4th of July

We celebrated Adalyn's 1st 4th of July! Even though she will not remember any of it, I made sure to take lots of pictures (surprised?) to document all of the festivites we encountered. On Saturday, Memaw and PawPaw came to babysit Adalyn while Adam and I made a trip to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital to visit sweet Carter. Quick update on her: she's is doing great! She had her surgery and is now recovering. Praise the Lord! Carter is just so darn precious. I can't wait until she's home so I can get my hands on her! ...anyway, On the way home, we ordered Pizza and hotwings from the best pizza place in town, Pizza Hut. (my opinion). When we got home, pizza was delivered shortly after, we packed up a few things, and headed to Granna and Granddaddy's to eat and swim for the evening. They were out of town so we had the pool to ourself. We swam, ate, and played then went back home to get ready to watch the firework show! We made our way to the park, plopped a big blanket down, then watched Adalyn as she tried to crawl everywhere.
Enjoy some pictures!

Not real sure about crawling on the grass...




Watching the fireworks!
Check out this face







Shew, glad she didn't get momma's nose.


After that, we headed home and hopped into bed!

Sunday we woke up and got ready for church. I of course had to dress Adalyn to coordinate with the Holiday and boy did she look cute!! Would you expect anything otherwise? haha.






We ended up taking her to Sunday School with us. Last Monday she came down with a runny nose and a low fever. Ah, poor baby! Last week seemed very LONG because of that, too. Poor thing could not breathe and she absolutely hates the "bulb". She ended up sleeping with us for 2 nights due to the fact she would wake up and discovered she couldn't breathe well, then she would start crying. We layed her in her boppy so she could be elevated. She woke up a few more times throughout the night and we would check her temp and attempt to clean her nose out. I felt like we had a newborn all over again! lol. Let's just say on the 3rd night, we were so glad she was back in her crib! She sleeps ALL over the place and its really annoying. I don't see how parents let their kids sleep with them! Maybe if we had a bigger bed it wouldn't have been so bad, but with a queen bed, a husband who is 6'4, and a baby on a boppy who still ended up sideways, is not my idea of a good night sleep. 7 days later, she is all better! Thank goodness. With all of THAT being said, we took her to Sunday School because we didn't want to chance her getting any of the other babies sick. HOWEVER, we have come to the conclusion that she either got sick from a baby in the nursery, (if this is the case, leave your sick kids at home PLEASE!) or because she is teething. When she was 5 months her 1st tooth came through, and a few days later, the second. She was sick then, too. Sooo maybe it's because she cut her
3rd tooth last week. I sure hope every time she cuts a tooth she doesn't get sick like this! Whew, talk about wearing a momma out!

After church we headed back over to Granna and Granddaddy's to eat, swim, eat, and swim. Dustin, Christina, and baby Levi joined us for the day! It was such a beautiful day with good friends. It was so nice to be able to relax all day!







We got home around 8, fed the little one, put her in bed, then we sat on the couch and watched some fireworks on TV. Hope everyone had a great 4th of July, too!