Celebrating the 4th

We spent the afternoon at my aunt's house for a family BBQ and some swimming. We got Lacy a bathing suit with the life jacket built in since she wouldn't stay in her inner-tube. She borrowed the arm floaties from my little cousin Nathan when he was done swimming. Lacy was over-inflated...she got in the water and would get stuck on her back or on her tummy swallowing water. But she loved it and refused to take either safety device off. On the other hand, it was good that she had so much cushion. At one point while she was climbing up and down the stairs up to the hot tub she lost her footing and bounced down the stairs and literally walked away unharmed. It was hilarious.

Unlike our cousin Nathan, who is 3 months older than Lacy and takes to the water like a fish, Lacy prefers to hang out on the steps where she can firmly plant her feet. If we ever took her further into the pool she would start yelling "Help me! Help me!" What a goober.

We also drove to a good secret spot to watch fire works, but Lacy didn't last long as it was past her bed time and she missed her nap. So we went home about 10 minutes into the fireworks.

Aunt LuAnn bought Lacy some cool gaucho pants the other day, so I got some cool fat pregnant lady gaucho pants to match with her. There's a picture of me and mini-me down here too.