Missing him ..

On the darkest of days, when I miss him the most and I think I can't take another day without him .... she is right there to pick me back up. How blessed am I !?

I love her and can't wait for her daddy to see her soon!!

Dancin Queen

You can dance, You can Jive, having the time of your life
see that girl, watch that scene, diggin' the dancing queen..

I am not sure where she picked up these sweet moves but she is our lil' Dancing queen.. With that voice and those moves I see superstar writting all over her face :)

Ok, maybe I am justa little biased but she is so Stinkin cute isn't she ?!

Paradise

I am posting this for a few reasons:
1. I am sitting here freezing my ______ (fill in the blank with word of choice) off here in Iowa and need something warm to day dream about.

2. So you can see where we will be getting "married", this time there will be no hoodies and jeans or court house. We will have the ocean as our backgdrop and the sand at our feet.

3. Lastly, so when I get the deployment blues I can just click on this link and get swept away with the amazing vacation I have to look forward to, just me and my hubby for 7 days!!

** Thank you G-ma J for agreeing to fly down and watch little Miss Sophia!! **

Here is the link.. we are staying at the Couples Negril in Jamacia. I cannot wait for October to get here!
http://www.couples.com/13cn/index.html ---->Sorry I have yet to figure out how to put a link in my blogs.. so you will have to copy and past in another browser. I am still new at this whole blog thing.

Love ya all,
Thompson fam

Bye, bye baby...

Sophia is no longer a baby. She is a walking , talking, miniature adult. She has wants and needs all of which she has no problem expressing. She can sign and say Milk when she is thirsty. Numerous times in the day she will pick out a book (this weeks book of choice "Is your mama a Llama"), hand it to me then crawl up on my lap and laugh the entire time I am reading. When Stephen pops up on the computer she runs to it smiling, yelling DA DA over and over again. He will sing to her and she laughs and tries to sing back. She is no longer a baby ..nope.. not an ounce of baby left in her and that my friends gives me BABY FEVER. I want another one.. but first my husband needs to be in the same time zone I suppose :)

Welcome to toddler hood.. one of the many times in a day she test the limits .. I am told this will be a common occurrence for many years to come..


Her is our precious little girl just a few hours old... I remember how scared, excited, exhausted and wired we were that day . I don't think I had ever felt closer to Stephen in my life. What an amazing experience... I can't wait to do it again.. right honey!?! LOL..

Loving her pasta!

I only wish I could have this much fun when I ate dinner!
Here are some pictures of lil' Sophia having a grand ol' time with her pasta and meatballs!

Walking hand in hand

Today I had a epiphany of sorts. I was at the mall standing behind a cute husband and wife couple. I watch the man put his arm around his wife's waist then draw her near him as he kissed her forehead so sweetly. After that he slipped his hand into hers and off they walked, hand in hand ,happily ever after. It was then my stomach sunk. That whole scene I had just witnessed was at one point an everyday occurrence in my life. Now it seemed so foreign to me. I had forgot what it feels like to have my forehead kissed, my hand held, given a hug from my husband. If it wasn't for Sophia, basic human touch would be all but forgotten. I have missed my husband everyday since he left, but today I missed him a little more.
Good thing I have the glass is always half full during deployment rule. This is my way of staying sane in times like this. When I feel sad, frustrated or that the light at the end of the tunnel is just a little too far away and dim..I make myself stop and throw a positive into the situation... so here it is..
Today, I also realized that we are getting to the half way point and soon enough I will have MY kiss on the forehead, I will have HIS hand to hold again and I will have my Husband back in my arms. Distance truly does make the heart grow fonder.

A dogs life

I don't know that I have yet to introduce the other half of our family.. Max and Duritz. These guys were our babies before for our baby came along. Truth be told they still think they are the babies! Max is a 80lbs German Shepard and on most days thinks he is human and a lap dog. We have his loving father (Stephen) to thank for this.
Duritz is my little man that I got after I moved away from home. He was a rescue dog with a strong will and big heart. He and Stephen had some issues in the beginning.. Duritz did not take kindly to sharing me lol.. they worked it out and now we are a big happy family.
The dogs (and I) are missing our big back yard but we are making the best of it here in Iowa. The time is ticking away and soon we will be back where we belong :)
Here are a few pictures of our "babies"..


This is when we just brought Sophia home.. the dogs were so interested but good boys and didn't get to close.


The really are best friends.. so cute!!



Our Maxi poo :)




This is a before and after of Dru boo.. he had a bad hair cut yesterday.. we will be purchasing a sweater asap!!