4th of July Festivities

For the 4th of July this year, we were definitely low-key.  The fact that it was 100 + degrees with the heat index didn't make it very enticing to go anywhere too far from home.  It was nice to have a day to just relax though, and enjoy being with each other.

As if I haven't mentioned it 400 other times in previous blog posts, we are so lucky to have the coolest neighbors ever.  So it was no surprise that we spent the evening at one of our neighbors house (inside for most of the time, unfortunately, due to the heat!).  It was great to be with good friends, have good food, and celebrate this wonderful country that we live in!

We were able to go outside for a few minutes to let the kids play with some snappers that Cameron and I had brought over.  Some of the smaller kids (and the moms!) decided to stay inside and let the guys take care of the kids outside.  They were all heading back into the air conditioning after not too long!

We all braved the heat for a few minutes as we made our way home, stopping every couple of houses to let kids play.  All in all, it was a great evening!  We didn't think we were going to see nay fireworks, as our kids are still a little young to keep up and make the trek into Minneapolis to see them, but as a pleasant surprise, some other families in our neighborhood had quite the fireworks show!  We woke Miley up and let her watch them from the comfort of our office.  Can't complain about that.  Maybe next year we will do some of our own...  :)

My Little Firecrackers

Happy 4th of July!

Miley's 4 Year Stats

With the fun of birthdays comes along the not-so-fun well child visits.  Miley has managed to stay pretty healthy for the past year, so actually is not that afraid of doctors anymore.  That, coupled with the fact that Doc McStuffins on the Disney channel is one of her favorite shows right now, made this a pretty easy check-up.

Here are Miley's 4-year stats:

Height:  38 1/4 inches - 20.15 %

Weight:  32 1/2 pounds - 29.21 %

BMI:  15.62 - 59.77 %

At the check up she got her eyes and ears checked, and everything looked good there.  Overall, she is doing great!  

Unfortunately, she had to get 4 shots.  These are the shots she needs before kindergarten, so we could have waited another year, but my doctor recommended just getting them over this year so she wouldn't know they were coming next year.  She was really brave, and didn't cry during any of them.

Poor girl that night though had a fever of 102-103, and threw up.  I am sure it was from the shots, but she was 100% better the next morning, besides just having sore legs.

We are happy to have this behind us, now let's just hope for another healthy year!