Happy 4th of July!!!

We hope that everyone had a wonderful Independence Day...and that Matt had a great birthday!!

Emilia has been teething...enough said!! She's visibly uncomfortable, will chew on anything she can get her hands on, and drools like a leaky faucet. Her two front bottom teeth actually broke through this morning (I can feel the sharp little edges even though I can't really see the pearly whites yet). She's had a stuffy nose for about 2 days now and is having a hard time napping and sleeping because of all of this. So of course we decide to disrupt her routine further and attend several barbeques for the holiday weekend (such wonderful parents we are).

On Friday afternoon we had a barbeque with Jason and Tere. Emilia played well with Madeleine and was so fascinated by the fact that she can run around. She was getting a bit upset because she couldn't get up and move around with her, though. Maddie was so sweet and gave Emi lots of hugs and shared her toys so well. Even though she barely napped all day she was a good sport and enjoyed herself for a little while as long as she was being entertained.

Yesterday we went to a party at Anne Marie and Todd's house in Mt. Airy. It was great to see them since it's been months and months. Lauren came with us and we had a great time! It was such a beautiful day!! We came home a bit earlier, and Emi got back into her bedtime routine and was out like a little light after 2 days of non-stop running. The Leesburg fireworks were awesome from our garage roof. We'll have to build an observation deck up there for next year's display! It's a perfect view without the intense noise! LJ nearly had a nervous break-down, however...especially when he couldn't get up the ladder with us! The noise didn't bother Emilia at all and she slept right through the booms!!




I took these pictures a couple of days ago. I just thought they were too cute not to share. She looked like a little '50's house wife in her striped dress and headband.
She's such a good sport about letting me do her hair. The pigtails look so cute from the front but she doesn't really wear them yet because there is quite a bit of hair that isn't long enough in the back. Cute photo op though!