Happy 4th of July 2012!

Oh, the 4th of July.  It's a great holiday.  I love going back and looking at the past two years on the blog (here 2010 and here 2011). So much has changed.  I can't believe how fast time has gone since that first 4th on the blog.  Seems like just yesterday...

Aww, look at Morgan and Andrew pre-Tommy (well he was there, just in my belly).

Mama and dada and our happy little bald baby...

So for July 4th, 2012, we decided to stay home since it fell on a Wednesday and it was hotter than blue blazes outside.
We decided to have Travis, Katie, Wyatt, Harper, Matt, Claire, Bella and Kaiden (I may have spelled that wrong) over to our house.

 We set up water toys in the yard.  We thought this was a good idea until we realized that we would actually have to be outside with the kids.  Just a little too hot to just sit out in the heat.

 But we did nonetheless.  We suited the kids up and played outside.

 After about 5 minutes, we came back inside.  Thank goodness for air conditioning and tasty treats! There's little lady Harper  enjoying a bottle.

 Claire made some awesome dipped pretzels that she found the idea for on pinterest. Very festive!

 We eventually ventured back outside to give it another go.  Look at the three men and a little lady. :)

 Bella and Wyatt took turns using Tommy's Batmobile Trike.  It was a hit!

 Look at our patriotic little dude!

"You're a grande ol' flag. You're a high flying flag, and forever in peace may you waaaavvveee!!" Also notice he is wearing his Captain America shirt.  That's right.  He loves 'MERICA.

 Wyatt wanted in on the patriotic action. :)

 Then it was time to go potty.  Learning from Travis and Katie, I think this is the way we will potty train Tommy.  He was very interested. He even lifted his shirt to see what he could find down there. :)

July 4th was actually Claire's due date.  She was impressive, I must say.  For being full-term, she was running around playing with Wyatt.  Ain't no stopping this pregnant woman! Yeah Claire! (Two things about this picture: Notice the dress that Katie is wearing? That's actually my dress from the first picture in this post.  Katie sat in the chair in the 5th picture, where Tommy is sitting in his swim suit.  I guess those swim diapers don't actually hold anything in and it SOAKED that chair.  Which in turn, when Katie sat there, soaked her first dress of the day.  I let her borrow one of mine and randomly I happened to wear it on the 4th two years ago.  Interesting coincidence right?)

 I guess the chaser became the chasee! :) Wyatt got her! Oh no!!

Tommy got his turn on his batmobile trike. :)  But he kinda just sat there because it was too hot to move.

Tommy didn't get to see any fireworks.  He was wayyyyyy too tired to stay up until after dark.  He went to bed like a good boy.  Even so, he really enjoyed his second 4th of July.

Oh and by the way, Claire had her baby!

Hatley Faith was born Saturday morning (7/7), 6 lbs 15 oz, 18 3/4 inches.  Congrats to Claire and Matt and their whole family.  Very exciting news!