Going home tomorrow

We have had a great time at the hospital. Haley is 'very tough' according to the nurses. She has done everything possible to get rid of tubes and wires, etc. As of this morning, they took out the IV, so she is free of everything.

Here are some more pictures:

Tribb is born!

We are so excited to announce the birth of our 4th child.

Robert Tribble Thomas

He'll be called Tribb for short.

He was 8.1 lbs.

Haley is doing great and loving her vacation.

For more pictures CLICK HERE.

Here we go again!!!

I am so so excited to say that we are going to do this again on Thursday!!!!

Cobb Henry Thomas

Charly Elizabeth Thomas

James Wooldridge Thomas


And Soon to be 4!!!!!!!

We are so ready to hold him, love on him, and add him to our crew!

Tribute to Pops

All 13 grandkids in a video tribute to their Pops for his 70th:

Happy Birthday Pops. We love you!

Video: Visit to the Doctor

We visited the doctor yesterday and had a good report... though not without a little bit of worrying. Recently I (Rob) got the Canon 60D and I wanted to shoot some stuff and see what I could edit as fast as possible.

I love the Canon 60D!!!

Visit to the Doctor from Rob Thomas on Vimeo.

I Got Bitten By A Zebra

Yes, I sure did. Yesterday we went to this awesome place in Glen Rose, TX called Fossil Rim. The zebras were really hungry so their noses were in our car looking for food. I was focused on taking pictures. . .



When I sat back, I was startled by a zebra looking directly at me from my window. I didn't have the right angle to get my hand flat, but tried to feed him anyway. Therefore, he had great access to my to my fingers (my fault). So glad it was me, and not any of the kiddos.



There were many deer-like animals, and Cobb and I liked to try to figure out which animal we were looking at/feeding.



Charly and I both thought the Emus and Ostriches were a little intimidating. We didn't feed those guys.

We also saw Giraffes. Unfortunately, they were full by the time we got there so they didn't come up to the car. Supposedly, they like to put their heads in sun roofs.

The rhinos and the cheetahs were behind fences, but still really cool to see.


We also loved the Aoudads (African Wild Sheep). They were so cute and hungry like the zebras. They would just stand there waiting for the next car to show up with food.

Below is a picture of my boys watching two rams wrestle. My boys love to wrestle so it was cool for them to watch:

And half way there was a place to get out, stretch, and eat lunch. The kids hammed it up at the petting zoo there:







And then Charly learned how to steer the car. She did a great job.

Cobb and Ridge tried too, but it didn't last too long.

We had planned to go to the Dinosaur Valley State Park nearby after Fossil Rim, but we were so tired. So the kids just took pictures in front of the dinosaurs at the entrance to Fossil Rim.

Great family day.

10 Years Ago Today

10 years ago today, I (Rob) remember looking around at more than 500 people at Scofield Memorial and thinking, 'They KNOW I'm getting the better end of this deal'. I mean come on! Haley is choosing ROB??

I'm kinda joking, but mostly not joking... and if you were there with us that day, you felt it too.

When Haley came through the doors, she really was the prettiest bride I had ever seen. However, she only appeared as a 'blur' for the next hour. Why? Well, for two reasons. First, because everything felt surreal and blurry that day. But the main reason is because she was bouncing non-stop. If I was prone to motion sickness, I may have gotten sick standing next to her (as it is, I'm barf free since October 1993).

Okay, I'm kind of exaggerating, but ask the people who were there... she was bouncing.

The truth is, I love knowing she was bouncing. It was another indicator for me that she loved me. Considering the fact that I pretty much fell for Haley the moment I saw her and it took her two years to do the same, even on our wedding day, I cherished the indicators.

The last 10 years have really been amazing. Haley is an amazing wife and mom to our 3 (almost 4) kids. I'm still the guy that got the better end of the deal, and I'm just going to accept it. What a gift Haley is to me.

Happy 10 Year Anniversary, Haley!

I love you,

Rob

PS. Check out our Facebook page for pictures of our wedding HERE.

Best Daddy

We were eating breakfast the other day. The conversation went like this:

Me (talking to kids): Hey, you know what? Your daddy is the greatest daddy.
Cobb: NO. He's not. God is the greatest daddy.

Thank you Cobb for reminding us as a family to look to the Lord as our perfect Daddy who loves us, and calls us HIS! I love to tell our kids that they are mine, that they belong to me, and that they are precious in my sight. But how much more important that our creator says, "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine." Isaiah 43:1a He calls us Precious, Honored in His sight, and He loves us (Isaiah 43:4). He rejoices over us with singing! (Zephaniah 3:17). And even though we think our daddy Rob is the best daddy ever, he is nothing compared to our perfect Father in heaven. May we rest in His peace, faithfulness, and perfect love.

The Tale of Ridge and the Broken Arm

So I haven't blogged in a while... I thought a little bump in the road like a broken arm could get me going again. My sweet Ridge was wrestling with his brother during "rest" time on Saturday, and he broke his arm in two places.
Rob took him to Acute Care Kids (love that place. . . in and out in an hour!)
Here he's getting his temporary splint:


Today we went to see Dr. Heinrich (our good friend who sweetly added Ridge to his schedule today). Ridge felt very calm with Will and Sam's daddy. . .

He ended up smiling the whole time. He thought getting a cast was really cool.



We laughed a lot. Charly and Cobb did too.

Charly was looking at a magazine, and saw the Old Spice guy. She asked the guy in the above picture, "Is this you?" We all got a good laugh at that, as well as my kiddos asking him why he had a kiss mark on his knee(it was really just a stain from a red cast he had put on a patient earlier in the day).

Ridge is doing well. He is actually excited about his cast because he thinks his cast makes him stronger than Juggernaut from Super Hero Squad:

My Talented Sisters

My sisters are oozing with talent. So I just thought I'd do a little blog post about them.

My younger sis Caroline is doing a project called The Scripture to Music Collective. Basically, she has begun a collective project where any songwriter can upload a song that is directly related to a book or passage of scripture. I think the goal is to cover the entire Bible with song. So cool. Read about it here!

Her new song:

Woman on the Roof (2 Samuel) by Caroline Cobb

If you want to read background about the song click here
She is writing a bunch of new songs lately so it's really fun for me to follow her blog and hear all the new ones. So very proud of my talented sister!!

My older sister Marlo is is an artist, doing shows all the time. If you want to see some of her work you can go here. She also has info about her next show on there for anyone reading who lives in Houston. And she is also involved in so many other interesting things such as writing health articles for Examiner.com, creating and giving tours of Houston to a big group of people from the Woodlands, and teaching her wonderful two boys all about culture and history. She pulled together family history from both sides and wrote a children's book for her son Abran. Talent, talent, talent. I'm so very proud of her, and also amazed at all she does.

Anyway, I'll let them ooze with the talent, and I'll just sit back oozing with pride at being their sister! :)