The Blue Plate Special: july 4th recap.

Good Thursday everybody! Wow, yesterday was so fun and I am EXHAUSTED. We really packed it all in and had a blast, but seriously, it wore me out. On top of that, or maybe because of that?, Jack did not sleep well last night. Also, I'm not sure if this is scientifically or medically backed up, but I'm pretty confident that he had his first nightmare. It was rough and sad and I really felt like a mama comforting my babe at the ripe ol' hour of 1 am from a nightmare.

We hit the ground runnin' yesterday going to the Town of Farragut 25th Annual July 4th Parade. It was so fun! I really didn't think Jack would last through much of it, but he endured the parade for an hour! Seriously impressive. And he beat his Aunt Lindsay who was asking to go before he started getting cranky.

This represents Jack pre-parade-- makin' friends with everybody.

Saw his first helicopter and LOVED it

Aunt B!

Mayberry strolled through the parade. Apparently Knoxville has an Andy Griffith Show Re-run Watchers Club. Awesome.

He got tired and just wanted to chill in his stroller.

Then we did a little grocery shopping for food to fix, along with the rest of America, and had lunch at Nan and Pops house. Then it was time for that big afternoon nap [especially since we intentionally skipped the morning one for the first time in history--- I gasp even just typing this]. I made a couple of iffy dishes while Jack napped and then we headed back to Pops and Nan's for some super fun! We played and ate and played and ate. We left exhausted. All 3 of us were in bed before 9, thus missing all fireworks. We heard them as we tried to fall asleep but couldn't even get out of bed to look at them. Jack slept through them--- thank the Lord!