4th of july

low flying balloon

addy entranced by the hot air balloons

addy with gram-mum (top)
scott (heidi's brother) w/ one twin, chloe (i think!)

we were going to have a westerville 4th of july celebration...but it rained the day before (all day), & was forecast to rain the rest of the day & be hot & muggy. so we decided to quickly pack up & head just 70 minutes north, to ashland, where it was sunny, clear, & even a bit cool. wes was very excited to go b/c of the 'balloon fest'...only someone NOT from ashland would be excited for this! it is neat to see all the balloons, but we weren't able to stay saturday night for the 'balloon glow.' anyway, it was a lovely day, complete with t-bone steaks from gma & gpa gerwig. addy was able to play with the twins, chloe & zoe & griswold played with ruger (scotty's dog); gram-mum & pop-pop got to play with addy & mama got to sleep in! everyone was happy.

while with gram-mum & pop pop, it has been noticed that addy does not leave g-mum's side at any time. it's very cute (a little disheartening as a mama, but i'm sure she loves me more...it's just that i do say 'no' sometimes whereas g-mum doesn't????). addy & the twins are really starting to communicate & play with each other; although, it does appear the twins are more used to sharing things than addy is....we'll work on that in about 10 weeks! addy had fun with them, giving them hugs, patting their heads, giving them kisses, & sharing sippy cups (they even played with toys a little bit). the twins are crawling now, so that added another level of excitement for addy...'peers who are cousins & who are girls! marvelous!'

all the 'babies' (who really are no longer babies...) stayed up to watch the fireworks. it took a lot of cheerios for this to happen, but we made it! addy loved them (this was her first time watching fireworks) & totally froze in place for about a minute after they started. she was just staring off into the sky, mesmerized. she sat on daddy's lap first, then snuggled with mama on the chair, then after that she laid on the blanket with gram mum & pop-pop. the twins faired okay; zoe LOVED the display & kept pointing to them with a big grin...chloe cried in terror, holding onto her daddy for dear life (then also biting him, we found out later). good times.