4th of July Weekend

Fourth of July weekend was a total blast for us. Brian, Sierra, and myself loaded into the car (which was full of stuff...packing with a baby in tow adds about 3 extra loads to your trip). We left Thursday night after Brian worked and headed to Rochester, New York; where, by the way, it is cold year round, so that adds another 3 layers of clothing to your suitcase! :)

We arrived at Brian's Mom's and soon-to-be Step-Dad's house around 4:30am. Although the trip was long and half way through Sierra was sick and tired of being in her car seat, it was a good drive. Brian did most of the driving, thankfully I married a man that LOVES to be behind the wheel of a car!

After arrival we went to bed and woke up around 9 in the morning. We had a great breakfast and lunch at the house before heading to Gravel Ponds in Scottsville. Gravel Ponds is an RV resort where Brian's family spends all of their weekends in the summertime. We camped out with them the rest of the weekend there. It was so much fun! We love hanging out with the family, having cook-outs, going swimming, sitting by the fire, playing video games, and making s'mores. So much fun! It was Sierra's first camping trip and she was a trooper! She loves being outside and she slept like a champ in the camper with us. On Saturday night there was an hour long fireworks show and a humongous grand finale - all of which Sierra snoozed right through. Brian and I couldn't believe it! The fireworks were so loud, I could see the dog 10 feet away from me barking at them, but could not hear her bark! Needless to say, Sierra was a great sleeper for us all weekend. :) Everyone enjoyed seeing her, even though she is asleep a lot at this age; it seemed like (at least to them anyways) that she was always just going down for a nap, just getting up from a nap, or still asleep! :) When she was awake though, she was always being snuggled and having full conversations with everyone.

This past weekend, she finally met her Uncle Mark, Cousin Kim, and Cousin Robin. Her Great Aunt Connie and Great Uncle Frank, Great Aunt Ginny, and Grandpa Bob (maybe we will teach her to call him Pop, since we are going to teach her to call Grandma Judy - Nana - short "a" sound, as in BaNana). She also met good friends Mary and Jim.

On Saturday afternoon we were able to make a special trip over to Spencerport where she finally met her Great Nana and Great Papa! That was a special moment, they had been waiting all this time to finally meet Sierra. During that visit, she also met her Great Aunt Kathy, her Great Uncle Mike and Great Aunt Karin and we visited with Great Aunt Julie and cousin Rachel (they both met Sierra when she was 2 weeks old). Phew....it was A LOT of snuggles!!! After all those visits, now maybe I know why she slept through those fireworks, she was tired out!!! Sierra and I are headed back to NY this coming weekend where she will meet so many more people that love her!

Needless to say we had so much fun and wished we lived closer. Although, I personally thought it was freezing, getting down into the 50's at night; I wanted to crawl into the campfire! It was gorgeous all day though, sunny and high 70's. We had a blast swimming in the gravel pond and Sierra continues to love the water! Also, I had my first Nintendo Wii experience. I totally want my own one now! It is AWESOME!!! We played bowling and I beat Mark!!! Renee and I also played carnival games. I stunk at that, Renee kept beating me over and over again. Even still, it was so much fun and I have been pricing them on eBay ever since our return! :) Brian and Mark had a blast playing with Uncle Frank's "flying" plane. It didn't fly very much, but it was fun to watch. I got some video of them playing with the airplane and I took lots of pictures. Check out the slide show below.

Thanks to all of B's family for the great hospitality! We look forward to seeing you again real soon!!!

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