Bethany's first Fourth of July

Yesterday my parents, my sister and brother-in-law, Nathan, Bethany and I all went to Cypress Gardens. We planned on staying out for the fireworks, so this was our first time keeping Bethany out ALL DAY. She was amazing. We had a lot of fun and she even rode some of the kiddy rides.





She had a short morning nap before we left and didn't nap at all while we were there. About 6:30, we decided to leave and go to dinner. Nathan and I ended up going to see fireworks at Universal with Susan and Ricardo. Bethany slept all the way to dinner (about 30 min). We were able to then get her from her car seat to the stroller and keep her asleep! She slept all the way through dinner and to Universal!! She is awesome! (She was also really tired, but I prefer to look at it the other way.) She was pretty alert once we got to Universal. The fireworks were supposed to start at 10PM. It had started raining and there was some lightning so they were delayed about 45 minutes. But once they went, they were awesome! Bethany just looked up and a couple of times she pointed at them. So cute!





Leaving was very difficult. So many people all going one direction. Not fun. But we made it out and Bethany slept all the way home. We got to bed around 1 AM. But it was a great day.

Thank you to all of the service men and women who have served or are serving to continue to make this country the greatest on the planet.

God Bless America.