{LATE} fourth of july!

Baby's first fourth! & it was definitely a success :)

 

Gunner & I woke up real early to meet GG for breakfast (we let daddy sleep) and we caught a glimpse of the citrus heights parade on our way! We had lots of fun (as always) with grandma and you even tried a little bit of eggs and ate tons of lttle bites of her pancakes. Grandmas - they just can't say no, and I can't say no to them! lol ;)

 

We went home and got all dressed and ready for the day of festivities, woke up daddy and hit the road! We packed all THREE of your patriotic outfts (I bought two and your grandma's bought you another two) and we hit the road!

 

First stop: Buying mommy's new car!!

I have saved for the down payment for a few months and finally we found the perfect one and had planned to get it this day just because we rarely all have the same day off.

We were in & out within 30 minutes with the papers in our hand! (it had to be detailed and waxed still) and we are now the proud owners of a 2004 Honda Pilot EX-L!

I could NOT be more excited!!

Bigger car for both our babies. I am one happy happy mama!

 

 

After that we were off to our whole day of fun with everyone!

- visiing your great grandparents and showing off your cutie bathing suit they bought you

- visiting grandpa Rick and ALL the family over there. Swimming, BBQ'ing and meeting a whole new side of the family you had never met. They just adored you (as everyone does) and they passed you along and were so excited to finally meet you! And grandpa rick was overjoyed to get to spend time with you too on your first fourth!

-then we headed to grandma Leslie & grandpa Mike's house for our final stay for the day! You went swimming with auntie Riley for (yes you are quite the little swimmer) and we had a HUGE bbq! We kept thinking you'd nap since you had been up and on the run all day long - but you stayed up the whole day & night!

 

While you were swimming, I went out and bought you your very own set of fireworks to watch. I tried to find the prettiest & biggest, but also the quietest just because we were all a little nervous to see how you'd do with the fireworks.

 

After dinner your dad and grndpa Mike setup the firework station and got everything ready for our big display. You & me got cozy on the lawn chair and were ready for the show!

 

You did A M A Z I N G!

We were so scared you'd get scared but you just stared at them and "cooed" the whole time when they'd go off. you loved them!
It was so much fun watching your reaction when they would go off and your eyes got SO big! It was the cutest thing.

I caught a real sweet picture of you & your dad watching the firework show - that's probably why you were so calm, because you had him holding you the whole time ;)

 

Then... right before the big grand finale they put together - during all the commotion and fireworks throughout the neigborhood... you passed out! LOL

Yes. you slept through the biggest and loudest part of the evening!

 

After that we went home, gave you a warm bath and you pretty much were out COLD until the next day! I'd say it was successful day indeed!

 

& more than anything, it was just tons of fun spending the day with you and your dad during the week, because that alone is a rare occasion :)