Bang Bang, I am the Warrior!

(Did you know the lyrics right before that are Shooting at the Walls of Heartache? Me neither!)
Andrew and Travis signed up for the The Warrior Dash in Crawfordsville this weekend.  It's basically a 3-mile race with obstacles all throughout. It was quite a party.  It was the first year for it and they had 8300 registrations.  It was awesome!

 It was very hot that day.  Katie and I brought the little boys to watch the big boys run.  They look like they are having a good time.

 We watched the runners near the finish line.  The runners are encouraged to wear costumes. Can you tell what this guy is? (Long hair, long beard, loin cloth, carrying a fed ex package? Get it? Get it? Tom Hanks from Castaway)

 There goes Travis! At this point in the race, they had just jumped over a fire.  They kept stoking it so it looked pretty scary.

 Andrew isn't far behind.

 Then came the mud.  You can see Andrew DOVE in head first.  He seems to be the only one that did that in this picture.

It was extremely hard to move in this mud.  He fell down 3 different times.

 Here he is falling for the third time.

 VICTORIOUS!

Like I said before, only Andrew put his whole head under.  There was so much mud.  They had a rinse-off pond and Andrew went in twice but he still didn't get all the mud off.

 Here are three disgusting super heros that ran the race in these costumes.  Blech.

When you finished the race, you got a fuzzy horned helmet hat as part of the participation package.  Wyatt wasn't really sure what to think about his dad wearing that hat.  

 Check out Andrew, Travis and Tommy dancing and rapping to the DJ that was playing music.  I think it was Black Eyed Peas.  Feel free to make fun of them at will.  :)

 Oh look! Here's Andrew winning the parent of the year award. :)

 Looking at this picture it makes me think... my, how our lives have changed.

We came back to Brookston that night and spent the night at the Neals.  Andrew and Travis worked on their podcast.  More to come on that later.

 The next morning the boys played with toys.  Wyatt showed 'Nommy' (that's what he kept calling him) how to play the drums.

Then 'Nommy' played the bongos while Wyatt danced.

It was a super fun weekend.  I can't wait for the Warrior Dash next year.  Katie and I are going to wear our kimonos! Who knows what Andrew and Travis will wear.  They better start working on it now. (And I think I better start training immediately. :)

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!

Tommy Two-Teeth

Just recently we were blessed with the amazingly fun process of TEETHING!!! Tommy was quite fussy and a little sickly throughout the sprouting of two teeth in less than two weeks.  It's the bottom two. (I've been clued in that the top two front teeth are even worse. Hooray!) 

Now that they've busted through, I've been trying to get a picture.  (Notice the sweet potatoes that didn't get wiped off his face.) I've tried doing close ups.

SUPER Close ups.

I've tried getting a helper to open his mouth.  This just pissed him off.

I tried taking pictures sideways.

I've tried upside down pictures.  Nothing seems to be working.
(By the way, look at how dirty his onesie is! Gross! Someone's been chowing down on baby food!)

But I know pretty soon, he'll be smiling with that toothy grin and he won't be able to hide them for much longer.

I'll keep trying to catch a glimpse of the elusive toofers.  :)

Trials and Tribulations of Baby Food

Yum sweet potatoes!  He is a big fan.  Practically attacks the spoon.

But how do you get them on your forehead?
I think I'll have some sweet potatoes.... oh crap, I missed.

Dining out with G-ma & G-pa

Last week, we went out to eat with Grandma and Grandpa at the Sportsman in Monticello.

 Tommy was getting super excited to eat on Lake Freeman! Love that face.

Smiley boy! He definitely enjoyed his ride over to the restaurant.

He loves menus no matter where we go.  I think he's ready to order. :)

"I believe I'll have the parmesan encrusted haddock filet with your seasoned vegetables, please. And can I get a nice pinot grigio to compliment my entree? Quickly please. Harumph."

Tommy got a little bored at dinner so Grandma took him out on the deck to look at the water.  

 Then Grandpa took a turn and they went out on the patio to listen to the Tone Bones (another band my parents follow).

It was a little loud so we decided to take the boy home but Tommy had a nice little evening with music and really good food.

A Typical Tuesday

What's a typical day like for Tommy T? 

 When he gets home from 'school', it's PLAYTIME!

 Today it was a musical instrument!
We usually have to change his outfit when he gets home because he's usually covered in drool and cereal.

Today we chose his "Teething Bites" onesie with the crocodile.  Thanks Gram! :) 

 Then he lets us know he's HUNGRY!

 Today we fed him pears.  He LOVES pears!! YUM YUM YUM!!

 Then he lets us know that he did not get enough pears.

 So we let him lick the bowl clean!

 Then it's bath time! Guess who can pull himself up to the tub now? (And guess who has the cutest diaper butt EVER?)

Time to get clean! He loves bath time.  He's definitely a splasher.

He's also a wash cloth eater too.  Yummy bathwater!! :)

Then it's time for bed! Typical Tommy Tuesday!

Birthday Party Saturday

The Thornburgs were invited to a birthday party this weekend.  It was at our neighbors house so we decided to walk over there.  It was a ridiculously hot day but because the sun was out, we made sure to outfit Tommy for the walk.  

 He finally realized he can remove these items himself so he promptly did so.

 At the party, Tommy met another baby that was born the day before him! How cool!

 Tommy had a great time! But really when does he NOT have a great time?

 They had so much in common! Both had cradle cap that turned into eczema.  Both are all the sudden shaking their head no for whatever reason. Both like to shriek!

 But there's one huge difference! Hey dude, where's your hair??

Shrieker Number 1...

 and Shrieker Number 2! 

 Look at them! They're great friends already! :)

 But it wasn't just a baby play date.  It was a birthday party for Marin! We went outside to watch her blow out her candles.

Check out that fabulous Barbie cake!!!

 As she was about to blow out her candles, she stuck her fist in the cake!

Now that's a lot of frosting!!

We had a wonderful time at the birthday party even though it was hotter than blue blazes outside.  Happy Birthday Marin!!

Breakfast with Tommy

Saturday we went to breakfast with Tommy.  We went to a place we went to on our anniversary a couple years ago.

They have moved to a better location since we last visited.

 We actually remembered to take a picture with each of us.  Aww father and son...

and Mommy and Tommy!

I had to post this picture because it shows my orange juice.  I made Andrew smell this glass because it suspiciously smelled like vodka.  It didn't taste like it though.  With the recent news headlines about giving little kids booze in Michigan and Florida, it doesn't really surprise me that they would try to booze out the adults too.  So what did we learn? 1.) Bring your own drinks for kids when dining out.  2.) Uptown Kitchen? YA SUSPECT!!