The Hixon House: 4th of July Weekend!

What a wonderful holiday weekend it was at the Hixon house! We started the celebration early on Thursday night by going to The Cheesecake Factory for my mom's birthday. On the 4th, we had a pretty laid back morning/afternoon before we went to the next door neighbor's house for a party that night. We thought Caden would sleep through the fireworks like he did at New Year's, but little guy woke up briefly during the middle of it all. He seemed quite upset at the time, so I thought maybe if I took him outside (which he LOVES) that he would love all the pretty colors/lights and forget about the loud noise. Major parenting FAIL! Poor guy cried some more! Thankfully though, I was able to get him back to sleep even with the fireworks continuing on, and he remained asleep for the rest of the night. Big props to whoever invented the video baby monitor because it allowed these parents to keep an eye on our little guy, but also enjoy some fireworks outside!
Sunday was nice because we went to church, but the rest of the day was not as much fun because of dealing with a CRANKY kid who did not want to take a nap and just really fussy. Thank goodness, that attitude was temporary because he seems much happier today (perhaps a 24 hour cranky virus if there is such a thing?). Casey took Monday off, so we took advantage of some extra family time and went to the Blue Bell factory in Brenham. Both of my boys had never been! Caden is almost 8 months old, so I understand, but poor Casey had never gone either. So sad! Glad we fixed that one today. Caden was a trooper and really enjoyed the tour too! He loved putting his hands on the windows that looked down into the factory. He even got his own ice cream too! Not that much of course, but couldn't let him miss out on some delicious Blue Bell! Back to Houston we went and dropped off the little guy with Grandma for their Monday play date together. Then Casey and I went to Double Dave's (pizza rolls, yummmmmmmmmm!) for a little lunch date just the two of us, who both got to eat with 2 hands at the same time! (It truly is the little things you appreciate as a new parent!) Here are some pictures to recap our fabulous holiday!