San Diego

This last weekend we went to San Diego with my family. We spent the whole day Friday at Sea World. The kids LOVED it! They loved seeing all of the animals, especially Shamu, the sharks, and the penguins. We had quite a group. Everyone was there from my family, except Corey. We also had my cousin Camille, my aunt Susan, my other cousin Crystal and her three girls. Altogether, there were 24 of us. On Saturday, we all went down to the beach. It was rainy and cold, so only a few of us were brave enough to get into the water. Teagan fell in by accident. He was running from the waves when he tripped and fell down. The waves completely soaked him! Most of the family headed home on Saturday, but we stayed and went to visit some friends in Palm Desert. The kids had fun swimming and playing while we were at uncle Jake's house. It was a good vacation, and since the Sea World tickets are good for another day, we will probably do it all again in the fall.

Most of our group...at least the back of their heads!

Quin at the Shamu show.

Quin with the starfish.

Teagan touching the starfish. He was treating them like they were toys, until I told him that they were alive! Then he became a little more cautious.

Taryn riding around in the stroller like a princess. She spent the whole trip either in the stroller, or strapped to her mom in the Baby Bjorn.

Teagan and my dad on the Elmo ride.

Quin and I on the flying Elmo ride.

Taryn slept most of the time, until she got hungry.

Teagan and Dylan building sand castles.

Quin was carried around most of the day while wrapped up in his towel.

Our attempt at a family picture.

What a week!

On Monday, I took Taryn to her 1 month appointment. She is now 8 lbs. 13 oz., and 22 inches long. She got a shot, which she didn't love. I had to return to the doctor on Wednesday, because the boys had something like pink eye. They are all cleared up now, but I still don't want to take them around other kids. I've been sick all week, and now Drew is catching it. So, we have all had a lot of fun this week! At least Taryn hasn't picked up any of our illnesses!

Catch-Up Time!

I've been a bit busy the last two weeks, so I thought that I would just catch-up all in one post. Taryn had her 2 week Dr. appointment. She was 8 lbs. 21 inches. Everything else was good. She had her PKU test, but she didn't like that very much. Who could blame her? Teagan wasn't a big fan of the test either. He didn't like hearing his sister cry. As usual, Quin could have cared less what was happening to Taryn!

Taryn saying, "What the hell! Why am I not being held?"

"Awww...that's more like it!"

Here's some more Lyman cousin pictures. We can never pass up an opportunity to torture the kids by taking their picture! As you can see, they all looked thrilled to have to sit still.

Quin is reverting back to being a baby. He likes to do whatever a baby does so that we will focus more attention on him. He still isn't too happy about having a sister around.

He likes to steal Taryn's pacifiers...

Sit in her swing...

And sit in her chair. He was pretty tired after swimming that he passed out.

And then rolled over.

Teagan finished Joy School. We had a big pizza/pool party on the last day. Teagan had a lot of fun this year at Joy School. Although, if you ask him what he learned about, he'll either say "Stuff" or "I didn't learn anything!" He did have fun playing with his friends each week.

Here's his Joy School buddies. Cora (his girlfriend), Scout, Payton, Teagan, and Ryan.

Teagan and Quin eating pizza by the pool.

Quin with his normal cheesy smile!

Teagan catching the fish in his net.

Week 1

Well, we made it through our first week! It has been very hectic. Drew hasn't been home until late every night, because he was either working for me, going to seminars, or having awards night at his school. To top it all off, he had to go to another seminar all day today. So, we haven't seen much of dad lately, but somehow we made it through. Taryn had her first doctor's appointment. She went down to 7 lbs., but she grew an inch. Other than that, we have just been hanging out at home. Here's some new pictures.

Taryn getting ready to go home from the hospital.

The boys are nice to her, most of the time!

Teagan and Taryn

What a cute little dress!

The boys like to hold Taryn, even though she doesn't always enjoy it!

This is where Taryn spends most of her day, except when she is being held.

Taryn's First Adventure

So, I took Taryn out of the house for the first time today. I had to run some errands, and so I thought that I would take Quin and Taryn while Teagan was at Joy School. I just figured that two kids is much easier than three. So, we had to go to the bank and the post office. Thank goodness both are in the Albertsons. Taryn and Quin were really good, until we got back in the car to pick up Teagan. Quin decided to steal Taryn's blanket. Then while I was getting Teagan, Quin stuck stickers on Taryn's leg. Then he discovered the sun shade on the car seat moves. This scared Taryn and she began to cry, and of course Quin is laughing uncontrollably. Needless to say...I think that we need to move Teagan to the middle of the backseat, and Taryn to the side. Quin just isn't sure that he enjoys having a little sister yet!

Holy crap it really is a girl!

Ok so for starters, this is Drew. I am not a "blogger", but I will do my best. Yesterday 5/7/09 at 8:02am Taryn Olive Thomson was born. She weighed in at 7lbs. 10 oz. and 18.5 inches long. 10 fingers, 10 toes, and definately a girl. Since I take photographs and don't "blog", I guess I will just post all the pics from yesterday. I am sure Jamie will post a real post when she gets home and is feeling right.

Jamie at 5:15am right before we left for the hospital.

I think she is saying, "What the hell just happened!"

She does have a little hair....very little.

Still getting cleaned off.

Don't tell the boys, but momma didn't cry when they were born.

Just chillin under the heating lamp....actually chillin isn't the right word then.

Still relaxing

Mommy and baby.

Grandpa Lyman got lucky. He was the only person besides Jamie and I when they brought Taryn in the room.

Grandma and Grandpa Thomson showed up with our other two rug-rats.

These two were absolutely amazing with her.

"So I'm a big brother now huh?"

Proud Grandpa.

See! There's some hair.....some.

Grandma Lyman and Aunt Kelli showed up for a cuddle session.

Wow lots of pictures. Like I said, I am sure Jamie will do a far better post in a couple of days.

Our Anniversary

So today was our 7th wedding anniversary. I can't believe that we have been married that long! It seems like we have been together for such a long time. Well, because of everything that we have going on lately, we decided not to do much. We just enjoyed a nice dinner date at Olive Garden. Real fancy, I know! At least we were able to go out by ourselves. Taryn is coming on Thursday, and I don't think that we will be able to go on another date anytime soon. So we got to enjoy it while we could. Thanks to my parents and sister for babysitting!