2 Dogs, a Baby Make Five: Reunion Road Trip

The Hahm family reunion was finally upon us. A few fun filled days in the Lake of the Ozarks Missouri. As you may have guessed Lake of the Ozarks Missouri isn't in Tennessee. This meant a road trip. It was the first time we have travelled with Nathaniel during 'awake' hours. We usually travel in the dead of the night so that he sleeps the whole time. We had no idea how it would go. Seriously, no idea. Maybe he'd sleep the whole time, maybe not, maybe he'd whine the whole time, maybe not... who knew. Armed with an iPad, a bunch of cartoons and easy access to milk and food we hoped for the best.

Right away he slept for about an hour... woo hoo.. then he decided to be awake for the next 7.5 hours of the drive... then sleep for the last 20 minutes of the drive. Luckily, he just hung out and watched WWAAAAAYYY to many cartoons.

We made it to our condo at Lakeview Resort. Kevin's parents and his brother and sister's families were already there. We hung out and caught up with the family. I'm pretty sure Nathaniel headed to bed about 10pm ish. He was so excited to see everyone and have a new place to explore. Then we decided to put him to bed .... dumm dumm dumm. He hadn't slept in a pack n play in a very long time. And it is still a very long time. He cried and cried at the top of his lungs. He was having none of the pack n play or bed. Yes, for the first time (really first time) Nathaniel slept with us. I'll have to admit it was kind of fun snuggling with the little guy. After 3 nights of this it was determined that his favorite sleep position is head touching dad and feet touching me. Picture the letter 'H'. He woke up early and hardly napped the whole time. He was having too much fun at the reunion.

The reunion. Nathaniel was the youngest of the 43 attendees. Kevin's dad has 3 brothers so it was all 4 brothers and their families. It was so nice seeing everyone. There were so many people I hadn't seen in years or ever. Nathaniel really enjoyed just watching people and making Kevin or Grandma Hahm carry him everywhere. There were games, field trips and meals all planned. It was really organized and a lot of fun. We even wore matching shirts one day. Each brother's family had their own color. While I kind of laughed at this, it ended up being really cool. It makes the family photo interesting and everyone was proud of their clan.

We swam, chit chatted, ate, explored and laughed. We even got to stop at the St. Louis Gateway Arch on the way back. The trip went so fast - I can't wait until our next trip! Not that we have anything planned, but I want to plan something.

There are of course a few fun stories to tell, but one in particular I'd like to share. Only me and Kevin knew what was happening, but it was so funny. Remember my F bomb blog? Well, during a speech and prayer before dinner Nathaniel kept looking up. There was a fan. The fan was off. So Nathaniel thought he'd let the whole room know ** Fan Off** Well, his F words all sound kind of incomplete... so it sounded sort of like he was saying 'F*^% Off'... I glanced at Kevin and we both were chuckling. Silly kid. (maybe silly mom and dad) I'm sure his F words will sound better soon, but for now they are still cracking us up.

Thank You Hahm's for a great few days in the Ozarks. It was so neat to see the family tree and the old pictures and get to know everyone a bit better. It was fun to show off Nate too haha!! Can I say that? Well, I did anyway :)