Announcing...

Isaiah, Elijah, and Josiah would like to announce that they...

...got hair cuts.








Oh, and they are very excited for the arrival of their new BROTHER!!!!!!!!

We learned this afternoon that we are indeed having another boy, but judging from the baby poll it isn't a surprise to most of you!

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We Have a Cria!

Yesterday morning at 6:00 Adam did his usual check on our past due, pregnant, alpaca. She looked fine so he came back to bed and checked again at 9:00 only to come straight back to the house to announce that we had a baby out there! Not exactly how we had pictured the whole thing happening.

I got my boots on and went outside to see the little thing for myself. After a couple checks we decided that it was indeed a little girl - just what we were hoping for! She was still wet and shivering and she was trying out her lanky new legs with much stumbling.
Adam put a call in to our experienced alpaca friends and we were on our way - so we thought. Our new little cria was not finding her mommy to feed and we knew it was imperative for this to happen. At first we thought maybe the milk wasn't in yet so we tried some things and still the baby would not nurse. Another call to our friend led to a visit from their farm manager. He informed us that the cria would need to be bottle fed every hour for 24 until she decided to nurse from her mom. He thinks it may have been a difficult delivery and the cria possibly suffered from some brain swelling causing what is called "dummy cria" where the baby won't nurse. With some anti-inflammatories the swelling will go down and the cria will then begin to nurse. We also had the vet come out and check the mom and the baby - the mom had a hard time delivering the placenta and she now needs to be on anti-biotics to make sure there is no infection.

Like I said, not how we thought things would go but things look like they are going to clear up and both mom and cria will be fine. Enjoy the pictures! By the way, we named her Princess Dandelion.

Blow drying her to get her dry and to raise her temp.
She really enjoyed being pampered!


She is already practicing her Zoolander face for the show ring.
The boys watched from the side lines.


Enjoying the warm afternoon sun.

Trying out the hill with mom keeping a watchful eye in the background.

10 Days to Go

Until we leave for the beach! We are getting ready here at the Thompson house by making sharks. (The Boy's idea) They colored them yesterday and cut, stuffed, and glued them today. Then I found a place to hang them and took some pictures.


Jojo was too busy to stop and smile.


But Elijah took time out for a picture.


And so did Peanut.


The finished product.


The guys wanted to show them off by standing on chairs, but Josiah changed his mind once he got on the chair. Did you notice his shark patrol shirt? He had to have it this morning!


Don't they look fierce?

The Alpaca Whisperer

Still no cria.

The Name Game

In our rare quite time together Adam and I have started to discuss some name ideas for the newest member of the family. We have limited our choices by naming our first three sons bible names that all end in ah. This was not done intentionally with Elijah and Isaiah (1 and 2). However, much consideration was put into the ah for Josiah and it just doesn't seem right to not give the fourth child the same type of name. Anyway, we seriously have nothing so far for either gender and middle names will be even harder to decide. This is an important decision and Adam and I find it hard to agree on names we both like. So, I decided to do a little research and see what others are naming their children. Where else would I go but to the celebrity baby names of Hollywood?

Nicolas Cage, for example, named his son Kal-el. Any Superman fan out there knows that was Clark Kent's name on Krypton. The Phoenix children: River, Rainbow Joan of Arch, Leaf Joaquin, Liberty Mariposa, and Summer Joy. Summer decided to stick with the unique theme in naming her first son Indiana August. Gwyneth Paltrow named her daughter Apple and Paula Yates named her daughters Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Honeyblossom, Little Pixie, and Heavenly Hirani Tiger Lily. Oh, and let's not forget those Zappa's!

For other, shall we say interesting, name choices click here . I'm not sure Adam and I could agree on just any one of those names, so I also found a baby name generator that picks out the name for you. All you have to do is type in your last name and like magic, a full name pops up for you. My girl names are Seashell Ambrosia and Lavender Quince. My boy name choices came out to be Mahogany Mexico and Lex Jupiter. Hmmm...now there is something to consider...

Seriously though, we got nothin'

Half Way

Tomorrow marks the half way point for this pregnancy (20 weeks) and it's beginning to get a little cramped in there! We still don't know what we are having yet and my sonogram isn't until the 30th. At times I still can't believe I am pregnant - it is still a bit of a shock. I don't know what we are going to do about space, but I know the Lord will provide and I know this has to be his plan, because it wasn't ours ;) So, I'm going to sit back, relax, and enjoy the other half of what will most likely be my last pregnancy.