A Little Get Together with the Ladies

So this weekend, we decided to have a quick get together since my friend Krissi was going to be in town from Alabama. Krissi kept saying that she had a surprise for me.  I really had no idea what to expect and I never could have guessed in a million years what this surprise would entail.  

Wellllllll.... you may want to avert your eyes if you have a sensitive stomach.  

Yeah, that's what you think it is.  (Or if you're my mom, you think it's a baby with a weird-looking pink blanket wrapped around it.)  It is truly homemade by Krissi.  She even went to Michaels to get the spray paint icing stuff.  A-maahhh-zing.
Krissi bought 3 different dolls at Goodwill to figure out which size head would look best.  (She is in nursing school right now and just finished her OBGYN clinical so she should know!) She felt weird about buying these weird looking dolls at Goodwill so she told the guy, "Don't worry, I'm only buying these to use their heads." I'm sure that cleared things right up for the guy. :-)

 So since the cake was a little graphic we decided not to bring it to the restaurant where we ate lunch.  We did get a quick group picture.  Mandy had to leave early so she is not pictured. :( But there are two preggos on the left (I'm allowed to say that now, right Megan? We are practically Two Peas in a Pod again, just like 17 weeks apart as opposed to just 2).  Maria and Krissi are on the right.  Or as Andrew said, "Did you have lunch with Manute Bol?"
How tall were those heels, girl?
I just googled him and found this.  I had to include it.

Somebody online was having fun with photoshop.

So after lunch and shopping, I came home to my two fun dudes.  We were going to grill out but then realized we were out of propane.  Steak N Shake it was!

 Steak N Shake really goes all out for the kiddies.  A hat, a cardboard car, a cool plastic take home cup, and kids eat free all weekend.

 Most of the time, the only way I can convince Tommy to let me take pictures of him is to do selfies.

Gotta have fun with it!

So that evening, I decided to have some cake but I had to get a doll head out of the way. What do you do with a disturbing doll head covered in creepy icing? Have a photo shoot, of course!

Goodness gracious, that's terrifying. 

Thanks, ladies, for the wonderful Saturday! So great to see you all.  Thank you Krissi for the unforgettable baby shower cake. :-)  You are an artist! 

More From the Weekend

We didn't quite get enough of the Goldmans on Friday night so we decided to come down to visit on Saturday too.  The Drainvilles were going to be in town so we had to visit again.  They're now expecting a baby in December! Exciting! So we had to see them too! You might remember them from such blog posts as the Michigan wedding and the Michigan Lake weekend.

Let's take a look back in time at those weekends/blogposts real quick...

Michigan Wedding (2011): Ack! Where is my hair?? I hope I left those earrings in the hotel. ;-)

Michigan Lake Weekend (2012): I remember seeing this picture thinking "Ew" when looking at my belly but now I would be ecstatic to have that back after baby! HA!  And just imagine, in a few more months, there are FOUR more babies that will come from these couples.  Jeez.  We like to reproduce, I guess.

Sadly, I didn't actually take any picture of adults this weekend but hey, our lives revolve around our kids these days so I guess my pictures reflect that.  (Note to self: Take pictures of the adults too. It is fun to go back and reminisce.)

We grabbed some lunch at Firehouse Subs before we headed down to Westfield.  Look at the hipster fireman on the left wearing his fireman's hat backwards ironically. 

Max and Tommy enjoyed their time in the Bounce House! I love the top pic where he looks like he is flying out of control to the right.  It's rare to get anything but action shots in the Bounce House.  

They also hurled their bodies down the slide over and over again.  Super fun!

 After we all went out to eat, the kiddos had bath time as is tradition at the Goldmans.

I could not get Tommy, Max and Emily to all look at me at the same time.  Oh well.

Then we gave Tommy the choice between sleeping on a queen size air mattress and a crib with a pink sheet. He chose the crib.  He was stoked about the crib for some reason.  He had his dino pillow, Scout and his blankie.  The pink sheet was an added bonus I guess! 

After the kids went to bed, we watched The Dark Knight Rises.  We really know how to get crazy!! :-) 

The next morning we had a total America's Funniest Home Video moment. I think this picture was taken about a minute before it happened.  Max was hitting a ball off his tee.  We cleared everyone out of the way, even telling Tommy to go back by the table, just in case.  Max hit the ball off the tee and it shanked to the right and hit Andrew almost directly in the crotch.  If it had been like an inch higher, Andrew would have been laying in the grass for awhile.  He said it was pretty painful just getting hit in the leg.  I can't imagine if it had been a bullseye! Yikes!

Thanks again, Goldmans, for the hospitality! We had another awesome time as usual! Thanks for having us!

New Baby Time!

A huge congrats goes to my awesome friend Meeghan and her equally awesome husband Raymond who welcomed a new baby boy to their ever expanding family on Saturday. 
Meet Rhett Alexander!

Rhett is on the left and his fairly new cousin Tyler is on the right.  Meeghan's sister had a baby three months ago.  These two boys along with Rhett's older brother, Little Raymond (he's 2 years old), get to grow up together! How awesome is that?

Congrats Meeghan and Raymond! He's a keeper!! ;-)

Baby Number Three!

Our good friends and neighbors Tom and Jenny (you might remember them from our vegas trip last year) had a baby today.
Meet Mallory Haven Zmyslo...

I'm sure big brother Colin and big sister Marin (and bro-dog Monty) are so excited.  Congrats you guys! She's gorgeous! We're so happy for you!

Harvesting a New Crop of Babies

I'm behind on my congratulations posts.

I am happy to congratulate Kevin and Diane Stafford on baby number 2, Nora Anne.

Aww! She came into the world on April 25th. (Yeah I know! I'm behind!)

And another big old congratulations goes to Phil and Lindsey Healey.  They welcomed their little Junebug into the world on Father's Day.

Elise Maria was welcomed into the world at 9 lbs 6 oz.  YOU GET 'EM, GIRL!! :) I hope you didn't get many newborn outfits!! :) Remember the baby shower I went to fit for a princess? Well, here is Princess Elise.

Congrats Healeys and Staffords!! It's nice to see some girls in the mix!

Happy Birthday Max: Our Indy Visit

We made a day trip to Indy on Saturday for Max's 1st birthday party.  Boy, it was weird to go to a party there with 8 babies and 4 preggos.  The last time we were at their house was for a New Year's Eve party complete with a full beer pong tournament.  The day/night turned out much different this time around. 

Starting with BIRTHDAY CAKE!!

YUM! Sugar high!

Here's Andrew holding Max's best bud Jack.  I'm sure Jack was a little jealous of the cake chow down but his birthday is in a few weeks too.  Just hang on until then, Jack. Not too much longer!

Here are the best buds Jack and Max playing with the coolest toy.  I want one! (Do they make them in adult sizes?)  It's Max's inflatable hopping horse named Rody! So cool! It comes in many colors.  It's also French.  Oh la la. :)

Just as we were thinking about taking off, Max became extremely interested in those bright shiny presents in the corner.  Turns out, he started opening ours first! Andrew picked out and wrapped this gift all by himself so I couldn't wait to see how Max would like it. 

Oddly enough, it became a baby magnet! Everyone wanted to play with the cool new toy.  It is this top-like device that you put plastic balls in, press down on the top, and the inside starts spinning.  When the inside spins it throws the balls around and when you open the window the balls fly out.  It was a HIT! They would pick up the balls and put them back in and watch them shoot out again.  Tons of fun for those baby boys!

Note to self: Have Andrew pick out all kids gifts from now.  :)

Look at how fun this is!

After the birthday bash, we headed over to the Glovers to see new baby Jack. 

Look at him!! So tiny and so cute! Happy 3rd day of life Baby Jack!
I'm sad I didn't get a picture with Megan or Tristan but I guess that's what happens when you have a baby. Better get used to it huh? :-)
I can't believe we're going to have one of these soon! CRAZY!

Oh quick side note.  We woke up Saturday morning to THIS before leaving South Bend.

Yep, the Great White North is back for another season! It was fun to show everyone in Indy how much snow we got. 
I really don't think they were jealous.  Weird, huh? :)

But by the time we got home that night, the snow was mostly gone.  This is abnormal for South Bend, only because we usually have snow like this in October so it's a little late this year.  Yeah, abnormal in THAT regard.  Oh joy.  

The Super Happy News Post!!!

I love super happy news.  I've got three super happy things to share.

First! Happy Super Belated Birthday Brittany!!!

Brittany was my Very First Birthday Post last year! I've been wishing happy birthdays through my mega awesome Paint skills for a YEAR now.  Can you believe it? Happy Birthday to you, Sweeney-ass and Happy Birthday to birthday posts on my blog. 

SECOND! Happy Birthday to Sweet Baby Ray! He is one year old on November 2nd!
Here he is one year ago...

Here he is... well not today.  But back in August.  I wish I had a more updated picture of him (Meeghan!).

But who cares because that picture is so darn cute!

FINALLY, your last bit of super happy news.

Welcome to the world, John "Jack" Casey Glover!!! Bi-yotch looks gorgeous, no? Did she really *just* have a baby??  Come on, mess your hair or something! Ha!

You remember Megan from this post about our eggos being preggo together, right? It has been quite fun comparing preggo stories.

So anyway, Jack was born on November 3rd at 5:25 am weighing in at 5 lbs 10 oz.  He was in a slight rush to meet mom and dad but of course he was perfectly healthy.  Happy happy news for the Glover family. 

Such a sweetie! I can't wait for our boys to make trouble together! (Meeghan, you'll need to make sure Ray keeps Jack and Baby T in line, being that he's older and wiser!)
  

Megan's Shower

This weekend I made my way down to Indy for Megan's shower for Baby TJ.  (They call him TJ in reference to Tristan Junior, which I think is adorable. But no name has been decided on yet, just like us.)

Here's a group picture of the girls left at the end of the party.  Look at cute little Cameron!

  All strapped in and ready to go! She is such a sweetie.  She hardly made a peep during the whole shower. 

The nice part about having Megan's shower at Megan's house is seeing Baby TJ's room! Look at how cuuuuuute his room is! Love it! 
 

I love that lamp.  So cute.  Everything is so well put together but Megan has always been good at that.  Good ol' Megan Martha Stewart! :) Haha!!

I've gotta say, it makes me quite jealous because this is what our baby's room looks like. 

HA! Do you think Baby T will like it?? A little adult-like, don't you think? 

Actually I have an ulterior motive for posting these pictures.  We need to get rid of this furniture so we are selling this bedroom set.  If you are interested, let us know! The whole IKEA set (queen size bed, two bedside stands, two dressers and a wardrobe; mattress not included) is for sale for $200.  You haul. So please get them off our hands so Baby T has a place to sleep! We also need to get started fixing up and painting his room so if you know anyone that needs a bedroom set, pass the word along. We would appreciate it. 

Tri Weekend

This weekend was Andrew's triathlon.  Yes, you read that right.  Andrew has moved from running 10Ks to doing triathlons (and playing hockey and whatever other hobby he wants to pick up right before the baby is born).  The triathlon was in Niles, MI which is like a 20 minute drive from our house.  Andrew has a knack for peer pressure or something because he convinced 4 friends to do this with him.  Nice!
So his fellow tri-ers and their families all came over to our house for the weekend.  
Some action shots from the race:

Carb-ing up the night before the race. (Andrew would like to note that Kevin did NOT carb up before the race since they got to our house too late to enjoy any "carbs").

Travis passed us first even though Andrew was the fastest swimmer.  He passed Andrew in the transition area. 

Then Andrew came running by us. Pay attention to the long sleeves.  It was quite chilly that morning. 

Stafford (red) was right behind Andrew (blue) when they took off on their bikes.

Here's a nice picture of AJ mounting his bicycle.  ACTION SHOT! :)

Luke had to stop to put his chain back on.  Of all the times to lose a chain! BUMMER!

BABY PARTY! This was the first time that Addie (pink) met Jack (green) and Wyatt (red).

Jack did not like the chilly weather.  Actually this little cutie just has a natural habit of sticking his lip out.  He was perfectly cozy in Wyatt's hat. :)

Wyatt enjoyed the bikes passing by.

When the guys returned from their bike portion, Andrew was READY TO RUN and almost dropped his bike.  If you click on the picture, you can see him laughing.

Stafford crossed the finish line first.  If you look closely at all the pictures of the guys, you can see them laughing because we were yelling at them as they ran/biked by.  Maybe we shouldn't have said things like, "I LOVE A MAN IN SPANDEX!" and "MY HUSBAND HAS A GREAT BUTT!"  Whoops.

Behold Andrew's spandex-clad butt in this action shot.  :)  Go Andrew GO!

There's goes Travis in his tri-suit!

Luke warned us about his tan lines.  I guess we could never really be totally prepared. :-)

  

There goes AJ on his way to the finish line! 

We couldn't be more excited for these guys.  They did so well.  They finished a Super Sprint Triathlon! Very cool.  The full results are HERE. 

But if you're feeling lazy, this is what you want.

 

Kevin and Andrew were first and second in their old man age group.   AJ is a bit younger than the rest of the crew so I had to do a little cut and paste for his results.

So CONGRATS to the Triathletes! Very proud!

Here they are: Kevin, Andrew, Travis, Luke, & AJ. Congrats guys!

After the race we came back to our house to watch Notre Dame slaughter Purdue.  Oh they only lost by 11 points? My bad.  I was just reading all the Notre Dame versions of the game.  :)
Yes, Purdue lost the game and we looked pretty bad.  But we still have Hope that they will get their crap together and show us that speed and talent they've been bragging about.  Come on, Boilers! You can do it!

So before, during and after the Purdue game was the baby party.  Man, could these kids be any cuter?
Here's Jack drowning his sorrows from the Purdue game in his bottle. :)

Here's Addie in Outfit 2 (I think?? There were quite a few costume changes)  of her fashion show.  She was modeling some super hip leg warmers.  You can't get much cuter than that!

Or can you? This is Wyatt and Jack modeling some matching red outfits in the green grass while posing with a basketball.  I swear I did not set this picture up.  The cuteness just exudes in a picture-perfect way every time!

Ok so the following pictures were totally set up.  But seriously, what a photo-op!

I'm seriously considering sending these to the Kan Jam company.  What a great advertisement!

Just chillin' inside...

But they didn't enjoy it the entire time...

Oh no!! He even cries with his bottom lip sticking out!! Poor Wyatt is like, "Um it's just Kan Jam, dude!"

Of course he had to see how it tastes!

Wyatt felt so manly in the Kan Jam game that he left out a big ol' howl. Ahhhwwwhoooooo!!!

You would think the cuteness stops there but it does not...

Awww, Wyatt gave Addie a kiss!

That's when Daddy Jacob decided to step in and say put a stop to things. :)  Don't you think she's a little young for you, Mr. Wyatt?

Awww! Look at the grandparents-in-training! Not too much longer! :)

Andrew posed with Jack.  Adorable.

With the babies around, the night didn't end up getting too rowdy.  Even though the boys were playing some made-up Knockout/Waterfall game.

But then again, AJ DID end up in the baby seat...

Fun times! Let's do it again next year!