M's first fourth of july

This was M's first fourth of July. She didn't seem to mind them that much, but at the same time didn't care for them either. With the loud ones she would snuggle into my chest and the we would clap...and eventually, before the really good fireworks, she fell asleep.

Before the fourth, when J and I went to buy our fireworks we were walking around in the warehouse and I asked M how she thought she was going to like the fourth of July, and must have mentioned something about the last fourth of July because J said "Yeah, cuz I think she was asleep through all of it last time." I waited a second trying not to laugh, and when he looked at me smiling he said "what"... and I told him, just in case he really didn't know, "she wasn't born yet last year!" He was a little embarassed. But I got a good laugh out of it. We went over to my aunt and uncle's house, with my grandma and grandpa, and cousins, and my best friend. We had a great time and literally too many fireworks to finish.

Comments

erin said…

hahahahahaha! That's awesome. I can't believe he totally made up a memory about lil' M and her first Fourth! hahahaha, I can't stop laughing!

July 19, 2007 at 12:56 AM

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