4th of July weekend

It has been fabulous to have a long weekend with no serious plans. We've been so busy the last month that we needed a few days to rest and refresh. And that is exactly what we did.

Our only scheduled event of the weekend was going to Mooresville to see the fireworks on Saturday. Aubrey decided that was not in the agenda for her because she decided to throw up most of the afternoon. It is not easy to watch your baby being sick, no matter how much you watch it. She could not keep anything on her little tummy and just laid on the floor, which is completely not like her busybody self. We put her to bed around 7 and amazingly she slept all night with no upchucking.

Laying on the floor looking all pitiful

On Sunday, she decided to throw up one more time for good measure but ate her usual 3 pancake breakfast and appeared to be fine the rest of the day. We hung out around the house most of the day, grilled some fantastic steaks, and then decided to brave the downtown Charlotte fireworks. I was not sure how Aubrey would handle the noise, but she was fascinated with the lights. But, somehow, she managed to fall asleep about halfway through the show. Ahh, to be able to sleep that easy again. Sigh.

Hanging out in the stroller with a cold beverage

I decided to try a new hairstyle for Aubrey today because I cannot stand her hair in her eyes and she refuses to keep a bow in her hair. So, the Pebbles hairdo has found a new place in our home.

Not quite perfect, but have you ever tried to fix the hair of a squirmy toddler?

Today was spent hanging out around the house some more. We did go on a nice walk in the AM before it got too hot to breathe outside. I am so glad Aubrey loves to ride in her stroller. It makes life just a tad easier since she is not quite a speed walker, yet.

I decided to fill up the baby pool for Aubrey (ok and my feet) to splash in for the afternoon and that was fun. It still amazes me how much she loves to splash and play in a foot of water.


Around 4:00 the boredom set in, so we decided to go for ice cream. As a general rule, Aubrey does not like cold stuff, so we really did not expect for her to enjoy her ice cream. Um, wrong. She loved licking her baby cone of vanilla ice cream, so I stand corrected. I guess that will have to be more of a tradition now.


All in all, it was a pretty good weekend. I hate that Aubrey spent part of it feeling so badly, but we tried to make up for it with the other 2 days. Now, I wish we could have a whole string of these lazy carefree days to just enjoy ourselves, but work is sadly calling us back. Boooo.