Computer is going away......

Well, I figured I should update tonight because Jimmy's taking this dinosaur of a computer to his tech guys tomorrow to see if they can tell what the heck is wrong with it. I'm pretty sure its going to be that its OLD and filled with viruses, but he's hoping that they can salvage it so that he can spend the $ on something we don't need like a riding lawn mower or new TV for the living room. Men.

Anyway - I keep meaning to put this story on here about Miss Corry. You may remember for her birthday she chose a very special, very tacky Dora party dress. Ever since her birthday she wears the dress at least once a week provided Mommy has done laundry. She also has a Dora nightgown that she LOVES (she calls it her Dora Nightover Jammies). Today I found an equally tacky new Dora nightgown that is purple and she's head over heals in love with it. It even has matching slippers. I would much prefer for her to wear her tacky Dora stuff while she's sleeping rather than out in public......I was one of those Moms who always said my kids would NEVER wear things like that, but here I am, a few years later, realizing that if wearing a stupid Dora dress makes her sooooo happy, why not? What's it hurting? Fortunately right now telling her that the Dora Party Dress is dirty works fine and she moves on to something else - but I'm sure that won't be an acceptable answer for long. Her second choice, unfortunately is just as bad as the first. Every year Jimmy's company has a family picnic. Last year the kids got Jones & Carter/Cotton Surveying T-shirts at the picnic (the name of Jimmy's company). It has the state of Texas on the back of it with stars for each of the Jones & Carter locations. It looks like I drew it on there, but she loves to wear her Texas shirt. So, the Dora dress was worn yesterday and the Texas shirt today. For the rest of the week I should be able to get her to wear some of her nicer clothes...but come Sunday after all the laundry is done, we'll be back to the old favorites.

Some sad Corry news - she got her first spanking today. Deachi invited Corry Drew & me over for dinner since Jimmy works late on Tuesday nights. The girls were in the playroom watching Wizard of Oz. They were singing "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" and dancing around when Drew walked in with his ball popper. I guess Corry didn't want him in there because she bit him. He started bawling. When I walked in and asked what happened she told me "I bited heeem." I spanked her bottom (aka po-po) and sat her in time out. I think it surprised her more than anything, but it seemed to have an impact. We'll see if she bites him again tomorrow (I'm sure she will). I honestly think it bothered me more than it did her. It also impacted Calyn. Deachi walked into the room and Calyn said "Corry got spanked on her po-po!" Deachi explained to her that when Mommy's and Daddy's warn their children over and over not to do something and then they do it anyway they will sometimes have to have a spanking.

If you don't hear from me for awhile you'll know its because the computer has crashed and burned and we have no funds to replace it. I will still have access to everything through my work computer, so I won't be totally dead, I'm just usually too busy during work hours to do much of anything personal and its kind of a pain to bring my laptop home every night especially if I never even get it out of my bag. Who knows, maybe it will be an easy fix and we won't have to spend any $ - I know squat about computers.

Oh yeah - Drewsky's still doing great with his big boy bed. He even slept in until 8:00 this morning - unheard of for him. But he still just sat up there calling "MOMMY" until I finally went up and got him. Maybe one day he'll figure out he has freedom!

Night #2 in the big boy bed

Well, last night was the 2nd night in the big boy bed, and so far so good. Unfortunately, he doesn't realize he can get out on his own yet. Yesterday morning I heard him up there talking like he normally does when he gets up. I kept waiting for him to come down, but he never did, so Corry & I went up to check on him. He was standing up in his bed holding onto and looking over his siderail since the front one was missing, and patiently waiting for me to get him out of bed. I don't get it - when he's trapped he's able to find a way out, but when he has open access he just stays in? Jimmy put him to bed last night and I don't think he even protested. I know this is too good to be true, but is it too much to ask for that this is the way it continues?

We took the kids to eat Mexican last night and they were sooooo good. Drew sat in a big boy booster chair and he looked so cute. I can't believe he's growing up. Corry ordered chicken and fries, but she preferred my beef fajitas. Drew pretty much just ate beans & queso.

Another funny thing happened on Sunday that I forgot to write about - there was a huge grasshopper on the side of our house. I took a picture of him, but it just doesn't do justice to the size he actually was. Drew was fascinated with him and kept asking to go outside and see the "GrassPopper againt."

Corry got in BIG trouble last night for biting Drew. I just don't get it - she was really into biting for awhile, then she stopped, and now she's started it back up with a vengence. Poor Calyn has a horrible mark on her arm that is all scabbed over. Drew has matching bites on each shoulder/armpit. Jimmy really got onto her last night after it happened & sat her in time out....but he warned her that next time she bit anyone she was going to get a spanking. She's never been spanked before, so I doubt she even knows what that means. I wish we could find an alternate for that, but time out and reasoning with her just don't seem to be doing the trick. She just gets so frustrated that's how she handles it. She's such a sweet girl most of the time, but she's got some killer teeth!

One more cute Drew story that Mom told me......when the girls are mean to Drew or each other they have to go to time out, and when they get out Mom explains why they shouldn't do what they did, then they have to apologize & give hugs & kisses. She was watching them at Calyn's house yesterday. Calyn has a new playroom, so the girls were enjoying that & Mom and the boys were in the living room. Mom was holding Max and Drew decided to jump on the furniture. Mom told him to stop jumping on the couch and he continued. She asked him if he needed to go to time out. He hopped down, went to the time out spot and sat himself down. When he let himself out of time out he went over to the couch and gave it a kiss, and then went about his business playing.

That's all I have for today! I'm sure my sleeping angels will be up any minute, so I'll bring this to a close!

Posted my update too soon......

I posted my update from the weekend too soon (see pictures in the entry below). I was folding laundry this afternoon while the kids were napping. Drew's room is right above our bedroom where I was folding & putting away clothes. I started hearing some thuds like he was throwing things out of his bed. They were followed by a louder thud, but no crying. I was pretty sure he climbed out again, which makes 4 or 5 times in a week. When I went up to check on him he was standing on the ground rubbing his arm. Fortunately he seems to be just fine, however we decided that was the last chance we were going to take of him getting seriously hurt.....so Drewsky is in his big boy toddler bed for the first time tonight. He wanted me to lay on his bed with him. When I got up and told him night night he started crying like he normally does and stood up. I figured for sure he was going to follow me out. Jimmy went in to console him, told him to lay down & covered him up with his blankie. That was about 20 minutes ago, and so far not another peep from him. I just don't think he realizes he can get out by himself now. I'm sure it won't take him long to figure it out. So keep your fingers crossed for us that he does well being a big boy.....

One funny thing - when we were setting up the big boy bed we kept asking him if he liked his big boy bed. I guess he didn't really know what that meant because he yelled "Big Splash!" & then jumped up in the air kicked his feet out and landed on his bottom just like he would to make a big splash in the pool or bathtub....but he was on the floor. I think it caught him off guard. What a nut!

I can't believe I no longer have anyone in a crib!!!! What happened to my babies?

Lots of Pictures from the week

Well, the weekend is coming to an end, so I figured I should probably put some of the pictures from the last week on here! We had a fun filled weekend. Friday night we went to the Brian Adams/Foreigner concert at the Pavillion, then played a little guitar hero afterwards. Saturday we hung around the house and then took the kids swimming at Lindsay's mom's house....they had a blast. Drew would just jump right off the side and never think twice. I'm glad he loves the water, but it makes me really nervous at the same time. He had his floaties on, so he would always pop right back up to the top. Today I've been picking up after the tornado that went through our house this weekend. I'm not sure when it happened, but it left a huge mess (picture is below). Jimmy & Matt took Corry & Calyn to the movies, so Deachi & I hung out with the boys. Not much else planned for the rest of the day except birthday shopping for a little man whose about to turn 2 on Saturday! Enjoy the pics!

I walked out of the room for a minute and when I came back Corry & Drew were sitting right next to each other, eating their waffles & watching Diego. Meghan is patiently waiting for one of them to drop something.
Every night Corry requests that Jimmy build them a fort out of the couch cushions. This pic is of them enjoy a goldfish snack in the fort (which is against the rules).

Corry & Calyn accessorized with every pair of panties Corry owns. Don't they look lovely?
Corry saying cheese with Maddie, who could care less about having her picture made.
Happy little Corry laughing at something on TV.
Drew having a frozen waffle (not even toasted in the toaster - that's the way he prefers them)
Baby Max making a funny face at the orange bug thing hanging from the swing.

Deachi and adorable little Maximus.
The boss of the family, Miss Calyn Grace Payne. I think at this moment she was blocking the stairs because she didn't want Drew to go up there :) We love you anyway, your bossiness!!!
Drew dumped all the legos out of the lego wagon so he could ride in it.
Disaster area - do you think the tornado(s) had a nice time in here?
Another view of the complete destruction. It took the better part of an hour to get all the toys back in their place. Oh well - at tleast they had fun!

He Climbed Out

Every night for the last week or so we put Drew in his bed and he jumps up and down and won't lay down. So we tell him night night, and walk out the door. He starts bawling, we go back in, he asks us to put his blankie on him and then tells us bye bye. Well this evening while I was rocking out with Guitar Hero, Jimmy put him to bed and did the usual - walked out of his room and stood outside the door for a few minutes. When he walked back in, Drew was standing at the door. He immediately put his arms up in the air so Jimmy could pick him up and put him back in and cover him up with the blankie. I'm assuming it was a graceful climb and dismount because we didn't hear any thuds and he didn't cry. Jimmy said he just didn't make a big deal out of it. I guess if he does it again we'll have to switch him to the toddler bed - I'm just really not ready for him to have that kind of freedom yet. We just got Corry into her toddler bed a couple months ago. Oh well.

He also had another climbing event a little earlier in the evening. He got onto the training potty, climbed onto the bathroom counter and got down Jimmy's electric toothbrush so he could "push the button" on it. He got really ticked when Jimmy took it away and moved the training potty so he couldn't climb back up there.

Corry had a biting episode with Calyn. Calyn has gotten really bossy lately and tells Corry what toys she can and can't play with, when she can and can't dance, sing, talk, etc. I guess Corry had enough today and bit her on the back of the arm. Poor Tweeds.....she just knows what she wants and look what she gets - a chunk taken out of the arm. Hopefully Calyn will soon learn to not be so bossy and Corry will learn that biting isn't an option when you're frustrated. Jimmy did have a long talk with her about it this evening, so hopefully she won't do it again. I'm not holding my breath though.

Another Corry story - this morning Calyn woke up on the wrong side of the bed. She was playing with some princess dolls and Drew started to come down stairs. She immediately looked at him and said "NO Drew!" Corry asked Calyn "Did you say no to my baby brother?" to which Calyn replied "Yes, I said NO Drew!" Corry told Calyn, "Don't say no to my baby brother, that makes him sad and hurts his feelings." Then she started up the stairs to console him. I'm sure within minutes Corry was the one telling him no and clawing his eyes out, but at least for a few seconds she was being a sweet big sister.

Calyn really isn't a monster - she can be the sweetest little thing ever - like yesterday she was telling Corry to go out the doggie door and I stopped them. I reminded them that they were little girls and only dogs go out the doggie door. Little girls open the door when they want to go outside. It was locked, so I asked them if they needed help with the door. Calyn said "No, my best friend Corry can do it." I unlocked it and Corry opened it. Then Calyn said to me "see, I told you my best friend could do it because she loves me." She just seems to have this bit of an attitude problem lately. What makes it so funny is that she's still so tiny. I keep asking Mom and Deachi if its the short-man syndrome that causes her to be so fiesty.

I guess I've rambled enough for this evening!

We have a climber

Corry was never a climber....she still really isn't. If we go to a park or something she's very cautious & careful when climbing up ladders & slides. Drew, on the other hand, is turning out to be quite the opposite.

Case #1. I moved the kids socks up to a higher drawer several months ago because he was constantly getting them out and scattering them all over the floor. I've noticed in the last few weeks that he's starting bringing me socks (to wear with his sandals or crocs, no less). I couldn't figure out where he was getting them because they were out of reach. The other day I caught him in the act. He scaled the drawers with his little naked toes and then hung off of his sock drawer while he chose the perfect pair of lavender socks to wear with his red crocs.

Case #2. See entry from yesterday - climbing out of high chair

Case #3. This morning I was blow drying Corry's hair. Obviously we forgot to put our Drew proofing on the refrigerator/freezer doors (a bungee cord) because he showed up in the bathroom with the bag of frozen waffles. the frozen waffles were on the top shelf of the freezer which means the only way he could have gotten to them was to have climbed the freezer shelves all the way to the top.

I'm just waiting for him to climb out of bed. If he gets wound up enough he'll start at the back of the bed and propel himself to the front of the crib and try to climb out. So far he hasn't been succesful, but I'm sure its just a matter of time.

What a maniac!!!!!

I hosted bunko tonight which ended up just being dinner, visiting, and a little guitar hero. One of our bunko guests, Stephanie, brought her 9 month old baby girl, Haley. What a precious, HAPPY, baby girl! She had lots of fun crawling around the floor chasing Maddie and Meghan....fortunately they are used to little people chasing them around. Hopefully Stephanie was able to get Haley's knees clean after she left our house. I did mop and vacuum yesterday, but I'm sure I didn't do as good of a job as I should have. Nothing like a crawling baby to point out how filthy you really are :)

Is the weekend over already???

The weekends always seem to go by way too fast. We had our usual get together Friday night, but this time we added a new very addictive twist - Guitar Hero. I can see me becoming completely addicted even though currently I'm pretty horrible. I've even been booed off the stage :( Sure is fun though! Jimmy apparently thinks so too because he's played so much this weekend that his hand is starting to cramp when he plays.

Saturday night we went to Matt & Deachi's for chicken spaghetti & played some more Guitar Hero. Today has been a boring day of laundry & cleaning, but I did manage to get some much needed organization done in the laundry room. Jimmy & Matt took the kids swimming at the Harper's Landing pool today and they must have enjoyed it because they were gone for about 2 hours.

My one funny Drew story from the weekend - today at lunch Corry needed to go potty. Drew was in his high chair, so I went with Corry to help her go potty. She finished up and we were walking out of the bathroom. I turned around and Drew was standing right behind me. He finally figured out how to climb out of the high chair. I'm guessing it won't be too long before he figures out how to climb out of bed. I'm really not ready for him to be in a toddler bed yet. I am excited to retire the high chair though. He has a booster chair, but he still just prefers to sit in the high chair. If he keeps climbing out though its history!

Here are some pictures from our weekend!


Baby Max getting to face forward in the carrier for the first time. What a cute little man he is!
Corry being silly - she thought it was fun to wear her panties on her head. She told me it was her pirate hat. Shortly after this picture she had her first accident in several months. She was getting out all her panties and organizing them. She announced that the pee pees were ready, and next thing I knew she was peeing all over the floor. I asked her what happened, and she said they were just ready and started coming out. She's been soooooo good about going on the potty so it makes me wonder if something else is going on, or if she just got too busy. The rest of the day went fine though, so hopefully it was just a fluke.
Drew rocking out on the front porch. He LOVES to go out on the porch and rock. He throws a hissy fit if he doesn't get to do it at least once a day.
Drew & Grandma Connie wrestling on the bed. We were trying desparately to get a picture of the two of them together, but he was not wanting anything to do with it!

The Wizard of Oz

Yesterday Mom said the kids were at each other's throats all day - screaming at each other, hitting, fighting constantly. She started talking to them about the Wizard of Oz, gave them the good, bad, & ugly of the whole movie. They were very interested, so she went to Wal-Mart last night to buy the movie, but they didn't have it. I told her I have it and would bring it over for them to watch today.

This morning when Corry got up we were talking about the Wizard of Oz. She asked me if I was a good witch or a bad witch. I told her I try to be a good witch most of the time. Should it concern me that my only options were each going to make me a witch?

I had the movie in my purse, sticking out the top this morning. I showed it to Corry and she said, "I see Toto! He's in the O!" The she said, I have an O in my name. Then she said, "Cozmo has a Z in his name." The she started listing off every other letter in the Wizard of Oz & letting me know who had those letters in their names.

I got to Deachi & Matt's house before Mom did, and showed Calyn the movie. she got so excited and wanted to watch it immediately. I told her we had to wait for Grandma Chebs to get there, and once she did they could watch the movie. Mom was greeted at the front door with 3 wild children jumping up and down and shouting "Grandma Grandma Grandma!" Mom's hair was wild, she had on no makeup, and a t-shirt and shorts. Calyn said to her, "Grandma, you are so beautiful."

The kids kept giving each other hugs and kisses. When I left they were sitting on a blanket on the floor, each with a bowl of popcorn, and Wizard of Oz was getting ready to start. Hopefully they enjoyed the movie and will have a happier day today than they did yesterday. Can't wait to hear how it went!

Who does Drew look like? And other pics from the weekend

Everyone always asks us - who does Drew look like? I'm guessing because he doesn't look like Jimmy or me. If we weren't related to Jimmy's Dad, aka Grandpa Jack, we would think that the hospital sent us home with the wrong little man. So the answer to the question is - Drewsky is a mini-Jack. Here's a picture of Drew with his "Papa Jack" and some other pictures from the weekend.
Drewsky & Papa Jack - by the way, Papa Jack is the one who gave Drew the nickname Drewsky when he was just a few weeks old. Its kinda stuck with him!
Deachi & a really ticked off baby Max!!!! FEED ME, WOMAN!!!!!!!!!!!
A serious Corry getting ready to party with Petra & Paul.
Drewsky & Uncle Jason taking a moment to say cheese for the upcoming 2nd birthday montage Aunt Deachi is putting together.

Defending myself

So, for those of you who read Deachi's blog, I'm not in the habit of giving my children suckers at 8:00 in the morning. Today was a unique bribe situation to buy myself a few minutes to help Deachi out with the montage she's doing for Drew's 2nd birthday. If I give the kids suckers it usually entertains them for a few minutes. However, this morning it led to a fight before we left the house. I asked Corry why she stole Drew's sucker and she told me that once they got to Calyn's house she was going to be nice to him for the whole day (don't know whether that actually happened or not). But she did hold Drew's hand and escort him out to the car.

I know I always make Drewsky out to be a terror (and he is) but he does have a sweet side as well. If I ask him to give me a hug he comes over, wraps his arms around me me and says "Queeze!" That's Drew for Squeeze. He gives wonderful "queezes."

Jimmy has taught Drew how to say his first jingle. I'm not really sure what it is, I'm guessing a Chevy commercial from the past or something, but Drew will say Base-a-ball, hot dog, apple pie, & Shay-lay. Its supposed to be Baseball, Hot Dog, Apple Pie & Chevrolet, so he's pretty close.

Corry requested Schlotzsky's for dinner tonight - and she actually requested it by name. Quite a mouthful for a 3-year old. She loves their pizzas, and I was happy to oblige her this evening because our cleaning ladies came today and its always nice to at least attempt to keep the house clean for one day.

Not much else going on - we're gearing up for Drew's 2nd birthday on August 2! Shhhhhh - don't tell, but I think he's going to get a little trampoline for his birthday - he LOVES to bounce on the furniture, so we thought we'd give him an alternative. Our furniture is in major need of replacement, but with as wild as he is it doesn't make much sense to replace it just yet. Maybe when he's 18.

Weekend Stories

The kids kept us on our toes this weekend, but that's nothing new. Saturday the guys went golfing so Deachi & I hung out and let the kids play. It was a pretty low key afternoon. Saturday evening Petra & Paul had us over for pizza - their house will probably never be the same. Its always fun taking the maniacs over to someone's house who doesn't have kids. At one point in the evening Drew decided he was ready to "go go go" and I caught him as he was heading out the front door. He doesn't know how to operate our front door yet (thank goodness), but apparently theirs was much easier to navigate. When we were leaving we told them to say Bye Bye to Petra & Paul & thank you for the pizza. Drew thought about it for a minute and said "Bye Bye, Pizza." I guess he just couldn't get all those words in, so he paraphrased.

Today we took them lawn mower shopping since ours died a couple weekends ago. They weren't too fond of this prospect, so we asked Connie if she would watch them while they napped so we could shop kid-free. We went to lunch with Jack & Connie at a Mexican place. Drewsky decided Los Fuentes didn't need to advertise about Monday night being ladies night, so he yanked the poster off the door. Then we took them to Marble Slab where he decided to start plucking pictures of ice-cream eating kids off the wall.

Corry's always been pretty articulate even at a very young age, however she's very adamant about one thing - I bought Jimmy guitar hero for Wii and he was testing it out this morning. She kept telling me she wanted to play with Daddy's Egtar. We kept correcting her and telling her it was a guitar, but she insists that its an Egtar.

Hope everyone had a nice weekend - ours was way to short and way too expensive. We're at a point in our marriage where everything we own is 10 + years old, so its all starting to die at once. Oh the joys of adulthood. When did I get to be so old???

Drew can count, Corry can cook!

This morning Mom was counting out grapes for Drew "1...2....3" and he followed her up with 5...6...7...8..., so we skipped 4, but its progress! Corry was counting to 10 & spelling her name at 18 mos, Drew's almost 2, but hey! I'm just thrilled he even knows what a number is :) I did get to finish his hair cut last night, so he no longer has a bushy sideburn. We also had another success last night - we took him to a restaurant and he behaved the entire time - he never even tried to sit on my lap. Then we really tested our luck and took him grocery shopping. He was perfect (kind of loud, but happy loud).

Corry has been requesting blueberry muffins all week, so I asked her this morning if she wanted to help me make the blueberry muffins. Her reply was "absolutely!" She got to put the cups in the muffin tin and help me pour in the ingredients. She even pushed the buttons to preheat the oven. What a big helper she is! I find the kiddos are a lot happier if I involve them in what I'm doing. They even don't mind picking up, as long as we're doing it together. I'm sure that won't last!

Drewsky Van Gogh

Those of you who saw Drew in OK over the weekend know that he was looking pretty shaggy. I couldn't give him a hair cut Sunday night because the yard needed to be mowed, then last night we were doing research for our property tax appeal that is tomorrow afternoon, so that didn't work out either. Jimmy always works late on Tuesday nights so I was flying solo, but I decided to brave it and give Drew a haircut by myself. I decided to do the detail work first since he usually sits still in the beginning and then gets antsy. I trimmed off one sideburn and he sort of flinched then started cracking up. I went to do the other sideburn and he immediately flinched, then started bawling. I thought he was just protesting the haircut. He kept pushing the clippers away, so I decided to go ahead and just do the main part of his head and work on the details later. Then I started noticing red drops on his head. I looked at his ear and apparently I had knicked it when he flinched. I feel so terrible. So, he currently has one nice neat sideburn and one big bushy one. I'll try to finish up tomorrow when I have assistance from Daddy.

Guess I need to work on my technique. He seems to have recovered nicely though. Hopefully its a distance memory for him and he'll let me finish what I started. :(

80th birthday celebration

We had Grandma's 80th birthday celebration on Saturday July 5. Her birthday was actually in February, but all the Floridians were going to be in town for the 4th, so we decided it would be a perfect time for a family reunion. We all had matching t-shirts for the event and the kids got to do fireworks. We celebrated at Uncle Oley & Aunt Linda's house and had lots of pizza and beer. Great times were had by all. If you scroll down to the next post you can read about our 4th of July celebration and see some pics from that event as well. Hope everyone had a great, safe holiday weekend!

Baby Max - he's the only one who would hold still long enough to get a picture of everyone's matching t-shirts.
Aunt Linda helping out the girls (and one Bullard boy, but I can't tell which!) with some fireworks.
T-Dawg, reading pages of Grandma's scrapbook to her, and Whitney & Marta watching (nice beads Whitney!)
Camdyn, Calyn & Corry hanging out together on the back porch. Camdyn was explaining to us how the amazing Matt could take his thumb off and not even bleed!
Drewsky going after a Bud Light Lime - those seemed to be the crowd favorite for the weekend, so I guess he thought he ought to give one a whirl as well.

There are many more pictures to share, so hopefully I can get them uploaded to Shutterly soon and send out a slideshow. These were just a few of the highlights. I don't have any of the big group pictures that were taken, but I know pretty much everyone else got those, so hopefully they'll share!

4th of July Pics

Cute Picture Auntie M took of the girls - I added it after I did the original post, but for some reason I can't get it to the bottom - I'll have to work on that. Like Corry's dirty face? Mr. Drew, believe it or not, cannot stand to be messy - any time his hands or face get dirty he starts crying and saying "hands all messy" or "face all messy." Not my little princess though - she couldn't care less how dirty she is and never has! Oh well, she's still a beautiful little lady!

We had a nice visit to Ponca City for the 4th of July. As soon as we were about 10 miles from home, Corry said she was ready to go back to Ponca City. She really had a fun time at all our parties over the weekend. We celebrated the 4th at Auntie M & Uncle Gary's cabin on Lake Ponca. All bets were that Drew would be the first to fall off the dock & into the lake, but he surprised everyone. Travis & Crystal's little girl, Camdyn, was the first and only to fall into the lake. Poor thing was scared to death, but all ended well. Here are some pics from our 4th celebration.

Great Grandma Viola holding baby Max for the first time.
Several of the cousins hanging out together
Mr. tough guy. The instant Drew gets a drop of water on any item of clothing it must come off. Unfortunately for him, if we allow him to take off his shorts the diaper soon follows. So no matter how desparately he wants the shorts off too - they usually have to stay on.
Great Grandma Bullard with her 3 babies - T-Dawg, Auntie M, & Uncle Oley
Mommy and her two precious little munchkins enjoying the fireworks display on Lake Ponca (I look a little worn out don't I?)