My 4th of July Boy

okay so mom, dad and i are all settled in at sandra's and christian's for 2 weeks... but i think i already told you that... oh well, the hazards of dealing with an old woman... lol

as you all know yesterday was the 4th of july... cookouts and fireworks... love the 4th... you could say it's my favorite day of the year. well at least it has been for the past 7 years anyway... we had some real dark clouds roll in late afternoon and hung around for most of the evening... thought that was going to muck up the fireworks for the first time since christian was born... that would have sucked... but nope, just in time for them to start the sky cleared... what an amazing sunset... i'll pop a picture of it in so you can see it...

when we arrive at the cookout the first time, sandra and i showed up just the two of us... boy did we get some shit over that... everyone was asking where christian was... they don't care that we were there just that he wasn't... he's such a star... lol we had to explain to them that he's at home with o'ma and o'pa for now and we were going to go get them in a while for the fireworks... not very happy people but happier to know that he was going to come anyway... lol

when we did go get them and brought them back not only was he all excited about seeing everyone but he was also excited about getting to see the fireworks... we have him convinced that the show is just for him for his birthday... lol he loves the big bang and the whistling when they head up and the colors...
usually he jumps around and just smiles and squeals but this year he did something new also... when the lower ones were going off, the ones with just color no bang, he just stared at them... didn't move... like he was hypnotized... it was great to watch him...

i don't get to see very many of them myself because i'm sitting there snapping picture after picture because anyone that knows me knows i can't get enough pictures of christian... besides i watch them thru his eyes... he just lights up when they are going off... it's amazing... and yes i know most kids are the same way but with christian it's something more... his eyes are just so full of wonder... i hope he never looses that...

okay so it's 11am and my girl is sleeping on the couch... she got to bed (couch cause mom and dad are in her bed) late last night and up early this morning to get our munchkin off to school... she's on vacation this week which is great because i actually get to visit with her... usually she has to work... i can't even begin to tell you how much i miss her...