A Cougar Birthday!

My birthday was just a couple days after Davis' big day. We celebrated in Austin at the lake with family and friends then went out for dinner. We went to the Steiner Ranch Steakhouse, which is a total cougar hang-out and perfect for people watching! It doesn't just happen in the movies (The Graduate), these women are out there on the prowl.

Definition of a cougar: The most commonly-accepted definition of a cougar is a woman 40 years of age or older who exclusively pursues very young men. The onset of the cougar years is hotly debated. Some feel that a cougar can be as young as 35. Typically, cougars prey upon men almost young enough to be their sons.

Thanks for such a special birthday...one more year in my twenties!!!!

Tubes and Other Random Updates

Davis has had a total of 7 ear infections, starting at 4 weeks of age. These usually accompany a fever and some mood changes. They usually don't affect his eating, but he sometimes will tug at his ears and become cranky. We saw the ENT yesterday and I think we are on the road towards tubes, which will hopefully decrease the amount of ear infections over the next year. He's on medicine right now for his ears, so in a couple weeks we are looking at scheduling the tubes.

At Davis' 12 month well visit he weighed 19.5 pounds and measured 28 inches long. Two more inches and we are looking at a new car seat. Any suggestions? I remember buying our travel system car seat and someone at the store suggested we go another route because as soon as the baby reaches 30 inches you will have to buy another one. Their son outgrew his travel car seat within 7 months. They were pretty tall people. We knew, with our height, Davis would at least take a year to outgrow the travel one and, to us, that was a good investment.

Completely random, I love this commercial:

And He's Off...

In this frozen frame, it looks like I've been drugging my kid. Just press play...

Baby Steps from Christina Thompson on Vimeo.

Choo Choo!

My tough face!

Buble

Forrest and I danced to "Everything" by Michael Buble at our wedding. At the time of our wedding, he happened to be touring near by and I had hoped he would make an appearance for our first dance as husband and wife, but sadly I think he was entertaining a crowd in Houston. Fast forward three years and he's back in Texas! My parents bought tickets months ago. They had asked us if we wanted tickets too, but with Forrest's work schedule and pending Rockport plans we said no thanks. As we got closer to the concert date, we realized we were available that weekend and decided to look for tickets. What a deal! We found two for $150, super close on craigslist. I was a little nervous meeting the lady selling the tickets, you just never know if it's the real deal. Luckily, it was. We went to dinner with my parents then enjoyed the concert! I'm not sure if Forrest enjoyed it as much as I did. Buble sings a lot of slow love songs. Here are some pics from the night and a video clip of him singing Home.

Untitled from Christina Thompson on Vimeo.

Fiesta!

Davis turns one today! In true San Antonio fashion, we decided to throw him a FIESTA over the weekend! We had so much fun opening the house to family and friends for some great food and entertainment. The kids played in the kiddie pool, went on wagon rides, played with the swing, and really went to town with the pinata. For a Texas day in July, it was actually bearable outside, thank goodness!

Here he is just waking up from his siesta, and wondering why all these people are in his house?!?!

The food table! Delicious tamales, guacamole, salsa, dips and more!

And the drink station...

The only family photo we got and sweet little boy just wasn't feeling it.

Wagon rides with his friend Hayden.

Time for cake. Time for a mess.

Cleaning up...

Duke wanted to help.

Kelly came all the way from Austin!!!!

Pinata time!

It's hard to believe that a year ago today we were at the hospital with so much excitement, joy, and love as we anticipated the unexpected. The day Davis entered our world, dreams we didn't even know existed came true.

Margaritaville