this week (!!!!)

let's talk about this week. this week (specifically july 4-july 11) is the best week of the whole year. first of all, there's the fourth of july and who doesn't love a good national holiday with grilling and fireworks and all around summery grandeur?? we spent the morning at our complex's pool, which was (sadly) the first time we have been this summer. it was also milo's first time in a pool so i might have been a little overexcited. in case you weren't aware, i'm kind of obsessed with swimming. it is hands down my favorite sport, so it is highly important to me that my offspring love the water. to be honest, i was expecting him to cry, but when you take into account that it was close to 100 degrees outside, the pool probably felt like a bath to him and he took it like a champ. no smiles, but also no screams. i'll take it.

this face. it kills me.

that evening we got burgers at red robin with andrew's brother and his fiance and then hit up six flags to ride a few coasters before the fireworks. (thank you season passes and also thank you parent swap for making theme parks with a baby a dream come true) and then wouldn't you know it, just after we got off our first ride of the night it started to rain and all the rides were shut down. BUT our evening would not be ruined! we got in the car and went to go stake out our spot for the fireworks. the rain let up and the fireworks started more or less on time, and there's just always so magical about fireworks, isn't there? milo was mesmerized. i think that's gotta be one of the coolest things about being a parent; watching you kids discover things and figure stuff out. there's lots more of that in my future and it is endlessly exciting to me.

so that was our fourth and it was glorious.
the rest of the week is magical for the following reasons:
july 6th: five year anniversary of when andrew saw me for the first time. i honestly don't remember if i saw him or not. i'm sure i did, but clearly it didn't really register. but july 6th for andrew was the day he became infatuated? obsessed? i'm not sure the right word for it, but he thought i was pretty cute and was determined to learn my name. he actually wrote a blog post about it which you can read here. i like him.
july 7-10: all around summery fun-times which include grocery shopping, house cleaning, and listening to my carpenters spotify radio station. also, chicken nuggets and popsicles are involved.
july 11: MY BIRTHDAY. in case you don't know much about me, my birthday is hands down my favorite day of the year. i don't know exactly what the plan is this year, but i do know that it is going to be the best. because it always is.

SO YEAH. that is this week and it makes me happy and my resolve is just to be happier about life in general right now because it's easy to wish things were different/better but that's a lame way to live life. and do i want to be lame? well, no.

ps: if you are into videos that andrew and i make, we made another that you should check out on our youtube channel. (subscribe if you're into it)