“Actually, she’s a girl.” I find myself correcting people a lot lately. What I have come to discover is…people don’t look at the clothes a baby is in…they look at the top of the head. So no matter how pink and frilly the outfit - Finley Mae’s bald head leads people to say “look how big HE’S getting.” For the record, she probably does have the baldest head you’ve ever seen on a little girl. And to be clear, it doesn’t bother me at all when people make the mistake because I have actually done that to other people’s babies!!
Finley or Lex Luther??
By the way - HELLO AGAIN!! I know it has been a very long time since we have posted anything new. I was convinced that no one was really interested in our blog anymore. But a few of you have e-mailed me recently, wondering what happened to the updates, so I thought I would post a few pictures and catch you up on life in the Thompson household lately.
Finley Mae
Finley is now 10-months-old and my, oh my, do we have our hands full!! It’s amazing how fast they can get around when they become mobile. She isn’t walking yet, but she is crawling at a lightning fast pace. One second she’s right in front of me, the next…she’s trying to put her hand in the toilet water. Don’t laugh - that actually happened. (since then we have invested in toilet lid locks - so no worries) She loves to crawl to the patio door and look out the window and every once in awhile…a familiar looking baby will come to visit that she’ll try and kiss.
Finley kissing her "friend"
In addition to the crawling, she is also pulling herself up and walking around all of the furniture. Now and again she will lose her balance and come crashing down, resulting in a lip quiver - or worse…a bruise.
Finley has also shown she has the ability to curl her tongue.
Apparently it is a genetic thing. Either you can or can’t do it - and she can…all…the…time. Seriously, half the day the girl crawls around with her tongue out. It prompted Mike to say the other day “maybe her tongue is too long for her mouth…”
Also, it is amazing how vocal she has become. I wish I had the ability to understand baby talk. I often wonder what is going on inside that little head of hers as she is yelling at the top of her lungs, “Da bah da na na da.” Huh? “Bah ba da na na ma.” Gotcha.
She is eating a lot of people food now. She was recently introduced to mandarin oranges and gobbles them up faster than I can get them on the tray. (Did your kids have a favorite food? I would love to get her some variety, so let me know if you have a suggestion.)
Katelin Rae continues to be the greatest big sister ever.
My beautiful Katelin Rae
She loves to pick up Finley and carry her around. Katelin can still make Finley laugh louder than anyone else. They had a blast on their first Halloween together.
Our little Butterfly
I’m sorry it’s been so long since I posted anything. Leave a comment if you are still interested in these updates. I’ll post more often if I know there are people out there that still want to follow along in our baby adventure.
Thanks for checkin’ in and here’s a few more pics…
Jennifer
Sisters
Katelin Rae, Oct. '09
on Nov 10th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
Jennifer& Mike
I really love your baby blog. Please keep updates going. My how time does fly! Both of your girls are super cute, and I love Finley bald head it is so cute, Makes her who she is her own person .
Sandy
on Nov 10th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Jennifer & Mike,
The baby blog is so great. Your girls are beautiful and the pics of Finley curling her tongue are to die for. My husband and I recently built our house ourselves and everyone enjoyed seeing the progress so much I kept updating everyone on each step and they loved it. I added little comments about pictures and everyone would laugh. You have great commentary to go with the pictures and it makes me laugh out loud. Keep up the great work on air and off.
on Nov 11th, 2009 at 6:53 am
Mike & Jennifer
I love to hear how your Finley is doing as you inspired me and my husband not to give up when we were have fertility problems. Come Feb. we will have our 2nd blessing also. I can’t wait.
Thank you for reminding us that miracles do happen.
JoEllen
on Nov 11th, 2009 at 10:13 am
Good to hear from you again! The pics are super-precious! Love how Finley curls her tongue…too cute!
I just love to read your updates, and see how the girls are growing up right before our eyes. How exciting to see Finley almost walking and also talking her own baby-talk. Such a fun age, isnt it?!
And the “sister” pics are just adorable
Keep the posts coming…I enjoy every one <3
on Nov 11th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Love your blog. It puts a smile on my face to see your two girls growing up so fast!
on Nov 11th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Love your blog. It puts a smile on my face to see your two girls growing, happy and healthy.
on Nov 11th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
I really love your baby blob keep it up your kids are so cute I wash you in the morning all the time
on Nov 12th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Jennifer,
PLEASE keep the blog going, I always loved seeing the updates and am very happy to see the great pictures and update once again. It’s great to see the pictures to see how much she’s grown too.
on Nov 12th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Jen and Mike~
I hope you keep the updates coming, I love to see the different pictures (your girls are adorable) and reading about their developments. You are a good writer and photographer!!! When can we expect #3? Just kidding!!
on Nov 12th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
I love reading the baby blog. It’s the only blog I read from wkbt (sorry). It’s fun to watch Finley grow. Children’s smiles are contagious and it’s always nice to have a happy story to read amongst all the gloom that seems to be in the news lately.
on Nov 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Have followed your blog since Finley was born…love to read all about your family and enjoy the pictures…the girls are so cute and precious. Please keep up the blog!! Thank you~~~~
on Nov 13th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Jen & Mike~
I love reading your blog and seeing the updates on the girls. Love the pics of Finley curling her tongue…too cute:) As far as favorite foods - at that age my boys loved sweet potatoes and squash (great at this time of year) I had been buying the baby food and thought why can’t I just make the “real” kind. I cooked it up in the steamer to make it soft enough and they both loved it. Now at 3 1/2 and 2 they can’t get enough spaghetti, they would eat it for every meal if I’d let ‘em. Please keep the blog going, I love to read about the updates.
on Nov 13th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Jen and Mike,
I love reading about your family! your girls are absolutely beautiful. Keep the blog going please!
on Nov 15th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Keep the blog coming I have really enjoyed reading them. Enjoy you and Bill in the mornings also. It is so funny when you tease him. My babies liked to eat cottage cheese and homemade applesauce at that age. They are 15 and 13 and still like to eat them.
Lori
on Nov 15th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
What a joy to see the new blog, but I can’t let your misinformation stand unchallenged. It will be my goal to search for photographic evidence, but the truth is Finley’s mother was the baldest baby that ever lived. ;>) Jenny was nearly two before she had much hair to speak of…but now has the thickest, most beautiful hair around. We’ll watch to see if Fin Fin follows suit. Is anyone dismayed that Jen’s blog made it into print without any fact checking?
on Nov 16th, 2009 at 3:50 am
What beautiful pictures !!! Yams were a favorite of my daughter’s could not feed them to her fast enough.
on Nov 18th, 2009 at 11:22 am
Jen and Mike,
Thank you for your update. What beautiful girls you have. They grow so fast. Our baby girl just turned 4 in October and we are always amazed by her. I am lucky enough to be a daycare provider, so I get to spend every day with her, (and I love every minute). Keep up the blog, it is so nice to see your girls growing. I have been following your blog since you started it. Our little one enjoyed squash and pasta, (mac and cheese boxed or homemade is still one of her favorite dishes). Enjoy the holidays, it is such a magical time with little ones.
on Nov 18th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Love the pictures! Thanks for sharing with us so much about your family’s life!
on Nov 20th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Love the blog!!!
on Nov 23rd, 2009 at 3:22 pm
I really enjoy your blog. It is the only blog I have ever gone to.
Your girls are precious. Enjoy them as they grow so fast.
Have a great Thanksgiving. Finley will enjoy the potatoes, and sweet potatoes and all that good stuff.
on Dec 13th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Jen and Mike.
I really enjoy the blog, but also understand with work and family how hard it is to keep up with the blog. I enjoy reading about you bundles of joy… With this special holiday season, your love and bundles have now doubled, may there be nothing but peace, love and happiness in your household.
on Dec 14th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
I wasn’t sure if you were going to keep up with it for a while when the posts were getting farther apart, but I think it’s great to keep the blog going! Our daughter was part of the Gundersen Baby boom a couple months before Finely and I love being able to related to many of the same ups and downs that The Thompson family is going through! Jen, your pictures are fabulous and it’s great to see such beautiful pictures of your family. Keep up the great work…if you can!
on Dec 21st, 2009 at 5:54 pm
I love the baby blog. I print out the pictures for my mom since she doesn’t have a computer. I am in Arizona for the winter and thought I would check on the little one. Boy has she grown. You have a great family. I miss watching you while we are down south. Thanks and keep the blog going
Brenda