My big girl and the 4th of July

Maia is just growing up too fast! I am amazed every day at the new things she accomplishes! She has just recently learned to ride her "big girl" bike...she had mastered the tricycle and David kept telling me how she had to work too hard to get anywhere on it, so I found a princess bike at a garage sale a couple weeks ago and snatched it up for $8!! (have I ever told you how much I love garage sales?!) Anyway, I didn't know how well she'd do on it, but she hopped right on and the rest is history! Well, we are still working on getting the brakes down, but hopefully that won't be too much longer! For now she just yells, "mom, stop me!" when she is unable to stop herself....here are a few cute pictures of our grown up girl.


The next few pictures are from our 4th of July festivities...we started the day off with a brunch at the Evan's house(we had the most delicious waffles ever!), then came home and all four of us took a 2 hour afternoon nap (so heavenly!), and then that night we got together with friends again for a BBQ at the Shaheen's house. But the day couldn' t be complete without a firework show right? We let Maia stay up extremely late and we went and watched the big firework show that night. It was a fun day! We love having such great friends out here to celebrate holidays with!
Here we are in our 4th of July outfits...


I guess we have to keep the trike around for a little while longer because it sure is good for transporting people around. I thought these pictures were so cute! Jenn and I looked over at the kids during our BBQ and saw Maia hauling Hayden around....
...and then the next minute, it was Maia's turn to have a ride. They are too cute together!
David and the kids while we were waiting for the fireworks to start. I love Maia's cheesy grin!