Seafood Chowder

Name: Seafood Chowder
Ingredients: 4 tbsp. unsalted butter; 3 sprigs thyme; 1 bay leaf; 1 large yellow onion, finely chopped; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; 1 lb. Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2 cubes; 1 cup half-and-half, at room temperature; 1 cup heavy cream, at room temperature; 1 lb. haddock, cut into 1 pieces; 6 oz. bay scallops; 4 oz. cooked lobster meat, chopped; 1 (9.75-oz.) jar whole baby clams in their liquid