4th of July pictures

We had a fun 4th of July. I had a 3 day weekend which is rare for me. Abby's daycare had a family cook out smack in the middle of Friday so I did get to go to that. I left her at daycare afterwards to finish off her day. As expected she was none to happy about that plan but she made it. I haven't had a day to myself in forever so what did I do? I purged my house. Got rid of each and everything that we didn't need and took it all to good will. While not fun it was still a good feeling. My condo continues to shrink these days so what ever room I can free up is awesome.

On Saturday Abby and I were up and out early to the Mal hoping to catch some sales. We did a little bit but the deals could have been better. As is now par for the course Abby scored the new items that day. (She is way more fun to buy for then me anyways)

Our 4th of July celebration took place at a cookout given by Aunt Elizabeth's parents. They live smack on the York River and right across the river from where the Yorktown fireworks are set off. After a good dinner we all set up camp on the banks of the river and waited for the show. We had a great view and because they were set off across the river from us they weren't to loud. Abby probably thought they were never going to start but once they did she liked them. The show was probably 20 to 30 minutes though so her interest kind of dwindled at the end. She did a lot of seat hopping. Once they were done it was almost 10 PM so we headed out only to sit in traffic. It took us an hour and 10 minutes for what usually is a 15 min or so ride home. Oh well. Totally worth it cuz we had a great time. Best of all we had Sissy (my niece) come home with us. Sissy got up with Abby this morning and fed her and kept her entertained while I SLEPT IN!!!!! I haven't slept in for almost a year. Today I slept till almost 11 AM. Sissy I really owe you one. It was AWESOME!!!! Sissy spent the day with us today as well. It was rainy so we stayed in but she and Abby had a blast. Sissy Abby asked for you all evening tonight :) Thank You!!! We love you :) Now enjoy the pictures :) First up is the very festive Cousin Josh.

Cup Cakes!!!!

Loving her cupcake :)

Cupcakes make me silly :)

YUMMY!

Boats gathering to watch the fireworks.

Josh checking out the boats.

Abby checking out the boats.

Lots of blurry pictures. Sorry!

Waiting for the fireworks with Meema.

Power nap?

NAAAA :)

Uncle Pete, Annetta and Josh.

Sissy and Uncle Hughie and Da.

Abba. Still waiting for fireworks.

Finally! (Fireworks are sure hard to catch on film)

OOHHH!

Happy Birthday America!!!

Happy 4TH of July!

Future Gymnast?

Abby is constantly moving. They have tumblebus on Wednesdays and of course she goes. practically every time I pick her up on tumblebus days her teachers tell me how much I need to enroll her in gymnastics. They go on and on. We were at a friends pool the other day and she was using the outer part of the ladder almost like parallel bars. She would push herself up and swing her legs back and forth then do the splits all while she was supported only by her arms. The following pictures are from last week. I look over and she is doing headstands by walking her feet up the sliding glass door. This kid never ceases to amaze me :)

Sprinkler, Bubbles and Ice Cream :)

Last weekend Mommy goofed and got the day wrong for a Birthday party we were supposed to attend. I felt horrible cuz I put little girl through a rather lengthy car ride with no end result. It was right in the middle of our Saturday so I racked my brain trying to think of a last minute activity that would be fun for Abby. We ended up picking up Sissy and going to buy a sprinkler and some ice cream for later. Who knew. Abby loved the sprinkler and Sissy was a trooper playing out there with her. My pictures really didn't turn out but you can see the pure joy in her face. She was so cute and love it :) First up Abby and Sissy.

Loving it :)

Good times!

Juice break.

We also blew bubbles. My girl loves her some bubbles! Some of the pictures are out of order as evidenced by the ice cream on her face related to the next group of photos.

As far as I know this was her first ice cream cone ever. She was really too little last year.

She was loving it :)

And finally a shot attempted by Sissy ;)

Thank you Sissy for being such a great cousin and for making such a wonderfully fun day for Abby! We love you :)