Check up

At 12 months Samantha is

22lb 14 oz(75%)

29 1/2 inches(60%)

Samantha is ONE!

It's hard to believe that my little girl is already one! She has grown up so fast and she changing by the day. For Samantha's birthday we thought that we would have a birthday/Baby naming for her, yes we slacked on her baby naming. Since we finally decided to do a baby naming for her we needed to start looking for her Hebrew name. Tyler had a great name in mind, he wanted her Hebrew name to be Bunny and was very upset that we didn't go with it. We told him that name was taken and he says well how about Bunny2. We came up with a list of great names and decided on Navah which means beautiful and of course Samantha is beautiful so it fit perfectly!

4 years old

My sweet little boy is 4! Where did the time go? It seems like yesterday I was at the hospital with him. Tyler has grown up to be such a kind, loving, smart and wonderful boy! He loves to learn and he is just a sponge, he remembers everything! Happy Birthday Tyler!!!!!

On Saturday we had Tyler's birthday Party and it was the best party he had ever had. Of course it was a spiderman party. I made another spiderman cake but this time he also wanted a black spiderman so I made both. The kids started out coloring and then Spiderman knocked at the door!!! Tyler was so excited to have spiderman at his party. Then we played games. We played web walk, I numbered webs and put them on the floor and then had music going and when the music stopped Spiderman picked a number and who ever was on that number won, then we played pin the spidey on a bad guy and then we had my favorite web the bad guys, I made posters of villains and posted them up in the basement and then gave each kid their own can of silly string to spray at the bad guys. Then we had cake and opened presents. It was such a great party :)

Playing Together

Samantha loves playing with big brother. Tyler is so gentle with her and anytime he talks to her she just lights up! It melts my heart to see them playing so nice with eachother.

4 years ago...

4 years ago I was very, very huge(gained 65 pounds) and way past my due date! I couldn't sleep because my doctor finally told me that we can take Tyler out(10 days past my due date)! I was so excited I was going to meet this precious little boy.....

6 Months old

Samantha is 6 months old, time flies!!!!!

She is in the 55th percentile for weight at 16 pounds and 3 oz

She is in the 30th percentile for height at 25 inches

We started Samantha on solids and she loves food. Big brother loves to help feed her and she loves it when Tyler feeds her.

Trip to Disneyworld

We started our trip in Jacksonville, Florida for Neena Jo's 90th birthday. Donna, Samantha and I flew out early so Neena Jo could get some extra time with her newest granddaughter. Samantha loved riding on the scooter with Neens Jo.

Sunday was the big party, there were so many people there! Neena Jo has a big family and a lot of friends that wanted to share this special day with her. She was a little overwhelmed but she loved it! I just hope when I'm 90 that I am that with it like Neena Jo!

After the party we all headed to Orlando to start our Disneyworld trip. Tyler was so excited and couldn't wait to get to the parks. The Highlight of our trip was meeting Spiderman at Universal Studios. We went on the Spiderman ride and then waited in line to meet spiderman. He was so nice!!! He spent so much time with Tyler. Tyler walked up to him hugging a stuffed spiderman and wearing a spiderman shirt. Spiderman talked to him and then signed his shirt. He then helped Tyler with the proper web shooter hand and then took pictures. We ended up buying the big poster of Tyler and Spiderman because it was so cute and Tyler does have a spiderman room. He then got his face painted like spiderman.

Tyler loved all the rides and Tyler was just tall enough to go on most of the rides. We picked a great time of year to go, it wasn't packed. And we also had Kade with us and he moved us to the front of the lines, thanks Kade! We took Tyler on Tower of Terror and he was so funny, he said mommy that was fun but my tummy got scared! I was so scared for him on that ride but he did great! It was such a great trip!

Halloween

This year Tyler wanted to be Black spiderman. He is really into black Spiderman right now. The minute he got his costume he put it on and hardly ever takes it off. And for Samantha's first Halloween I decided to dress her up as a lady bug since that is her bedroom them. Tyler was so excited to go trick or treating and kept asking if it was time yet. When it was time we went outside and our new neighborhood was swarming with kids, it was so great and it made me think we pick the perfect neighborhood to live in. Tyler was doing great until the last few houses. He took off hi mask and went to the door, I then saw him stomp away mad and I asked him what happened and he says, "She said I was CUTE!!!!!!" I'm not cute I'm Scary! He was so upset, we moved on and two houses later someone else had the nerve to call my son cute again, lol. He got all upset again and started crying. I told him that it is hard for people not to think he was cute because he is and that didn't make it better but eating candy did :)

Black Spiderman!

This year Tyler has decided he wants to be black muscle spiderman. We have been looking around and couldn't find one in his size at stores so we had to order it online. Well it came in the mail today and the second we opened it up Tyler wanted to put it on. He kept going around the house shooting webs at things, he is so cute in it and hates to take it off.

Doctor check up

Samantha had her 4 month check up and Tyler needed a health assessment for preschool so here is where they stand...

Tyler is 3 years and 8 months

He is in the 90th percentile for weight at 40 lbs

He is in the 85th percentile for height at 40 3/4 inches

Samantha is 4 moths

She is in the 50% percentile for weight at 13 pounds and 4 oz

She is in the 90% percentile for height at 24 1/2 inches

Tyler's first day of school

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Today is Tyler's first day of school he was so excited! He went in the room said hello to his teacher, ms Emily and then found his cubby and said hello to all the kids! He didn't even care that I was leaving! My little boy is growing up so fast!

Blog update...

Ok so I’m way, way behind on blogging! So here is and update....

Had the most beautiful baby girl, Samantha Josephine Thalblum born on June 4th 2010.

Tyler has been such a great big brother and is so sweet to his baby sister and wants to tell everyone all about his baby sister.


Samantha had Crazy, wild hair...

And now it's better...

I am so blessed to have two wonderful kids, I love them so much!!!!

Brian got a job offer with PB&Js so we moved to Overland Park, KS. I already miss all of my Texas friends!!!

Ok so now we are up to date and I will be much better about blogging :)

Brian's New Gift

Brian got a flip video camera from Donna and Harvey for his birthday. So while Brian was at work Tyler and I played with it. Tyler kept wanting to sing songs and then watch himself. He loves to look at himself :) Here is one of ten songs we video taped...

Brian's Birthday

Today is Brian's Birthday but we celebrated it yesterday with our friends. When I asked Tyler what he wanted to get Daddy for his birthday Tyler said something with blue, purple and green stripes. When we went to the store we found blue, purple, green and yellow striped wrapping paper so that was perfect. We then went to GameStop to get Daddy a new game for his new play station 3. We ended up buying him God of War which doesn't come out until the 16th but it's the new hot game so we bought it then so we could just go in on the 16th a pick it up. We also got him a blue tooth so he could be a dork and talk to people online while playing. Of course Brian loved both gifts :) I also asked Tyler what kind of cake we should make daddy, he thought about it for awhile and said I know! Cupcakes with green frosting, sprinkles and a cherry! Yummy :) Daddy isn't that big on sweets so it's kinda funny. So we went to the store to get cupcake wrappers and I told him to choose one. His choices were spiderman, sports, sponge bob, tinkerbell, plain colors and pink Hannah Montana. He picked out the Hannah Montana and I asked him are you sure Daddy would want Hannah Montana and Tyler said, "Yeah Daddy loves Hannah Montana, it's his favorite!" Of course we made a few people laugh who were next to us picking out cookie mix. Then we went down the part aisle and Tyler said Daddy wanted blowers so I let him pick out which blowers daddy wanted and what do you know, Daddy wanted the Hannah Montana blowers! So we got them and went home. Brian loved his Hannah montana birthday!

Tyler's favorite books February 2010

Tyler's favorite books are....

How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight

Green Eggs and Ham

Go Dog Go

Rainbow Fish

We read these everyday before nap-time and bed time, he can't get enough of them!

Potty Training

Tyler is potty trained! A couple of Days before Tyler's birthday party Yia Yia, Tyler and I went to walmart to pick out some new big boy underwear. Tyler went straight for the spiderman and friends pack. We had daddy help us with all the names of spiderman's friends. Tyler was so excited to wear them them. The first couple of Days we took him to the potty every two hours or so and he did great. He even had his big boy underwear on at his party which was pretty distracting since it was at Chuck E Cheese but he did great. We had no accidents. After a few days we started letting him tell us when he had to go and he had gone a little right as he told us, so he was figuring it out. We were going through underwear fast and he liked to wear the ones with spiderman on them and the pack had some without spiderman. So we went back to the store, this time we went to target and they had Dee Dee(Mickey Mouse) underwear and Tyler went crazy and wanted to get those. Now when he has to go, he takes off his pants and underwear and runs to the bathroom. He is so cute and we will have to work on just pulling his pants down in the bathroom and going. We started a potty training chart and he loved it. I explained to him, he gets a sticker for everytime he goes pee pee in the potty. I told him he gets to pick where he wants to go when he has filled up his whole chart. I gave him some choices: zoo, Chuck E Cheese, bowling and the movies. He was so excited and said he wanted to go to the movies and see Alvin and the chipmunks(for the second time). So we filled up fast and went to the movies and had lots of fun!

Turning 3!!!

I can't believe my baby is already 3! Tyler had 3 celebrations for turning 3. On friday we started his birthday off with a dinner with friends. Every month a few of us get together for dinner since our husbands work nights. Since it was almost Tyler's birthday Miss Brittany made cupcakes. All the boys brought their stuffed puppies and we made it into a puppy party! The boys had a blast which they always do when they get together.

Then on Sunday we all went to the zoo for his actual birthday. Yia Yia and Papa drove down on Saturday to celebrate his birthday. I asked Tyler what he wanted to do on his birthday and of course without hesitation he yelled go to the zoo. That boy loves the zoo and he would go everyday if he could. It was Daddy's, Yia Yia's, and Papa's first trip to the Houston zoo so Tyler made sure to show them everything. While Tyler was napping, Yia Yia and I made a spiderman birthday cake for Tyler. He was so excited when he saw it and just kept singing the spiderman song over and over again.

Then today was his birthday party with all his friends at Chuck E Cheese. All last week he was so excited. I kept telling him that your party is on Tuesday and he would ask me if it was Tuesday yet. My friend Ella made Tyler's cake and it turned out great! Tyler and his friends had a wonderful time playing games, eating and playing with Chuck E Cheese.

Happy Birthday Tyler!!!!!!!!!

It's a Girl!!!

Today I had a doctors appointment and I didn't expect to get an ultrasound, My doctor told me that I would get one when I was 20 weeks. I am a little over 18 weeks now and so when she said lets just get an ultrasound today I was super excited! Anyone who knows me, knows that I was dying to know what I was having from the minute I found I was pregnant. With this baby I am feeling A LOT of movement. Tyler didn't move that much or I just didn't notice. So from that I just assumed I was having a boy. I have one toddler who is jumping and running in circles and another one in my tummy! They both have a lot of energy :) Well I was surprised to find out that its a girl in there! The pictures arn't that clear because this girl was all over the place! When I had Tyler's ultrasound it was very clear he just laid there sucking his thumb.

Introducing Samantha Josephine Thalblum.....

It's cold in Kansas

We just had our first road trip in our new van to Kansas. We had so much room!!! Tyler did great he watched movie after movie. Everytime I go to Kansas I say I hope it snows and then it doesn't and we go home and two days later it snows. Be careful what you wish for! It snowed the whole time we were there and it was so cold! Tyler loved the snow. He loved to walk in it and just sink to the ground. Everytime we went out side we had to really bundle up, one of the warm days was 16 degrees! Brrrrr We still got to have lots of fun!

Tyler's first Tattoo....

It stays on for 3-5 days, he loves showing it off