Independence Day

I am a little slow to make posts on here but with a new baby and an energetic toddler, it's hard to find the time! However, I wanted to put some pictures up from the fourth of July because we had such a fun day. Although my recovery from Carter's birth had been taking longer than I anticipated, I didn't want to miss out on this day. I figured I could sit at home and be miserable or get up and go do fun things with my family. So that's what I did!

We started off the day by going to a parade just down the road from our home. This was Landon AND Carter's first parade so we were pretty excited to take them. Landon freaked out when the fire engines drove by, blasting their sirens but after a while, he got used to the noises and had a blast. Carter amazingly slept through all of this!

Later in the evening, my parents had part of dad's side of the family and next door neighbors over for a BBQ. My cousin, Celeste, was in town with her two kids so Landon had someone his age to play with for once! We had lots of delicious food and even homemade icecream. Once it got dark, we headed to the front yard to set off some fireworks. Of course Landon did NOT like how loud it got and ended up in the house. Carter stayed outside longer than he did! Oh well, maybe next year will be different.

My cousin made several attempts to get a nice family photo but Carter kept fussing and Chris looked too much like a creepo. HAHA! I guess I'll take what I can get, right?

My cousin, Celeste, and her two cute kiddos lovin on Carter

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Happy fourth of July everyone!