Lake Wawasee Trip 2014

Way back in September of last year, you might remember another event where a lot of Thornburgs were able to get together.  That's where the planning for this trip began! 

 These are the people who put this all together.  Andrew's dad and his siblings wanted to get the whole family together like they did back in the day and enjoy time on the lake.  Andrew found the house and the rest is history.

 So a family reunion was planned! Andrew's Aunt Jenny made shirts for everyone and we got a family picture.

 We had a full house! 

 Here's the full house we stayed in for the week.  We moved in on the 4th of July.

 We started swimming right away.  Oh no! Don't squirt Pop!!

 Andrew did his best dolphin impression.

 We were able to watch Andrew's friends in their sailboat race.

 Tommy loved the sun and water.

 So did Charlotte but she got a lot less of it.

 Andrew's parents rented a pontoon boat and we took it out every day.  We did canon balls and flips off the boat.  Andrew's an expert. :)

 I jumped off too but you don't need to see a picture of that.

 Sunset family pictures!!

 The sunsets were pretty incredible over the lake.

Baby kiss pose!

 Another one!

 Family picture.  Thank you, Charlotte, for throwing the bird for everyone.  She is OBSESSED with her middle finger.  What a stinker.

Here's another family picture in front of the house.

 These pictures are a bit out of order so just bear with me.  Here's Charlotte looking adorable in her 4th of July outfit.

We had beautiful views out of the windows of our bedroom.  Check out the beautiful sky and lovely lake.

 Here's the view at sunset.  Love it!

 But not so great for sleeping.  There were no curtains in the whole room.  Tons of windows.  Plus it didn't get dark until 10ish.  So this is what bedtime looked like through the monitor for us.  It didn't go well, as you can tell.

 Tommy and Charlotte loved, loved, LOVED spending time with their cousins. :)

 They are too cute!

 Hey a picture of just the two of us! Nice! :) And right before the fireworks.

 BOOM! Oooooohhh aaaahhh! Not bad for iPhone pictures!

 Another picture from our 3rd floor view over the lake. Awesome.

 One day we did the limbo with a pool noodle! Ha!

We're on a BOAT! :)

 This is one of our attempts to get a grandkid picture.  Some ran upstairs.  Two were trying to turn on the light.  One was crying.  One was trying to stop the crying.  One was smiling politely.  Too funny.

Charlotte did some stretching to relax.

 Tommy loved the star shaped light up shades that Pop found.

Check out that awesome sky again. (Yep these pictures are way out of order.  But hey, they're still cool! :)

Seriously, we had amazing weather for this trip.  We were so lucky.

 Check out our Tommy-friendly tie-dye cupcakes! Just get a box cake mix (one without milk), add a can of sprite, and viola! Best tasting cupcakes so far! (So far, the other recipes I've tried tasted like corn bread, vinegar, or were soupy so this is a HUGE improvement)

 Charlotte really wanted to get back out on that boat, I think.

 I have a lot of these pictures.  Tommy LOVED driving the boat.

 This picture cracks me up.  Tommy was marching out of the Oakwood.  Too funny.

 Did I mention our house had an elevator?? #elevatorselfie

 Andrew's Aunt Jill took this picture of Tommy.  What a look.  Love it.

 She also took this picture which I love.  Charlotte was super excited about the week on the lake.

I took just shy of 400 pictures from this trip.  There were so many good ones but I had to cut somewhere.  We had SUCH a great trip.  So many memories.  Thanks, Thornburgs, for a great family reunion!

Travis Gets Older

Travis turned another year older on the day of US World Cup game.  He and Andrew went to a bar to watch and celebrate.  I made the mistake of offering to pick them up.  I showed up to pick them up and I saw Travis prancing over to my car.  He got in my car, woke up Charlotte, and then...

Passed out.  I hadn't even made a second turn and he was already passed out! What the heck? I took a picture and texted it to Katie.  She said, "Don't bring him here!"  I did not comply.  :-)

 Andrew drinks professionally so he didn't have too much trouble.  He rode in the back. :)

 When we got to their house, Travis assumed the position and stayed there the rest of the evening. The kids decided to use him as a canvas.

It started like this... 

 It became this...

 They even got uncharted territory!

 The rest of us had pizza.  You can still see Travis in the background on the floor.

 Oh hey! He woke up!

 Just kidding.  Back asleep.

Tommy and Wyatt had a great time (and Harper too of course!) The evening was still super fun despite the dude asleep on the floor.  ;)

Happy Birthday, Travis! Hope you had a great time! :)

Charlotte is 9 Months Old!

Well this is a week late but better late than never! Charlotte turned 9 months old.  She is 3/4ths of a year old.  It's going so fast.

Tommy wanted in on this photo shoot.  Of all the times I want him to be in and smile for pictures, he waits until Charlotte's photo shoot.  What a stinkpot. :-)

Here are some outtakes from the photo shoot.  This girl is one happy kid.  Always having a good time!

She weighed in at 18 pounds 12 ounces which Andrew said is around the 60th percentile.  She's 28.75 inches which is in the 80th percentile.  Her head is 17.64 inches which is the 75th percentile.  She's growing up!

She has some new developments.  She has 2 more teeth on top making 4 total.  She is crawling ALL OVER right now. She is pulling herself up on everything she can reach.  She will let go and stand without assistance for very short periods of time before falling on her bum. She has started to say MAMA!! or DADA!! when she sees us.  That is probably my favorite part.  I haven't been reading her as many books as I used to read Tommy. #secondchildproblems  But when I do, she thinks all books are hilarious.  She cracks up, page after page.  I have no idea why.  She will wave bye bye or night-night but not on command.  It's usually whenever she feels like breaking it out.  She still LOVES to clap her hands and give high fives.  She is completely fearless.  Tommy will roughhouse her and she gives zero cares.  She is not afraid to try new things and you really have to keep an eye on her.
She is sleeping on a cot at daycare already.  She's doing great, they tell me.  I still can't believe she's growing up so fast.

Seriously, look at those little legs.  They are THE BEST!! What a doll.

Happy 9 months, Charlotte Lynn!