Fourth of July 2017

I had every intention of sharing our Fourth of July on Wednesday but came down with the stomach flu instead so the last couple of days have been pretty rough around here. I am thankful to be on the mend, that neither of my boys got sick too, and to be rounding the corner to a much healthier weekend! 

If I'm being totally honest, some combination of being pregnant, mid 90's outside, and a random Tuesday, I felt a little off this holiday. Despite those feelings, Nic and I tried so hard to make it fun and memorable for Liam! We headed to our parade first thing in the morning. It was held in a new location in our town this year and we definitely underestimated how early to get there. This is where my mom guilt came in because there just wasn't a spot in sight near the street so we settled with the second row back and I thankfully came prepared with a bunch of snacks to keep this little guy happy!

SO grateful for this amazing dad who held Liam or hoisted him up on his shoulders during the entire parade so that he could see! How cute are they in their matching sunglasses by the way?! ;)

One of Liam's favorite parts was watching the military jets and hospital helicopter fly overhead at the beginning. He kept waving his arm toward the sky and shouting, "ZOOM!"

Second favorite part, the "woo woo's" (police cars). 

Even though we were standing a bit back from the street, there were a few floats that saw little kids back there and made sure Liam got a few pieces of candy!

I stood for the first half of the parade and then the heat got to me and I started to feel a bit lightheaded and nauseous so Nic positioned my chair with its little umbrella blocking the sun. Seriously, I'm so lucky!

After the parade we met up with our friends at the splash pad to play! Love these two cute best friends, Liam and Hadley!!

In the afternoon, Liam and I both took naps which were very much needed after our eventful morning. For dinner, Nic and I had hot dogs and corn and our picky little eater had left over pizza from Papa's house the night before. haha

After dinner we picked up some sparklers, pop-its, and confetti poppers from a firework stand and headed to a shady spot to go for a walk. We spent the rest of the evening playing on our driveway until the sun went down. Liam has become so entertaining on his wheelie car these days. He goes flying down the driveway with his feet up in the air and then jerks the wheel sideways to turn just before he reaches the street. Half the wheels come off the ground as Nic and I hold our breath every single time that he doesn't fall off and it always ends in everyone laughing hysterically!!

Learning how to shoot confetti poppers ...

I LOVE this picture of their reactions when it went off! haha

Last year, Liam was scared of pretty much any and all fireworks but especially holding a sparkler. We only bought one box this year because we weren't sure if he would even like them and it was our only regret for the day. He went through the entire box in about 5 minutes flat. haha Five boxes it is next year!

Living his best life with that popsicle ... ;)

It is so hard to believe that this might be our last holiday as a family of three if baby girl decides to join us by Labor Day! We can't wait to meet her!

29 and a half weeks ...

I love this little sparkler loving boy SO much!!!

Every time we lit a new sparkler for Liam we tried to explain to him that the top part of the sparkler was hot and he could only hold on to the bottom part. Everything was going great until his second to last sparkler when he went to throw it away and accidentally slid his hand too high on the stick and he cried out when it burned his little palm. We felt terrible and immediately covered it in cold water. It turned red and he cried for a couple minutes but thankfully the redness died down quickly and was gone by the next morning.

As we were waiting for the sun to go down, Liam begged me to take pictures with my big camera. He sat on my lap and took pictures of daddy making silly faces at him and was giggling SO hard! It really WAS pretty entertaining. ;) 

Picture by Liam, age 2 1/2 ... now accepting clients!

When he finally got bored of that he took another 100 pictures of the sky completely out of focus and balled when the memory card was full and I had to take it away from him. haha It took sitting on Nic's lap and getting to play on his phone for him to forget about the camera. This kid and technology! At about 9:30 our neighbors started lighting off a few fireworks that we watched for a bit and then Liam started showing MAJOR signs it was time to go to sleep (insert tantrums here!). At this point my feet were swollen, my back was aching, and I had enough sweaty heat for the day so this momma was done too. We all went inside, took a bath, and headed to bed. 

Hope you had a safe, festive, and HAPPY Fourth of July!! XO