Happy Fourth of July!

Things have changed a little bit. Mommy started going to work again. She told me she had to go if I want to keep getting the "good" formula. It's OK though because now I get to spend extra time everyday with Daddy. This week is extra special too because my Uncle Mike and Aunt Anne are here to visit. I actually got to go to their wedding while I was still in Mommy's tummy, but I guess that doesn't count.

Since Uncle Mike and Aunt Anne have been here, we have done lots of exciting things. On Tuesday, I got to go to my first big screen movie. I bet everyone was scared when Mommy walked into the movie theater carrying me. They probably thought I would cry through the whole movie, but unlike three other unruly babies, I didn't make a sound the whole time. Instead, I decided to opt out of watching the movie and take a nice long nap. By the way, Mommy and Daddy said that Ratatouille was a really good movie. After the movie we went out to eat at the Melt again! Mommy and Daddy seem to have to take everybody they know there. It must be really good. I can't wait until I can eat a grilled cheese.

Yesterday was the fourth of July. Other than Memorial Day, this is the only holiday I have experienced. I can't imagine that any other day could be more exciting. We went to the Lakewood Parade in the morning. There were so many people. I got to see bag pipers, fire trucks, old cars, crazy giant puppet things, parade floats, Dennis Kucinich (I hope my great granddad reads this - he loves DK), Curious George, unicyclists (we learned that they actually have a unicycle club at the elementary school I might go to), George Voinivich, some of our church people, army people, marching bands, etc. It rocked!

That evening, after a morning of parade going and an afternoon of hard cleaning, we had a small party. All my grandparents, Uncle Mike, Aunt Anne, Uncle Daniel, Carrie, Chris, Aimee, Natalie, Courtney, Vicrum, Mike, Jen, Jacob, Gabe, Alex, Elisa, Jennifer, Jim, Jacob, Valarie, Justin, Milo, Daddy, Momy and I (I hope I am remembering everybody) were there. I got to watch a couple really fun games of corn hole and I even got to hold hands with Elisa. At about 10:00, they started setting off fireworks at Lakewood Park. That was so pretty. Everyone who knows me knows that I have a thing for bright lights and the fireworks were colorful too! It was such a long and exciting day that I slept all the way to 6:00 this morning, much to Mommy's excitement and great appreciation.

Today wasn't quite as grand as the rest of the week though. It started out fine. I was at home with Daddy, Uncle Mike, Aunt Anne, Grandma Marsha and Grandpa Alex. We were having a relaxed day. Then, Mommy came home from work and made me take some Children's Tylenol. It was so tasty, if only I had known what it was for. I had to go to the doctor's office (I don't blame Mommy for anything). The mean nurses made my Mommy hold my hands while they gave me three different shots. It hurt really bad and I was so scared. I cried like I have never cried before, but they still gave me the shots. Mommy felt so bad for me that she even started crying. They tell me that those evil needles are actually good for me. I don't believe it.

Now we're back home and away from the evil nurses. I think it's about time for a good long nap! Adios!