4th of July!

Avery had a fun fourth of July celebration in Chicago with her cousin Olivia...We stayed a week which was nice to get away and just relax. Olivia is growing so fast and so alert and Avery is just so in love with the "bay bee". She love to pay the baby and play with her. Olivia probably gets a little scared but Avery loves her. We had a great trip to the Brookfield Zoo was wonderful! It was Avery's first trip to a zoo and she LOVED it! Olivia, Daddy, Nick, Anna and Kay Kay went with us. It was hot and we were worried about Olivia and Avery getting overheated so we just saw the elephants, the rhinos, a few monkeys, the giraffes and some really smelly sea life - penguins. She really got to get up close to some and she loved it! At the end we let her ride the carousel and she "ohhhhhhhhhed" the whole time around. It was really cute. Again...my little thrill seeker! Uncle Nick bought her a panda bear to remember her first trip to the zoo and she loved it! She wouldnt let it go....she picked it out among all the animals in the store. we even gave her more options and she went back to the Panda! Thanks, Uncle Nick! Unfortunately, Avery came down with the same stomach bug Daveo and Kay Kay had. She got a little sick about an hour before the fireworks show at the Golf Club...we thought she was okay to go...but as soon as we got there she starting throwing up again. Poor baby didnt know what was happening! Nathan and I took her home and she missed her first fireworks show! I was so sad for her....She got to have pedialyte popsicle...which she loved and we all had to fight about who was going to take it away from her because we knew we would be the bad person! What a great trip! She learned so much about the animals and enjoyed family!