Happy July 4th!

Okay, so I know it has been awhile since I last posted. This post will be long so keep scrolling for pictures at the end. Here are a few updates. Adley is doing well with the potty training and goes on the potty 3 or 4 times a day. Hurray! Hopefully in a month or two he will be fully trained. That will be a happy day. Eli went for his 4 mo check up last week. He weighs 17lbs 4oz. He is doing well and we are trying to teach him to roll over - it is hard since he is so chubby. We had a fun weekend. We took the boys over to Gma/Gpa Sheltons and let them play on the slip and slide with their cousins and then we braved taking them all to the movies. We didn't tell them where we were going and surprised them. Aidan was excited - it was the 2nd movie he had seen in the theater and Adley's first. When we were getting out of the car Aidan put his sun glasses on and Jared said "Aidan you don't need your sunglasses - it's going to be dark inside", Aidan responded, "I know but I want to look cool going to the movies." Funny boy! They saw Ratatouille (sp?), it was good but whoever decided that a kids movie should be 2 hours and 6 min long is not too smart. They did good for about an hour and 20min. After the movie we got dinner and headed to Winston-Salem, NC. We stayed the night at Jared's friend Dougs apt - about a 2 1/2hr drive. We did this b/c the next day we traveled the remaining hour to Danbury, NC where Jared's dad grew up. They always have a family reunion twice a year - a picnic for the day. We had a good time at the picnic and then made the 3 1/2 hr drive back home.
On Tuesday Adley got to spend the day with Jared working on the house while I took the other boys grocery shopping. Shopping with 3 kids is a disaster and not a pleasant experience so I always try to only have 2. Anyways it was around lunch time and Jared asked Adley if he was hungry and Adley responded "No, I am just happy."
Okay now to the 4th of July. We spent the morning tidying up our house - we got alot accomplished and then headed in to Jared's parents to let the boys play on the slip n slide. We ate barbecued ribs, baked beans, corn on the cob, salad and fruit. Yummy meal!!! We decided to avoid the crowds at the fireworks shows - that also didn't start until well past the kids bedtime - so we decided to have our own little fireworks show. We got some sparklers, pop-rocks, rocket fountains and other fountains. The boys had a good time and still managed to stay up well past their bedtime. So now I will post some pictures from the week.
Adley loves to have the window down in the car and let the wind blow through his hair. We are currently letting his hair grow out, so I only cut around his ears and trim up his neck.
Aidan on the slip n slide
Adley going down the slide with a little toss from daddy.
This was the first time we put Eli in a high chair and he fell asleep while we ate dinner.
The boys and their sparklers, we had one minor injury - after the sparkler went out Adley dropped it on the ground and then he accidentally stepped on it a few seconds later - it was still hot and it left a little line on his foot. He is fine today.
Trying to light all of the sparklers.
Watching our fireworks from the back of grandmas car.

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Andrea and Blake said…
your pictures are so fun, glad you did fireworks for the kids at jareds parents! sparklers are always fun... Eli is such a chub but oh so cute! I can't wait to put him and Ashlyn & Kensington together at Thanksgiving and see the difference, since kensington was a little early she's so tiny! it was fun talking to ya.
July 5, 2007 at 4:54 PM
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