Abigail's first 4th of July

Yesterday was Abigail's first holiday-- Independence Day!  We spent the day BBQing at my mom's house.  It was a nice day spent with family and good food while basking in the air conditioning.  We rarely turn on the air conditioner in our apartment since it's so expensive, so it was nice.  :)

Just a couple pictures from our day with our happy girl...

...of couse, "Charlie" was there too :)

The only thing that was missing from yesterday was fireworks.  I love fireworks, but Abbie hates them because they really scare her.  Where we live, there have been people firing off the illegal fireworks in the days leading up to July 4th and whenever she heard them, she would get scared.  That's why it was also kind of ideal that we were at my mom's house because it's illegal to use fireworks there, and the nearest firework show was at least several miles away.