on friday peter had to work, but erik and i went to our friends the conrads' house for an independence day bbq and swimming party. unfortunately i didn't take any pictures, but we had an awesome time. the conrads are the best! well, it was supposed to be a swimming party, but i think it was in the 60s and low 70s and raining all day so that didn't work out too well. we still had a ton of fun playing inside and on the deck and just hanging out. our friend amanda (who we don't get to see too often) came from ohio with her family too, and it was amusing watching all the little ones play. afterwards i brought erik home and then went to the lab for awhile when peter got home, and then we had a late dinner of take out from lulu's - YUM!
saturday was the fourth of july, and we had no plans at all. we slept in, had bagels for breakfast, and it was a beautiful day so we took erik to the playground for awhile. (as you can see, he is quite fond of his diego hat!)
he looks so big and long legged here:
after lunch, erik went down for his nap and i decided that i wanted to watch a movie so we put hancock on (which i actually kind of liked). our big plan for the evening was going to be walmart and finding somewhere for dinner, but then out of the blue my mom called and asked if we would like her to babysit so we could go out to a movie or something. i immediately said yes - AWESOME!!! so peter and i went out, wandered around walmart for a good long while and got some things we needed for our upcoming vacation and then had a most excellent dinner at joe's crab shack. we had lots of great seafood. here's me in my sexy bib:
if that wasn't great enough, we went to cold stone creamery for ice cream afterward, and took some ice cream home for erik and granny. we had been toying with the idea of trying to find somewhere to view pittsburgh's fireworks, but by the time we got home it was almost 9pm and the fireworks were slated for around 9:30. but we decided at the very last minute to run out of the house when granny and erik had finished their ice cream (and granny went home) and headed down to the hot metal bridge. erik was totally wrapped up in the excitement and could barely contain himself! we parked in the parking lot of the building where my lab is, and half walked/half ran up onto the bridge and saw fireworks going off all over the place, although the pittsburgh ones hadn't started yet. erik was loving every minute of it! we decided that we might have a better view from the 5th floor balcony of my building, so we ran up there where there was only one other person waiting for the fireworks. a bunch of drunk guys on the hot metal bridge sang the star spangled banner and we clapped for them. someone by the river was shooting fireworks periodically right near us, and every time they did, erik got a little scared and said "we have to go inside now!" but he got over it and when the big display started, it was really cool even though it was on the other side of the city from us. this is what we saw:
it was super cool. erik was running around like a little maniac, and then we went home and watched the whole thing over again on the dvr. god bless america!
sunday was definitely not as exciting. i was starting to get really stressed out over a grant application that i hadn't started yet that was due on the 10th, and we still needed to do some shopping for stuff for vacation. we went to the mall for a bit and i found a swimsuit i liked, but when i got it home, i realized they had left the ink tag on it. ARGH! luckily for me i have a super awesome mom who took it back and got it fixed for me! later in the day we went shopping yet again, and then to dinner at bob evans. i didn't take my camera with me, but i had my phone and caught a very patriotic scene as i let erik run around in the grass after dinner:
our shadows were really long and we looked like stilt people:
even erik's shadow is freaking adorable! erik was running around and trying to catch his shadow, and laughing as he stepped on mine. it was really funny.
that was about it for independence day weekend. monday it was back to the grind, and this week has been a whirlwind of grant writing and preparing for vacation. i'm so glad it's FINALLY over and our trip to ocean city is imminent! i can't wait to have some awesome vacation fun with my awesome family!!!
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