In our home

This little cute smile is an everyday occurrence. I'm dying from the cuteness here folks! I think I forgot how absolutely wonderful it is having a baby in the house. Everyday people! Every. Single. Day.

Beatrix Ella Thronton

First time meeting brother and sister.






Our first moment together.



Beatrix Ella Thornton. Born January 3rd 2012 at 10:02am. 6 lbs 10 oz 19.5 inches long. She is amazing!!

Coming up next the birthing story!

Thankful for the alien-like feeling in my tummy.....

November is a month of being thankful for the things we may not remember to be thankful for at other times of the year. Take for instance this little baby girl in my belly. I seem to forget sometimes that it took Shane and I a whole 14 months of trying before we saw that lovely pink line on the test. There were so many months of sadness when I wouldn't see anything or feel anything, it was hard for both of us. Through all those months I was always so grateful for the cute girl and handsome boy that we already had...but it was hard because I wanted them to have another sibling, someone to share these crazy parents with.

Here we are months later and I am almost 31 weeks pregnant and I couldn't be happier and more ready to meet this little girl. In the past week or so I have realized that there was a reason that this little girl did not come along sooner. There was a plan for us...a right time. We have been through a lot this year between Shane not working and me with my constant ups and downs. Shane is finally working and I finally feel more stable and more happy than I have in a while. So I know now why we had to wait and I am glad that I know that now....and I am glad that we had to wait.

So after all of this I am here to say that I am thankful for this little girl in my belly and I am thankful for all her little kicks and punches. These kids are the greatest thing that have ever happened to us and I know that more than I know anything else that is for certain.

*I will update this post with a belly picture as soon as I can.

The belly is a growin'

This is me at 23 weeks. I definitely don't feel as huge with Baby B (that is what I call her) as I did with Addy. Then I look at this picture and I guess that belly is growing well.

I like being pregnant.

The baby and the belly

A friend of my told me the other day that I have not blogged about The new Thornton baby yet. Oh I am such a slacker. Despite being a total slacker about the subject we are completely and utterly thrilled about our new addition. I am due January 7th....yes another January baby. Shane and I have decided that we can only have them in January. Here are a couple of ultrasound pictures...sorry the quality isn't the greatest.


This baby was a little mover it was so much fun watching him in action. I called the baby a him because we are both convinced that this baby is a boy....but we won't know for sure for another 6 weeks. We will be excited either way!

Here is a picture of the belly at 14 weeks.



This pregnancy has been a lot rougher than my last but it will be worth it in the end. Can't wait!

A quick post

This is kind of a post for me. I forget to write things down that Addy has done and I just don't want to forget later in life. On Friday February 19th Addy took her first couple of steps! Whoa so awesome. Since then she tried a couple more times. I swear she is going to totally mobile in no time.

Another thing. She loves loves headbands. She takes them off my headbands of my head and tries to put them on her head. When I put them on her she gets this look on her face like she is just so proud of herself. I really just can't get enough of that girl. She is the best ever.

Melts I tell you melts!!!

You know what melts my heart......The way my adorable little girl gives hugs and kisses now! When I ask her for a kiss she will give me one and when she is excited to see me or when I get her out of the bath she gives me the biggest hugs! Love it love it love it! I seriously love being a mom...it is just so nice to know someone loves me that much.

Now you are probably asking yourself why are there no pictures of this adorable little girl....well I just got a new computer at home so I will post picture really soon. Maybe even this weekend if you're lucky. I know you will be waiting in anticipation. Anyways I will start being better about posting pictures so please just give me a second chance.

Have a great weekend and a great Martin Luther King Jr. day!!

I don't have an excuse........

Where have I been? I dunno. What has been going on? Lots of little things but nothing too exciting to blog about. I am not going to give a list of excuses for being absent so long from the old blogaroo. So deal with it. I hope someone still looks at the blog......anyone......hello?

I am super excited for Thanksgiving because well I love to eat and be lazy. That sounds bad but it is true. It is nice to spend the day with the people I love most in this world and eat the food I love most in the world. I never really get excited for Christmas but for some odd reason this year I am. Maybe it is having a new baby or maybe I have just had a change of heart but whatever it is I am loving the holidays this year and no one can stop me. I even sing Christmas music to Addy while I am trying to get her to sleep at night. Silly me.

The kids are both doing good. Luke is doing great in school and he is a great kid we are lucky. Addy is going to be 10 months next week. Crazy! She is going to be a year before we know it. She is a wonderful baby and I love love love her. I would post a new picture of her but my computer at home is broken so I am forced to update this blog while at work....shhh don't tell.

All and all things are good for us. Shane is putting in a new floor in our kitchen and I am excited about that, but our house is in a total shambles for the time being. Oh well it will be worth it.

A quick post

I feel bad that I have been such a slacker on blogging! No posts since July really what is my problem.....

I am super excited for September. September is my favorite month of the whole year. I love the crisp air in the mornings, the leaves changing colors, fall clothes (yay another excuse to buy clothes), and just the smell of fall. I feel sad because I feel like this summer we got riped off an entire month...stupid June all rainy but I am happy for my favorite season.

Addy is going to be 7 months this week and I really can't believe it. She is going to be a year before I know it and I don't want that to happen. When are they going to figure out how to make our babies stay babies forever. dang! She is almost crawling and it is so fun. She can almost wave and I think she says baba (bottle). She is eating her solid food and with every new food it is a new adventure. Oh the faces that little girl makes...I tell you I will never get tired of them.

I finally got my tattoo colored in last night. Ummm my leg hurts. Tell me why I always put myself through that pain. It looks really good though I will post pictures soon.

I think that is really all of my updates for now. Maybe I will get really motivated and post pictures this week!

Oh one more thing...Luke started the 3rd grade today! What the crap! I remember the 3rd grade really well and it is crazy to me that he is going to be a 3rd grader. He is also turning 8 on Saturday. He is so so excited for his birthday. We are going to Boondocks on Friday and then Saturday he is having a party with his best friends. So fun! I think I might be getting old though and I am not sure how I feel about that. Sometimes I still feel like a kid so how is it that I have kids! Crazy!

Happy 6 months old baby girl!

Wow today my little baby is 6 months! What!? Where did the time go? I can't believe that only a little while ago I had this baby that didn't do anything but sleep, eat, cry, and poop. Now I have this little baby that does so much, so many new things and I just get to sit back and watch it all happen. Okay well I am not just sitting back and watching, but you know what I mean. Being a mom is an amazing thing it is awesome to watch this lttle person grow and learn more and more each day.





She babbles, rolls, smiles, laughs, plays, eats almost real food and so much more. By almost real food I mean she eats rice cereal and I tried it and it is not good! She went for her 6 month check-up today and he said I could go ahead and let her try some veggies, so we are trying it tonight! I excited! She now weighs a whopping 18 lbs. She has 4 teeth. I could just go on and on about how amazing she is but I won't. I will just leave you with a few pictures of her cuteness.

The 4th!

On the 3rd of July we went and saw fireworks at Granite. It was a lot of fun and Addy did really well. I thought she would be scared but she wasn't at all just amazed by the giant light flashing above her. On the actual 4th we really didn't do anything, we just hung out an BBQed.

A couple of pictures of the kids watching the fireworks!

4 months

On Monday I took little Addy cakes to the doctor for her 4 month appointment. She is 16 pounds and 27 inches now! Holy crap she is a big girl, it's no wonder my muscles are getting so large! Everything was great except for the dreaded shots, everytime she has to get those I just die inside. The doctor said we could give her rice cereal if we want to, so I think I am going to try it tonight. Wish me luck! i am sure she will love it since she loves to eat more than anything else.....well except for her wonderful mother!

Update on baby

Today I am one day overdue, still no baby Thornton here. I have been having some pretty painful contractions the last couple of days but no baby. I have another non-stress test tomorrow and then back to the doctor on Wednesday, hopefully I will be dilated more. I don't want to induced unless I absolutely have too. Keep your fingers crossed that the baby will come. Tomorrow is my birthday and I didn't want her to come on my birthday, but now I am to the point that I would be okay with it.

Holy Crap!

So I am 37 weeks now! The home stretch.....I am officially full term so really our little girl could come at anytime and she would be fine. We are so excited to meet our little girl! This is crazy!!!

I love this nursery!

Baby Shower # 2

The wonderful girls at work through Abby and I a shower. We only played one game and it was fun and ate really yummy food! I had a lot of fun and I really enjoyed having a joint shower with Abby! Thanks girls!

The Baby Shower

Last Saturday was my baby shower with friends and family. It was a lot of fun! We ate, sat around and talked, and opened all the presents. We did not play any games and I was okay with that I don't like baby shower games. It was really fun! Thanks to everyone that came. The wonderful girls I work with are throwing Abby and I a shower on December 4th! It should be a lot of fun! I love baby stuff!

Ready already

Okay I know I only have 11 weeks more to go with this pregnancy, but I am so ready to have this baby. I just want my little girl to be here. I know I need to be patient, I will try but is not going to be easy.

Update on everything

I went to the doctor on Monday. Everything is going good. I heard our little girl's heartbeat and it sounded great. I had to take my glucose test, it really wasn't as bad as everyone said that it was. I had to get a shot because I am RH-, I hate getting shots but that wasn't that bad either. My blood preasure was a little higher than normal (probably because I had to get a shot and get my blood drawn and I was nervous) so now for the next month I have to take my blood preasure two times a day, it is kind of a pain. On another note my brother made it to Portland save and sound. I talked to him on Sunday and he sounded happy....I can't wait to go visit. Tomorrow is Halloween and Lucas is going to be a cowboy/sheriff...I will post pictures of him later.

24 weeks and counting

I haven't blogged in a while. Things are going good with the baby and I, we had a doctors appointment last week and everything was good. We have to go again at the end of this month. I am 24 weeks which is 6 months, for those of you that don't want to do the math.....that is crazy! Other news Shane has been building a car for our tattoo artist for the last two years and he started it up last week, we were so excited I am so proud of him, he is amazing. Now we need to start doing more on the house so we can be ready when the little one comes! Things are going great! And can I just say how very very excited I am for the fall to be here. I love the rain and the changing leaves it is absolutely wonderful!