This year we were not quite sure what to do because we wanted Brady to see his first fireworks but we were not sure if he could stay up long enough...but who were we kidding, this kid is a trooper. Our friends Bryan and Kristen came to Chicago to visit Bryan's parents out in the suburbs and invited us to come out there and hang out. They have a son, Will, who is 1 year older than Brady and a recent addition to their family, Kate, who was 6 months old. Brady and Will seemed to have a great time. Bryan's parents had lots of fun toys that Brady could not get enough of. They had borrowed a pink cadillac from a neighbor that had a motor and a real stereo. Brady thought it was awesome. He couldn't reach the pedal, so the neighbor girl came over and took him for a spin. He loved it until he looked back and saw how far he had gotten from mommy and daddy and started screaming to get out. The fire truck was also a favorite and had no chance of scaring him.
After dinner they had a dance off on the patio...which we all enjoyed.
After we ate some hot dogs and burgers, we sat outside and there were lots of neighbors setting off fireworks. These were Brady's first fireworks because at only 11 months old last year, he definitely couldn't stay up this late. We would point them out to Brady and soon he started mimicking us and pointing and saying "oh firework" each time he saw one. It was a really nice evening and we stayed till 11pm with Brady just relaxing on mommy's lap. He crashed in the car and luckily slept in alittle bit in the morning. We are so blessed to have such a great little boy. Overall, a great 4th of July.
