Fourth of July

Fourth of July is such a fun holiday every year.  It’s amazing to enjoy a day off over the Summer and cook out and enjoy the beach or pool.  Plus, it gives everyone a chance to be patriotic and remember what a truly great country we live in – one that has such a great holiday!

Fourth of July 2014 was very different for us than in past years.  In fact, we spent some time that day reflecting on how different it was than the last two years.  Last year we ran the Peachtree Road Race, which I definitely missed doing this year, and then went out drinking with friends.  If only we had known then that in a couple short weeks we would be expecting a baby girl!  The year before last also included running the Peachtree, and then drinking at the pool with friends.

This year’s holiday included a lot less drinking, and a lot more spending quality time as a family. In fact, we just hung out all day, and then in the evening a couple from our church small group came over to grill out and hang out in the backyard.  Perhaps most exciting for Tom was finally having someone to play horseshoes with!

 

The 5th of July we woke up without hangovers (imagine that) and were very excited to get out of the house and go stroller shopping!  I knew that I wanted a stroller with a reversible seat that also reclined, and that one day could become a double stroller.  My top choices going into Buy Buy Baby were the Uppababy Vista, Britax B-Ready, and Baby Jogger City Select, in that order.  I was sure the salesperson was going to talk us into buying the most expensive, the Vista, but when I explained to the man helping us what I was looking for, he told me he thought the City Select would be best for us.  After playing around with all the strollers, and even putting Maddie Grace in each stroller and rolling them around the store, I was sold on the City Select.  It is amazing! Best of all, whereas the 2014 model retails new for $500, I found the 2013 Model, which is practically the same, for only $389.99 on Amazon, although it appears to now be $419.99.

Sunday we were going to go to church and leave Maddie Grace in the nursery for the first time, but I was feeling a little under the weather so we decided it would be best to wait until next week.  Instead we went out to one of our favorite walking trails along the river here and did a short walk with MG.

 

After two stressful traveling weekends it felt amazing to spend a few days relaxing!  Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend as much as we did!