Our 4th of July celebration really started on Friday this year. Nick had a four-day weekend, so we have been spending a lot of time together as a family. We went to the pool yesterday and had the entire place to ourselves. Jack took his first dip and loved every minute of it. He lounged in his little baby float and sucked his fingers peacefully. Charlie had a fun time too playing with his water cups and balls and swimming with Nick and me. It was such a relaxing trip to the pool, and I have no pictures to share because I forgot the camera...oops. After our trip to the pool, Auntie Vicki and Uncle Justin came over with Cousin Rylee, and we grilled out steaks, potatoes, and corn on the cob. Dinner was so yummy, and we were thankful for the extra time with Vicki and Justin.
Today we spent some more quality time with Vicki, Justin, and Rylee. We had grand plans to take pictures of all of the cousins in their 4th of July outfits, but Jack napped pretty much the entire visit, Rylee was exhausted by the time Jack woke up, and Charlie refused to take part in the photo shoot, and yelled, "No pictures!" while we tried to take pictures of Rylee and Jack. Oh well, right?
After nap time, we headed over to Baba and Mimi's house for a cookout and fireworks. Dinner was so yummy, but Charlie was much more interested in desert. He was in heaven eating his ice cream out of the special 4th of July bowl that Mimi got for him. After stuffing our faces, I stayed over to see fireworks with Charlie, and Nick took Jackson home to go to bed since he probably could care less about fireworks this year. Charlie was happy to be up past his bedtime, and enjoyed playing with glow sticks, looking for the moon (which was hiding), and seeing the stars. He did not really care for the fireworks, however. Shortly after the show started, Charlie announced that it was "too scary" and wanted everyone to go inside. I had a feeling that he was not going to love the fireworks, so that is why we did not take him to a full blown fireworks show this year. After our mini-fireworks show, Charlie spent the night at Mimi and Baba's, and I headed home. It was a busy, fun day with our family! Our day was spent with the people we love, and I could not have asked for any more! We hope your family had a great holiday, too!
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