4th of July

This post is a little belated, but I still wanted to share.  This year was more monumental than most Independence Days for Marcus and me.  Every year we go out to the Necessary's (Grandma and Grandpa's) for a big get together and fireworks.  Last year, I found out after the fireworks that I was no longer going to be as independent as I had planned...we were pregnant!  This year, we came home with baby Walker.  Kinda crazy how fast time flies.  Marcus and I were not trying to get pregnant, so finding out was a HUGE surprise.  I remember spending the rest of that summer, fall, and (honestly) spring being so apprehensive about the whole "mom thing."  I was just so unsure of myself.  While I still have many, many moments of "I have no clue what I am doing," I feel like Walker and I have this baby-momma thing down ok.  I am wonderfully surprised every day how much my life has changed since the last 4th of July and I look forward to continuing to grow and change.

Our family

From youngest to oldest...hard to tell since Walker is the biggest...

Playing with Dany, his babysitter (he got too hot in his clothes, poor guy sweats all the time)

The Necessary's

The "firework" sugar cookies Alexia and I made

Alexia working on the blackberry cobbler

Derek and Marcus working on the peach cobbler