Emorie, July 4th last year
We began our celebrations with a church picnic on July 1. Emorie loved playing with everyone, and although she was too little for the water slide, she still got her feet wet and loved it!
We were a little worried she might be afraid of the fireworks, so we decided to "try it out" at the Beulah Baptist Church fireworks in Bennett, NC on July 3. My parents, Emorie's Mimi and Pop-pop, decided to go with us. We were a little surprised to see that Emorie loved the fireworks- she pointed and laughed at them the entire time- and wasn't a BIT scared of the loud noises.
We also celebrated with a cookout and pool party at Emorie's great-grandparents' house. She is a total water baby, so she had a blast. We had planned to go to McCrary Park the evening of the Fourth, but since Michael had to work, we didn't go.
We did get one last fireworks show in, though. We went with my husband's brother and our sister-in-law to see the fireworks show in Liberty on Saturday night. Once again, Emorie loved them! She even got upset when we put her in her carseat to leave.
Since we had so much fun celebrating our nation's birthday with a one-year-old, I can only imagine how much fun will have next year.
