Fourth Fun

Originally, my c-section date was set for July 3rd, so I anticipated we'd be spending the 4th of July in the hospital.  Since my delivery date got moved up a couple weeks, we were able to celebrate the 4th of July with our family!

We had a low key day at home, and then picnicked and swam in the pool with my family in the evening.  Several friends sent me a link to a cute fourth of July hairstyle for Collette, so we tried that out.  I think our star hair do turned out pretty cute!

Collette is my picture girl, and was so excited have pictures taken of her and her brothers in their red, white, and blue.

Collette had several patriotic outfits to choose from, but ended up picking this cute dress my mom got for her last year.  She grows so fast that there aren't too many outfits we can get two years wear out of, so it was fun that this dress fit her again this year! And of course we had to accessorize with patriotic sunglasses. :)

Channeling Elton John. ;)

My "big kids" this 4th of July!

And Mr. Elliott.  Sporting a shirt Mimi got for him.  Too cute.  And Two weeks old. 

My 3 blessings.  (And the best we could get of all 3 of them. Oh well.)

And of course, every year I get sentimental and have to look back on how the kids have grown.  My sweet Collette.  Four and a half years old and celebrating her fifth Fourth of July!

T-man. Our very own "Wreck it Ralph".  Two and a half  this year.  Where has the time gone?

Our little firecrackers!

The fireworks display for our area was the day after the 4th.  We got there early enough to get ice cream before the fireworks started, which was a big hit (and a big mess, for a certain two year old) with these two.

And we all enjoyed the fireworks!

(Southern friends,  yes, we are wearing fleece jackets and blankets in July.  Ha! It still cools off a lot in the evenings, and it was a little chilly that night!)

Elliott slept through his first fireworks display, and Collette and Trey thought each fireworks display was the best thing ever.  I love their enthusiasm! And I love the fact that we got to enjoy our first holiday as a family of five. :)