Happy 4th of July!

Well, it's been a very fun week! Emily and I went down to West Virginia last Tuesday to visit my best friend Laura and her parents. Ben, Laura's husband, flew into Canton on Friday night and then he and Nelson drove down to Huntington to meet up with us for the long weekend. We just got home about an hour ago and are enjoying being home -- but deeply miss our friends and "family". :)

Emily was amazingly wonderful during the week we were gone and adjusted well to her new surroundings -- I'm sure being adored by everyone who saw her helped that out a lot! ;) As you can tell by the pictures, we had a great time! Emily even got to be pampered one day with a long bath and curlers in her hair -- isn't she cute?! :)

We went to a concert in the park on Saturday and were able to see fireworks afterwards. Emily was an angel throughout the whole event and even smiled through the fireworks -- I think she enjoyed herself!

This was the first time that "Uncle Ben" had been around a baby for this long and I would have to say that he adjusted quite well -- and even looks like he was having a good time! He even gave Emily the nickname "pineapple" because of the way her hair lays (or doesn't lay).

Hope you're all having a great 4th of July!