We blessed baby Heidi over the 4th of July weekend. That meant that we had two events to celebrate with extra family in town!
Grandma Blood came early and was here for her birthday on July 2. We took her to the Cheesecake Factory to celebrate since it is across the street from See's Chocolates. Then we had to stop by Sprouts on the way home so that she could buy some chocolates she was willing to share with the grandkids since the See's are too precious for sharing.
The 4th of July started with a reading of the Declaration of Independence and breakfast at the Andersen's house. It was tough waking up for it, but I'm glad we went. It is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration, and it felt right to commemorate it.
We had a revolving group of people in the pool between Max & Morgan, Mary's family, and Stephen's family. I do love hanging out in the pool!
Annie talked Max into lifting and throwing her all over the place. Even better was that Morgan and Grumpa taught Felix how to cannonball!
He doesn't really know how to jump yet, so he would do this frantic foot stomping thing on the edge before falling into Grumpa's arms. He finished with a HUGE smile on his face and an immediate desire to do it again, even when he got his head dunked in the water.
The cousins brought over 4th of July body glitter
Could it possible for a lil face to have more joy?? This picture was right after he was handed a root beer float while snuggling with Breezy, and it's impossible not to want to squeeze him when looking at it.
We had a delicious burger and hot dog dinner. The cousins went to the town fireworks show, while the rest of us set some off in the driveway. Felix was cautious about the sparklers, but absolutely terrified when we set off the first actual firework. It was a small box one, but turned out to be super loud. Mimi and I tried to talk up how pretty the next one was, but he was beyond being able to calm down and far past his bedtime, so I took him and Heidi home early. I've never seen any of my kids that scared before- poor little guy!
A while after the firework show was finished, Mimi got a phone call from her neighbor who said she saw fire outside her house. Their trash can was on fire! They had doused all the empty firework shells with water before throwing them away, but apparently it wasn't enough. Fortunately, the trashcan was in the middle of the driveway, not close to anything else that could catch fire. It burned itself out and completely melted the trashcan into a lumpy plastic pancake.
The next morning we were up bright and early for 8:30am church and Heidi's baby blessing! Grumpa, Uncle Stephen, Uncle Michael, and Uncle Max were in the circle, and I held the microphone.
Aaron gave her a beautiful blessing.
Here's Aaron's notes from her blessing:
That you will be full of faith, with a deep and abiding trust in your Heavenly Father
A loving heart that will lead you to a life of service
Courage to stand up for what is right, even when it is hard
A curious mind that you may learn out of the best books and use that knowledge to better the world
A humble heart, that you may always come to our Father in heaven in prayer and repentance often
That you will find peace in the temple as you make everlasting covenants with God
A desire to be a disciple of Jesus Christ, that you may look to Him as your perfect example and to be a beacon of light to the world
Mimi hosted a big group lunch of fajitas later that day, then we hung out and played Hitster. I also made everyone go outside for a group picture that we didn't manage to take at the church before people scattered.
I love a good "gathering for the group pic" pic. I'd like to highlight Stephen and Aaron's symmetry, the centered gals touching teeth, and Felix soaring majestically above it all.
The real group, minus Mary who was feeling really bad
Now a cheesy "everybody look at Heidi" picture!
I can tell these two are going to get along great.
It was wonderful having a weekend of celebration!
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