Lots of excitment!

We spent all day Friday looking at houses. Our realator took us to 12 different houses and we toured them all. Mark was so well behaved :) He was such a trooper to spend all day doing that and he barely got fussy at all. We found one house that we really loved and decided to come home to think about it. As we were researching the house on different web sites we came across another in the same sub division that we hadn't seen before. We called up our realator and told him that we wanted to see it...along with the other house for a second time. Today we went to see the new house along with the house from Friday for a second look. We loved the new house and decided to make an offer! Apparently the other person's realator is at a wedding tonight and doesn't have the information with him so we probably won't know anything until tomorrow. Keeping our fingers crossed :)

Big day yesterday!

Well after 5 months on the market we finally sold the condo! What a relief that was. We can now move onto looking for a house :) We close on October 26th so we will be moved before the bad weather starts and the holidays begin. It will be nice for mommy and daddy to have a room of their own and mark to have a room of his own :) and Andy gets a yard :)

Yesterday was also a big day because Mark turned 2 months old! He is smiling so much these days and cooing like crazy. He can bat at little toys in front of him and follow the sound of other people in the room. He is sleep around 7-7 1/2 hours straight at night...thank God :) We went to lunch with girls I worked with and then went to visit my principal at school....his first time in the principal's office...and hopefully the last :)

Busy, Busy, Busy...

The past few days we have been keeping ourselves busy! We tried out another my gym class and went to our first gymboree class. I wanted to try both out to see which one was a better fit for us. Even though I like the my gym class they don't have a group running for his age group so we end up in the 6-12 mos. There isn't much he can do with this group so it's hard. At gymboree they do have a group for his age group so it was really nice. They work on skills that he should be working on at this point. We played with bubbles, puppets, mirrors and sang songs! Everyone was very nice and I got a chance to talk with other moms. We even set up a playdate with one mom and little boy for next week!

Mommy and baby yoga

Today we attended our first mommy and me yoga class. It's an hour and 15 minute yoga class where moms can bring their babies and get some exercise. A large blanket is set up in front of the yoga mat where baby can lay and watch mommy :) The class was a lot of fun because it's set up in little groups of time where mommy can practice yoga while baby lays on the blanket and then there are groups of time where we incorporate the baby into the exercises. At the end of the class there is a time set up for tummy time and baby massage. Mark did so well...only a little crying in the middle but as soon as he ate he was smiling again :) He liked the massage and did really well on his tummy. By the time the class ended he was fighting to keep his eyes open :) It was nice to get some exercise and to meet other moms with babies his age. We will be back next Monday!

Mommy gets "baptised"

Today while Mark was getting his bath he "baptised" mommy...yep you guessed it....peed all over me! :) He had no idea he was even doing it! He was just enjoying his bath and I guess felt the need to go!

We spent the day relaxing at home and our friend Brad stopped by to meet Mark for the first time! We walked over to a restaurant near our condo and had dinner outside. Mark was such a good boy at dinner and was smiling at everyone!

Visiting Daddy...

Today we went to visit daddy at work and have lunch. Mark was such as good boy and we enjoyed eating outside in the sunshine. We had another showing of the condo today...this is the third one this week. Hopefully we get an offer soon!!

7 weeks old today!

Today Mark is 7 weeks old. I can't believe how quickly the time is passing. It seems like just yesterday we brought him home from the hospital. He is growing by leaps and bounds and changing every day. He is constantly smiling and interacting with us! He is usually a great sleeper but last night was up every two hours. I'm not sure why...maybe a growth spurt? I have started reading "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" by Marc Weissbluth. So far it makes a lot of sense to me but not much can really be done before four months of age. He suggests that starting this week we should start making his bedtime a little earlier so we will give it a shot :) He also suggests that he should only be awake for two hours at a time and then should go down for a nap. This seems hard to me....sometimes he doesn't want to sleep after two hours? Stay tuned....

The beginning...

I figured I would start a blog to keep everyone up to date on little Mark and our family :) After getting married Shawn and I decided that we wanted to start a family right away. After three months of trying we had our little one on the way! My pregnancy wasn't too bad. I was never sick but had migraines and leg cramps so I guess I paid my dues :) Mark Shawn Thompson was born on June 25th at 12:19pm and so it begins...