July 4th

We spent our 4th of July at the beach house of course:) we did get to stay for almost a week which was wonderful! brian had the week off of work and i took some time off as well. The 4th is my favorite holiday to spend at the beach house. you can literally see 20 different sets of fireworks going off at one time from our house. It sticks really far out on a point in the sound...so you can sit on the porch and see topsail, surf city, wrightsville beach, holly point (the list goes on and on) 's fireworks....not to mention all of the other random people shooting them off, up and down the beach! its so amazing! we tried to keep Brody up to watch them, but he was exhausted from a day on the boat. however...our crazy dog (who is all of a sudden terrified of fireworks) runs down the hall to find a place to hide, busts into brody's room, knocks over something onto the pack and play, and of course wakes him up. So, since he was awake at this point we brought him outside to see them. he wasnt too sure at first but ended up loving them. he called them "booms":) the next morning he looked outside and asked if there were going to be more!

Brody also got to ride the tube for the first time. yes, i know he is only 19 months old! he rode it WITH brian. AND you have to understand that i come from a family where my brother and i were water skiing behind the boat, all by ourselves, at the age of 3!!! so hes got to get used to being behind the boat at a young age! He definitely did not LOVE it.....but after he rode it for awhile he started waving and blowing kisses. So its a start:)