It shouldn't be a surprise to me or anyone else that I'm writing about July 4th on the 17th. I'm known to be a little late to just about everything. I can't help it. I'm a procrastinator to the core. Being a procrastinator also leads to never actually making plans until the last minute. Which is exactly how our 4th went. I woke up excited for a fun celebration! One that I hadn't even planned! Story of my life. So we did a whole lot of nothing for the better part of the day. But honestly it was good. It's nice to just BE. No work, no stress. Just be with my family in our little house.

Finally, I decided we HAD to do something. And it had to be great!

So we Googled firework shows in the area and decided on New Braunfels (45 minutes north of SA). It's around the area where Ronnie grew up so he's always happy to head out the way. We stopped at Cooper's for some BBQ and having decided to go low carb that day (or maybe I was forced into by a fiancé who's tired of hearing me bitch about my weight. Maybe.), this place was perfect. We loaded up on some meat, a little cole slaw (like 3 bites. Boo.) and then I ate my weight in pickles. nom. Violet ate meat AND mac -n- cheese so I hated her a little in that moment. The guy who served us was super friendly and chatted us up about our plans and gave us some tips on where to watch the fireworks since the park where we were headed gets pretty crowded. He was so nice and his tips saved us!

We ended up in a church parking lot with the PERFECT view of the fireworks and minus the park crowd. Violet LOVED it. We loved it. Before the fireworks, she walked around the parking lot a bit and then she was in for the "pa" show of her little life! We're still not sure how or why she says "pa" for "light" but it's adorable and she's pretty much set on it for now. The entire time she kept pointing at the fireworks and then looking at both of us like "Are you seeing this?!". Cutest ever.

Mom of the year forgot her camera. So we have these fabulous phone pics. Ah well.

I just can't believe how quickly she's growing and what a little toddler she is. I looked back on last year's July 4th post and at the end of it, I said "I get in weepy mom mode when I think about how much older and different she'll be next year! :(". I'm amazed at how that "next year" got here so fast. And the same sentiment rings true for next year - we'll have a nearly 2 1/2 year old by then. Insane. (Hold me.)

pictures from July 6th. Same outfit. Because I'm an awesome mom.

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Happy Fourth!

Our Fourth of July was super laid back but honestly we never have any major Fourth of July plans. We usually just attend a family BBQ or something but since my mom had to work all day and Ronnie's fam wasn't doing anything, we decided we'd have a relaxing day at home.

We were going to buy one of those blow up pools that are big enough for adults to sit in, set that in our yard and just chill out with the babe in there. Oh, and we were also going to rent one of those steam cleaners and do our carpets at some point since they badly need a cleaning. We're wild and exciting, let me tell you! That didn't happen though because my mom, who works nearby, ended up getting off of work early and stopped by our house before heading home. She stayed for four hours. So there went our exciting plans. ha!

My mom and Violet had a lot of fun together though and that always makes me happy!

Mom's obsessed with taking pictures which can annoy us at times but then we all agree later on that it's nice because we end with sooo many pictures of every.single.event in our lives. So she's been getting on me about not taking enough pictures of Violet but she finally got to see what I'm working with - Violet won't sit still for anything! She ends up flopping all over the place and then getting fussy when she falls over. Not the most fun time. But we finally got a few cute ones and I won't bore you to death with those, just a couple to show you the cutie outfit that Ronnie's Aunt Sharon in Houston sent us. Of course the best shot we could get was her laying down on her changing table. ha. Oh well!

Since my mom had arrived right before Ronnie and I had planned on going out for lunch, we ended up not eating a real meal ALL DAY so of course we were starving. My mom went home to pick up my dad and sis and then we all met up at Logan's for dinner - Mom's treat! We had a lot of fun and there was surprisingly a lot of people out and about, I thought everyone was at home having BBQ's! ha.



We took some pics after dinner and that was fun! I should've worn red however I don't own anything red. Crazy, right? I own a ton of navy blue but didn't want to overdo that since Ronnie and Violet were already decked out in it. ha.

Then last night, Ronnie ran to the store for something around 9:30 pm and called to tell me we should've gone with him because he was watching fireworks pop up all over the place as he was driving. I had totally forgotten about fireworks! Womp womp. But there's always next year and maybe then we'll have some real plans. By that time, Violet may be a little more interested in that sorta thing too. I get in weepy mom mode when I think about how much older and different she'll be next year! :(

So that was our first Fourth with V! Hope y'all had a great Fourth too!

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