July 4 weekend

We had a great visit from Jack's family last weekend. We kicked it off with a Yankee game on Friday. It was the PERFECT weather and we were in the shade too. Evan was a trooper and made it through the whole game with only a few short breakdowns. If only they had won! Oh well, they won the rest of the series.





We had another gorgeous day on Saturday so we headed up to Lake Moreau for the afternoon. Again, Evan was a trooper, but did not want to take a nap in the little tent we brought him! He didn't really enjoy the water either, but he let Gram and Papa Jon take him once Jack and I were out of sight. Evan is going through that good ol' separation anxiety phase. But by the end of the weekend he had warmed up to everyone.





Sunday was a bit hot for a lot of outdoor activity, so we hung out on the deck, all huddling under the patio umbrella as long as we could last before we started to melt and then relaxed inside. We joined some long-time friends of the McDades for a 4th of July BBQ for dinner. They had a lot of fun reconnecting with old neighbors, and Jack and I kept Evan in the best mood possible after all the late nights and missed naps. I must admit, we were a bit frazzled by the time we were heading over to the fireworks and hesitant about our decision to have Evan tough it out, but it was worth it. Although he was a fussball at the bbq (looking back, probably because he wasn't hungry and we kept trying to get him to eat!), he was a blast (haha pun) at the fireworks. He laughed, and played with Regan and I'm not sure a single fussy peep came out of him as we kept him up until 10:30. He wasn't even scared of the fireworks! Somewhere along our journey back to the car we lost his lovey (his little teddy bear blanket). Fortunately we had 2 others at home but it was still sad to lose one of them. I like to think another little kid who lost the same lovey found this one, and lovey has a great new home. Haha. We ordered 2 more the next morning.


You can see the reflection of the fireworks in his eyes!


Evan slept in until 9am on Monday morning! His whole routine is off but we're starting to settle back into it and I'm enjoying his long naps as he catches up on what he missed over the weekend. He was such a trooper, and overall in such a good mood considering how flexible we made him over the weekend!