Thompson Life Update.

We're officially residing in Cincinnati, OH. This last month has been a whirlwind, for lack of a better descriptor. We moved across country, unloaded, went to Young Life camp, unpacked, went to Phoenix, AZ, unpacked, Jeff started his new job, had visitors from Hilton Head... and now here we are.

All the while I've been maintaining my Etsy Shop, Our Baby Thompson Love, AND officially become a stay at home mom. It's been so crazy and we're ready to start fresh as a family of three and "relearn" how to live in Cincinnati.

We are temporarily living in Jeff's grandpa's house for FREE, so we can't complain at all. But we are beginning to explore different areas within the city and decide where we want to buy our first home. We are both excited about this, and are hoping to find a house that needs some substantial renovations/updates. I'm sure that seems crazy, but there will never be another time that we are living for free with no strings attached, allowing us an unlimited timeline and extra resources to renovate and make a house our first home! I cannot even begin to describe how eager I am to start this process, but I am also practicing patience and know it will be in God's timing. Our plan is that our house hunt will officially begin in early November, and realistically will continue well into the spring.

In other news, I'm training for a marathon. Perfect timing, right? It's been going well so far, although it's hard to carve out the time, we {Jeff and I} are making it a priority and he's supporting me as much as he can. He is also LOVING the time he's getting with Sullivan one-on-one while I go running, especially since he's adjusting to only seeing her for 2 hours a day, before bedtime {and weekends of course}.

I have lots of projects in the working: painting a lot of furniture, reupholstering our new Craigslist dining room chairs, some general decorating, and my favorite- planning for Sullivan's FIRST birthday party. I don't want to start a habit of doing over the top parties EVERY year, but how could we not for her very first?

Here's a couple pictures from the past month or so:

Life Update

We've been busy! My mom came to visit, Jeff went to LA, we spent a day in Charleston with my mom {they overlapped each other one day}, Sullivan turned 6 months old, we spent the weekend at another Young Life camp, had Sullivan's 6 month pictures taken, celebrated my first official Mother's Day, and Jeff and I have been on this "21 Day Fix" with daily workouts and a meal plan to follow.

I won't go into depth about anything. What I will say is that WE MOVE IN 40 days!!!!! Whaaaaaat?

My mom came to visiting while Jeff was away in LA. She hadn't seen Sullie since Christmas. 

The baby rocking chair. Had to snap another picture in it!

Charleston day. 

Happiest girl. 

SIX MONTHS! Can't believe it. 

Young Life Family Camp Weekend @ Carolina Point

My mothers day present was her 6 month photo shoot!

Pretty Mother's Day flowers. 

My favorite thing right now, during out cleanse. 

Charleston Trip.

We went to my favorite place EVER Charleston, South Carolina. One of the many perks of living in Hilton Head is how conveniently close we are to so many neat places. This trip was sort of a birthday/Valentine's Day/relax after the banquet kind of trip. We have some great friends who are super generous and let us stay in their AMAZING house for the night! Look how beautiful it is, I just can't get over it! The house is right in the heart of the city, perfectly located between King St. and the Battery. Sunday we walked around and visited with a friend in college there. It was cool to see the College of Charleston "campus".  Monday morning Sullivan and I walked to King St. for Starbucks and did some browsing. Jeff met up with us later and we just walked around the city all day and met up with friends for lunch, before heading back to our island. I love the city life of being able to walk almost everywhere you need to go. This weekend i decided that one day, in the very far off future, that Jeff and I will retire to Charleston. i should have taken more pictures, there is SO much to see and explore. If you haven't been to Charleston PLEASE do yourself a favor and go, go, go!  

Baby Gap Dress//Gymboree Leggings
They have baby sized rocking chairs on the porch for their grandbabies... I die! 

She get her expressions from me

But she looks JUST like him

Trowback to our FIRST time in Charleston, March 2012