Kaybrie Dawn Thompson

We are all so glad to finally have Kaybrie here. She is such a good baby! Malik and Zia have taken to her so well. When Kaybrie is crying they both ask "what is she saying?".

Kaybrie weighed 8 lbs 1 oz and was 20 1/2" long. I was so hoping not to be in labor in the middle of the night, but well that didn't happen! She came at 2:34 am. But I am glad that she is finally here!

Here are some photos we took at the hospital.

Malik (how I was most worried about with our new addition) did amazingly well! He ran into the room and gave me a huge hug and then walked right up to Kaybrie and gave her a kiss! He has had not problems at all. He is so tender and loving with her!

Zia 0n the other hand didn't quite know what to think. She was a little taken back at the hospital. But once we can home she has showed no problems with Kaybrie.

This is Yaya (Corom's Mom). Malik and Zia got to stay with her while we were in the hospital and they both had a ball! I don't think they missed us at all! I am so thankful to her for all she does for us!

Eye surgery

Many people have been asking me if we ever had Zia's eye surgery. Well we did have it back in Febuary. I don't have a good before shot but here is an after shot. The doctor said "just a warning her eyes will be red for about 2 weeks". I didn't think that he meant BLOOD Red!!

Everywhere I went I got some serious looks. Some were like what have you done to your daughter, others what is wrong with her eyes!

Also note that this picture was taken about 2 weeks after the surgery!!!

Now her eyes are perfectly straight and not to mention not red either!

Nesting or just a perfectionist?

Malik has a little tikes house at his preschool that he and Zia just love. I thought that it would be fun to get them one for our backyard. So I looked and looked on craigslist for a good one.

So on Saturday we picked it up. I thought that we should level the ground (and move the sand box)....

then I thought that we needed a walkway....

then I thought we needed grass (sod) and flowers with flower pot thing. (Corom came up with the rocks around the sand box.)

What was suppose to take a very short time ended up taking all Saturday! Thanks Corom!

By the way, Malik and Zia just love it!

Great Wolf Lodge

We just went to Great Wolf Lodge for the first time. If you don't know it is a hotel that has a indoor water park exclusively for it's hotel guests. We got a steal of a deal through Corom's work that we could not pass up.

It was a weird feeling to be in our swimming suits while it was below freezing outside! The kids just loved all the swimming and splashing. It was a great trip.

We ended it with ice cream for the kids!

Bran Muffins

I made these muffins for our Super Saturday breakfast. Everyone loved them and raved about how moist they were! So here is the recipe. I got it from my mother-in-law. Enjoy!

Bran Muffins

2 cups sugar
1 cup oil
2 cups Raisin Bran cereal
4 cups Kellogg All Bran “original”
1 quart buttermilk
2 cups boiling water
5 tsp baking soda
2 tsp salt
6 cups flour


1. In a large bowl add bran cereals and boiling water
2. Let it sit and break down to a mushy texture for about 5 minutes
3. Then mix in all the wet ingredients and sugar.
4. Sift in the dry ingredients.
5. Bake at 400⁰ for 20 minutes

Pumpkin Patch!

Here we are at the pumpkin patch!

Zia picking out her pumpkin. (We didn't get a picture of Malik picking his pumpkin, he was way to fast for us to get a picture!)



Group effort to get Zia's in the wagon :)


I just love this picture of Zia (she is in the process of hugging the pumpkin).

Malik helping Dad pick the "perfect" pumpkin!