July 4th.... Weekend!

Connor loves loves loves playing w Uncle Larry

Friday was Joey's 7th birthday! After Adam had to go to work, my mom and I took the kids to the little pool at the park.  They all had so much fun! Connor was having a blast. He is WAY to daring in the water.  The nice thing was that it is just a wading pool so the whole thing is only a foot deep, but still it was a little scary. He would try to bend down and eat the water and end up choking.  Next time we go we are def bringing him a little floaty.

Connor was sick the rest of the weekend.  Adam and I had planned to take him to see some fireworks on Sat night but he was whinny the entire day and ended up falling asleep at 830.  That night he woke up with a fever of 102 and ended up spending the night in bed with us. The only way that he could sleep was if he was curled up on my chest. Sunday Connor and I stayed home from church.  We spent most of the day sitting together in the rocking chair.  Once his Tylenol kicked in he would try to play but you could tell he just felt so miserable! He would cry if I left the room even if he didn't want to sit on my lap. Poor thing. Sunday night both of the grandparents came over and we had cake for Joeys birthday.

Mon was the 4th and the day was a little hectic.  Adam had to be to work at 3 and my dad needed to get sleep before he had to work the night shift which meant we needed to do our cookout early. We had steak, potato salad and pasta salad.  Adam's family was coming over too but we ended up eating without them so Adam wasn't rushed bc they were running an hour late.  Connor was still not feeling well, his temp every time the meds wore off spiked back up to 102. We decided to rotate him on Ibuprofen and Tylenol and that seemed to help. He fought his nap and then finally fell asleep at 445.  The nap was much needed bc he was in a much better mood when he woke up! I decided to take him to the fireworks, and he was so good for me. He basically hung out in his sling/carrier the whole time which made it easy to keep him out of trouble.  He loved watching the fireworks and sat on my lap the whole time.  He got a little scared with the first one but the next one he loved. I taught him to help clap his hands  and he started doing it on his own every time they shot off! After about ten mins into it he started getting really sleepy (after we got home we realized it was partly bc his fever was back) that he started falling asleep between the fireworks! It was too cute! Sadly when we got home his temp was 104! I felt so bad for him! As soon as we gave him his meds it only took like 2 mins of rocking him and he was asleep.

PS- A funny story about my grandpa. My aunt sue brought cupcakes to the fireworks and he had one (by this point it was dark) that he was going to eat while sitting in the truck. Well, he felt something hard on the top and decided to try to bit it. That didn't work, so thinking that it was candy he stuck the whole thing in his mouth and started trying to chew it. Ha after a few mins he took it out, thinking that the candy must be bad. That was when he realized it was a ring!! HAHA so funny!

PSS- On Sat night my sister Ashley got engaged!! YAY! We are so happy for her and Micah! :) :)