Relatives- Round Three!

We had our third round of relatives this past week! They were the final round of visitors for awhile... at least until June and Luke's baptism. Luke met his Auntie Erika (who requested to be called 'auntie' versus 'aunt Erika' since she felt that would sound too much like 'Antarctica'), Uncle Aaron, Uncle Jim and Julie - Uncle Jim's girlfriend. We had a lot of fun with them out here and took LOTS of pictures.

Auntie Erika and Luke

Uncle Jim and Luke

Uncle Aaron and Luke

We got a kick out of the size difference between Aaron's large mits and Luke's little hands!

Julie and Luke

Cousin Kristen drove up for a day from San Diego (she's trying to keep the pacifier in Luke's mouth - looking a bit awkward in the picture)

Luke has been smiling more frequently lately...

we still aren't convinced it's not just gas but who knows.

We went to the Holland Festival at RCS on Saturday. Matt was working a ticket booth and the rest of us were able to walk around and enjoy the festivities. Luke was a champ and slept the entire time.

Jim and Julie - nice face Jim!
Erika and Aaron-still technically newlyweds.

Jim and Julie gave Luke his first football - which is nearly as big as he is!

Erika made us two lasagnas for dinner on Monday - delish!

The boys went to a Dodger's game on Sunday and the girls went up to Oak Glen. The plan was to walk around a bit and enjoy the weather and views - unfortunately, I was not feeling well (got a touch of the stomach flu) and Luke was not content to sit in his stroller very long. So Luke and I napped in the backseat of the car while Erika and Julie hiked around a bit.

Jim got to change his first diaper... with a bit of assistance from the rest of us!

Dinner at The Gourmet Pizza Shoppe


Market Night in Redlands


We all spent a lot of time hanging out on the floor with Luke

Erika got the award for most bodily functions from Luke... the rest of us were eating dinner when we hear Erika say "oh, thanks Luke". We look up to see Erika's shoulder and Luke's face covered in spit up! Enough to make the rest of us gag just a bit... I think Matt even had to leave the room. Good thing it wasn't his shoulder that was puked on!

Up close and personal for tummy time.

Luke is definitely gaining more and more control of his neck muscles and will tolerate being on his stomach for longer stretches.

Auntie Erika, Uncle Jim and Luke - before heading home

The three 'original' Thomson kids and the new generation

We had a make shift photo shoot while they were out - with their 5 cameras

Trying on Uncle Jim's sunglass... a rock star in the making

These are just a few of the many many pictures that we took while the crew was out visiting. More will probably make their way into later posts but that's it for now. I have a few videos too that I will (hopefully) post soon but they take so long to load that they'll have to wait for another time. Stay tuned..