Snow and Another Bad Haircut...

We're getting tons of snow up here!  It's been snowing non-stop since we got up this morning.  It's so beautiful (until it gets all nasty brown and slushy that is).  Here's a pic of Irby playing out there, he had a great time, except seeing as we just moved from Alabama, he really doesn't have a proper snow suit or boots, so we didn't stay too long because snow+regular clothes=wet, cold clothes=sad boy.  PS-I've got to stop thinking I can cut Irby's hair, clearly I CANNOT!

Life in DC

I heard Irby laughing hysterically in bed, when he should have been napping, and this is how I found him!  I have no idea how he did that...

Static!  Our cheap sofa at our temporary apartment will give you major static cling!

Uncle Will came for a visit and taught little Irbs how to play the wii.  It was pretty funny to watch.  We got to visit all week and went out for Thai food, which, I'm proud to say, even little Irbs enjoyed!

This is a picture from after Christmas playing at the park near Nana and Doc's house.

Too bad it really emphasizes the Jim Carrey dumb and dumber haircut I gave him...

Wearing my towel like Dadda.

We ventured out on Inauguration day to see the crowds (we'd given our tickets away bc little Irbs really wouldn't have enjoyed 20 degrees for 8 hours, me neither for that matter).  After wandering up the the Capitol for a bit (we live on Capitol Hill which is just behind the Capitol, and I must say it was a very interesting crowd!  and just had a very different vibe than last time.  It was like being at a really big, really cold rock concert, except without the music, strange! Anyway, we really just wanted to see what 2 million people looked like), then we went home and watched it on TV from the comfort of our WARM sofa and fire.

Colorado

These are 2 runners up for our Christmas card picture.  Don't worry, they are coming, just a little late getting organized over here...

Sledding with Daddy, this was definitely a highlight for the trip.  Little Irby loved it, and of course Daddy Irby loved trekking halfway up the mountain with little Irby on his shoulders, and sleds in hand, about 6 or 7 times.  Talk about a good workout!

Now this was the highlight of my trip....every time we got in the elevator, which was several times a day, we would see this picture in the elevator.  It was just behind glass on the calendar which indicated the events taking place in the clubhouse that week.  Anyway, little Irby would get so excited and bang his finger on the glass yelling, "DADDA!  DADDA!"  It was especially funny when there was someone else in the elevator who would kind of look at us, I'm sure they were thinking, "Does your dad wear spandex?  Can your dad do that with his body?  Does your dad have a long braid?"  It was pretty funny...

Funny Boy

Sorry, these pictures are all out of order. I haven't spent the time to figure out how to make them all line up with the text, but enjoy them if you can figure out what they are!
Anne Caroline, Irby's youngest sister was Cinderella in the Montgomery Ballet preformance this fall, so we got to go see her. She's an incredible dancer! Here's a picture of Lucy (Lulu as she's known around our house) and her finacee Whitt. The others are at my parents house and playing with Grandoc and the playground. Also, we went on a business trip with Irby to Dayton, OH, and while he was in meetings I took little Irby to the Air Force Musem, which he LOVED. We met a veteran of 3 wars who showed us around and even showed us the plane he flew and let Irby sit in it! I've never seen him so excited. We also got to get our picture taken in the space suit, which was great fun, of course!

This is Irby with little Irbs and little Mac on a trip to Nashville. Sweet Devon and Shellye kept Irby for us so we could go cheer on the Dores, who had a sad loss...

Well, Irby has been keeping us laughing here recently. I'll just give you a few examples of some of his antics.
Irby got is 18 month shots a few weeks back and he had his first sentence. After the nurse gave him 3 or 4 shots in the leg, he wailed, "LEG HUUUURRRRTTT!!!!" He hasn't really spoken many sentences since then, but he also hasn't been nearly as distressed as he was then either!

The past few mornings Irby has been entertaining us over the monitor after he wakes up. Now he is like his Daddy in the mornings. It takes a long time to wake up and it's better just to let him roll around in the bed for a while sucking his thumb, and he's perfectly happy doing this. In fact, he prefers this to getting straight out of bed in the morning. The past few mornings we've heard not a peep over the monitor until we hear an emphatic, "WOAH!" I just wonder what it is he's dreaming about or what he's thinking about in these early mornings. He usually then proceeds to talk about his boo-boos, and usually when you go in there to get him up he has his pants leg hiked up and he's pointing to his knee. What a boy; he loves showing off his scars, even to himself.

Last night was Irby's office Christmas party which was a lot of fun, especially for the kids who got special presents! Irby got a little plastic play laptop, which he loves. While I was not looking, one of little Irby's parents (who shall remain nameless) let his son eat some chocolate cake, some carrot cake, a whole glass of eggnog AND a sucker. This is all after he ate a regular dinner of chicken and veggies. The whole way home and to the bed he just kept holding his belly moaning "BOO-BOO!" Needless to say, he is OK now, and thankfully slept the whole night despite the sugar high.

My sister is hard core

Ok, first I need to apologize for not knowing how to put my pictures on and make them line up with the text properly, I'm new to this, and trying to figure it out, so bear with me.
My little sister, Kirsten ran the Marine Corps Marathon last weeknd in DC. We got to see her because we were there looking for a house (no we didn't find one yet). She did a great job and finished with a great time! Let it be known to everyone reading this (which is probably no one because I've not actually told anyone about this blog yet) that Irby has decided he is going to run it next year! Go IRBS! Here are a few pictures of Kirsten's race. (Oh, and in that 2nd picture, I know that I'm the one holding the water while she's running her 26.2 miles, but I promise I brought it for her, and she did drink some!)

Happy Halloween

Well, we had a great and pretty quiet Halloween here in Huntsville. Irby was supposed to be a lion, but due to a bad website that I ordered his costume from, he was an airplane instead (which he actually probably liked better anyway, although he does have a really good 'roar' like a lion. The costume was totally homemade and not very cute, but he loved it! Basically it consisted of his airplane footie pj's and cardboard wings and wheels). We went to a little restaurant near our house and sat outside because the weather was just gorgeous.

Huntsville has had a really beautiful fall. I guess because it's a little farther north, it gets cooler and the leaves are amazing! Here are a few pictures from the night Trick-or-Treating and also our afternoon in Monte Sano, a mountain nearby where we enjoyed the wonderful fall air and played outside.

The Tribe Moves On

Well, it already seems I am proving to be a negligent blogger. Somehow, in a town where I know no one, and have nothing to do, the days fill up! It must be that 1.5 year old boy running around here. Anyway, I have some news...the Thompson family is now moving to DC. After a few years of praying and wondering where we were supposed to be and what we were supposed to be doing, the Lord has called us back to DC. Irby will be continuing his job that he had while we were in AL, which is great, because he really loves it. His company has asked up to relocate to DC because they are opening an office up there, and they need someone to head up the effort. Needless to say, we jumped at the opportunity. Now hopefully, this will be our last move for a while. Ever since we left over 2 years ago, we've been missing it, so this is a very exciting thing for our family. We already have a great church, Grace DC, and wonderful friends, many of whom have had babies since we left. It is very encouraging to know we already have a community to plug in to, especially friends who are in the same stage of life as us and especially in a big city where it's easy to get lost.
Oh, and many of you will be happy to know that when I asked little Irby (as he was dipping his cracker into his blueberry juice) what he thought of moving to DC, he said, "GO DORES!" It's hilarious when he says this because the GO is a very high pitched shrieking sound followed by a low pitched DORES.
Well, that is our news for now...I'm hoping to post some pictures here in the next few days so you can see what we've been up to down here in Alabama.