Happy 4th!

We spent our 4th of July out in PA with Kris's family and watching the Kevin Harper Fireworks Spectacular! It was great. We had decided to leave early Friday morning so that the kids could sleep for most of the trip. Emma complied but Ryan was awake the whole time. The hole in our theory was that Emma would stay with the schedule she normally has which includes getting up around 3 or 3:30 to nurse, but she decided to change it and woke up at 2am. It was a little too early to leave so we assumed she's be up again around 4 but slept until 5. So we didn't get on the road until 5:30, which by then was starting to get a little light and not enough time for Ryan to get back to sleep. We made it there just after 1pm and had lunch and some visiting with Kris's mom. Then we visited with Kris's grandmother before heading to the farm to unload and put everyone to bed!

Saturday we spent with all the Harpers at the farm having a great bbq and good company. Ryan had a ball riding around (or getting pushed) on a big wheel and pedal tractor that Kris's cousin donated to the farm for us to use. We never had to worry about him because he was busy! He also got to run after the bigger kids with a squirt gun, which he thought was hilarious (especially when I sent him over to get Daddy). The fireworks were great. Ryan was scared at first, but settled down and watched them with my hands over his ears. Emma was fine for the first 15 minutes, but then had a fit because it was loud and she was hungry! Happily, they both went to bed immediately after the fireworks with no problem.

Sunday was spent driving home. No one was very happy about spending the whole day in the car, but we made it home!

And here are some pictures from last week. One is of Ryan at the zoo checking out the new giraffes. He had a great time. The other is of him attempting to 'feed' his baby like Mommy does!