* Since my friend Stefanie already jumped on the much catchier title “Baby’s First Fourth” for her blog, my creativity-challenged mind could only come up with this much clunkier title. Deal with it. :-)
In any case, this was Lily’s first Fourth of July, and she was every bit as excited about it as you can imagine. That is to say, of course, that she had no clue it was a holiday and that there were patriotic reasons behind her parents’ hare-brained scheme to drive all over tarnation and then force her to be outside in the sweltering heat while watching her parents consume fair-esque foods that would later come back to haunt one of them (i.e. Kristin).
While I love fireworks, we figured that exploding projectiles weren’t going to be our little lady’s cup of tea this year, so we decided to find a daytime festival that we could participate in. We located one in Brevard, NC, and made the trek up there during Lily’s nap*. It was nice (for Kristin!) to get out of the house, and we had a lovely drive through the mountains.
*Oops – I just re-read that. We ALL went during Lily’s nap – not just Michael and Kristin. Glad I could clear that up!
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As you can see, Lily had lots of fun*.
*Okay, she didn’t have THAT much fun, but it wasn’t as bad as this picture – it’s just that I only took a couple of photos!
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Now THIS is more like it! Fun for Lily is eating your stroller straps and hands while hanging out with Hank, the country western puppy. Bizarre floppy hat entire optional.
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Happy (Belated) 4th!
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