Annelise attended her first fireworks last evening. Let's just say she enjoyed it. Before the fireworks started James, Ethan, and I were saying "boom!" to break her in. She really liked saying boom and said it several times during the fireworks (not to mention the booming she did today :) She just sat in my lap relaxed and transfixed as the explosions lit up the sky.

As we watched the display I was thinking about how fireworks were invented in China (and I think most of them are still made in China). So we celebrate our country's 230th birthday with fireworks made in our baby girl's homeland. I think that she was made for fireworks - she certainly has enough pop to herself at any rate. It was a great way to spend the evening.

Happy Fourth of July from this newly American girl and all the rest of us :)