Happy 4th of July!

Today Nadia's 6th tooth broke through her gums. She now has 3 on the top and 3 on the bottom. The two newest teeth are both on the left side of the middle two.

Yesterday Nadia & I ran a few errands. At Walmart I got her two more sippy cups (the Munchkin kind). Of all the sippy cups I have purchased for her, there are two that she drinks out of now (Nuby and Munchkin). Ironically the one that she first had success with a few months ago (Nuk), she won't drink out of these days. I am just relieved that the transition from bottle to sippy cup went so very smoothly this week! Walmart was a ZOO yesterday. I have no idea why it was so jam packed. Unfortunately I bought 2 cases of size 3 diapers instead of size 4. I discovered it in the parking lot, but didn't want to venture back in. I figured out when I got home what had happened, they've started putting fewer diapers in each case so the amount that used to be in the size 4 cases is now the quantity of the size 3 cases. Even though this now means the diapers will cost a little more, they are still the cheapest option I've found. I recently looked into G-diapers again for baby #2, but if I use their biodegradable disposable liners, the cost would be 5 times more than what I'm paying now. So I guess I'll be sticking with the option which isn't very environmentally friendly.

Last night Nadia had her first corn on the cob. I saw a picture on Facebook of a daughter of a friend of mine eating corn on the cob, and although she's only about 3 months older than Nadia I thought to myself Nadia couldn't do that yet. Well last night I decided to let her try, and I was wrong. She was able to bite and eat some corn off the cob! She thought it was great fun. :-)

This morning we watched our town's parade for about 30 minutes (we skipped the first 45 minutes). The kids sure got a lot of candy!! One newspaper photographer took Nadia's picture and asked for our names. Maybe she'll be in the paper. :-) She liked Nadia's little patriotic outfit (a bday gift from Aunt Millie & Uncle Al). It says "I Y the USA" on it. There were of course lots of old cars, tractors, fire engines, and such in the parade; Nadia did a good job of waving at the people going by. A woman standing next to us had a little dog named Sadie that Nadia enjoyed petting. After the parade was over we headed to the park for lunch (carnival type food). We finished eating before it was time for the Christian/patriotic puppet show to begin, so Nadia got to enjoy some time on the swing set first. When they started playing music at the main stage, she started dancing in the swing. The lady who was pushing her 2 year old granddaughter in the swing next to Nadia thought it was quite funny. We only stayed for a few minutes of the puppet show as it was time for Nadia's afternoon nap. She enjoyed the time we were there though! Another highlight of her day was getting very close to a large horse and a pony (they were charging $3.00 to ride them).