Independence Day Weekend

Happy Fourth of July!

The three of us had a very fun filled weekend together. I was very excited to have Kevin off on Monday as well. He still only takes one day off on the weekends and if he is home on Saturday he has been working on building the shed.
Leclaire Park down by the river was packed with thousands of people enjoying the live music and anticipating the coming fireworks. We where blessed to find a group of friends from church whom we sat with.
Dalton experienced fireworks show for the second time in his life on July 3rd. I wondered how he would respond to the fireworks this year. I recall last year he watched for a little while and then started fussing and was ready to leave. One of the little girls from church who is a 10 months older than Dalton was quite frightened by the loud boom and had to wear head phones. I was pleasantly surprised by Dalton's response, however. He watched very intently and clapped right along with the crowd. Then, to my amazement, after the grand finale Dalton vigorously signed for more. As I asked him if he wanted more fireworks he responded excitedly, "Yea, yea". On the fourth we got together with my family and Uncle Jerry and Aunt Treva who were visiting from Indianapolis. It was a blessing to be together especially since mom and dad haven't been to our house since dad was released from the hospital.
Then on Monday July 5th, Dalton had his first real zoo experience. Our little man walked
and walked.
He also likes to push the stroller.

He seemed to enjoy himself. It is great to watch my two special boys have fun together. What fun to show Dalton all the animals in real life!
We also took Dalton on his first merry-go ride. He wasn't very found of it though. Daddy actually got a smile out of him for this picture. Dalton and Daddy were very sleepy. This picture was taken on our train ride around the zoo at the end of our time there. Dalton learned a few more animal sounds from this trip. Now along with cow, dog, kitty, snake, duck, frog, and chicken, he now knows the monkey and owl sound.
After the Niabi Zoo we went out for dinner at Happy Joe's. Dalton seemed to "wake up" there and we had fun playing little games like pic-a-boo.
Where is Dalton?

BOO
We have so much fun with our little boy!