4th of July

The Woods family had a busy 4th of July. Emma and I went to the parade in Anderson in the morning with the Saxbys. Uncle Dan and Matty were in the parade with Matty's cub scout troop. It was so fun to see to see Matty in the parade! Emma loved every bit of the parade except that when she waved to people they didn't wave back. She sat in the stroller and waved at all of the parade participants and said "Hieee". Emma's favorite part was the Anderson Marching Band. She sat perfectly still and clapped her hands and patted her hands on her lap (I had never seen her do that before). It was very sweet and I knew it would make her daddy very happy. After the parade we went home for lunch and a nap and then we went over to the Ferone's for a party with the Saxby's, Nana and Poppa Ferone, and Jeremy, Melinda, Ava and Jax. Emma had fun playing with Ava and Anabel. She gave out lots of kisses and enjoyed being able to watch the kids and walk around the house. My favorite part was when all of the cousins were running through the kitchen and family room yelling and Emma just looked around and started yelling also. When they stopped, she stopped and then started up again with them. It was fun and sad to see how much she is growing up. We ended our day at 10:30 when Emma finally went to sleep. She had been in her crib for an hour saying "hieee" to the fireworks. So precious and sweet!

Sammy was squeezing Emma's cheeks and saying, "Look at those chubby, chubby cheeks". It was just hilarious. Emma thought it was funny also.

We always have fun with Aunt Amy!

Here is Emma watching the marching band. Her expression never changed, just the movement of her hands.

She also enjoyed the bagpipes and the fire trucks.

Finally she had enough and started to take her shoes off, so we went home.

Here is Uncle Dan and Matty throwing candy to the crowd! Happy Birthday, Uncle Dan!

I just love this dress from Aunt Amy. She was so much fun playing with the kids and especially with Aunt Amy's dolls from when she was a girl. Emma shook with excitement when she saw the dolls.

The highlight of the day was the ducks. The Ferone's have a pond in their backyard and we couldn't go outside because of the rain, but Emma was still able to see the ducks. When they waddled past the window, Emma shook and shook with excitement. When they were gone she turned to Mike and did the sign language for "more please". It was so adorable. She did get to go out and feed the ducks and she enjoyed that very much! I think she may even like ducks as much, if not more, than dogs.