Celebrating the 4th

We had such a great time celebrating the 4th of July (on the 3rd of July!). We decided to take a chance and head out to Chelsea family fun night and fireworks out at Chelsea Park on Sunday, forgoing the BIG Thunder on the Mountain traffic-jammed chaos that is Birmingham fireworks! Good thing too, the weather didn't cooperate too great on Monday leaving it really muggy after a good soaking - we were glad to be inside.

Part of the decision was made on the chance Jonah may not enjoy himself. HA! Could we be more wrong? From the moment we arrive at the event, Jonah grabbed Ryan and beelined for the stage, only stopping to check out where the bubbles were coming from! He danced to the music and ask "More music?" when it stopped. He played with the free beach balls and entertained the entire crowd sitting near us.

Then the fireworks started. Jonah sat on Ryan's lap and watched every single firework. He was completely enthralled. He'd turn to us and say "here that?" or "see that?" and gave a big round of applause when they wrapped up. He told us on the car ride home that "fireworks were awesome"!

We think you're pretty awesome too little man!

As Jonah gets older, his interest in posing for pictures has pretty much vanished. He will say "cheese" but he is looking nowhere near the camera! So, this is the best I could do before the sun went down.

All he needs is a little techno music!

The kid's got killer eyes!