Prayers please :)

Yes, I am asking for prayers... again! Isabella's procedure will be tomorrow at 10:15am. Please keep her in your prayers. Especially at that time, if you remember. I will update you once we have the results of the tests. They said it takes about 5 business days. We pray that they will discover the underlying issue. Thank you so much! We love you all!

HOLA!

Here are some pictures from this month. We stayed at a family condo on South Beach in Miami for our vacation. The vacation wasn't what we were hoping for, but in the end we at least felt like we had a vacation. To make a long story short, upon arrival we learned the balcony overlooking the beach (which is the best part of the condo) was under construction. So not only were we stuck in this little one bedroom condo without a view other than the windows, we had to listen to constant drilling, hammering, and Hispanic men singing while we were trying to relax. The singing was pretty funny, though :). Since the balcony was under construction, they locked the back gate to access the beach. In order to make it to the beach, we had to walk away from the beach toward Ocean Drive, then down a few complexes on Ocean Drive, then back towards the beach through public access. It was at least a 10 minute walk... lugging two kids (Isabella not wanting to hold our hand), a chair, beach umbrella, bag of towels, and our camera. Yeah it was exhausting. They open the gate for the condo over the weekends, so the last night we were able to experience that luxury for the first time. Oh what a difference that made! Oh and another exciting moment was when the air condition stopped working only 2 days after our arrival. The AC decided to freeze over, so Jack spent an hour or so holding a blow dryer in order to defrost the ice. At least it got our air working again. Our vacation wasn't a smooth one, but we did have a nice time. We needed a change of scenery and it was nice to have Jack home all day for the week. We even stopped to visit Joe & Nicolette on our way home!

We hope you all are doing well! I really want to see some pictures from everyone! Especially some updates of baby Natalia?! We love you!

A little help, please?

Hello Tompkins family! I just wanted to ask for everyone's help for a little project Ryan and I have started to work on. I've always played around with the idea of starting my own "cookie business" selling my hand-painted sugar cookies, and lately have been giving it more serious thought. I have begun experimenting with different sugar cookie and icing recipes, and expanding my cookie cut-out collection. I was wondering if you guys could help me come up with a good name for my business, since Ryan and I can only think of uncreative things like "Cookie Creations" "Creative Cookies" "Mary's Cookies" or Ryan's only contribution, the slogan underneath the name: "Put your money where your mouth is...literally." Obviously, we need some serious help with the name, so please offer any ideas you might come up with!

Next we will need volunteers to taste test the cookies and give me some idea of how I can successfully ship them. I think it'll take some trial and error to find out the best shipping method, and I hope you can help me out with that. :) Thanks in advance for your help everyone!

Happy Birthday Mom!

(Cecilia refused to cooperate despite receiving many spankings)We wish we could be with you to celebrate your special day! We will be thinking about you and praying for you. We love you Mom! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Veronica giggling :)

Here are a couple short videos of Veronica giggling that I trimmed from our home video. Enjoy!

The Real Man of Steel

Mary, I (David) thought you would appreciate this photo whereas Ryan, not so much.

A Video of Natalia

Natalia Maria

We are very happy to officially annouce the arrival of our little sweet Natalia Maria! She was born on Monday, August 1, 2011, at 2:08pm weighing a tiny 6 lbs, 6 ozs and measuring 19 inches long.

July 2011

What an exciting day! Happy birthday Natalia! I can't wait to see your beautiful face! Congratulations Marisa, David and Sofia! We love you!

Here are some pictures from July. Enjoy!