Happy 4th of July!

 Hey look!  Mommy is less than a week past the actual event!  Yay, Mommy!  Happy Independence Day, y'all!  We celebrated our first Fourth of July like true Southerners!

 See?  (Now give Mama the Costco beer, Lill!)

 Actually we celebrated like we are from Kentucky!  We pulled all our indoor furniture OUT and set off more than a few really loud, really illegal explosives (BAM!)

 But how darling are we all in our red, white and blue?  And look at Jack in his sweet little collared ones-y!  All we're missing is the monograms!

 Aww, Mama, you're so much fun!

 We had a bunch of friends over (and we aren't even unpacked yet!  We entertained in real style!  Styrofoam plates!  Plastic utensils!  Nothing but the best!)  Look!  Jack has a little half smile while someone OTHER than Mommy holds him!

 We got to enjoy a taste of real Southern peaches!  They are so good we had three of them for breakfast this morning!

 Daddy and Duda went golfing on the Fourth and Duda tried to take a nap after dinner.  We fixed him real good  - wake up, Duda!!  Time to go blow shit up!

 We are so lucky we got to bring Babi and Duda down South WITH us!  He's so much fun!  He does awesome things like -

 - brings fiery explosives (aka Sparklers!)  Here, Duda explains the nuances and intricacies of playing with Sparklers...

 ...we're not listening.

 I'm especially wary of these fiery things, so I get to ride on Daddy's shoulders while I decide whether or not to give them a try.

 Mr. Bryan and Teti came, too!  Mommy has found so many awesome things in all the WET boxes in the basement she's unpacked (yes, yes, that's right - the basement leaked water and soaked many of our boxes of crap - some of it salvageable, some of it not).  She found a letter Teti wrote to her when she was 11 and Mommy was *ahem* 22 - which is really weird - because now Teti is 23 and Mama is 29 - go figure!  Anyway the letter said this: "Dear Kris - I miss you soooooo much.  I wish you lived in SC so I would never have to miss you.  Love you lots!  Love, Kimmie"  At the time, Teti lived in Florence, SC and Mommy lived in a magical place called Boulder.  See how life comes full circle?  Now we ALL live in SC ('cept for Uncle Dan who lives in the world of Beignets and Sin!)

 Surprise!  Surprise!  Who do you think took to loving the fiery Sparklers the most?!?

 And here I am - trepiditious - which is not a word.  Is it, Uncle Dan (MA - holla!)  This is right before I singed my arm and called it a night with the fireworks!

 See my band-aid?  S'okay - Mama made it better.  She always does.  Right?  Right!

 Then Daddy really made it better because he's a Doctor and Mommy is not.  Which I love to remind her whenever I get a boo boo and she tries to fix it with "magic."  I may be 4 but I'm not stupid.  I know Doctors fix boo boos, not "magic."  Kudos for trying, Mama!

 Here's a funny picture Daddy got of Mommy and Anna whilst Duda lit off a humdinger of a firework in the yard in our new neighborhood.  Ha!  Take that Yuppie DINKS!  (Turns out our new neighborhood is full of 'em!  Go ahead - JUDGE ME!  Just gives us blog material!)

Ah, new neighbors!  You can take your luxury sports cars and Cooper Minis, your perfectly manicured organic lawns, your Whole Foods reusable shopping bags - we'll take our really loud, really outspoken, really happy, fun, crazy Kentucky Babies and blast you right out of the neighborhood this Fourth of July!
Welcome to the Neighborhood!
Love,
Lilly, Anna and Jack