4th of July

Riley's first taste of fireworks. I was so excited all day. Riley had a daytime outfit with a blue and white star tank top and bloomers with red ruffles on the straps. She sported that look to a birthday party in the afternoon. It was one of those moments where I marveled had how much she's grown. At the last family gathering she was just starting to sit up and now she was crawling around and eating real food.

So of course it started raining just as we left the party for our super secret awesome firework viewing spot. I changed Riley into her evening look of a white eyelet shirt with a red strawberry on it and blue jeans. It was super cute and immediately got drenched so it was back to her morning look.

We met our friends with kids there and starting claiming our spot. We all had camping chairs the grown ups and the big kids. The little girl we were with had a little green chair with a frog face on it. We put Riley in it and she sat there looking all proud with her sippy cup in the cup holder for about 10 seconds. After which she was curious and escaped the chair so she could examine it. She was not a fan of the frog face and upon discovering it literally leapt into her daddy's arms. We made a handful of attempts to reconcile Riley and the frog chair, but they remain estranged.

Some miracle occurred and BOTH babies were awake when fireworks started. Riley started out on my lap, but soon enough had demanded a better view and was on daddy's shoulders. She was amazed by the fireworks and stayed on her perch a long time before coming back to my lap and falling sound asleep.

It was an awesome night. I love my adventurous little girl. We laughed all the way home that she'd been more scared of the chair than the fireworks :)