Hello Tommy! Another Update

What's going on with our dear Tommy T? 

 Well tons of bike riding, of course!

 Biking riding through piles of leaves!! Must be fall!! Leaves everywhere!!

 Always inquisitive!

 Five heads? Why not?

See how hard he's concentrating on learning how to drive a Yogurt Car? The GoPro is capturing every moment. :-)

So much fun! 

 He got to ride with Grandpa in the semi and combine recently.  He loved it!

He asked to be a fire breathing dragon for Halloween.  He's doing a great job of modeling the first draft of his costume.  

He did great at his most recent haircut.  Except for that whole nail biting thing. Ugh.  I just quit biting mine! (Sort of.)  I really didn't want him to have a 30 year habit like I did/do.  :-(

He loves Mama's new car.  The sun roof blows his mind.  So does that sucker.

Hello Charlotte! An Update

Due to some water damage in the house and basically just life getting in the way, I've let the blog fall down the priority list.  So here's a quick update with some fun pictures of little Miss Charlotte.  

What has Charlotte been up to? 

She's been sleeping.  

 This is definitely a second child thing.  First borns don't normally fall asleep in random places like this.  Tommy didn't do this very often anyway.

 She also fell asleep on Uncle Adam's lap.  Knocked Adam right out too.  :)

Her fave sleeping companion is a giant Minnie Mouse.

 Too cute.

 Here's a pic Andrew took that I like.  This is a sweatshirt I turned into her Halloween costume.  She got a couple good wears out of it before I started attaching things to it.  (Stayed tuned for pictures of that.)

Look at our little doll baby in her Purdue gear.  Well... a Purdue onesie (Tommy's) and a Purdue headband.

 Charlotte doesn't like to be held down.  She gets upset that we have put up the gates to keep her from climbing the stairs.

 She pulled all the clothes out of Tommy's bottom drawer, climbed into it, got stuck and then cried.  It was hilarious.

 She's a whirlwind of ruffles!!!

 She also enjoys wearing boys clothes if you haven't noticed.  Tommy's clothes have definitely come in handy! ;-)

 She's Little Pink Riding Hood ready to Trick or Treat!

Look at that little grin.  I just love it.

Charlotte's First Birthday Luau

Charlotte is ready for her first birthday party and her first luau.

I made the tutu, onesie, and headband myself.  Claire asked me, "How do you get her to keep that lei on?" I said, "Um, I glued it to her onesie, DUH!"  HAHA!! Worked like a charm!!

 I think I was still hanging pictures 5 minutes after the party had already started.  But look how awesome they look!! Here is the Instagram Banner.  My family kept saying, "I don't think you estimated how much time all these projects were going to take!"  Whoops!

 These are the milestone monthly pictures that's I've been taking and putting on the blog every month.     These turned out especially cute.

 Speaking of projects that take time.... Here are the amazing cupcakes for the party.  Yes that is a Teddy Graham floating in a gummy saver near a beach of graham cracker crumbs and fish sprinkles along with an umbrella for shade.

 Oh hey, here's a Teddy Graham laying out on a bent piece of gum for a folding chair.  Pinterest, what would I do without you?? (Probably not be so overwhelmed with crazy projects, for one!)

 Check out Charlotte's loot! Our friends and family are so nice!

 I love this picture.  Charlotte is constantly surrounded by little girls.  Little Lady Humans LOVE Charlotte!!

 More of our favorite people at the party in these pictures...

 We wanted to have one last giant kid birthday party bash and invite everyone we love and we accomplished that. (Only smaller parties from now on)

 We had 44 people, 18 of which were kiddos ranging from 1 to 15.

 There were people everywhere!

 Hi Lilli!

 Hi Uncle Adam and Isabel!

Awww little Nora! We haven't seen Staffords forever!

Then it was time for CAKE!! 

Charlotte gives her cake the You're Number One Sign.  (BTW, I asked her pediatrician about that and he gave me an extended medical explanation about why she would be doing that and yes it is perfectly normal.)

After all that cake, Charlotte needed cleaning up.  Doesn't it look like she has on blue eye shadow? Nice.

Then Brandon hosed off the chair.  What a good idea.  That thing was a mess.

Time for gifts!  Doesn't it look like an actual luau? The torches in the background and everything? Tres cool.

We got all the gifts open before the storm came and we all rushed inside.  I have no idea why Andrew and I are dressed exactly alike.  We did not plan that.  Leis and shirts.  Impressive right?

Charlotte really enjoyed her party and so did we! Great people, Great Food (from D&R Market), and a Great Time!

 I'm not sure who enjoyed playing with her toys more?

 Charlotte also loved all of her clothes too.

Doesn't hurt that she also had some cupcakes leftover the next day!! She definitely had a party hangover, that's for sure!

Here's the silly girl on Sunday trying to recover from her big party.  What a goof!


Happy Birthday, Miss Charlotte!  Your party was quite the success!  

Charlotte's First Year Round Up