July Fun

We hope everyone had a very happy 4th of July. It is one of my all time favorite holidays and this year we had a great one. We started it off by making the flag cake. I did the cooking but I got some help taste testing:

Look how pretty it looked...

or at least how pretty it looked until....

Oh well, I think they liked it anyway:

We went to my friend's lake house for a 4th of July celebration. Can you guess what Teddy was saying in this next picture?

"DOWN PLEASE!" over, and over, and over again. Until we took him off the raft and put in him in the water. That is when he started saying "Up please!" At least he has manners, right?

Much happier on the dock!

And even HAPPIER on the deck having a snack with little Cam.

And of course it wouldn't be the 4th with out our family tradition of going to Wills Park to watch the fire works in our matching flag shirts! Here are the Hoscheks:

Teddy and cousin Violet ate dinner together. Violet waited until after eating to put on her new flag shirt.

Teddy checking out his new "Bear Chair"

Grandma brought yummy cupcakes.... but we didn't want to get our new white shirt dirty:
Who brought the redneck baby to the fireworks?!!! All was going well until it started to thunder, lightning, and pour rain. Good thing Grandpa's tailgate makes a great shelter:

I heard there was a strange man going around the park though and he was flashing people...

Or maybe that was just my dad in his goofy trench coat.

My sister must get her fashion sense from him!

Cousin Maggie tried to help Teddy stay dry:

but it kept pouring. So we moved the party to the car:

(above) Cousin Maggie with Aunt "Mirmo" (as Teddy now calls her)

Maggie made us all laugh as she jammed to the music!

(above) Grandma Judy and Maggie

We were having a great time despite the rain! And then we got to see the fireworks:

Teddy LOVED the show!

We gave the Gibsons a ride back to their car and we got to use the third row seats in our car for the first time. Look at that- 3 little Giblets fit so nicely back there:

Overall, it was a great holiday!

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It had been over 3 months since Teddy's first haircut and it was time! Luckily he had a great time with Mrs. Rosa again:

Here's the handsome boy after his hair cut:

Friends originally from Iowa came to visit relatives in Ga, and Teddy and I got to meet up with them. We went to Play had a wonderful time.

Teddy plays with the twins Caroline and Noah:

Teddy and Noah in the ball pit:

Lastly, here is a little video to show you how much Teddy enjoyed his first brownie. (By the way- when I first gave it to him he said, "Fork! Fork!" and refused to eat it until I gave him one. Weird kid!

The other funny thing is I forgot there was peanut butter in the brownies. I had been really cautious about not giving Teddy anything with peanuts in it because his doctor really stresses waiting until they are at least 2 because of allergies. I didn't even realize it until later that night when Shae ate one and he was surprised I had given it to Teddy.

Good news is he must not be allergic! Bring on the peanut butter!