Happy 4th of July!

On Saturday, we got together with Chad's mom's extended family. We get together with them every year for the 4th of July and for Christmas. Chad's 3 cousins (Erika, Shannon and Jeff) have 10 kids (and one more on the way) amoung them, and then with Drew, Emma and Olivia - that makes 13 kids!! And we got a picture of them all!!

Drew had to sit down next to Granddad to watch the game of "HORSE" going on.

Drew joined in the game of HORSE...until he got hit on the top of the head with the ball. Oops!

Drew had decided to wake up early on Saturday, and then he missed his nap while we were at the family gathering, so he wasn't quite himself...but he had a blast anyways! He got a short nap in on our carride home and was able to stay up for fireworks that night. We drove up to Mooresville and found a spot close to the Lowe's YMCA where they were shooting them off. While we were waiting for it to get dark, Drew was telling us how tired he was and he looked like he wasn't going to make it through the show.

Emma stayed awake for the first 10 minutes or so of the show - she just gazed up at them. The noise didn't bother her at all.

Here's Chad and Drew watching the fireworks. Drew really liked them - loud booms and all!

Then on Sunday, we went to the 4th of July celebration at Birkdale. There were lots of firetrucks, so Drew got to sit in one (again!).

Here's Chad and Drew watching the parade. Kids decorated their bikes, trikes, strollers, wagons and dogs and walked in the parade. It was really cute and I think Drew is looking forward to riding in it next year!!

I found one of Drew's old onesies that said "USA Baby," so that's what Emma wore! Here we are watching the parade. Emma was sleeping peacefully in her stroller until the firetruck in the parade blew his horn!

And here's Chad and the kids!

Here's Drew in his red, white and blue.

I hope everyone had a happy 4th of July!! Today is Drew's cousin Will's 2nd birthday. I told him that this morning, so he's been singing "Happy birthday, Willy!" all day!!