Hometown Family Fourth Fun!

Happy Fourth of July! Our little family of three had a fabulous Fourth celebrating America's Independence Day in North Dallas. That morning, after an early play time with the babe, we enjoyed a red, white, and blue inspired breakfast.

We packed all the necessities... which for me means anything that may be necessary for the day. So after over packing to say the least, we got ourselves ready for the parade. After breakfast, we adorned our red, white, and blue and made our way to McKinney's hometown parade. This would be our first time to attend as well as to take little Miss. I have to say, it was so well organized and pretty amazing to see all the families. Crowds and lawn chairs lined the streets, children and parents dressed in their themed finest, and flags were being distributed to all. I loved it and baby did great! As we made our way to find a spot, we had to stop for some real lemonade. It was absolutely delicious and a perfect way to beat the morning heat.

 

{Can't beat fresh lemonade}

Ray found us a perfect little spot. Now I will use this disclaimer and say that this was during baby girl's morning nap and she was a bit hungry as we gave her a morning bottle before all the excitement began, but she really did great! I just loved her sweet July 4th themed outfit and shoes. Thanks Grammy and Papa Z. We definitely got our fair share of friendly comments from passers by.

 

 

Then it was time for the parade to start. From veterans, the mayor, the town beauty queen, old timey cars, girl and boy scouts, local businesses, horse riding, fitness clubs, and the like, we enjoyed seeing all that this sweet little downtown parade had to offer. Enjoy a few pictures of our little family watching the parade.

 



After the parade, it was definitely time for lunch. But what is more American than a burger? So we ventured over to Square Burger for lunch and dined with our friends, The Ogles. It seemed many had the same idea as we did. But boy is Square Burger delicious... absolutely worth the wait in my and my husband's opinion. So while we waited, the adults chatted and the little ladies played.

 {Erin, Eva Mae, Richard, and Aubrey}

{Richard and Aubrey fun}

{Eva Mae-12 months & Aubrey-8 months} 

 

The food was delicious and our lunch bunch was a lot of fun as well. We are truly thankful for such dear friends.

After we finished lunch and said our good-byes, we headed home to put our little one to bed, but she wasn't having it. Instead she learned that she loved her new toy... her baby bouncer. We also have been working on a few new words like "up" and "uh oh." I love how she mixes the two up from time to time. If we drop something we may get an "up." Baby language is all too cute. I did have to include this as it was just so darn precious and totally worth the eventually fussy no napping baby that we had on our hands that evening.

I could watch that sweet video over and over. I just love her little voice. Melt my heart for sure.

Well once we figured out that no nap would be had, we decided that we would continue our day of fun in the sun on this fourth and set up her baby pool.

The water felt absolutely great. We added a few of her little bath toys which she loved. She definitely does NOT want to be on her back and would so love to lay face first, if it didn't get wet. But once she gets going with splashing, she definitely enjoys herself. While I wasn't exactly a fan of the bugs, and we decided to watch our fireworks on the tv this year to not disturb baby girl's sleep, I have to say it was an absolutely fantastic Fourth with our little fam. Here is a fun picture of last year with little girl still inside my tummy compared to our fun family fourth with Aubrey. It's amazing how the years move on.