!

She even received a thank you hug from the birthday boy!

He got so excited about everything...
(This might be one of my favorites!)


The cake... tasted yummy (Rick baked it!), but plain (I decorated it). :)

We try to sneak in as many family photos as we can... even if it means bribing the kids to stay still. They'll thank us someday!

Aaaaaannnd... we're done!
Cake and present overload finally took it's toll!

All in all, a perfect day for such a special little boy!
Special thanks to uncles, an aunt, cousins, siblings, and grandparents from the Tri-Cities for making the evening such a big hit!

The birthday boy!!

Look who turned 2 today!

More birthday photos to follow...

Halloween 2010

Another successful Halloween is in the books for the Thames family, and the kids had a blast! It was our first Halloween in our "new" house, so we were looking forward to trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. On Friday, we received an invite to join some of the families we have gotten to know on the street for a little pre-trick-or-treating gathering. The kids got a chance to play with a few of their friends from preschool who happen to live near us, and Rick and I got a chance to get to know some of the parents a little better. After a couple hours of socializing and eating, we made our way down the street, filling candy buckets as we went...

All three kiddos
Cooper as a pirate, Riley as Cinderella, and Tyson as Buzz Lightyear (again!)

We recycled costumes this year... Riley wore her Cinderella dress from our Disneyland trip this summer and she loved it!

Tyson really wanted to be Buzz Lightyear again, thankfully the costume still fit him... just a little short in the pants!

Cooper was able to wear a pirate dress-up costume that Tyson received last year for Christmas... this is his "cheese" face that we got in nearly every picture! :)

Walking to the neighbor's house

The hostess was nice enough to get a family photo for us.
(To check out the family photos from the two previous years, click here... I was overdue pregnant with Cooper in one of them.)

Our first stop...

Checking out the loot... we let them each have one before bedtime.

And the very few decorations I actually put out this year were all in the kitchen.

A couple of weeks ago, we carved a pumpkin as a family... here are a few pictures from that evening. Unfortunately we carved about a week too early and our little guy molded way too and did not survive to see Halloween. Live and learn for next year, right?

Our finished product...


Tomorrow is another big day around here... Cooper turns 2!!
Stay tuned for pictures from his big day!