Target Trip

Tried something new at Target over the weekend.  Tommy brought his shopping cart.  He is quite the little shopper.  He had a toy and tater tots in his cart. He stayed by Dada's side the whole time.  But really, who doesn't love shopping at Target?

Babies Are Not Food

But if they are not food, then why do people do silly things like this? Have you heard of #babymugging? 

I believe I saw it on the Today Show or something.  It's so silly.  But OF COURSE I had to do it too.  This was just my first try.  I'm sure there will be more.  

 Also, if babies are not food, then why do they turn into such delicious baby burritos??? HA!

 I'll eat you up, I love you so.  :-)

Hang on!

Oh boy.  Tommy actually tried picking up Charlotte today.  I realized I don't let him hold her enough.  So I plopped her in his lap.  He LOVES it.  But hold on to your sister, brah! She's roly-poly these days!

Tommy's Phone

We took my old iPhone 3GS and made it into a phone for Tommy.  It only has games and movies on it.  It's perfect for riding in the car and keeping him busy when we need it.  He loves it!
Well the other day, I heard the noise the phone makes when taking a picture.  I heard it go off over and over again.  So later on, I picked up Tommy's phone to see what he had been up to.  Turns out, Tommy had taken over 400 pictures!!! HA! Our little budding photographer.  Looking through the pictures was like a walk down memory lane.
The pictures from a year and a half ago are ones we took (obviously! he's not well versed in the art of the selfie yet).

 Here's Tommy from a year and a half ago.  He still had eczema back then.  It was so long ago and yet not that long ago at all.

Here's Tommy from about a year ago.  Wow.  Again, only a year ago but he's lost a lot of that baby look in the last year.  *tear, sniff sniff*

Now let's get on to the pictures that Tommy has been taking...  

I found about 200 pictures of Tommy's shoes.  Jeez.  Like father like son.  He loves his kicks.  Or maybe that's just the direction he's always got his phone pointing.  Either way, he has captured many of his pairs of shoes in the last year/year and a half.  

Tommy also had quite a few pictures of his friends.  Here are Scout and Mickey.  

I also found a bunch of pictures of people too.  Most of them were blurry and you could hardly tell who they were.  Grandma is on the top left.  Maria and Rex are on the top right (good quality on that one! great work, tom-tom!).  Traci is on the bottom left and Ashley is on the bottom right.  I knew he was taking pictures when Maria and Traci were there but I had no idea about the others.  Wow.  

Finally, here's a VIDEO he took that just cracks me up.  He had 11 videos that he somehow took. They were all really random videos except for this one.  This one it was obvious he knew what he was doing.  

Ashley, I'm sure you love being reminded of being pregnant but this video was too cute not to share.  I can't believe we didn't realize he was doing this.  Too funny.  

I think I might have to keep an eye on Tommy's photo stream from now on to see what other gems he starts coming up with. :-) 

Max's 4th Birthday Pool Party

Saturday we attended Max's 4th birthday party which was at a super fun community center with a giant pool.  

 Charlotte got all dressed up for her big day out.

Isn't this pool awesome?

Andrew and Tommy were immediately kicked out because his arm floaty thingies weren't up to standard.  He got a life jacket off the rack and was back to swimming right away. 

 I'm not even sure what's going on here but it was one of 3 pictures I took of them in the pool so I had to post.

 The reason I didn't get many pictures is because the moms had several babies to take care of in the party room while the dads swam with the big kids. There were two pregnant moms within a week and a month of their due dates.  There were 4 babies under the age of one.  There was one between 1 and 2.  Then there were tons of big kids and I totally lost count of how many were there.  8? 9?  I have no clue.  I just kept track of my 2 and that was enough.

 The two youngest babes were Charlotte and Reese and Oh NO! They showed up wearing the same headband!! Awww is it time for Who Wore It Better??? It's a Baby Tie! :)

 Here's Nolan who is the one between 1 and 2.  He was hilarious! He'll have a little brother in a month! He kept saying BABEE! BABEE!!! I haven't been around a toddler boy of that age in awhile.  They crack me up!

 You can see the birthday boy Max on the right with his towel in the party room.

We sang Happy Birthday to Max.  His face was priceless.  Look at that smile! 

 Here's Jack and Nora.  Jack is seriously never NOT Spiderman. He LOVES to dress up all the time.

This is Audrey.  I have to post her picture because I'm so amazed at her curls.  Big giant ringlets.  So cute! 

 Here's Tommy having a great time! RUN! There's open space!

Finally here's Tommy leaving with his treat bag. All the kids played together really well.  We had a really good time.  It's so cool to see our kids grow up together.  At least one marriage is going to come from all these kids hanging out all the time.  We're just sure of it. ;-)

The HandleBar

Our awesome friends, the Staffords, set up a night in downtown Indy to rent the Handlebar.

The Handlebar is basically a bike that 16 people can pedal around while drinking (with a responsible employee steering and braking through traffic).

 There are several spots where you don't have to pedal.  The "bartender" spot (in this picture) is one of them.  There's a 3 seat bench in the back where you don't pedal.  Also the seats on the wheels don't pedal.

 Andrew, Katie and I started the first leg of the tour in the bench seat because everyone wanted to pedal. (This was one of the most fought-over seats after everyone realized how hard it was to pedal.)  The neon blue lights made for weird looking selfies.  #nofilter #justoddlighting

 Husband and Wife selfie! Andrew is sporting his Movember 'stache again this year. Go here if you are interested in donating to an awesome cause!!! (Prostate and Testicular cancer)

 Oddly enough as we were pedaling around, another Handlebar came up behind us.  We pedaled as fast as could but…

 They still passed us!! NOOOO!!!! (Travis is sporting his stache too.  He's on Andrew's team. Please donate! Already up to $220 in the first week!)

 On the back of our Handlebar was an orange triangle since we were a slow moving vehicle.  I sent this picture to my mom and she wrote back, "Prove 'em wrong!"  Obviously we didn't if we were passed by another Handlebar.  Fail.

 Our last stop was at the circle.  Photo op time! Ladies only!

 Now the whole group of 16!  It was 40 degrees out that night.  But with all the pedaling (and beer drinking), none of us were cold at all!

 A couple of riders decided to hop off at a stop light and have an impromptu Chinese Firedrill. I do not believe they saw the cop before they hopped off and started running (and one of runners WAS a cop!).  Luckily the cop gave zero craps about us running around in traffic.  He had more important things to do.  :-) It's downtown Indy for goodness sake.

This is a picture from the end of the night.  I was getting ready for bed in the bathroom and came out to this scene.  Charlotte looked a bit scared.  :-) 

What a great night! We hope to do it again sometime since we had so much fun.  Yay for doing barcardio! ;-) 

Rambo Tommy

This is what Tommy looks like when he gets up from a nap… Rambo.  He loves to take his socks off and put them on his hands.  He loves to take his arms out of his sleeves.  He also loves to turn his shirt into a bandolier.  He's cool like that.  

The tattoo on his arm adds a certain je ne sais quoi, oui? 

Tommy's 400th Halloween

We really put some miles on that lion costume, I tell ya! He trick or treated at the zoo, at school, at the Purdue game, in our neighborhood, and in my office.  He made out like a bandit! 

We only went to 5 houses in our neighborhood but since so few trick or treaters come through, they usually hand out the good stuff.  (Thanks to Traci's mom for a full size candy bar! JACKPOT!)
Side note: The leaves are gorgeous this time of year, huh?

Tommy also got a lot of goodies at my office.  Here he is chilling in my office chair.  What a silly lion.  He's ready to take over I guess.

Happy Final Halloween Post! :-)

To Catch a Smile

The little lady has been smiling lately but it's so hard to catch on camera.  I only get the goofy faces before and after.  

 Is that a smile or are you leaving a present in your diaper??

I really thought I'd catch one here but not quite. Pretty close though! 

This was about as close as I got.  Too bad it's blurry.  It's so cute though!

The Girls Meet Charlotte

My friends from college visited Tommy when he was 6 weeks old so it cracked me up that the girls ended up coming again when Charlotte was 6 weeks old.   What a coincidence!  Last time Traci, Amanda, and Mandy came to visit.  This time Traci and Maria came to visit.

 Charlotte was so excited to see them that she fell asleep.  :)

 For both of them! Amazing after all the screaming she did all week!

 Tommy wasn't quite sure what to think of these visitors.  I took this picture as he paused for a millisecond from showing off.  He was all over the place.  What a goofball.  He said some funny things while they were there. I wish I could remember what he said.  But he never stopped talking so it's hard to remember all of that. Ha!! :)

Traci and Maria brought gifts for the kiddos.  Maria bought this pigtail hat for Charlotte.  Is it not the cutest thing?? She loved it! HA!  It was the only time she got slightly upset when we put the hat on her.  Too funny.

 We tried to take a group picture but of course Tommy wasn't having it.

 So we took a girls only picture while Tommy hid in the pantry.  :-)

Charlotte was so good while the girls were over.  I couldn't believe it.  Look at that little smushed mouth.  Adorable.

Thanks for visiting girls! We need to get together again soon!