Sweet P Bradford: July 4th

This past weekend we packed up what seemed like the entire house and headed to my parents' lake house for a nice long weekend. We met my parents up there on Friday night, had a nice dinner, and headed to bed hoping for a good night's sleep. Boy were we WRONG!!!! Peyton has been sleeping really good at home but at the lake it was a completely different story. At one point it seemed like she was waking up and crying every hour until we finally gave in and put her in bed with us at 3 a.m. I swore that I would never do this but during the middle of the night when you are so sleepy and it seems like nothing else is working it seems like the best thing to do. As soon as we layed her down in our bed she was content and we were able to get a few hours of good sleep in.

On Saturday, we set up P's baby pool and spent some time outside (in the shade) playing in it. She sure does LOVE her baby pool! The only bad thing is that as she gets more and more mobile, the harder it is becoming to keep her in one spot in that pool. Before I know it, she has pulled up onto her knees and is looking over the edge of the pool. She is definitely not afraid! I am scared about what the future holds for us with this active little. Once we were all cleaned up from playing outside, we headed to church in Trussville and then dinner.

We decided to celebrate the 4th a day early, so on Sunday Jamie and Will came up after Jamie got home from work. Then mid-morning, Matt's parents came up, as well as Trey, Becky and the boys. We had a big lunch of hamburgers and hot dogs followed by way too many choices of desserts. Although all of the desserts were good, I think the most popular one was my dad's homemade vanilla ice cream....YUMMY! After we were all stuffed from lunch, we lathered up on sunscreen and headed outside. Everyone seemed to enjoy their time out in the sun except for Andy who came outside for a just a little bit and then decided he wanted to play in side with GP (my mom). Jamie and Will bought some fireworks, so Trey decided he and his family would stay to watch them. At first the boys seemed hesitant about the sparklers, but before too long they decided to join in on the fun. Matt and Will handled the fireworks show while the rest of us, except for Peyton who was sound asleep inside) watched from the deck. I was worried that the noise from the fireworks might wake P up but she didn't even seem to notice. Poor Ellie, on the other hand, knew before we even got started what was coming and she wanted nothing to do with being outside. In fact, when I let her in the house, she went straight upstairs to get as far away from the noise as possible. After the fireworks show we all headed back inside for some more of my dad's homemade ice cream. Did I mention that he missed the bottom step when he was going down the stairs from the deck and fell and scraped up his knee. It's pretty sad that both of his daughters are in the medical field and he ended up with a homemade bandage of saran wrap and tape that he made himself. I don't really think that the picture shows it justice!