happy 4th!

we've had such a fun last few days!

we took avery out for a special day at the end of last week. we were in the market for a kid size couch and found the perfect fit! she now lounges on her elmo pull out sofa and loves it! after we went shopping we stopped and had a fast food lunch inside, instead of taking the food home with us. she loved her milkshake and fries and being out and about. we took nola along and she napped the whole time. it was a great first trip out for all of us!

on friday, grandma kathy came and had fun settling in with both girls ;) in the morning we went food shopping for the first time with both kids and it went as smooth as it could go. zane wore nola in the front pack and avery had her usual seat in the cart. i can only imagine it'll get trickier the older nola gets, so we're going to appreciate the ease while we can.

and the sun came out!!!!! i finally got my coffee and baby time on the back deck. avery was running around in the yard with dada and grandma and nola and i rested. it was WONDERFUL.

for the holiday, we went to phil and jills for some drinks and good company :) avery was patient watching the big kids play, and later got her turn to drop the bean bags wherever she wanted them.

she and phil had some quality time sharing chips ;)

after we got home and got both girls to sleep, grandma kathy gave us freedom from parenting for a couple of hours and we went out to dinner. i think that brings the grand total to 3 dates in the past year!! it was awesome to get out by ourselves and not have to cater to anyone else...even though i did feel a little guilty at how good it felt to get out.

today the sun was out again and zane grilled a bunch for lunch. i finally had the hot dogs i had been craving since october! they didn't disappoint.