A New Cousin: Wyatt Charles is Born!

 The Hartleys, Aunt Erin and Uncle Doug, welcomed their bouncing baby boy into the world on September 2nd.  He was 7 lbs 14 oz, 22 inches and has blonde hair.  His name is Wyatt Charles.

 Sorry for the late post! He's the best!

This is my favorite picture so far.  Not just because he's wearing the Purdue blanket we got him but he's also wearing Tommy and Charlotte's newborn cap.   Awwww, sweet baby. 

We went to visit Baby Cousin Wyatt over Labor Day weekend. 

 I didn't know what she might need so I packed up all my old crap and brought her, hopefully, some stuff she could use. 

 Ahh squishy babies are the best! He's so little!!

 Charlotte was obsessed! She seems so giant next to him.  She kept calling him Baby Kyatt. 

 Tommy also loved him, of course.  How could you not?

 Then he pooped on him.  This was the reaction shot the moment it happened.  So funny!

 Charlotte took another turn holding him.  She was such a big girl holding! She probably could have held him all night.

 But the kids did eventually get really antsy so we went out in the backyard and played with Cooper the dog. 

I had to get a sunburst pic of Tom and Coop.

 Love the colors in this one.  Especially her eyes. 

 Look at that hair! It's so light! The kids couldn't stop playing with his feet.  So funny.

On the way home, I got a notification from WLFI that they were opening I-65 back up in about an hour.  We wondered if they went ahead and opened it.  So we drove by it and the barriers had been moved.  We turned the car around and headed back to the interstate and hopped on.  There wasn't a car in sight for 35 miles!!! We were completely by ourselves.  We had a feeling all the cars on the other side of the road were staring us down.  One truck stopped on the overpass to look at us driving by.  Too funny.   It was a very exciting day for many reasons. 
Happy Birthday, Baby Wyatt!

Erin's Second Baby Shower

The Thornburg side threw Erin a second baby shower in Syracuse.  We make the trek up north for a fun weekend in the 'Cuse.  

Charlotte didn't think the trip up was so fun.  We really believed she would sleep during the trip.  I don't know what we were thinking.

Tommy had a great trip though! Movies and games, who could ask for anything more?

 It rained before we got there but once we headed to the beach, it was sunny and beautiful! Perfect day for the beach.

 That belly.  It doesn't get any better than that.

Tommy loved the lake except for any water that would get on his head.  We really need to look into swim lessons!

 We went to dinner with Gaga and Pop that night.  After dinner, it was play time.  The kids were having a crazy rowdy super fun time with pillows and jumping and whatever else they could think of.  So much fun to be had!
However, Charlotte had a hard time going to sleep that night.  She screamed for an hour and a half for no reason.  They both ended up finally falling asleep at 10 and both woke up at about 7:30 am.  We knew they would be tired.

 But it didn't matter because the next day it was time for the beach again!

It was sand and some sun and lots of fun! 

 Charlotte's favorite part was throwing sand.

 Tommy's favorite part was swimming!

 After swimming and before the shower, they need to rinse off that sand.

We went to the shower and the kids had an instant friend to play with.  You might remember her from all these times Tommy and Addi played together.

They finally started showing their sleepiness near the end of the shower.  Hugs were needed.

Erin's shower was great.  Food was awesome.  She got some great gifts too! We took some family pictures after the shower.  Check out the siblings! 

 Tried to get one picture with the kids and this is what happened.  I still laugh every time I look at this picture.

 It took about 10 minutes of the ride home and the kids were asleep.

 It was a long weekend.  They were exhausted. Also very cute.

Charlotte was still tired when we got home.  She laid around all night with her hand in her pocket.

We had a great weekend in the 'Cuse on the beach.  We'll be back for more lake time in August! Can't wait!

Purdue Spring Game and Bug Bowl 2014

 Last Saturday it was a B-E-A-YOOOO-tiful day.  Seriously.  Gorgeous.  So we went to the Purdue Spring Foozball game (just like last year only the weather was a little different). 

 Tommy picked out his outfit, obvi.  He's such a trendsetter.  Oh and yes he is wearing his sunglasses upside down. 

 They were adult-sized sunglasses and they didn't fit very well.  He refused to take his hand off them because he didn't want them to fall down.  Too funny.

Down in the end zone, they had a Purdue celebrity cook off.  Mike Alstott is on the right.  Rosevelt Colvin is in black in the back.  Not sure who the other people are though. 

 In other celebrity news, we ran into Mike Hoffman (we remember him from our South Bend days) so Erin and Doug took a picture of him with Flat Charlie. 

Tommy enjoyed running around on the field. 

 Then he enjoyed some lunch in the stands. 

Sister-in-law picture in the stands! Go Boilers! (Totally stole this picture)

 The view from the stands was phenomenal.  Field looks GREAT.

 I tried to convince Tommy to get his picture taken with the Drew Brees bobble head.  Instead I ended up with Tommy taking MY picture. 

Tommy quickly got bored with the foozball game so we headed over to the Bug Bowl and Springfest. 

 We meandered through the tents and saw this poor cow.  She sneezed when I wasn't expecting it and it scared the crap out of me.  Also, we have imitated their pathetic moos since Saturday.  It wasn't so much a "MOOOOOO" but a "UUUHHHHGGGGHHUUUUUOOOOOOOOO". But if you were livestock getting milked by random children all day in a hot tent, you might be complaining too. 

 Then it was time for Tommy's favorite part.... BUGS!!   Gross.  Not my favorite part. 

The blue glowing butterflies were pretty darn cool though. 

 Yes.  This is what you think it is.  Andrew was stopping Tommy from ripping off the lid of the tarantula cage. Bllleeecchhhh.  But he was super excited.

This was some sort of lizard thingy.  Tommy got to pet it.  So did I.  I liked this non-jumpy being a lot better than dead bugs with pins stuck through them.  No clue why.  He was a calm and chill little guy, maybe that's why.

We had a great time yet again! Fun times at our alma mater.

Erin's Bachelorette Party Weekend

I can't believe it has already came and went! Andrew's sister Erin had her bachelorette party this weekend.  We rented a house in Michigan City for the weekend to relax and get some sun.  

We pulled up the house about 7 or 8 and we yelled to the cabbie, "Yo homes, smell ya later!" Ok, not really.  We drove to the house on Friday afternoon.  But we looked at our kingdom, we were finally there! To sit on our throne as the princesses of..... Michigan City.  HA! I can't quit.  But look at this place! So awesome! Four floors? Seriously??  

There was a specially made sign for Erin's arrival at the front door. 

The view was amazeballs, in the word of Giuliana Rancic.  (Quick fun fact that I just found out, we share a birthday.)

 Cait and I shared a bedroom.  It had that same amazing view! Sorry for the crap picture.  You still have some things to work on, iPhone!

I did a quick pano of the 2nd floor.  In the right half of the picture you can't really see but there are four different bedrooms or inlets with a bed. On the left side is the laundry room.  The first floor was actually the garage.  The third floor was the master bedroom and the bedroom Cait and I shared.
 

 The fourth floor was the living area with a large TV.

 The kitchen was enormous! Perfect for entertaining!

 That's all we did. We sat around, ate and talked most of the time.

 Friday night we played some bachelorette games like "Bachelorette Jeopardy".

 This game included a category called "Name That Position".  YEESH! I blurred this picture but it's still greatly offensive.  So sorry, readers.  Also, we still couldn't quite figure out how this one was physically and anatomically possible.  I will say it was called The Overpass.  What to the WHAT? No no no.

 There was also a "Finish the Love Song" category.  We got to hear Erin sing which is always a super fun treat!! :) There were so many laughs in this game.  Lots of drinking too!

Then it was time for presents.  She got a lot of loot! I won't go much into detail on that either.  You don't need to know. :-)

 The next day we walked to the pool via the Beachwalk Resort Community.  White picket fences and colorful houses all the way there.  Such a neat place.

We relaxed by the pool all afternoon.  It was slightly overcast but we were still able to get plenty of sun.

 After our time at the pool, we came back to our house for more eating and drinking.  I chose water and the even more exciting sparkling water to fill my favor cup.

 Once we all got ready, it was time for a photoshoot! Sister pose!

Preggo pose! I was not the only preggo at the party which was super nice.  I had a lovely partner in crime in which to drink all the water and lemonade. 

Indiana pose! The ladies came from all over (Texas, Illinois, Indiana, maybe more?) and the Indiana friends all posed for a picture. 

Erin and her bridesmaids pose! 

 Bride-To-Be Pose!

We played the Guess the Undies game.

 We drank and ate some more (I'm sensing a theme here).

We talked and laughed a LOT.  

 We also watched the Blackhawks before the we went out.

We went to the Shoreline Brewery for dinner and brews.  It was a super cool little place.  They were really confused by a group of 14 girls showing up dressed to the nines.  The waitress asked us if we came from a beauty pageant.  HA! Yes, yes we did.  Of course we did. Erin won! That's why she's wearing the sash!

 They have lots of different beers on tap and one non-alcoholic beer in a bottle, Buckner.  Can you guess which one I drank?

 Lots of people got flights to sample the beers.

We also watched the Blackhawks win a very stressful game.

We had an awesome time that night and all weekend too.  The weekend was a super relaxing, fun, fantastic weekend.  I think I can speak for everyone when I say a good time was had by all.
Only 11 weeks left until Miss Thornburg becomes Mrs. Hartley!