4th of July Weekend

We had a big weekend for the 4th! It started off Saturday night with a party at our house.

The kiddos:
Gavin loved Melanie's cookies with blue icing!
Our neighbors went crazy with decorations this year and had a balloon arch from our house to theirs (2 doors down):
These same neighbors had their ginormous Slip n Slide up again.

Gavin loved it--and held on to a bite of cookie he still had (even soaking wet):
Here he is in action with Ryan:

We didn't know how he would do with the fireworks. He LOVED them.

Didn't love them so much when they stopped (notice the attitude which is unfortunately coming out a lot these days):
He would sign for more when they would stop:


Our friends RJ and Joslynn from Chicago came down and stayed with us for the weekend. They requested Krispy Kreme donuts at the park on Sunday.
Gavin is quite a fan:


On Monday we went to the pool with Elizabeth, Braden, and Kate:
Gavin loves the water:
Ryan bought us slushies as a cool treat on a hot day:
Gavin again is a fan!

Here's a super long video for the grandmothers to see what Gavin does at the pool. He is FEARLESS. Doesn't care about going under at all because he knows we'll rescue him. So thankful for that! I also love this video because you can hear him talking/singing. He is so cute.